With the advancement technology there are now phone apps that can help you sleep. Even though I said not to take electronics into the bed room, if you are using them to help you sleep then I am all for it.

63. Sleep Cycle (iOS and Android - $0.99): Sleep Cycle is all about getting feedback on your sleeping habits. Using a smart phone accelerometer it will analyze and graph your quality of sleep. Also it wakes you in a 30 minute window. This is so you will be woken during your lightest sleep in that period. This will make you feel more rested and refreshed when you wake up.

64. SleepBot (iOS and Android - Free): SleepBot is a free sleep tracking app for both Android and iOS. Just like Sleep Cycle it will track your sleep and analyze the quality of sleep. It also has the ability to record sounds. Any sound above a certain threshold will be recorded. So if you talk or snore in your sleep you will know. SleeBot also has a resource section to help you learn about smart sleeping habits.

65. Sleep as Android (Android - Free, Pay for total access): Originally Sleep As Android was an app to wake you at the optimal time in the morning. When your sleeping the lightest. Now this free app for the Android tracks your sleep habits. It will record sounds at night and possibly help diagnose sleep illnesses. This app will also remind you if you are running on a sleep deficit and will notify you to get back onto a regular sleeping schedule. There are multiple alarms to help wake you, from soothing sounds to puzzles. To access all the features you will have to pay a small fee.

66. Pzizz (iOS - Free): Pzizz is an iPhone app that will help you fall asleep and relax by combining music, sounds effects, words, and beats. You are able to set the music length from 10 minutes to 10 hours. This app generates a unique sleeping sound track from its library of sounds. There are over 10 billion possible combinations to help you drift into sleep land.

67. Relax and Sleep (Android - Free): Relax and Sleep is a ambient sound app for Android devices. It has a list of 35+ ambient sounds including thunder, lightning, ocean, sea, rain, and white noise. You are able to combine and change independent track volumes to create your own unique sound track.

68. f.lux (iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux - Free): Blue light emitted from your electronics can delay the release of melatonin thus delaying sleep. F.lux is a piece of software that is available for Windows, Mac, iPhone, or iPad. It makes the color of the device's display adapt to the time of day. When it is light out the color is normal. But during night the color is changed to a shade of peach. This makes looking at the screen much easier on the eyes and limiting blue light and it's effect on sleep.

69. Twilight (Android - Free): Twilight does the same thing as f.lux but is built for Android devices. Now every device you own can limit blue light. All you need is a pair of orange sunglasses for the T.V. and you are set.

70. SleepQ (iOS - $1.99): SleepQ is a smartphone app that provides an at-home pre-bed sleep training. It is an active way to learn how to fall asleep quicker and be confident about sleep. Using short repeated sleep trials, SleepQ guides you from one trial to another improving sleep confidence.

Final Words

I know there are tons of techniques for falling asleep. Let me know if I missed some good ones. I would gladly add them into the list.

I hope this post was as helpful to you as it was for me to research it. Thanks for reading!

On another note I am not a sleep professional. Just a guy who likes to sleep, being comfortable, and happy.

If you continue to have problems falling asleep or remaining asleep go see a sleep doctor. Everyone is different and sometimes one thing that works for you will not work for another person.

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