# Scroll to Sleep — user reviews > 53 indexed App Store user reviews of Scroll to Sleep by Simple Machine, LLC, rated 4.52/5 from 130 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scroll-to-sleep/id1090959661/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scroll-to-sleep/id1090959661.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 96 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Scroll to Sleep? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 😌 Very relaxing and calming - 😴 Helps users fall asleep quickly - ✨ Beautiful graphics and visuals - 🎧 Nice sound effects and options - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 🚫 No ads or annoying pop-ups - 💡 Screen dimmer is very helpful - 🧘‍♀️ Good for anxiety and stress relief - 🧠 Replaces doomscrolling habit - 💯 Works like magic for many - 💖 Creators put work into it **Cons** - 🐌 Boat speed is too slow for some - 🔄 Can become repetitive - 🤔 Some users don't understand how to play - 😴 Not effective for everyone - 🤏 Thumb can get tired from scrolling **Commonly reported bugs** - Phone turns off unexpectedly with timer - Sound doesn't work when phone is on silent - Sound not playing at all **Most requested features** - Option to adjust boat speed - Tap/hold instead of swipe option - Tracker for swipe count - Option to turn numbers on/off - Make screen even dimmer - More scenery options (mountains, sea, sky, etc.) - More ambient soundscapes (wind, rain, birds, etc.) - Add music options - Allow movement left and right - Make it a widget - Create similar app with different themes/motions ## Newest reviews (13 of 53) ### 4/5 — Very relaxing 😌 *2025-01-24, version 1.2.2* Love the sound and very pretty ### 5/5 — Lovely app! Just a couple minor improvements. *2024-12-31, version 1.2.2* I absolutely love this app & how simple it is. There are just a couple small problems I have with it. 1) I wish we could turn off/on the numbers. It would help me sleep if I didn’t see the numbers. I know a couple other people don’t like the numbers, so giving us the option to turn them on/off would be helpful. 2) If we could change how fast the boat went. Like it’s speed when we aren’t scrolling. That would help a lot of people. It’s not as big of a problem for me, but I know it is for others. 3) Personally if we could make the screen a litter dimmer. I appreciate how you can already dim the screen. I wish all apps would do that, cause the phone doesn’t get dim enough for me. (I would just like it a bit dimmer) Other than those small little things, I absolutely love this app. It’s not for everyone, however I personally love it. ### 5/5 — Worked like a charm *2024-08-28, version 1.2.2* LISTEN: I couldn’t sleep for years, until I saw this app. I didn’t even have to open the app to fall asleep. I looked at the cover and I felt drowsy. This is a 5 star app. My brother works in the military and uses this app when he goes to different countries. Thank you! You have changed my life. (P.S the creator of this app is my dad) ### 5/5 — I literally can’t believe it *2024-07-22, version 1.2.2* I was wired one night, and I couldn’t get to sleep. So I just typed in “games to help me sleep” and this popped up. Boy was I skeptical. Within 20 levels of swiping I was passing out in bed. It does exactly what it says it does. I knocked out hard. Will continue to use. ### 5/5 — Sleeping *2024-06-12, version 1.2.2* Great for just falling asleep! I use this when I want to scroll or play games on my phone but my eyes can’t stay open! ### 4/5 — good:) *2024-04-27, version 1.2.2* love it but it needs more. more scenery, maybe music,, maybe allow you to move left and right as well ### 5/5 — Omg i love it *2023-07-27, version 1.2.2* I have had this app for like five minutes or something and I started scrolling…. It’s the middle of the day and I’m yawning so hard, I’m about to fall asleep. There is one suggestion that I have: maybe a speed control. You could add it in the settings thing like you can choose between slow medium and fast, medium being a little faster than it currently goes, fast being faster than that and slow being slower than both. It would change how far each swipe propels you. I just like this idea because it kind of undoes the sleepiness if you have to swipe so much your thumb is tired. Although really I just went at my own pace swiping a bit yawning lots and oohing over the pretty sunset. Loving the dimmer options and stuff. Nice work on this one. Maybe make other