Comparison

Eight Sleep vs SleepMapper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Eight Sleep

This intelligent sleep system actively manages your sleep environment by adjusting temperature and elevation. It tracks detailed sleep metrics and provides personalized insights to help you wake up feeling refreshed. The system supports individual sleep profiles for multiple users.

Highlights
  • Personalized temperature control
  • Automatic elevation adjustments
  • Sleep stage tracking
  • Heart rate and HRV monitoring
  • Snoring detection
  • Gentle wake-up alarms
  • Dual sleep profiles
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Introducing Pod 6. The setup is as effortless as your sleep. Guided Hub setup gets you paired in minutes, a live priming screen decodes your Pod's lights in real time so you're never guessing, and Solo Pod owners get a path built just for them. Your best sleep starts tonight. The Eight Sleep Pod is the intelligent sleep system that gives you up to one hour more of sleep every night. It cools. It heats. It elevates. PERSONALIZED SLEEP WITH AUTOPILOT Autopilot is the intelligence behind the Pod. It adjusts your temperature and elevation to perfect your sleep experience. LEARN ABOUT YOUR SLEEP AND HEALTH View your sleep stages, time slept, heart rate, HRV, and snoring. Plus, receive personalized insights and recommendations. WAKE UP REFRESHED With customizable chest-level vibration and a gradual thermal change, you will wake up gently and feel fully refreshed. TWO SLEEP PROFILES PER POD Autopilot creates a profile for up to two individuals on the same Pod and refines overtime. Have questions? We’re here to help. Email us at support@eightsleep.com. Terms of Use: - www.eightsleep.com/app-terms-conditions/ - www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SleepMapper

This app enhances sleep quality by connecting with smart headbands and wake-up lights. It tracks sleep stages, provides soothing audio, and offers smart alarms to improve daytime energy and promote a refreshed awakening.

Highlights
  • Deep sleep enhancement with audio tones
  • Sleep stage tracking
  • Smart alarm for gentle waking
  • Bedroom environment monitoring
  • Guided wind-down feature
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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The SleepMapper app pairs with the SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband and the connected Sleep & Wake-Up Light devices. Download the SleepMapper app to awaken to a better day tomorrow. Enhancing deep sleep With SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband: Improves your total sleep experience - falling asleep, sleep quality and waking up. Measures your sleep stages and delivers audio tones to boost quality of deep sleep, increasing daytime energy. Soothes you to sleep with gentle sounds only you can hear. Smart Alarm wakes you with gentle sounds during periods of light sleep. SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband is a wearable sleep solution, proven to help improve the quality of your sleep for those who do not get enough sleep due to lifestyle. Sound tones enhance the “slow waves” your brain produces during deep sleep. Feel more rested and refreshed without changing how long you sleep. Waking up refreshed With SmartSleep Sleep & Wake-Up Light: Fall asleep relaxed, wake up refreshed and learn about your bedroom environment. Monitor amongst other the light and sound levels so you can adjust to improve your sleep. Philips SmartSleep Sleep & Wake-Up Light is our premier Sleep & Wake-up Light and is designed to help you wake up refreshed after a productive night’s sleep. It combines the benefits of a Wake-up Light with RelaxBreathe, a guided wind-down-to-sleep feature that helps calm your body and mind – and offers extensive app-enabled customization for personalizing your sleeping environment. Philips SmartSleep Sleep & Wake-Up Light is part of our full range of light therapy products created to get you into a positive sleeping, waking and living routine. You’re part of our first release of our sleep platform and we’d love your help to continuously improve. We welcome any feedback on how you’re finding the app, additional features, and improvement. Thank you for supporting and joining our healthy sleep community. Please note SleepMapper supports Philips SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband and the connected Sleep & Wake-Up Light devices. For CPAP devices, please download the DreamMapper app. For more info visit Philips.com/SmartSleep This app is compatible with HealthKit for sleep tracking purposes.

Screenshots

Eight Sleep4 screens
SleepMapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SleepMapper at none against Eight Sleep's 4. Eight Sleep's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (17K vs 3.8K). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Eight Sleep sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. SleepMapper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Eight Sleep against 4.7 for SleepMapper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17K and 3.8K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of Eight Sleep's written reviews are positive against 30% of SleepMapper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eight Sleep ships an update every 4 days, SleepMapper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Eight Sleep versus SleepMapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEight SleepSleepMapper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17K ratings) — better4.7 (3.8K ratings)
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews30.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better3.8K
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB193 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEight Sleep, IncPhilips

Customer experience

Eight Sleep

All ratings17,307 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews765 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral11.5%
Negative61.2%

SleepMapper

All ratings3,789 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews242 reviews
Positive30.2%
Neutral12.4%
Negative57.4%

User reviews

Eight Sleep

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing sleep quality
  • 🌡️ Effective temperature control
  • 📊 Detailed sleep tracking
  • 🤖 Helpful AI features
  • 🏆 Great customer service

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes
  • 🔌 Requires constant internet connection
  • 🕰️ Alarm and temperature controls not intuitive
  • 🔄 Inconsistent sleep data and metrics
  • 💰 Expensive with mandatory subscription

SleepMapper

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent wake-up light
  • 🌙 Helps with sleep
  • 👍 Customizable settings
  • 🌞 Simulates sunrise/sunset

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues with app
  • 🔌 Unreliable WiFi connection
  • 📱 App is buggy and unstable
  • 🕰️ Difficult to set up and use

Bugs and requests

Eight Sleep

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes and loses connection to pod
  • Alarms not working or turning off properly
  • Temperature settings not saving or resetting
  • Sleep data not syncing or displaying accurately
  • Frequent app crashes and performance issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Offline temperature/alarm controls
  • Customizable sleep tracking and insights
  • Improved alarm snooze/dismiss functionality
  • Nap mode and more sleep schedule flexibility

SleepMapper

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App won't connect to device
  • Alarm settings not saving
  • Frequent disconnections and need to reset
  • App crashes on launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Integrate with smart home platforms
  • Add more sound/music options
  • Improve sleep tracking and data analysis
  • Allow remote control from anywhere

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Eight Sleep

Subscriptions4
  • 8+ Standard (Monthly)$10.001 Month
  • 8+ Pro (Monthly)$18.991 Month
  • 8+ Standard (Annual)$96.001 Year
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  • 8+ Pro (Annual)$179.991 Year
None

SleepMapper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eight Sleep free?
Eight Sleep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SleepMapper free?
SleepMapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Eight Sleep or SleepMapper?
Eight Sleep is rated higher. Eight Sleep averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while SleepMapper averages 4.7 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Eight Sleep or SleepMapper have ads?
Neither Eight Sleep nor SleepMapper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eight Sleep or SleepMapper?
Eight Sleep ships an update every 4 days, and SleepMapper every 2 months. Most recently, Eight Sleep was updated on September 25, 2026 and SleepMapper on September 19, 2026.

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