If you're struggling to get a good night's sleep, sleep sounds can be a great solution. Two of the most popular apps for playing sleep sounds are the White Noise 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 the best choice for you and your sleep needs.

The Offerings of Sleepiest vs White Noise

White Noise is purely a sleep sound app. It allows you to mix sounds together in much the same way as Sleepiest's create tool, however the user interface for crafting soundscapes leaves much to be desired, with Sleepiest's soundscape creation tool offering a vastly better user experience.

In terms of number of sounds, both White Noise and Sleepiest both provide ample sleep sounds which you can mix together. Though White Noise keeps most of these are behind a pay-wall with only 5 free sounds available (and none of the 5 are white noise). In comparison Sleepiest offers hundreds of free sleep sounds, stories and meditations (even without starting a free trial or subscription), alongside access to a wider premium library if you start a trial or subscription.

White Noise does not offer any bedtime stories, or sleep meditations. So if you're looking for these, Sleepiest is going to be the better option.

Likewise White noise does not contain any sleep tracking support, while Sleepiest's passive tracking makes tracking your sleep simple.

The price

In terms of price; both White Noise and Sleepiest offer standard pricing of $49.99/yr and $9.99/mo.. WhiteNoise also offer a "family plan" for $69.99, while Sleepiest allows you to share your account with family members as part of it's regular subscription.

WhiteNoise offers only 5 free sounds; with the vast majority of their sleep sounds locked behind a free trial or subscription. Sleepiest on the other hand offers over 100+ bits of entirely free content, accessibly without committing to a free trial and is therefore simpler to try out in a non-committal way.

Both White Noise and Sleepiest offer a 7 day free trial allowing you to explore their premium libraries free for a week.

Ratings

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

Detailed comparison

Conclusion

While both are a similar price. Sleepiest offers vastly more content choice than White Noise.

Sleepiest also has a much more generous free offering - with hundreds of sleep sounds, bedtime stories & meditations available without even needing to start a free trial, while White Noise offers only 5 free sounds to try without committing to a free trial.

Given the amount of content available for free in Sleepiest; why not try it tonight and see if it can help you sleep better?