Sleepiest: Sleep Meditation

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4.6of 5 · store
30,780ratings on the App Store
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An editorial reading of the saved reviews

The main strength: narrators with a distinctive timbre. Jessica Porter and other British voices create lasting attachment. Users listen for years and never reach the end of a story because they fall asleep. The 2025 redesign added gamification that irritates an audience that came for silence.

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What people use it for

Those who need bedtime stories with a human voice, not meditative instructions. Ideal for anxiety and insomnia where 'distraction' matters more than 'awareness.'

What reviews praise

Specific narrators with a distinctive timbre: Jessica Porter is described as a sleep-inducing voice.
Mystery and detective stories for bedtime.
A stable ritual for people with anxiety and PTSD.

What reviews complain about

The updated interface with quests and rewards contradicts the app's purpose.
Navigation after the redesign is confusing and unstable.
Some previously accessible sounds are now only in the paid tier.

What users experience

3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

sleepiest introduced me to something i never knew i was missing out on in 2022. jessica porter. i found her when a sudden 2 month long medical crisis arose that changed my life completely and have been a dedicated listener ever since.

Sleep, that elusive thing for years has finally arrived. Thanks to Sleepiest and Sleep Wave. I have been listening for over 2 years. At first it was challenging, trying to concentrate on the meditations or hypnosis was work. I was determined.

Although it has so many magnificent classic and original stories, the app has gone seriously downhill since being redesigned. It has lost key search categories, particularly 'Favorites' — I no longer know where my trusted tracks are.