Sleep vs CalmCanvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sleep
This app helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer with soothing sounds, music, and guided meditations. Create a calming atmosphere to unwind and achieve relaxation goals like reducing anxiety.
- Soothing sounds and music
- Professionally recorded melodies
- Guided sleep meditations
- Background sound playback
- Anxiety reduction
- Mind clearing
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Are you having trouble catching enough zzz's? SleepApp is specifically designed to help you say goodbye to insomnia, fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. * Explore our selection of sounds and music to create a soothing atmosphere. Each melody was professionally recorded and perfectly looped to help you unwind and sleep throughout the night. * Add a sleep meditation to your favorite melody to quiet your mind and guide you to a deep slumber. Let yourself be guided through a gentle meditation practice that will ease you into a deep sleep. * The relaxing sounds can continue playing in the background for as long as you want without worrying that your sleep may be disturbed. Achieve specific goals such as reducing your anxiety or clearing your mind. Blending meditation practice with soothing sounds will melt your worries away and will lull you to sleep in no time!
CalmCanvas
This app offers a collection of ambient music and nature sounds designed for meditation, relaxation, and sleep. Users can combine multiple sounds to create personalized soundscapes for activities like yoga, study, or breathing exercises.
- Ambient nature recordings
- Relaxing sounds for focus
- Music for yoga and breathing
- Positive energy music
- Customizable soundscapes
- Aids deep sleep and relaxation
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CalmCanvas is a free meditation and relaxation music app. You can play nice background music and ambient for meditation, breathing practice, yoga practice, sleep meditation or study. You can choose to play multiple sounds and music at the same time and create the unique sound effect that you like. FEATURES: - Ambient nature recordings and relaxing sounds. - Focus music help you practice concentration, yoga and breathing. - Positive energy music set the mood for exercise and boosts your motivation. - Create a unique sound effect by playing multiple sounds and music at the same time. - Help you reach deep sleep and relax
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sleep at none against CalmCanvas's 1. Sleep also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9.6K vs 149). CalmCanvas's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. CalmCanvas sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sleep asks for nothing beyond the download.
CalmCanvas holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sleep has 9.6K ratings behind it against 149, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Sleep's written reviews are positive against 100% of CalmCanvas's.
Sleep ships an update every 8 months, CalmCanvas every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sleep | CalmCanvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.6K ratings) | 4.8 (149 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.6K — better | 149 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GUIDED MEDITATION & CALM SLEEP SRL | APPS BAY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Sleep
CalmCanvas
Bugs and requests
Sleep
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not opening or loading properly
- Sounds randomly stopping or cutting out
- Timer feature not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more sound options like white noise, brown noise, and instrumental music
- Implement a sleep timer to automatically turn off the app
- Introduce a wider variety of narrator voices and accents
- Improve the app's stability and reduce technical issues
- Enhance the user interface and navigation
CalmCanvas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sleep
No in-app purchases
CalmCanvas
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Sleep free?
Is CalmCanvas free?
Which has better reviews, Sleep or CalmCanvas?
Do Sleep or CalmCanvas have ads?
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