Comparison

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep vs Bird calls, songs and chirp

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

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About

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep

This app offers a collection of calming stories and meditations designed to help users fall asleep quickly and beat insomnia. It features customizable soundscapes and guided sessions to promote deep relaxation and a peaceful night's rest.

Highlights
  • Large library of sleep meditations and stories
  • Guided mindfulness and hypnosis techniques
  • Customizable nature sounds with volume control
  • Delayed ending for continuous ambiance
  • Offline listening for favorite tracks
  • New content published daily
Features
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◆ "The best sleep apps in 2024" - CNN Underscored ◆ ◆ "Struggling to Sleep? Try These Bedtime-Story Apps" - The Wall Street Journal ◆ ◆ "Protect And Boost Your Mental Health" - Forbes ◆ ◆ "New Apps we Love" - Apple ◆ Trouble falling asleep? Try Slumber® for 5 minutes, and you'll be dreaming in no time. Slumber is a collection of ultra-relaxing, sleep-inducing stories and meditations designed to beat insomnia and help you fall asleep quickly every single night. Here's how it works: ◆ Choose a relaxing story or meditation to listen to as you fall asleep. Slumber professionally writes, designs, and records each episode to put you into a state of deep calm and to help you turn off your mind. ◆ Adjust the sleep music, nature sounds, and background effects to create the perfect ambiance to help you stay asleep all night. Features: ◆ Large library of sleep meditations, sleep-inducing stories, bedtime stories for kids, and ASMR Soundscapes. ◆ Meditation guides and storytellers utilize mindfulness, gratitude, and suggestive hypnosis to help you relax and fall asleep. ◆ Customizable nature sounds to help you relax with individual volume control and timer. ◆ Delayed Ending can continue the relaxing background ambiance as long as you'd like. ◆ Tag your favorites for easy offline listening. ◆ Five new tracks published every week. ◆ Get 20+ Slumber episodes for free. Become a premium member for full access to the sleep library. ◆ Sync your meditations with Apple Health's mindfulness minutes via HealthKit (Turn on or off via the Profile screen). Testimonials: "My only problem with this app is it always makes me fall asleep before I finish the stories! Which I guess is the point, but I always try to make it through and never succeed!" - itsmeyoyeah "I haven't slept all night without a sleep aid in ages. I've only had (slumber) for two nights, and I haven't slept like these two nights since I was a carefree kid! I have the Calm app, which also has bedtime stories, and that was ok, but still not a full night's sleep and not a lot of variety. Definitely not the control of content like this app provides." - fabfourmom SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS Slumber offers an auto-renewing subscription. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each billing term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. You can see our terms and conditions here: http://slumber.fm/terms/ and our privacy policy here: http://slumber.fm/privacy-policy/

About

Bird calls, songs and chirp

Discover the mental health benefits of bird sounds. Learn to identify birds by their calls and songs, and use calming melodies to relax, fall asleep faster, and improve sleep quality.

Highlights
  • Learn bird calls and songs
  • Mental health benefits
  • Calming and relaxing sounds
  • Improve sleep quality
  • Bird identification aid
  • Nature sounds
Features
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Hearing bird calls linked to lasting mental health benefits. When you see a bird singing, the connection between bird and song tends to stick in your mind. Learn bird calls and open a new window on your birding. Learning bird songs is a great way to identify birds hidden by dense foliage. Looking to improve your mental health? The researchers found that hearing or seeing birds was associated with improvements in mental wellbeing in people with mental health conditions, like depression, and those without. Our soothing music app has calming and relaxing sounds of the birds that help you to fall asleep: forest birds, woodpeckers, mockingbird, seagulls, owls sounds and other nature sounds. Choose one of the melodies and close your eyes for calming. Birds melodies help you relax deeply, fall asleep quickly, better sleep and drift into a restful, restorative slumber. We hope you enjoy our app! SUBSCRIPTIONS: -Your subscription will grant you unlimited access to all content for the duration of your subscription. -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
 -Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
 -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
 -Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
 -Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
 -By using this app, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/paulvi-app-bible/ and https://sites.google.com/view/paulvi-app-terms-conditions/ *Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent subscription price in $USD.

Screenshots

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep4 screens
Bird calls, songs and chirp3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep at none against Bird calls, songs and chirp's shown. Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Bird calls, songs and chirp's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Bird calls, songs and chirp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep has 27K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bird calls, songs and chirp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep ships an update every 5 weeks, Bird calls, songs and chirp every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep versus Bird calls, songs and chirp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlumber-Calm Stories for SleepBird calls, songs and chirp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (27K ratings) — better4.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSlumber Studios, LLCPavel Vinnik

Customer experience

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep

All ratings27,139 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews720 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative9.2%

Bird calls, songs and chirp

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Saved content not downloading properly
  • Subscription issues and unexpected charges

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free content and stories
  • Ability to create custom playlists
  • Option to adjust narrator volume separately
  • More diverse narrator options
  • Sleep timer functionality

Bird calls, songs and chirp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep

Subscriptions10
  • Slumber Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Slumber Premium$7.991 Month
  • Slumber Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Slumber Premium$9.991 Month
  • Slumber Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Slumber Premium14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Slumber Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Slumber+ Fall Asleep7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Slumber Premium$59.991 Year
  • Slumber Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Slumber Full Access$5.99
3 purchases

Bird calls, songs and chirp

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$4.991 Month
  • 1 Year Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium Access$19.99

Questions

Is Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep free?
Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bird calls, songs and chirp free?
Bird calls, songs and chirp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep or Bird calls, songs and chirp?
Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep is rated higher. Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27K ratings, while Bird calls, songs and chirp averages 4.3 from 20 ratings.
Do Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep or Bird calls, songs and chirp have ads?
Bird calls, songs and chirp shows ads; Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep does not.
Which is updated more often, Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep or Bird calls, songs and chirp?
Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bird calls, songs and chirp every 11 months. Most recently, Slumber-Calm Stories for Sleep was updated on September 24, 2026 and Bird calls, songs and chirp on September 21, 2026.

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