Best Android Sleep Apps for Insomnia

Best Android Sleep Apps for Insomnia

Insomnia can really make life rough. A good night of sleep is vital to a healthy life overall. If you miss sleep, your physical, emotional and mental health all suffer, your energy level goes down the drain and your productivity through the day falls flat.

Sleep apps, supplements and assorted products can all be used to get those extra needed Z’s. With the great tech advances today, there are many great applications accessible on your smartphone or tablet That can help you get that much needed sleep. Today we are going to look at the best Sleep apps for Android devices.

Best Android Sleep Apps

BrainWaves

This app from MynioTech uses binaural beats to create feelings of relaxation, and to encourage sleep. Binaural beats have long been used therapeutically to alter mood and mental state. Binaural beats require headphones or earbuds to work properly. The process uses two different frequencies with one in each ear. The two frequencies create a wave that matches with brainwave activity corresponding to certain moods or situations. For example, Delta waves correspond to brain activity while in a deep sleep and Alpha waves are associated with relaxation corresponding to a mind that is conscious and relaxed. The Brain Waves app uses very subtle tones that range from deep sleep tones to creativity and focus boosting tones. The ease of use and subtle relaxing tones make this app stand out.

Waveen

This Android app is another great app for binaural beats brainwave therapy. The Waveen app features over 100 different tones in 11 different categories. Categories include sleep, energizing tones, spiritual meditation, weight loss, mental performance, health tones and more. Of course This review is discussing the best Sleep apps for insomnia, so we are mostly interested in the one category.

The sleep category features 8 tones including a tone to quickly induce sleep within minutes, a deep sleep tone for REM sleep, tones designed to stimulate natural melatonin release and even tones to aid in lucid dreaming.

Quickly it should be mentioned as well that the energizing tones are a great addition to this app because after sleeping through the night with Waveen’s great sleep tones, all you have to do is switch over to one of several energy tones to wake you up and motivate you to start the day. This app is an all around great tool for balancing your sleep and energy cycle.

Mind Therapy

This is another app that uses binaural beats to affect brain waves. The Mind Therapy app includes five categories that cover sleep, out of body experience, meditation, and learning & focus. Each category includes multiple tones. In the sleep category, we find tones for deep sleep, quick sleep induction (knock out) and even a tone to induce a waking dream. All of these are included among several other sleep and dream tones. The tracks here will surely help you get that restful night of sleep and keep insomnia at bay.

Atmosphere

This app from Peak Pocket Studios is great for sleep, relaxation, meditation recreation and more. The Atmosphere app is designed to create the illusion of a completely new setting, mentally transporting you to another place. Whether it’s an evening by the campfire, a lazy afternoon by a gentle stream or the buzz of the city, the Atmosphere app can take you away to the setting you are most comfortable in.

Imagine If you grew up in the country 20 miles from the nearest neighbor and you are now living in a city with sirens and traffic and all the other sounds of the city. All you have to do is put on your headphones and load the sounds of crickets, frogs, wind and gentle country rain and you are at home and ready to sleep like a baby.

Conversely, what if you grew up with the buzz of the big city surrounding you and now you find yourself unable to sleep in the deafening silence of a small town. With the Atmosphere App you can add the sounds of Pigeons, people, police cars, trains, traffic and even construction noise. If you need to hear the life of the big city to get through the night, Atmosphere is a great app to treat your insomnia.

The Atmosphere app features multiple sound profiles each with a range of different sound effects. Sound profiles include beach, forest, urban, underwater, home, park, countryside, oriental Binaural & isochronic and a custom section where you can import your own sound files.

It's also worth noting that each sound has its own volume control allowing the user to truly design the landscape. If you want to be next to a campfire while a distant storm rolls in you can with the Atmosphere app.

Pzizz

This sleep app is truly unique. Pzizz uses multiple different theories on sleep and incorporates them beautifully. Binaural beats are used to stimulate theta brain waves, relaxing music composed for Pzizz by Paul Staveley O’duffy creates a calm serenity All while the voice of Neuro Linguistic programming coach Michael Breen speaks hypnotically.

The blend of relaxation music, binaural beats and sleep hypnosis work perfectly to promote a good night of sleep. To make the program even better, the track is unique each time you listen to it with different sounds to keep things fresh.

The other thing that's really great about the Pzizz app is that it has two options “Sleep” and “Power Nap.” If you just need a 15 minute afternoon nap to feel refreshed and energized tap on power nap and select the duration anywhere from a few minutes to an hour and a half. You also have the choice to set an alarm at the end of your nap which can be a standard alarm or sounds added from your own library. Of course if you want to sleep as long as you can, just turn off the alarm altogether. Overall the wide range of options and functionality make Pzizz one of the best Android sleep apps for for insomnia.

hopefully this list of the best Android apps for sleep helps you get a restful night of shut eye. Check back in the morning for more insightful reviews of the world around us. Thanks for reading.

