SLEEP by Max Richter vs Catalytic Explosion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SLEEP by Max Richter
Experience a unique musical journey designed to aid sleep, meditation, and focus. This app features exclusive compositions by Max Richter, customizable sequences, and tools for well-being tracking. It aims to help users fall asleep gently, wake up peacefully, and enhance concentration.
- Fall asleep with expert-consulted composition
- Gentle wake-up sounds
- Immersive music for meditation
- Focus enhancement
- Personal well-being journal
- Unlockable planet experiences
- Apple Watch heart rate integration
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Max Richter's award-winning composition re-imagined to help you sleep, meditate and focus. SLEEP is renowned composer Max Richter's dedication to our daily ritual of sleep. Composed in consultation with sleep experts, SLEEP is a musical tour de force that enamored global audiences and saw more than half-billion digital streams. For the first time ever, exclusive new sequences of SLEEP are now introduced via a fully customizable app experience. Curated musical selections from the SLEEP album will help you sleep, meditate and focus. “The way that the app allows listeners to make a unique and personal journey through the landscape of SLEEP is remarkable and conveys the spirit of the music in a completely new way.” Max Richter SLEEP is free. There are no in-app purchases and all you need is a premium account on Apple Music or Spotify. FEATURES - FALL ASLEEP: A groundbreaking composition written in consultation with sleep experts to help you sleep - WAKE UP: Start your days gently with exclusive sounds from Max Richter that can only be found in this app - MEDITATE: Dive into immersive music and animations to relax your mind, body and soul - FOCUS: Blend out every day life’s noises and sharpen your focus - YOUR OWN JOURNAL: Reflect, take notes and track your well-being - EXPAND YOUR SPACE: Collect experience and progress to unlock further planets - FREE FOR ALL: All features are completely free with either an Apple Music or a Spotify premium account - APPLE WATCH: For Apple Watch, the SLEEP app measures your heartbeat and will adjust the music programming to approximate the rhythm of your heart Let the music of SLEEP guide you into your best slumber, relax your mind and gently wake you up into each brand-new day. Note on Apple Watch and HealthKit: an Apple Watch is required to use the HealthKit features of the SLEEP app. You can choose to grant or deny permission from the SLEEP Watch app to access your heartbeat. If granted permission, the app will try to sync the music programming to be close to your heart rate. Your data is stored locally on the device and is deleted when you delete the app. The SLEEP app uses HealthKit and integrates with the Health app in this manner.
Catalytic Explosion
Master the Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD) technique with this advanced tool. It uses adaptive sleep-tracking sequences to bridge the gap between waking and dreaming, suitable for beginners and experienced dreamers alike.
- Master WILD technique
- Adaptive sleep-tracking
- Bridge waking and dream worlds
- Suitable for all experience levels
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Unlock the full potential of your subconscious mind with Catalytic Explosion, the ultimate tool designed specifically for mastering the WILD (Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream) technique. Whether you are an experienced oneironaut or just starting your journey into conscious dreaming, Catalytic Explosion bridges the gap between waking clarity and the dream world using highly optimized, adaptive sleep-tracking sequences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Catalytic Explosion at 100% against SLEEP by Max Richter's 55%. Catalytic Explosion also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). SLEEP by Max Richter's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Catalytic Explosion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SLEEP by Max Richter has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of SLEEP by Max Richter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Catalytic Explosion's.
| Parameter | SLEEP by Max Richter | Catalytic Explosion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | U-Apps | Ornicus |
Customer experience
SLEEP by Max Richter
Catalytic Explosion
Bugs and requests
SLEEP by Max Richter
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or fails to open
- Music playback issues and skipping
- Alarm not working as expected
- Incorrect time and date displayed
Requested features
5 requests- Offline music playback option
- More music and sound options beyond Max Richter
- Integration with other music streaming services
- Customizable sleep/wake up settings
- Apple Watch and Health app integration
Catalytic Explosion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SLEEP by Max Richter
No in-app purchases
Catalytic Explosion
No in-app purchases
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