Eight Sleep vs Autonomous
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/
Autonomous
This application optimizes your workspace for improved focus and well-being. It provides personalized nudges for movement and hydration, tracks your progress, and allows control of connected smart furniture and gadgets.
- Workspace environment analysis
- Personalized wellness nudges
- Progress tracking
- Device control
- Focus optimization
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Autonomous makes devices that think. Desks that think. Chairs that think. Pods that think. Lamps that think. Devices that read the room, learn how you work, and respond - for you, about you, and with you. This app is how you see what they're thinking. LIVE — What your devices are reading right now. Sensor by sensor, hour by hour. SIT-STAND — Your time at the desk, logged each day. The desk knows when you're up. HISTORY — Every reading saved and scored. Look back by day or week. ALERTS — A nudge when something's off — air, noise, time in the chair. Or turn them off. PROFILES — Switch between setups for different ways of working. No data leaves your phone. In the AI age, software is solved. Hardware is next. Made on the workshop floor for people who care what their devices know about their work. More details on our site: autonomous.ai Questions or a bug? human@autonomous.ai Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Eight Sleep at 4.8 against Autonomous's 3.8. Eight Sleep also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 8). Autonomous's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (47% vs 28%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Autonomous sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Eight Sleep holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eight Sleep has 18K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Eight Sleep's written reviews are positive against 47% of Autonomous's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eight Sleep | Autonomous |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18K ratings) — better | 3.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 245 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eight Sleep, Inc | Autonomous Inc. |
Customer experience
Eight Sleep
Autonomous
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
Autonomous
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Autonomous
- Soul Premium$9.991 Month
