在这个现代时代，晚上睡不着觉并在早上按下贪睡按钮已经越来越普遍。从Netflix到Candy Crush，有大量的干扰物正等着让你从睡眠中抽走时间和注意力。
值得庆幸的是，有大量免费的 iOS 应用程序和服务可以缓解失眠(alleviate insomnia)，因此您不必求助于服药或观看YouTube 教程(YouTube tutorials)。我关注的主要应用程序和实用程序是Pillow 、Sleep Pillow 、Alarmy 、Mathe和 iOS 实用程序Night Mode。
在过去的一周里，我在 5 个不同的夜晚尝试了 5 种不同的 iOS 应用程序和实用程序，并以 1 到 10 的等级来判断我的睡眠。这就是发生的事情。这显然不是很多时间来正确判断每个应用程序，但希望它能让您对预期的结果有一个很好的了解。
5.数学警报(Mathe Alarm)(5. Mathe Alarm)
我发现，充分休息的一个非常重要的部分是正确地醒来。大多数闹钟都会以一种让您害怕醒来或播放心爱的歌曲到争吵的方式来打击您，但是使用Mathe Alarm Clock(Mathe Alarm Clock)醒来可以成倍减少烦人。
当我使用Mathe时，我不得不在闹钟关闭之前解决一个数学问题。虽然一开始有点烦人，但事实证明这是一种有效的起床技巧，当我最终关掉闹钟时，我的大脑以一种有趣的方式清醒了。
我已经准备好解决我遇到的任何难题。如果您喜欢益智游戏并且早上起床困难，这绝对是值得考虑的事情。
Pros: Wakes you up in the morning with a more active mind, adjustable difficulty of math problems, and easy to use interface
Cons: Setting the difficulty on Very Easy allows user to snooze through alarms, no brain games for falling asleep, and a small variation of alarm sounds.
4.枕头( Pillow)(4. Pillow)
在我看来，Pillow for iOS 绝对是榜单上最有趣的应用之一。这个应用程序的软件利用麦克风来分析睡眠。此应用程序必须提供的有趣功能之一是Apple Watch和Apple Health兼容性。
与Apple Watch的兼容性意味着用户只需在智能手机上加载应用程序，戴上手表睡觉，Pillow就会自动检测和分析睡眠模式。
另一个最酷的功能是智能闹钟，它可以跟踪睡眠周期并在您最轻的睡眠周期自动唤醒您。虽然我在闹钟响起之前就被叫醒了，但我感觉比再睡 20 分钟更放松。
我对Pillow的一个大问题是应用程序会在你睡觉时记录音频事件。打鼾(Snoring)、睡眠呼吸暂停和梦话都会被记录并添加到数据库中，供您查看或删除。
就个人而言，我不希望自己的任何录音出现在任何数据库中，尤其是当我在打鼾或在睡梦中说话时！如果不是这方面，这个应用程序肯定会在我的前 3 名。
Pros: Sleep cycle tracking, different nap modes, white noise sounds, and Apple Watch/Apple Health compatibility.
Cons: Records voice during entire night of sleep.
3. 夜班(3.
Night Shift)
对于第三名，我发现Night Shift模式比我使用的其他应用程序更有帮助。
Night Shift实用程序允许用户在智能手机上设置就寝时间，在指定时间之后，手机屏幕将调低显示屏发出的蓝光以产生更温暖的照明效果。
蓝光(Blue)会在大脑中抛出告诉你身体睡觉的提示，所以晚上 11:30 明亮的手机屏幕基本上会告诉你的大脑，“太阳还没升起，还没到睡觉的时间！”。这个实用程序抵消了这一原则，温暖的色调有助于确保你更快入睡。
我最喜欢Night Shift的部分是它的易用性。要激活它，您只需导航到Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift，您可以在其中设置睡眠时间表和色温。在列表中的所有应用程序中，这个应用程序的设置时间最少，所以试一试吧！
Pros: Warmer hues on phone make it easier to fall asleep.
Cons: User is on his or her phone before bed, which is always a sleep distraction.
