Eight Sleep vs UPRIGHT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
UPRIGHT
This app connects to a wearable device to provide real-time feedback on your posture. It helps you build awareness, strengthen core muscles, and establish good posture habits for improved health and confidence.
- Real-time posture feedback
- Personalized daily goals
- Posture training tutorial
- Progress tracking and stats
- Core muscle strengthening
- Posture awareness development
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**This app works with the UPRIGHT posture trainer. Stand tall, strengthen your core, and breathe better with UPRIGHT. Wish someone would give you a heads up when you’re slouching and remind you to stand up straight? Enter UPRIGHT. The UPRIGHT GO is a small personal posture trainer that is worn discreetly on your upper back and provides you with immediate posture feedback. When you slouch, your UPRIGHT GO vibrates gently to remind you to return to your upright position. Coupled with the app that provides daily training and personalized goals, the UPRIGHT GO helps you build posture awareness, strengthen your core muscles, and create good long-term posture habits for better health and confidence. Here’s what you’ll find in the app: - A step-by-step tutorial to help you get started with posture training - Your own avatar, which shows your posture in real-time and helps you develop your posture awareness - Personalized performance-based daily goals - A profile and stats screen to help you track your progress and keep improving
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UPRIGHT at none against Eight Sleep's 4. UPRIGHT also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Eight Sleep's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (18K vs 3.9K). 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
Both are free to download. Eight Sleep sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. UPRIGHT asks for nothing beyond the download.
Eight Sleep holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Eight Sleep's written reviews are positive against 26% of UPRIGHT's.
Eight Sleep ships an update every 3 days, UPRIGHT every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Eight Sleep | UPRIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18K ratings) — better | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better | 25.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 3.9K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 245 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eight Sleep, Inc | Upright Technologies Ltd |
Customer experience
Eight Sleep
UPRIGHT
User reviews
Eight Sleep
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat 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
UPRIGHT
From 3.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Effective in improving posture
- 🚀 Helpful real-time feedback
- 🚀 Intuitive app and device setup
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues with the app
- 🔋 High battery drain
- 🐛 Syncing and data tracking issues
- 🐛 Buggy app and software updates
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
UPRIGHT
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezing and crashing
- Forced firmware updates causing device issues
- Inconsistent device performance and vibration detection
Requested features
3 requests- Apple Watch app integration
- Customizable goals and settings
- Improved data visualization and tracking
In-app purchases
Eight Sleep
- 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
UPRIGHT
No in-app purchases
