Comparison

Bedtime Bully vs DriftOff

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

Head to head
About

Bedtime Bully

This application provides timely reminders to help users wind down and go to bed on schedule. It offers both a consistent global bedtime setting and a flexible weekly schedule to manage different bedtimes throughout the week.

Highlights
  • Bedtime reminders
  • Global bedtime setting
  • Weekly bedtime schedule
  • Customizable notifications (upcoming)
  • Bedtime history analytics (upcoming)
Features
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This app focuses on helping you go to bed on time! This is done by giving you a heads up before your bedtime giving you ample time to wrap up projects and wind down for the night. You can set a global bedtime if you prefer a consistent bedtime. Or you can use the weekly schedule feature to manage different bedtimes throughout the week. Upcoming features include customizing the pre-bedtime notifications and analytics of your bedtime history.

About

DriftOff

Fall asleep faster with this sleep companion app. It offers guided sleep stories, ambient sounds, breathing exercises, and a cognitive shuffle technique to calm a racing mind. Track your progress and enjoy a dark interface designed for nighttime use.

Highlights
  • Soothing sleep stories
  • Cognitive shuffle technique
  • Ambient sound mixing
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Sleep session tracking
  • Dark interface
  • Sleep timer
Features
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Tired body, busy brain? DriftOff is the sleep app for racing minds. Say what's keeping you up. One tap later a calm voice reads random, easy words every few seconds, a soft bed of rain or noise plays underneath, and the screen goes dark. Nothing to follow, nothing to solve. AWAKE AT 2 A.M.? One dim screen, three big buttons, no decisions. RACING THOUGHTS: the cognitive shuffle, done for you, in your chosen narrator and pace. Classic words, two-word pictures, themed pools, or Letters: a seed word and things that start with each of its letters, the way the technique is often done by hand. GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD: write tomorrow's things down and leave them on your phone. Anything you park is kept out of tonight's words. WIND DOWN: voice-guided breathing, then sounds. SOUNDS & STORIES: 29 sounds to layer, 18 narrated stories in one calm voice, a timer that fades out on its own. MORNINGS: one tap to say how the night went. DriftOff remembers what helped. No scores, no streaks. HOW THE SHUFFLE WORKS Based on the cognitive shuffle described by sleep researcher Luc Beaudoin: a steady stream of unrelated, easy-to-picture things gives the planning part of your mind nothing to hold on to, so your own sleepiness can take over. There is nothing to get right; a vague impression is plenty. FREE: every sound, the core shuffle, two stories, breathing, thought parking, 2 a.m. rescue. DRIFTOFF PRO: every shuffle category including Sensory mode and Letters, Adaptive pacing, all 18 stories, and your weekly pattern. No account. No tracking. Nothing leaves your phone. DriftOff is a sleep and wellness tool, not a medical device or treatment. If sleep problems persist, talk to a doctor. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vertexlabsolutions.com/privacy

Screenshots

Bedtime Bully4 screens
DriftOff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DriftOff at 5.0 against Bedtime Bully's 4.3. DriftOff also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Bedtime Bully's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bedtime Bully sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DriftOff sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DriftOff holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bedtime Bully ships an update every 3 weeks, DriftOff every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Bedtime Bully versus DriftOff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBedtime BullyDriftOff
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB140 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert J Sarvis JrMd HASAN

Customer experience

Bedtime Bully

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DriftOff

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bedtime Bully

One-time1
  • Unlock Weekly Bedtime Schedule$1.99
2 purchases

DriftOff

Subscriptions2
  • DriftOff Pro Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • DriftOff Pro Yearly1 Year trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Bedtime Bully free?
Bedtime Bully is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DriftOff free?
DriftOff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bedtime Bully or DriftOff?
DriftOff is rated higher. Bedtime Bully averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while DriftOff averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bedtime Bully or DriftOff have ads?
Neither Bedtime Bully nor DriftOff shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bedtime Bully or DriftOff?
Bedtime Bully ships an update every 3 weeks, and DriftOff every 4 weeks. Most recently, Bedtime Bully was updated on October 21, 2026 and DriftOff on October 24, 2026.

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