landscapes like flying into the sunset over mountains or swimming through the sea or even just and some fishies like rays and dolphins and others swimming underneath you although I love the sunset so keep that. Just to change it up, night to night. Although bro, don’t use it when you don’t need to sleep, I used for five minutes and I can’t stop yawning. Ok actually leaving now I need to go take a nap. ### 5/5 — so far so good! *2023-07-20, version 1.2.2* used this app in desperation 3 days in a row and i have successfully fallen asleep each time, i am so happy i found this!! it’s so relaxing and replaces the really bad habit of scrolling through social media before sleep, which always keeps me up late at night unlike this relaxing experience. id love to see more options like choices of ambience, scenery, colors, soundscapes that would be amazing!! imagine being able to be on a boat rowing through a northern lights aurora borealis arctic type environment with wind noises or something, or through a calm fairy core lookin swamp, an ocean with gentle fish and dolphins and empty beach bird sounds, heck even a one where you’re rowing in the sky through the clouds, with rainbows and stuff, or the choice of rain soundscapes and stuff!! ### 5/5 — Simple is best *2023-04-15, version 1.2.2* Perfect transition app away from doom scrolling! Please never change. ### 5/5 — Incredible! The designer really understands meditation! *2022-11-10, version 1.2.2* The designers really understands how meditation work! It perfectly depicts the correct attitude & view one has towards the passing thoughts and feelings during meditation - to perceive them as gentle, lovely, peaceful clouds that arises and passes and nothing is bad and no need to resist or control anything. Just relax and keep scrolling. ### 5/5 — It deserves more attention *2022-11-01, version 1.2.2* This is underrated. I downloaded it not expecting it to work but surprise surprise. At 4 I was yawning, 10 eyes were rolling back in my head. Not sure how this works, maybe it’s the repetitive motion that allows your mind to wander. Either way, would recommend. ### 4/5 — Great but… *2022-10-01, version 1.2.2* I love I was almost asleep but then my phone turned off it didn’t turn off when the timer thing whet off it just turned off 😑🥱 ### 5/5 — I have problems sleeping and stay up all night on tv so I got this app. *2022-09-07, version 1.2.2* By number 4 I was falling asleep at 10 I slept away ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — idk how to play *2026-03-27, version 1.2.2* i don’t really understand how to play like do i just watch it ### 1/5 — Won't work if... *2023-04-19, version 1.2.2* You're a competitive or speed style gamer... Why? Your mind becomes more determined to get the highest number. You're beyond stressed out with serious issues keeping you awake. Like a surgical procedure you have to get done the following day. Stress and anxiety of that is nightmare fuel having you stay wide awake. I'm actually more tired and sleepy writing this review. I got to 72 and was more awake than ever. ### 1/5 — Not for me *2022-01-19, version 1.2.2* Still wide awake. On to the next help sleep app. Sorry! ### 3/5 — good game *2024-07-26, version 1.2.2* so first of all i do agree with the speed thing but i feel like the game could be a little more calming and i don’t feel like i’m getting tired. i think the game could be helpful for some people. ### 3/5 — need for speed! *2023-04-23, version 1.2.2* this app is really soothing and nice, i was wondering if you guys plan on adding the option to control the speed of the boat? i like to scroll through apps like reddit, instagram, mercari, and tiktok before bed and the speed of the scroll is much faster than the boat goes, which throws me off a lot. it feels like i have to scroll super fast to get the comforting pace im used to before sleeping when using those apps. adding the option to add how fast the boat goes would be super helpful as my mind tends to wander to bad places which makes me anxious as i’m waiting for the next number to show up. i’d like to be consistently focused on the numbers and it would help if the pace was faster. ### 3/5 — My thumb hurts *2022-09-05, version 1.2.2* Why do I have to scroll so fast to keep up the pace? It's cute but I think I'd like it more if the boat went faster for longer. Also no sound. ### 3/5 — Needs more *2020-07-24, version 1.2.2* I like it and it so far does it’s job. But I do wish