Comparison

Stellar Sleep vs MyBytes

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

Head to head
About

Stellar Sleep

This app offers a science-backed approach to permanently improve sleep using psychology. It provides personalized programs and tools to help users understand their minds and build better sleep habits, leading to more restful mornings. Over 80% of users see significant improvement in under 4 weeks.

Highlights
  • Personalized sleep improvement program
  • Cognitive restructuring
  • Sleep restriction therapy
  • Stimulus control techniques
  • Relaxation exercises and nature sounds
  • Sleep diary and progress tracking
  • Gratitude and worry journaling
Features
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Learn how to sleep again with the award-winning mobile app for insomnia started as a venture at Harvard Innovation Labs, and developed in collaboration with sleep psychologists, therapists, and researchers. Looking to improve your sleep permanently? Any program can tell you to cut coffee, use blue-light filters or meditate. But the truth is much of the generic advice on the internet doesn’t work for people with insomnia. Stellar Sleep is different. Stellar Sleep uses the #1 science-backed approach for improving sleep that is personalized to your needs and simply works. We empower you to live a healthier and happier life by better understanding yourself and your brain, so you can wake up every morning feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the challenges of the day. Our results speak for itself. We have helped over a thousand patients fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer using psychology. Over 80% of our users see a dramatic improvement in their sleep in less than 4 weeks. Our evidence-based program takes only 5 to 10 minutes a day, and includes topics around: * Stimulus control * Cognitive restructuring * Undergoing sleep restriction therapy * Building strong sleep habits * Calming down a racing mind * Relaxation techniques * And much, much more In addition to our core sleep curriculum, you’ll have access to the following features: * A comprehensive library of nature sounds, breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation exercises, bedtime stories, sleep music and guided meditations to help you relax and unwind. * Track your progress, better understand your sleep and stay on top of trends with our sleep diary. * Connect with wearables through the Health App. * Gratitude and worry journaling. * 30 night challenge for those who have reached their sleep goal and want to maintain it. * A deeper dive into other mental health challenges. * Strategies for creating lasting behavioral changes in other aspects of your life.

About

MyBytes

Features
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Food Journal is the low-friction way to notice how what you eat connects to how you feel. No calorie counting. No barcode scanning. No judgment. Just three quick questions: • What did you eat? • How did you feel? • Anything else you want to add? That’s it. Each entry takes seconds, so you’ll actually keep doing it. Every day you log lights up on a clean monthly calendar, so your habits and patterns become easy to see at a glance. Tap any day to revisit your meals, moods, and notes. Built for consistency over perfection — because the goal isn’t a perfect record, it’s a little more awareness, one meal at a time. Start your journal today.

Screenshots

Stellar Sleep4 screens
MyBytes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Stellar Sleep at 15.0 against MyBytes's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Stellar Sleep versus MyBytes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellar SleepMyBytes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.8K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB2 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMerlin Collective, LLCGARCEY ZBIGNIEW BERNARDIN

Bugs and requests

Stellar Sleep

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • The program will not download despite multiple attempts
  • The app freezes when trying to access the sleep log

Requested features

3 requests
  • More CBT-I or whatever the newer Type of Sleep therapy that they offer, which is the more Mindfulness-based Insomnia help
  • A search feature to easily find previously viewed videos
  • Sync across devices

MyBytes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stellar Sleep

No in-app purchases

None

MyBytes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stellar Sleep free?
Stellar Sleep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyBytes free?
MyBytes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stellar Sleep or MyBytes have ads?
Neither Stellar Sleep nor MyBytes shows ads.

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