Drift off to sound
and a story about anything
Pick something you love. A calm voice tells you a slow, gentle story about it over matching rain, waves or firelight — getting quieter as you fall asleep.
Built around how people actually fall asleep
Masking noise, slow breathing, a mind gently occupied, and nothing that ends abruptly.
Bedtime stories about anything
Tell it what you love — old trains, deep-sea creatures, Roman roads. A new, gentle, pleasantly dull story is written for you and read by a calm voice over matching sounds.
Stories that wind down with you
Pauses lengthen, the narrator slows and softens, and the story never "ends" — it thins out and drifts off, leaving the sounds playing.
Word shuffle & body scan
Two other ways to quiet a busy mind: picture a slow stream of unrelated things (a "cognitive shuffle"), or relax from your toes to your forehead somewhere you love.
A breathing pacer built in
For the first few minutes the sound gently swells and fades six times a minute, then slows. Breathe in as it rises, out as it falls — no counting, no screen.
Sounds picked for each story
The storyteller picks the backdrop — a night-train story might get rain against the window, a cabin story a crackling fire. Your favourite noise layer stays put, and you can always mix your own.
Fades out, never stops
The sounds keep you company for half an hour after the story drifts off, then fade away so slowly you never notice. Or pick your own timer, or all night.
Up and running in 30 seconds
Tell it what you love
Tap a topic or two — lighthouses, Japanese gardens, the solar system — or add your own. Or let it surprise you.
Press Start
Within seconds a calm voice begins a brand-new story, over sounds chosen to match it, with a breathing pacer to help you settle.
Let it fade
The story slows and quiets until it drifts off. The sounds play on for half an hour, then fade away. Put the phone face down — that is the whole routine.
Pick your storyteller
Each voice reading the same few lines from a sleep story. Choose one in the app, or change it any night.
George
Warm British storyteller
Lily
Soft, velvety British
Brian
Deep, resonant American
Matilda
Gentle, friendly American
River
Calm, neutral, unhurried
Sounds to fall asleep to
Every sound is either generated live, so it never repeats, or an AI recording we've listened to and picked for sleep. Have a listen.
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