RAD Arm Blaster Review

Today we review the RAD Arm Blaster. This product is an isolation device. Of you are not familiar with these, basically this puts your body in a position which doesn't allow you to use momentum and other muscle groups when doing curls. This forces you to use your biceps primarily thus working them harder and creating more growth. Essentially these devices are for people trying to develope big glamor muscles. If you are not a body builder then you really don't need this, but for serious weight lifters, isolation training is extremely valuable. But is the RAD Arm Blaster worth the price tag?

First off, this is not the only product like this. There are many bicep isolation devices out there with different prices. I'm going to recommend that if you are a beginning or intermediate weight lifter, don't bother with this. To isolate your biceps, stand with your back, shoulders and elbows against a wall and curl with light to medium weights. So I will assume that if you are still reading you know generally how these things work and want to know the quality of this bicep blaster.

Here's the info you want. The RAD Bicep Blaster is very well made. It is a solid piece of equipment. It does not feel cheap or flimsy. The $40 price tag is less than some of the more overpriced isolators, but more than the low-end basic ones. Besides the strong metal frame, the other high point is the included neck strap. This strap helps reduce fatigue, encourage proper form and reduce the risk of injury. The strap comes with a thick foam layer to provide the best comfort possible during use.

Overall the RAD Arm Blaster is a very good product. If you think you Will use a product like this a lot then go for this one, for more casual use, there are cheaper options. Whichever category you fall into, I hope this review was helpful.

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Vista Grande

Lake of the Ozarks Missouri is a great vacation spot for families, partygoers looking for excitement, or retirees looking for peace and relaxation. The area has something to offer for everyone. This is also true for the variety of local restaurants. If it's Mexican food you are looking for, Vista Grande is an excellent option. This reviewer is a bit particular about Mexican food and have found great difficulty in locating a quality restaurant. You see Missouri is plagued with oddly popular chains with unseasoned bland offerings. This was not the case with Vista Grande. The flavor is very present and satisfying from the chips and salsa to the dessert. Portions are also a standout part of their offerings. Combo platters are plate filling and if you go for the Diablo burrito (highly recommended) be prepared for a massive burrito filled with marinated pork tenderloin and absolutely covered in cheese and sauce. Margaritas are also worth noting in this section as they come in a good size at a good price and they don't skimp on the tequila. Overall it's hard to come up with anything bad to say about this place. So if you find yourself in Osage Beach Missouri in need of some high quality Mexican food, definitely check out Vista Grande.

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LG V10 Review

The LG V10 Is the beginning of a somewhat new direction for LG smartphones stepping out from the popular G series. The V10 and G4 came out around the same time and had many similarities but also striking differences. The latter being most notably the size and the camera. The V10 falls into Phablet territory with it's pocket bursting dimensions while the G4 is a more standard size.

LG continues with the laser auto focus which made the G3 and G4 such great cameras while adding a much higher resolution and the ability to shoot in manual mode. Manual shooting allows for the user to set White balance, ISO and shutter speed independently. Other settings can be tweaked as well to add creative control. The camera really stands out as the star of the V10 package(see sample pictures below), but there is a lot more to it than that. To simplify things I'll give you a quick run down of the good and bad.

The battery: This is kind of good/bad. The battery can drain pretty quickly, but on the upside, it can charge in an hour or less when connected to a quick charger. Also you can quick charge with certain chargers available cheap on Amazon. This is great if you are like me and have a cat that ate four %&#@$$@ phone charging cables and looked at you like it was nothing...wait, where was I? oh, sorry.

Storage: Let's put it like this. I download a ton of apps for no reason, have well over a thousand photos in my phone and a ridiculous amount of texts and emails. I still have not had to utilize the removable storage.

Call quality: The LG V10 has great call quality about 90 percent of the time. Sometimes however, the person I'm talking to won't be able to hear me unless I put the phone on speaker. conversely, there was a period of time where speakerphone stopped working. If I turned speakerphone on, it would mute the call. This problem persisted until I remembered the first rule of crazy random tech issues "turn it off and back on."

Sound: There are better speakers on other phones, but there are a lot worse ones. It is really annoying that there is only one speaker and it is awkwardly placed on the bottom of the phone. The audio quality with ear buds is exceptional. The V10 does sometimes suffer from the same really annoying glitch that plagues other LG devices. If you connect to an FM transmitter or similar device to listen to music in your car, it will sometimes launch voice command and start "listening" instead of doing what you want it to do. They need to fix this ASAP.

