If your child is having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, a sleep aid app can be a useful tool to help them relax and drift off into dreamland.

Two of the most popular sleep aid apps designed for kids are Moshi Sleep and Sleepiest, but how do they compare? In this article, we'll take a closer look at the features and effectiveness of these two apps to help you decide which one is right for your child.

The Offerings of Sleepiest vs Moshi Sleep

Moshi Sleep was released in 2017 based off the popular Moshi children's brand, with Sleepiest released a year later in 2018.

Both apps contain ample bedtime stories to help your kids get to sleep. Moshi contains stories for both daytime and night time which might be more useful if you're looking to keep your kids busy while awake during the day, Sleepiest in comparison principally focuses only on bedtime stories to help get your kids to sleep.

Moshi Sleep utilizes celebrity voice actors (such as the amazing Patrick Stewart) for a number of it's stories which could make it appealing if your child has an affinity for certain voice actors.

In terms of amount of content, Sleepiest puts out far more content than Moshi Sleep, with Moshi sleep's FAQ stating they "publish at least one new original track on a weekly basis". Sleepiest on the other hand put out 10 new bits of content ever week, of which at least 2 are child focused. So you're getting at least double the amount of children's sleep aid content each week from Sleepiest, in addition to a lot of other sleep aid content not specifically made for children.

Both Moshi Sleep and Sleepiest sleep sounds. Moshi Sleep's sound library is significantly smaller than Sleepiest's (which has hundreds of sleep sounds available), so if you're looking for Sleep sounds then Sleepiest is likely to be the better choice, with lullabies and relaxing jingles available to help your child drift into sleep. Sleepiest also offers a sleep sound creation tool, allowing you to build the perfect soundscape for your child.

Sleepiest doesn't focus exclusively on children, so there's also loads of sleepy content available for you as parents. That said; Sleepiest still contains ton of content produced specifically for kids, including the award winning podcast Koko Sleep (available in Sleepiest). Much of the children's content available in Sleepiest can be access entirely for free (without even starting a trial); including over 100 episodes of koko sleep and a number of stories from the Koko bedtime story series. So it's a great low-committal option to try before considering more premium options.

Given the focus exclusively on children's content; Moshi sleep does have a more child friendly user interface, designed to be used by young children, while Sleepiest is likely best started by you as the parent. Conversely - Sleepiest is more adaptable as your child grows however, with increasingly more content available as they grow.

Sleepiest also offers Sleep Tracking support which could be useful for you as parents or as your child grows up.

Moshi Sleep locks the majority of it's content behind a pay wall, however both Moshi Sleep and Sleepiest offer 7 day free trials to experience the full premium library. Sleepiest however also offers 100's of entirely free bits of content than can be listened to without needing to start a free trial, including our award winning Koko Sleep podcast, so it's well worth a try with your child before considering any premium options.

Both Sleepiest and Moshi allow family sharing via account sharing, so both you and your children can use either app without buying multiple subscriptions.

The price

Moshi Sleep costs $59.99/yr and $9.99/mo, while Sleepiest costs $49.99/yr or $9.99/mo. So Sleepiest is slightly more affordable on a yearly basis, while they're the same price if you go monthly.

Ratings

Sleepiest and Moshi Sleep both have millions of downloads. Both have high ratings with the vast majority of ratings 5*.

Detailed comparison

Conclusion

Both Moshi Sleep and Sleepiest contain a decent size library of sleep aid content to help your kids sleep.

Sleepiest puts out a greater quantity of content, and is a little cheaper if you go yearly than Moshi. Account sharing and the fact Sleepiest also works for adults means with Sleepiest both you and your children can benefit from the single app, while Moshi Sleep is made exclusively for kids.

Moshi Sleep does do a great job of appealing specifically for kids, so if you're looking for a app for a child to use themselves then it might be a good option, while Sleepiest contains kids content, but is better operated by a parent.

Given the amount of free content available in Sleepiest without requiring any free trial or commitment, why not try it tonight? Lets see if we can get you and your kids sleeping better!