# Sleep School: Insomnia Help — user reviews > 99 indexed App Store user reviews of Sleep School by THE SLEEP SCHOOL LTD, rated 4.88/5 from 243 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sleep-school-insomnia-help/id1466029785/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sleep-school-insomnia-help/id1466029785.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 231 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Sleep School? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Completely transforms sleep approach - 👍 Works like magic - 🙌 Life saver - 👍 Knowledgeable and practical - 🙌 Insomnia is gone! - 👍 My sleep nurse - 👍 Best I've tried - 👍 Great app and mentality - 🙌 Absolutely Brilliant - 👍 Helpful for insomnia and for life - 🙌 Given me my life back - 🚀 Excellent Tools and Advice - 🙌 Excellent course - 🚀 Godsend - 🚀 Revolutionary - 🙌 Not Even on Day 6! - 🙌 This app was a lifesaver - 👍 Amazingly effective - 👍 Recommended by consultant - 👍 Can this replace CBT-i please? - 🚀 Transforming your sleep - 🙌 Excellent course - 👍 Very natural and intuitive approach to insomnia - 🙌 Clear, supportive and effective - 🙌 Great app for insomniacs - 🙌 This App is a Miracle - 👍 for the long term - 🙌 Amazing - 👍 Highly recommend - 🙌 Love this app! - 🙌 It worked for me - 🙌 An insomniac's must-have app...(if you no longer want to be an insomniac!) - 👍 Great help - 👍 Love it! - 🙌 It WORKS!! - 👍 Love this! **Cons** - 🐛 No notifications/emails about trial period ending - 🐛 Frustrating - 😞 Awful - 🐛 Broken doesn't load - 🐛 Unfortunately can't open the App - 🐛 Frustratingly the app only works half the time - 🐛 Clunky App **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen freezes - Incompatible with older devices - Unable to login in - Crashes on average once a week **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Transcript for reference ## Newest reviews (16 of 99) ### 4/5 — Best I’ve tried *2025-03-19, version 3.0.7* I have had this app for a year now and whilst I am not cured it has definitely improved my sleep and has been the best method I have tried so far. I have tried individual and group cbt but this is way better and I would certainly recommend it. ### 5/5 — Pure Magic *2024-08-19, version 2.1.12* I really can’t tell you how amazing this app is and how much it has done for me. After being an insomniac for 30 years and going to many doctors and psychiatrists I feel this app has taught me how to sleep well. I use to get a few good nights here and there but never knew how I got those good nights of sleep, now I feel more confident and I don’t worry as much about my sleep. Thank you so much to all those that contributed to this app. If you’re not sleeping well please try this, it will make such a positive difference to your life😃 ### 2/5 — Unable to use app *2024-07-22, version 2.1.12* Edit: As of 7/22/24, this issue has not been resolved. I have a subscription attached to my Apple ID, but am unable to access any of the content, as the app says that I have not subscribed. It’s frustrating to be unable to access something already paid for. I initially heard back from customer service, but have not heard anything since. I will update this review in the future if the issue is resolved. ### 2/5 — Unable to use app *2024-06-15* I have a subscription attached to my Apple ID, but am unable to access any of the content, as the app says that I have not subscribed. It’s frustrating to be unable to access something already paid for. I initially heard back from customer service, but have not heard anything since. I will update this review in the future if the issue is resolved. **Developer response:** Hi Jenna, we are very sorry to hear about this. Please contact us directly at hello@sleepschool.org and we will look into and resolve this issue straight away. Thanks, Sleep School ### 5/5 — Given me my life back *2024-06-03, version 2.1.12* This app is amazing! I had developed insomnia during a period where my child was being bullied. I didn’t sleep for a week and this led to ongoing sleep anxiety, even after the bullying situation resolved. I tried CBTi initially and whilst I saw some improvements (and I do think sleep restriction was useful), I felt that progress halted and I was developing anxiety about the many rules the course imposes. The Sleep School programme is all about accepting one’s insomnia and all the discomfort that comes with it, leading to a reduction in anxiety about sleep, freeing one up to be relaxed enough to sleep. The course is so well written, looks good and is so informative, supportive and nurturing. Dr Meadows is such a calming presence (the mediations are so relaxing and peaceful) and throughout the course, I learnt not only how to sleep better again but it has also changed my whole experience with anxiety - I feel so much freer. I still have a little way to go until I can stop thinking about sleep during the day but the sleep dread has largely gone and typically I fall asleep within 20 minutes :-) Thank you Sleep School and Dr Meadows! ### 5/5 — Excellent Tools and Advice *2024-05-23, version 2.1.12* After many years of insomnia I can say this App by far has been the most helpful. The London Sleep School is a game changer when it comes to help with insomnia. ### 5/5 — Excellent course *2024-05-20, version 2.1.12* I suddenly suffered from a bout of insomnia after being a good sleeper all my life. The experience of not sleeping (or only getting 2-3 hours a night) was very jarring and caused a high level of sleep anxiety. This app was transformative. It gave short, daily sessions to help me understand that my insomnia is not a condition, but instead the result of a condition (anxiety) and gave me the tools to manage the anxiety which - over time - resulted in improved sleep. I would recommend this app to