Comparison

Sleep Cue vs Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus

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

Head to head
About

Sleep Cue

This app serves as an interactive companion for a wireless brainwave headband. It displays real-time EEG signals and brainwave power spectrograms, enabling users to trigger custom cues based on sleep stages and brainwave activity for lucid dreaming.

Highlights
  • Real-time EEG signal viewing
  • Brainwave power spectrogram
  • Customizable cue triggering
  • Lucid dream induction techniques
  • Research collaboration opportunities
Features
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An interactive companion app for the Enchanted Wave wireless brainwave headband. 1. The app allows users to view the raw EEG signal, and the power spectrogram of brainwave signals in real time. 2. The protocols allows the user to trigger pre-selected cues with a specific logic combination defined by time, sleep stage, and EEG band power strength. 3. The existing protocols include popular and novel techniques for lucid dream induction. We are open to work with both individual and institutional researchers on customized protocols. Please visit https://enchantedwave.square.site/ for more details.

About

Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus

This app offers high-fidelity binaural beats designed to synchronize brainwaves for relaxation, focus, or sleep. Customize your experience by blending in white noise or calming river sounds. Unlock your mind's potential for transformation with distraction-free sessions.

Highlights
  • Brainwave synchronization
  • High-fidelity audio
  • Customizable sound mixes
  • White noise and nature sounds
  • Distraction-free experience
Features
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Experience the Power of Binaural Beats: Whether you're winding down for sleep, settling into meditation, studying, working, or simply taking a moment to relax, Binaural Beats gives you a simple way to explore frequencies designed for different states of mind. BINAURAL BEATS FOR EVERY MOMENT: Explore different frequencies depending on how you want to spend your time: • Delta — Ideal for deep relaxation, rest, and sleep • Theta — Perfect for meditation, relaxation, and winding down • Alpha — A balanced choice for calm, mindfulness, and relaxed focus • Beta — Designed for concentration, productivity, and mental activity • Gamma — Great for intense focus and mentally demanding sessions HIGH-QUALITY UNINTERRUPTED AUDIO: Enjoy clear, high-fidelity binaural beat audio designed for smooth, continuous listening. No distracting interruptions, just choose your frequency and listen. SIMPLE BY DESIGN: No complicated routines. No overwhelming menus. No endless library to sort through. Choose the experience you want and start listening. Your relaxation session shouldn't be interrupted by an advertisement and useful features shouldn't disappear behind another monthly subscription Binaural Beats is yours to enjoy without limits.

Screenshots

Sleep Cue4 screens
Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus at 4.7 against Sleep Cue's 4.2. Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus also leads on ratings volume (150 vs 5). Sleep Cue's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus has 150 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Sleep Cue's written reviews are positive against 67% of Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sleep Cue ships an update every 3 months, Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sleep Cue versus Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleep CueBinaural Beats | Sleep & Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.7 (150 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5150 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB599 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnchanted Wave LLCVizMystech LLC

Customer experience

Sleep Cue

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus

All ratings149 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sleep Cue

No in-app purchases

None

Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sleep Cue free?
Sleep Cue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus free?
Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sleep Cue or Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus?
Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus is rated higher. Sleep Cue averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus averages 4.7 from 150 ratings.
Do Sleep Cue or Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus have ads?
Neither Sleep Cue nor Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sleep Cue or Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus?
Sleep Cue ships an update every 3 months, and Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus every 9 months. Most recently, Sleep Cue was updated on October 24, 2026 and Binaural Beats | Sleep & Focus on October 24, 2026.

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