Comparison

Sleep Meister Lite vs Sleep Cycle

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

Head to head
About

Sleep Meister Lite

This app monitors your sleep cycles using your device's accelerometer to wake you during your lightest sleep phase. It offers features like sleep talking recording, sleep data visualization, and automatic music player shutdown. Wake up feeling more refreshed with intelligent alarm management.

Highlights
  • Sleep cycle monitoring
  • Lightest sleep phase alarm
  • Sleep talking recording
  • Health app integration
  • Automatic music player stop
  • Sleep data visualization
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Sleep Meister is a sleep aid app that uses the accelerometer sensor built into your device to monitor your body’s movements and sound an alarm when your sleep is at its lightest, letting you wake up refreshed. Sleep Meister integrates with the Health app and is packed with features, recording your sleep talking, manage your sleep data via graphs and lists, post your sleep data on social media platforms, set the music player to automatically turn off when you fall asleep, and much more. Make every morning a refreshing one! [Features] - Compatible with iOS 27. - Integrates with the Health app. (sleep analysis) - Manages your sleep cycles. - Alarm to wake you up when your sleep is at its lightest. - Recording your sleep talking. - Music player that stops automatically when you fall asleep. [Instructions] 1. Open up the settings menu to personalize the app by choosing the alarm sound, snooze length, and more. 2. Set the alarm time and press the START button to begin monitoring your sleep cycles. 3. Refer to Help in the settings menu when choosing where to place your phone. 4. The alarm will sound in the time period you set when the app senses that your sleep is at its lightest. 5. After waking up, slide the slider to the right to stop sleep monitoring. [URL Scheme] sleepmeisterlite: [Differences between the free and paid versions] No advertisements in the paid version

About

Sleep Cycle

Features
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Feel groggy in the morning sometimes? That's called sleep inertia, it means you've woken up during a sleep cycle. Sleep Cycle App was created to help you sleep better. It takes into account how long it takes the average human to fall asleep and then tells you when to wake up based on REM sleep cycles. This calculator aims to help you avoid this by counting backwards in sleep cycles of 90 minutes to help you wake up feeling refreshed. A sleep cycle lasts about 90 minutes and a good night's sleep consists of 5-6 sleep cycles. If you wake up in the middle of a sleep cycle, you will feel groggy even if you've completed several cycles prior to waking up.

Screenshots

Sleep Meister Lite4 screens
Sleep Cycle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sleep Cycle at none against Sleep Meister Lite's shown. Sleep Cycle also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sleep Meister Lite versus Sleep Cycle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleep Meister LiteSleep Cycle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (633 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings633 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB82 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperNaoya ArakiJosue Montano

Bugs and requests

Sleep Meister Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Alarm not going off as scheduled
  • App shutting down unexpectedly
  • Sleep data not recording properly
  • Compatibility issues with iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add deep sleep percentage
  • Ability to set multiple alarms
  • Option to disable ads
  • Improved sleep talk recording
  • Sync with other health apps

Sleep Cycle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sleep Meister Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Sleep Cycle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sleep Meister Lite free?
Sleep Meister Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sleep Cycle free?
Sleep Cycle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sleep Meister Lite or Sleep Cycle have ads?
Sleep Meister Lite shows ads; Sleep Cycle does not.

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