anyone suffering from poor sleep duration or quality. It's quite expensive but the best investment I've made for a long time. My only advice - couple these materials with sleep restriction therapy and don't expect progress to be linear. I had some bumps throughout the course but trust in the materials and be consistent with your learning and practices. ### 5/5 — Godsend *2024-03-29, version 2.1.12* Beautifully crafted app which does a wonderful job of sharing the ACT approach to insomnia. Life has been incredibly stressful for me the last few years, fighting advanced cancer and other conditions including chronic pain. Sleep has been a challenge very often. At last I’m hopeful I can help normalise my sleep and leverage my energy for healing. I love the ACT approach and find it one of the best innovations or evolutions to happen in psychology the past 50 years. I’m so grateful to this app and its makers for making it accessible and easy to grasp. There is hope at last! Love the bitesize nature of each module and found it accessible and enjoyable. ### 5/5 — Frustratingly the app only works half the time *2024-03-26* The content is great and has helped me tremendously but the app just sticks at the splash screen every other time I try and use it. Uninstalling and reinstalling usually works but that is not what I paid for. **Developer response:** Hi Lexxmasta, thank you for review. Sorry to hear you are experiencing an issue - It is likely due to a poor internet or cellular connection but please contact us at hello@sleepschool.org so we can look into this issue further. Thanks Sleep School ### 5/5 — Revolutionary *2024-03-21* I’ve never felt great about my sleep, and would struggle with insomnia somewhat frequently. The advice I’d get would either not work, or only work temporarily. Medication didn’t help much either. After a horrid week of no sleep, a doctor finally recommended The Sleep Book, through which I discovered the app as well. It’s a challenging journey, but it’s been life changing. I would recommend the app and book to anyone who has anxiety about sleep. ### 5/5 — Not Even on Day 6! *2024-02-16* I’m shocked, I tell you! Shocked! After just two days of using the app, the amount of time I’m awake at night is what I deem “normal.” Maybe I’m awake 20 minutes total? I’ve had one night of 8 hours+ sleep and one night of 7+ hours of sleep. This app has been life changing. ### 5/5 — This app was a lifesaver *2024-02-11* So many nights, this app was my only recourse to either falling asleep or slowly becoming less afraid of the night. I am happy to say that now, 2 years later, along with working with my ACT therapist, my insomnia is gone, and whenever I feel it creeping back, I have learned the tools to, not fight it, but accept it and be able to rest and eventually fall back asleep. ### 4/5 — Sleep school *2024-02-01, version 2.1.9* Content is great but app is very sensitive to excessive apps running in background, requiring closure of all for it to work ### 5/5 — Amazingly effective *2024-01-21* The Sleep School app was a Christmas gift from my son, who had found it wonderful for his insomnia. It’s really amazing. The insomnia my family goes back at least three generations…wow! it seems so simple, but the way that he explains things woke my mind up to the truth behind things that I’ve heard 1 million times but never really understood. Just do it, your life will change. ### 5/5 — Recommended by consultant *2024-01-08, version 2.1.8* I’ve really benefitted from this course. Insomnia not totally gone, but better and not spoiling my life like it was. I want continued support from the course, a transcript I can keep fro reference. ### 5/5 — Can this replace CBT-i please? *2023-12-13* I wish I found this before CBT-i made me worse but unfortunately I think this is where a lot of us end up. I wish I found this course years ago for my anxiety because it’s helped much more than therapy. This has been the gateway into mindfulness for me and now that I’ve been practicing it’s made me appreciate how Dr. Guy put this together. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No notifications/emails about trial period ending *2025-03-15, version 3.0.7* Really dislike it when apps make it very easy for you to start a trial period and are hoping people will just forget before they charge a huge annual fee. They didn’t send any reminders at all. I would like to be reimbursed ### 1/5 — Awful *2024-11-08, version 3.0.7* Terrible. Dr guy is really patronising and dr Kat was apathetic and uninterested in my appointment. ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2024-10-28, version 3.0.4* I can’t tell you how frustrating this app is, constantly being told by a recorded voice how much progress I’m making and how much I’ve learned whilst my sleep actually deteriorates. This feeling intensifies as the app progresses and I lose all hope that it’s going to help me. Also, awful patronising cartoons and animated confetti are quite annoying I’m desperately tired but now I’m also marginally poorer. ### 1/5 — Broken doesn’t load *2023-12-01, version 2.1.6* Broken and doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Unfortunately can’t open the App *2023-11-29, version 2.1.6* No review as it don’t work ### 1/5 — Unable to login in *2023-04-30* I bought a subscription using the IAP option 5 months ago, and as of March until now, I’m unable to log-in using the Apple 3rd party option. This renders my subscription effectively useless. I commend Meadows and his team for the excellent content of the sleep school, as it has been the one remedy which has actually worked - but there is still much work to be done on the app. I can’t recommend the sleep school in good faith to anyone until the contents can actually be accessed. $31 down the drain. **Developer response:** Dear Ayomide, Thanks for your review. Please contact us at support@sleepschool.zendesk.com asap and we will have you logged into the app in minutes! If you have forgot your password please use the password reminder functionality to send you a new temporary password. Thanks Sleep School Team ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2023-01-07, version 1.20.1* I subscribed to use this app for £29.99 a year however the app never recognised I’d subscribed even after trying to delete the app, download it again and log in again. I’ve had to cancel my subscription and will probably still be charged the £29.99 for an app I can’t even use!