there was more to look at. There’s either a could, tent, lighthouse or a buoy over and over. I wish there was some fish. Like a whale, sea turtle, jelly fish or some dolphins to look at and some more landmarks. ### 3/5 — Sound doesn’t work :-( *2020-07-22, version 1.2.2* UPDATE: For some reason putting your phone on silent (turning off the ringer on the side) prevents this app from making any sound. I was able to get audio this way, but hope the devs will fix this. The graphics are beautiful but no matter how loud I turn up my speaker or how many times I toggle the sound on and off, it’s never played any music. Would be a lovely app if this was fixed! ### 4/5 — Need For Speed *2026-07-30, version 2.1* PLEASE add an option to adjust the boat speed! I and many other reviewers/users would really love if the boat could go further with one scroll. The slow speed is more frustrating than satisfying unfortunately. I’d strongly consider premium if this was an option. ### 4/5 — Like it so far, but one change I’d make *2025-11-18, version 1.2.2* Love the screen dimming feature, and it’s nice and mindless, but I wish there was a tap mode, as I find that more mindless ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — THIS IS SO COOL *2026-06-18, version 2.1* I really love the fact that you had done reasearch to develop the app, and I love how it gives the kind of sensation of doomscrolling but being relaxing and renewing instead. If I could choose one thing that I think could improve the app, I would maybe build a tracker into it. For example, if the sleep timer goes off or if you choose to end a session, it will record what number of swiping you got to! Even if all themes are not unlocked, I would give all the support I can!! 🩷🩷 ### 5/5 — Had it for a while *2026-06-12, version 2.1* I’ve had this add for a while before even it started asking for money and updated but I love the design and it’s really good I love using it. Also unlike other apps it doesn’t ask u to pay for more every 5 seconds. I’m even considering buying the other games than the free one. ### 5/5 — Only one thing *2026-02-09, version 1.2.2* This is a great app, has helped me fall asleep multiple times since I downloaded it. However it would be nice to have an option to tap/hold down on the screen instead of swiping. Other than that, 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Best game ever!! ♡ *2026-02-06, version 1.2.2* Helps me sleep so much i really recommend it! Awesome no adds just scroll its really relaxing with anxiety and sleeping ♥︎ ### 5/5 — Simple and functional *2025-10-02, version 1.2.2* Great app, no ads or annoying pop ups, it is simple and easy to use. The dimmer on the app is extremely helpful, it makes the screen even darker which is amazing when you are trying to go to sleep and your phone won’t go any darker. I have had no problems with it and highly recommend the app to anyone who is struggling to fall asleep and needs something to occupy their minds without causing more thoughts and tangeants to go down. ### 5/5 — Simple and Effective *2025-08-21, version 1.2.2* I’ve never written a review for an app before, but Scroll to Sleep has helped me fall asleep nearly instantly for 3 days in a row, and I think that’s pretty cool. ### 5/5 — Phenomenal *2025-08-20, version 1.2.2* Used this app just once and omg it’s so relaxing and I love how your brain automatically focuses on the numbers you pass it put me to sleep within minutes and it was the best sleep I had definitely recommending ### 5/5 — ITS PERFECT (it’s literally 12:00PM and I just woke up) *2025-07-26, version 1.2.2* I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!! Helps you fall asleep in no time!! The settings are one of my favorite parts! You can dim the screen toggle with the sounds, set a timer, and so much more!!!! I HOPE THIS BECOMES POPULAR!!! You deserve having a 5 star game!!! Sleep tight😴😴😴 ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-05-15, version 1.2.2* Love the name and the game. That’s genius! ### 5/5 — Great app!! 10/10 *2025-04-25, version 1.2.2* I love this app! It’s exactly what it says on the tin. You scroll to make the boat move, you can toggle on and off sounds, there’s a screen dimmer (one of my favorite parts) and something about it just knocks you right out, coming from someone who struggles with insomnia. I cannot promise it’s the ultimate cure or whatever, but it helps! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*