Comparison

HarmLess vs GoodSleep

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

Head to head
About

HarmLess

This app supports individuals recovering from self-harm by providing tools to track progress, manage urges with healthy alternatives, and deepen self-understanding. It offers courses, guided meditations, and access to professional therapists.

Highlights
  • Urge management toolkit
  • Self-harm-free streak tracking
  • Personalized journal
  • Educational courses on mental health
  • Guided meditations
  • Breathing exercises
  • Access to discounted therapists
Features
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Transform your life one day at a time with HarmLess, the leading mobile app designed to support those battling self-harm. This innovative tool empowers you to take control of your recovery, build resilience, deepen self-understanding, and develop healthier coping mechanisms. HarmLess provides a comprehensive suite of features tailored to your emotional needs, helping you navigate life's challenges with strength and clarity. When urges strike, tap the URGE button to open a personalized toolkit offering a variety of healthy alternatives based on your current emotional state. Recognizing, understanding, and validating your feelings is a powerful step toward healing. Your privacy and security are our top priorities. With a passcode-protected interface, your journey remains confidential—your story is yours to share when and how you choose. Track your progress with real-time insights and statistics, including self-harm-free streaks, daily difficulty ratings, and urge frequency. Every day you stay committed is a step forward, and we ensure you can see that progress clearly. Stay engaged and motivated with daily Pledge Icons, reflect on your journey in your personal Journal, and gain perspective with our structured Reviews feature—each designed to support self-awareness and mental well-being. Expand your knowledge and strengthen your recovery with bite-sized, engaging Courses on self-harm, mental health, coping strategies, and more. Designed to be simple, digestible, and interactive, each course is divided into chapters, with quizzes at the end to reinforce key takeaways. Build confidence, and develop practical skills as you progress. Celebrate your milestones and unlock rewards through Achievements, visual symbols of your dedication and resilience that encourage you to keep moving forward. Our unique, animated Breathing Exercises provide an engaging way to reduce stress, ease anxiety, boost energy, and improve sleep. Find moments of peace with Guided Meditations, specifically designed to support those overcoming self-harm. For additional support, HarmLess users can access professional mental health therapists at a discounted rate directly through the app, ensuring that help is always within reach. HarmLess is your trusted companion on the path to healing. Start your journey today—because you matter, and your story is far from over. We are always open to feedback, if you have any ideas or suggestions about how the app could be better, we'd love to hear from you. Please write them in a written review right here on the App Store. Terms of use: http://www.wiredbetterment.com/harmless/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy: http://www.wiredbetterment.com/harmless/privacypolicy.html

About

GoodSleep

This app uses brainwave-based audio to help you fall asleep faster, achieve deeper sleep, and wake up feeling refreshed. It offers sleep analysis, personalized insights, and gentle alarms to improve your sleep rhythm and overall sleep quality.

Highlights
  • Brainwave sleep aid with binaural beats
  • Sound mixing for relaxation
  • Pre-sleep mood and activity logging
  • Sleep constellation visualization
  • Sleep debt tracking and recovery suggestions
  • AI sleep assistant
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Tired, but your thoughts are still wide awake? Make room for a quieter bedtime with rhythm audio, nature sounds, and a simple sleep diary. GoodSleep, known in the app as SleepCore, brings together bedtime sounds, daily records, and wake-up reminders. RHYTHM AUDIO FOR YOUR EVENING Choose monaural or binaural beats. Monaural audio can play through your phone speaker; binaural beats require stereo headphones. Enjoy gentle fade-ins, gradual changes in rhythm and volume in automatic mode, and a timer to stop playback. “Brainwave” describes the frequency ranges that inform the audio design. The app does not read or measure your brain activity. MAKE YOUR OWN SOUNDSCAPE Mix rain, ocean waves, wind, a campfire, and other nature sounds. Adjust each sound's volume to create a background you enjoy for winding down or resting. KEEP A RECORD OF YOUR NIGHTS Log your mood, activities, and physical state before bed, then record how you feel after waking. Turn your nightly entries into a sleep constellation and look back on your routine over time. UNDERSTAND YOUR SLEEP DEBT View estimates and trends for accumulated sleep shortfall. With your permission, SleepCore reads sleep records created by Apple Watch through Apple Health. Without Watch data, relevant estimates use your app records and configured schedule. Sleep stages come from Apple Watch; SleepCore does not independently detect them. SET YOUR EVENING AND MORNING Set bedtime reminders and wake-up alarms. Alarm features require the relevant system permission. ASK ABOUT SLEEP The AI sleep chat offers general information about sleep and daily routines. It requires an internet connection and does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment. SLEEPCORE PLUS The app is free to download. The full rhythm-audio bedtime flow, AI chat, and advanced sleep-debt content require a SleepCore Plus subscription. Nature-sound mixing offers a limited number of free uses; continued use requires Plus. Prices, subscription periods, and trial eligibility are shown on the purchase screen. SleepCore is for relaxation, logging, and general sleep-management information. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat insomnia or guarantee sleep onset or deep-sleep duration. Audio experiences vary from person to person. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. • Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. • Any unused portion of an offered free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Service: https://www.emmo.club/SleepCore/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.emmo.club/SleepCore/en/privacy.html

Screenshots

HarmLess4 screens
GoodSleep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HarmLess at 4.8 against GoodSleep's 4.0. HarmLess also leads on ratings volume (9K vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). GoodSleep's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). 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. HarmLess sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and GoodSleep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HarmLess holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HarmLess has 9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of HarmLess's written reviews are positive against 94% of GoodSleep's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HarmLess ships an update fortnightly, GoodSleep every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HarmLess versus GoodSleep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarmLessGoodSleep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9K ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews83.2% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWired BettermentEMMO Corp.

Customer experience

HarmLess

All ratings9,044 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews537 reviews
Positive83.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative12.7%

GoodSleep

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

HarmLess

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional glitches or crashes
  • Inconsistencies in the self-harm tracker

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free meditation and breathing exercises
  • Ability to reset or adjust the self-harm tracker
  • Option to customize the app's appearance
  • Improved syncing and data transfer between devices

GoodSleep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

HarmLess

Subscriptions9
  • Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Premium Intro Offer3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
Show 6 more
  • Premium Feat. Offer Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Quarterly$9.993 Months
  • Premium Feat. Offer Biannual3 Days trial$19.996 Months
  • Premium Biannual$19.996 Months
  • Premium Yearly$35.991 Year
  • Premium Feat. Offer Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time5
  • $1 Tip$0.99
  • Premium (Lifetime)$4.99
  • Premium (Lifetime)$7.99
Show 2 more
  • Premium (Lifetime)$9.99
  • Premium (Lifetime)$12.99
3 purchases

GoodSleep

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Membership7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Quarterly Membership$7.993 Months
  • Yearly Membership7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is HarmLess free?
HarmLess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoodSleep free?
GoodSleep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HarmLess or GoodSleep?
HarmLess is rated higher. HarmLess averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9K ratings, while GoodSleep averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do HarmLess or GoodSleep have ads?
HarmLess shows ads; GoodSleep does not.
Which is updated more often, HarmLess or GoodSleep?
HarmLess ships an update fortnightly, and GoodSleep every 4 days. Most recently, HarmLess was updated on October 16, 2026 and GoodSleep on October 12, 2026.

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