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Clunky App *2021-11-01, version 1.12* Tried to use this app but no luck. Navigation between screens is impossible. Very frustrating to use as App does not remember that you have completed part of the course and sends you back to the beginning. I tried for 4 days but had to give up. A pity as content looked promising. User interface needs to improve dramatically before I could recommend it ### 1/5 — Very disappointing *2021-03-04, version 1.04* The upgrade from the old version was tedious and has not worked for me. So effectively I’ve paid for an app which hasn’t registered ### 1/5 — Poor *2021-01-09* I was excited about this app after reading the book. I paid the $55 and started the 30day course but the app just launches then freezes and does nothing.... Aside from sending me notifications. Definately some bugs which make it unusable unfortunately. **Developer response:** Hi Tkmannz, thanks for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you are experiencing an issue. Please contact us at hello@thesleepschool.org so that we can find out what the exact issue is and resolve it for you ASAP. Thanks. Sleep School Team ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Will completely transform your approach to sleep *2025-11-25* I’ve always had intermittent sleep problems but about eight months ago it spiraled out of control after a few bad nights and I developed debilitating sleep anxiety. It was months of 3-5 hours per night and nothing seemed to help. I came across Dr. Guy and his sleep school and I cannot thank him enough. Within a couple weeks my anxiety started to decrease and the sleep improvement followed. I just finished the 30-day course last night. I took about 60 days because I repeated some days just to make sure I really absorbed the lessons. In the past month I have slept 7-8 hours every night except maybe one when I was sick. I can’t say enough about this course. Well worth the cost. I’m excited about doing the other courses too. ### 5/5 — Works like magic *2025-10-04, version 3.0.7* I tried CBTi for many months without success, this ACT therapy almost instantly cured me. ### 5/5 — Life saver *2025-08-14* I loved this app! I had terrible sleep anxiety for two years, but this app was a game changer for eventually reducing and then completely eliminating the anxiety I felt while going to bed. At this point, I haven’t worried about sleep in a year. Thank you!! the creators of this app put much thought and care into it ### 5/5 — Knowledgeable and practical *2025-08-06* The theory is there both about what is needed to improve sleep as well as what I need as a person to be trained how to integrate it. Things like reminders and motivators, bite-sized lessons and helpful patterns. I will recommend this to friends! ### 5/5 — My insomnia is gone! *2025-06-28, version 3.0.7* I’ve been dealing with insomnia for two years now. I would consider my insomnia to be severe. I probably was getting 10 hours a month of sleep when it was at its worst. I went through CBT-I which actually made my problem worse. I am happy to say after reading the book and completing the program, I am insomnia free! Also, I am sleeping pill free! Being awake throughout the night no longer scares me. Best $100.00 I ever spent. I have my life back! ### 5/5 — My sleep nurse *2025-04-28, version 3.0.7* Sleep school is excellent easy to follow and it helps me so much after 2 months doing it I don’t think I can miss a day! ### 5/5 — Great app one minor annoyance *2025-02-24* The app works great and I am enjoying the course and mentality of it so far. One minor annoyance is that the sleep and wake reminders are showing no matter what even though I have them disabled. It’s annoying especially because I already have such a thing set up with apple health. ### 5/5 — Absolutely Brilliant *2025-01-21, version 3.0.7* I am 81yrs I developed insomnia after hip replacement and an issue with the knee on the same side. A mistake with a new mattress and having to lie on my back for many weeks……in the end I was afraid of going to bed it all seemed like torture. I found Sleep School after a search for help and it has been truly life changing The teaching is so thoughtful,gentle and informative, I began to feel safe going to bed very quickly. Now 4 weeks later I fall asleep quickly, stay asleep longer and look forward to resting even if I am awake. It has also helped with other issues like defusing thoughts and emotions which has application to everyday life. So THANK YOU with all my heart you have rescued me!!!! ### 5/5 — Helpful for insomnia and for life *2025-01-02* Great practical tools for improving your relationship with sleep and your thoughts overall. I can’t believe it took me this long to find it. ### 5/5 — So pleased with this app! *2024-09-22, version 3.0.1* I’m really glad that I got this app. After 40 plus years of insomnia I just know that this is the best way to handle it; acceptance. The usual advice is just not helpful at all. I strongly recommend this app for those suffering with insomnia LKH --- *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 2026-06-10.*