2.睡眠枕头(2. Sleep Pillow)[不再可用]
当谈到良好的睡眠时，您需要一些一致且易于使用的东西。Sleep Pillow是一款白噪声应用程序，它没有其他应用程序那样的少数功能，但可以完美地完成工作。
我发现Sleep Pillow环境声音的音质远远超过竞争对手。Sleep Pillow上我最喜欢的一些功能包括缓慢淡入的闹钟、种类繁多的白噪声（蟋蟀、摆动的风扇、波浪），以及设置最喜欢的睡眠播放列表的能力。
列表中的大多数应用程序都提供了不同的白噪声，但我发现当我使用这个应用程序时，我入睡得更快，并且整晚都睡得很香。这个应用程序只用了一晚就保证了我一生中最好的 Z，所以我认为它绝对值得研究。
Pros: Highest quality white noise machine and tons of options for the free version of the app, Slow fade in, and Set Favorites.
Cons: Only offers white noise sounds, needs more feature variation instead of sound variation.
1.警觉(Alarmy )
警报(Alarmy)绝对是我个人的最爱。我很难选择第一名，但Alarmy 拿走(Alarmy)了蛋糕。尽管这款应用被CNET、Gizmodo和《赫芬顿邮报》(Huffington Post)评为世界上最烦人的闹钟应用，但它仍然是最好的。
无论是摇晃手机、解决数学问题还是猜测记忆谜题的顺序，Alarmy 都(Alarmy)包含并完善了此列表中其他应用程序的许多功能。
这个应用程序最显着的特点是位置注册。您需要做的就是设置一个警报将被停用的位置，并且只有在您拍摄该位置的照片后它才会关闭。我使用了最常见的一种，浴室水槽。
尽管很烦人，但在走到浴室水槽后，我不需要按下贪睡按钮。我肯定起来了。Alarmy还具有睡眠声音（在Sleep Pillow中具有特色），可以产生令人放松的白噪音来入睡。Alarmy是我最喜欢的应用程序，因为它将每个应用程序的最佳部分组合到一个易于使用的界面中。
Pros: Features all of the main sleep aids from the other apps in one complete package.
Cons: The location detection is still glitchy, bugs will cause alarm to keep ringing after picture has been taken.
概括
在使用这些应用程序中的任何一个后，在睡眠质量方面会有显着改善。寻找改善睡眠的服务是一种非常个性化且充满活力的体验，并且没有“一刀切”的解决方案来获得安宁的睡眠。
每个应用程序都面向不同类型的人，因此请尝试一下，看看哪一个最适合您的生活方式。
睡得好。你应得的。
5 iOS Apps That Are Guaranteed To Improve Your Sleep
Lying awakе at nіght and hitting the snooze button in the morning has been incrеasinglу more common in this modern era. From Netflix to Candy Crush, there is an аbundance of distractions just waiting to ѕteal your time and attentіon away from sleep.
Thankfully, there are tons of free iOS apps and services that can alleviate insomnia, so you don’t have to resort to taking medication or watching YouTube tutorials. The main apps and utilities I focus on are Pillow, Sleep Pillow, Alarmy, Mathe, and the iOS utility, Night Mode.
For the past week, I tried 5 different iOS apps and utilities on 5 different nights and judged my sleep on a scale from 1 to 10. Here’s what happened. This is obviously not a lot of time to properly judge each app, but hopefully, it’ll give you a good idea of what to expect.
I have come to find that a very important part of being well-rested is waking up correctly. Most alarms blast you in a way that makes you dread waking up or play beloved songs to the point of contention, but waking up can be exponentially less annoying with Mathe Alarm Clock.
When I used Mathe, I was forced to solve a math problem before my alarm would turn off. Although it was kind of annoying at first, it proved to be an effective technique for waking up and when I finally turned the alarm off, my mind felt awake in a fun way.
I was ready to solve any puzzle thrown my way. This is definitely something to look into if you like puzzle games and have trouble waking up in the morning.
Pros: Wakes you up in the morning with a more active mind, adjustable difficulty of math problems, and easy to use interface
Cons: Setting the difficulty on Very Easy allows user to snooze through alarms, no brain games for falling asleep, and a small variation of alarm sounds.