Interactivity:The google features all run well on this device, maps, Google now, etc. Voice text works very well and even spells my curse words correctly which I found rather impressive. I did, however, download a different messaging app after having issues with the stock messenger. Games play well without lag. Web connectivity works excellently.

Durability: This is a big one for me. I usually try to find something with Gorilla Glass that won't break if dropped. I hate to carry an expensive piece of equipment around that will shatter the first time it falls out of my pocket. The LG V10 is not one of these phones you can hit with a hammer and run over, but it is very sturdy. In fact it is very impressive. I opted to not get a case and dropped it from hip level a couple of times without incident. Then through poor judgement I found that my V10 can survive a fall from my roof onto concrete. (Remember kids, don't carry your phone in loose shorts while cleaning the gutters.) After my mini-heart attack watching my phone plummet to the earth I made my way down the ladder seeing that the device was laying screen side down on the pavement with the cover and battery lying next to it. I turned it over, cleaned it off and was surprised to see the screen was not broken. Don't get me wrong, the phone is not pretty after the ordeal.. .mostly just small areas of chipped plastic, but the screen survived and the phone powered on and worked perfectly. I tested it out by opening Chrome to search for a phone case.

Overall: The V10 is not perfect, but it has a large screen, great resolution, won't break into a million pieces if you drop it and has the best camera around. Speaking of, I'll leave you with some samples taken with my LG V10...the one thing I completely love about this device.

Thanks for reading.

LG V10 Review

The LG V10 Is the beginning of a somewhat new direction for LG smartphones stepping out from the popular G series. The V10 and G4 came out around the same time and had many similarities but also striking differences. The latter being most notably the size and the camera. The V10 falls into Phablet territory with it's pocket bursting dimensions while the G4 is a more standard size.

LG continues with the laser auto focus which made the G3 and G4 such great cameras while adding a much higher resolution and the ability to shoot in manual mode. Manual shooting allows for the user to set White balance, ISO and shutter speed independently. Other settings can be tweaked as well to add creative control. The camera really stands out as the star of the V10 package(see sample pictures below), but there is a lot more to it than that. To simplify things I'll give you a quick run down of the good and bad.

The battery: This is kind of good/bad. The battery can drain pretty quickly, but on the upside, it can charge in an hour or less when connected to a quick charger. Also you can quick charge with certain chargers available cheap on Amazon. This is great if you are like me and have a cat that ate four %&#@$$@ phone charging cables and looked at you like it was nothing...wait, where was I? oh, sorry.

Storage: Let's put it like this. I download a ton of apps for no reason, have well over a thousand photos in my phone and a ridiculous amount of texts and emails. I still have not had to utilize the removable storage.

Call quality: The LG V10 has great call quality about 90 percent of the time. Sometimes however, the person I'm talking to won't be able to hear me unless I put the phone on speaker. conversely, there was a period of time where speakerphone stopped working. If I turned speakerphone on, it would mute the call. This problem persisted until I remembered the first rule of crazy random tech issues "turn it off and back on."

Sound: There are better speakers on other phones, but there are a lot worse ones. It is really annoying that there is only one speaker and it is awkwardly placed on the bottom of the phone. The audio quality with ear buds is exceptional. The V10 does sometimes suffer from the same really annoying glitch that plagues other LG devices. If you connect to an FM transmitter or similar device to listen to music in your car, it will sometimes launch voice command and start "listening" instead of doing what you want it to do. They need to fix this ASAP.

Interactivity:The google features all run well on this device, maps, Google now, etc. Voice text works very well and even spells my curse words correctly which I found rather impressive. I did, however, download a different messaging app after having issues with the stock messenger. Games play well without lag. Web connectivity works excellently.

Durability: This is a big one for me. I usually try to find something with Gorilla Glass that won't break if dropped. I hate to carry an expensive piece of equipment around that will shatter the first time it falls out of my pocket. The LG V10 is not one of these phones you can hit with a hammer and run over, but it is very sturdy. In fact it is very impressive. I opted to not get a case and dropped it from hip level a couple of times without incident. Then through poor judgement I found that my V10 can survive a fall from my roof onto concrete. (Remember kids, don't carry your phone in loose shorts while cleaning the gutters.) After my mini-heart attack watching my phone plummet to the earth I made my way down the ladder seeing that the device was laying screen side down on the pavement with the cover and battery lying next to it. I turned it over, cleaned it off and was surprised to see the screen was not broken. Don't get me wrong, the phone is not pretty after the ordeal.. .mostly just small areas of chipped plastic, but the screen survived and the phone powered on and worked perfectly. I tested it out by opening Chrome to search for a phone case.

Overall: The V10 is not perfect, but it has a large screen, great resolution, won't break into a million pieces if you drop it and has the best camera around. Speaking of, I'll leave you with some samples taken with my LG V10...the one thing I completely love about this device.

Thanks for reading.