Comparison

Night Routine vs DriftOff

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

Head to head
About

Night Routine

This app helps you improve sleep quality with a personalized nightly routine. It includes guided breathing exercises, journaling prompts, and sleep score tracking to help you wind down and wake up refreshed.

Highlights
  • Personalized sleep quiz
  • Guided nightly routine
  • In-app breathing exercises
  • Gratitude and goal journaling
  • Sleep score tracking
  • Secure data archive
Features
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Improve your sleep quality and wake up refreshed with Night Routine—your all-in-one app designed to guide you through a personalized nightly routine that eases your mind and body for a deeper, more restorative sleep. Key Benefits at a Glance: • Personalized Sleep Quiz: Kickstart your journey with a short quiz that categorizes your sleep type, tailoring your routine to your unique needs. • Guided Routine: Follow a customizable step-by-step process—including a calming in-app breathing exercise—to help you wind down and fall asleep faster. More than 10 available steps. • In-App Journal: Capture gratitude, set goals for the next day, or simply jot down your thoughts, clearing your mind for a peaceful night. • Sleep Score Tracking: Monitor your progress over time with a clear sleep score, so you can see how your nightly routine transforms your sleep quality. • Secure Data Archive: Every piece of your sleep data and journal entry is safely archived, giving you easy access to track your improvements anytime. Transform your nights and wake up energized—download Night Routine today and experience the difference a dedicated sleep routine can make! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://spreen.notion.site/Night-Routine-Privacy-Policy-19078074aa7f801db546e62407b20f93?pvs=4 Some features within the app require an additional subscription. When you purchase a subscription, please be aware of the following: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable

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

Night Routine4 screens
DriftOff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Night Routine at every 2 days against DriftOff's every 4 weeks. Night Routine also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). DriftOff's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, 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. Night Routine sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month 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 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Night Routine has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Night Routine ships an update every 2 days, DriftOff every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Night Routine versus DriftOff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNight RoutineDriftOff
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB140 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHockey Labs, Inc.Md HASAN

Customer experience

Night Routine

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DriftOff

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

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Night Routine

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$11.991 Month
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  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year
2 purchases

DriftOff

Subscriptions2
  • DriftOff Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • DriftOff Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Night Routine free?
Night Routine 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, Night Routine or DriftOff?
DriftOff is rated higher. Night Routine averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while DriftOff averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Night Routine or DriftOff have ads?
Neither Night Routine nor DriftOff shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Night Routine or DriftOff?
Night Routine ships an update every 2 days, and DriftOff every 4 weeks. Most recently, Night Routine was updated on October 24, 2026 and DriftOff on October 25, 2026.

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