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A Sir Robert Borden High School student is riding a relaxation wave as his stress-busting application, Celestial, soars on Apple’s App Store.

Abdou Sarr, 17, designed the app as a way to help his fellow students relax and sleep better. Celestial allows users to choose between three artificial sounds and three natural recordings to help them concentrate — or drop off to sleep.

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Sarr came up with the idea after watching students stress out over school work and exams. He designed the app using some freeware audio and editing programs and submitted it to the App Store on Feb. 23. His first attempt was rejected, but after tweaking a coding bug, he resubmitted on March 1. Celestial went on sale Sunday, priced at $1.19.

“The devices today in the digital age are very distracting, especially social media,” said Sarr, a Grade 11 student. “Kids are losing sleep at night because they’re on their devices. Or they’re just losing focus.