In my opinion, Pillow for iOS was definitely one of the most interesting apps on the list. This app’s software utilizes the microphone to analyze sleep. One of the interesting features this app has to offer is Apple Watch and Apple Health compatibility.
Compatibility with the Apple Watch means all the user has to do is load the app on their smartphone, wear the watch to sleep and Pillow will automatically detect and analyze sleep patterns.
Another one of the coolest features was a smart alarm clock that tracks sleep cycles and automatically wakes you up during your lightest sleep cycle. Although I was woken up before my alarm, I felt more rested than if I had slept for twenty more minutes.
A huge problem I have with Pillow is the fact that the app records audio events while you sleep. Snoring, sleep apnea, and sleep talking will all be recorded and added to the database for you to review or delete.
Personally, I don’t want any voice recordings of myself to be in any database, especially if I’m snoring or talking in my sleep! If it weren’t for that aspect, this app would definitely be in my top 3.
Pros: Sleep cycle tracking, different nap modes, white noise sounds, and Apple Watch/Apple Health compatibility.
Cons: Records voice during entire night of sleep.
3.
Night Shift
For the 3rd place spot, I found the Night Shift mode was significantly more helpful than other apps that I was using.
The Night Shift utility allows the user to set a bedtime on their smartphone and after that designated time, the phone screen will tone down the blue light emitted from the display to create a warmer lighting effect.
Blue light throws off cues in the brain that tell your body to sleep, so a bright phone screen at 11:30 at night basically tells your brain, “The sun is still up and it’s not time to sleep yet!”. This utility counteracts that principle and the warmer hues help ensure you fall asleep quicker.
My favorite part about Night Shift is its ease of use. To activate it, you simply need to navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift, where you can set the sleep schedule and color temperature. Out of all of the apps on the list, this one takes the least amount of time to set up, so give it a shot!
Pros: Warmer hues on phone make it easier to fall asleep.
Cons: User is on his or her phone before bed, which is always a sleep distraction.
2. Sleep Pillow [No longer available]
When it comes to sound sleep, you want something that is consistent and easy to use. Sleep Pillow is a white noise app that doesn’t have a handful of features like the other apps but gets the job done perfectly.
I have found that the audio quality on the Sleep Pillow ambient sounds far exceeded the competition. Some of my favorite features on Sleep Pillow include the slow fade-in alarm clock, the huge variety of white noise (crickets, oscillating fan, waves), and the ability to set favorite sleep playlists.
Most of the apps on the list offer a variation of white noise but I found when I used this app, I fell asleep much faster and slept soundly throughout the entire night. This app guaranteed some of the best Z’s of my life after only one night of use, so I’d say it’s definitely worth looking into.
Pros: Highest quality white noise machine and tons of options for the free version of the app, Slow fade in, and Set Favorites.
Cons: Only offers white noise sounds, needs more feature variation instead of sound variation.
Alarmy is definitely my personal favorite. I had a hard time choosing the first-place winner but Alarmy takes the cake. Even though this app was rated the world’s most annoying alarm app by CNET, Gizmodo, and The Huffington Post, it’s still the best.
Whether it’s shaking your phone, solving a math problem, or guessing the order of a memory puzzle, Alarmy encompasses and perfects a lot of features from the other apps on this list.
The most notable feature of this app is location registration. All you need to do is set a location where your alarm will be deactivated, and it will only shut off once you take a picture of that location. I used the most common one, the bathroom sink.
As annoying as it was, after getting all the way to my bathroom sink, I didn’t need to hit the snooze button. I was definitely up. Alarmy also has sleep sounds (featured in Sleep Pillow) that create a relaxing white noise to fall asleep to. Alarmy is my favorite app out of the batch because it combines the best parts of each app into one, easy to use interface.
Pros: Features all of the main sleep aids from the other apps in one complete package.
Cons: The location detection is still glitchy, bugs will cause alarm to keep ringing after picture has been taken.
Summary
After a single night with any one of these applications, there will be notable improvements when it comes to the quality of sleep. Finding a service to improve your sleep is a very personal and dynamic experience, and there is no “one size fits all” solution to getting restful sleep.
Each app is geared toward a different type of person, so give them all a try and see which one works best for your lifestyle.
Sleep well. You deserve it.
