Comparison

Sleepcast! vs PROker

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

Head to head
About

Sleepcast!

This app helps you fall asleep to podcasts without manual timer management. It features intelligent sleep timers, motion-based extensions, smart night recaps, and custom playlists for a seamless listening experience.

Highlights
  • Intelligent sleep timer
  • Motion-based timer extensions
  • Smart night recaps
  • Customizable playlists
  • Transcript search
  • AI summaries
  • One-tap bookmarking
Features
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Fall asleep to your favorite podcasts without managing timers, rewinding episodes, or losing the best moments. Sleepcast is built around a simple idea: your podcast player should adapt to your sleep, not the other way around. With an intelligent sleep timer, motion-based extensions, smart night recaps, custom playlists, transcript search, AI summaries, and one-tap bookmarking with audio clips and transcripts, it creates a seamless listening experience from drifting off to waking up. Just press play, relax, and let Sleepcast handle the rest. Drift off to your favorite shows without worry, thanks to an exceptionally advanced Sleep Timer: - Flexible Sleep Timer: Set it by duration or stop automatically at the end of the current episode. - Smart Sleep Check: A gentle beep and motion detection can sense if you're still awake, extending the timer so listening isn’t interrupted too early. - Scheduled Listening: Activate the sleep timer only during specific hours with Time Window, perfect for your nightly routine. - Sleep Timer Statistics: Review a detailed history of your sleep timer sessions. - Continuous Play: Keep the timer going across multiple episodes with auto-restart. - Volume Fade-Out: Audio gently fades out during the final seconds for a smooth transition. Bookmarking and Fragment Sharing - Effortless Bookmarking: Save your spot instantly with one tap or a quick volume-button gesture. - Precision Fragment Editor: Trim captured audio clips with a visual waveform editor and share the exact moment you intended. - AI Transcription: Audio fragments can be transcribed automatically. - Search & Highlight: Search bookmark transcripts and quickly find the moment you saved. - Add Notes & Share: Attach notes and share the audio fragment, transcript, and your thoughts. A Full-Featured Podcast Experience - Personal Inbox: See the newest episodes from all subscriptions, with customizable episode limits per podcast. - Immersive Playback: Enjoy a clean, dynamic player that adapts its colors to the podcast artwork. - Custom Playlists: Create, manage, sort, batch-add, and clear your own episode playlists. - Versatile Queue Management: Switch easily between Playlist Mode, custom playlists, Binge Mode, and Remix. - Discover New Favorites: Explore top podcasts and episodes by country and genre, or search for exactly what you want. - Offline Listening: Download episodes for playback anywhere, with Wi-Fi-only options and simple storage management. - OPML Import/Export: Bring subscriptions from other apps or back up your library. - Multi-Language Support: Fully localized in English, Dutch, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. Experimental Features - Sudden Loud Sound Suppression: Real-time audio analysis detects volume spikes and smooths them out. - Speed-Sensitive Volume: Automatically adjusts playback volume based on your movement speed. - AI Summaries: Generate searchable podcast summaries and transcripts, with improved cancellation support. Simple Mode — a new way to use SleepCast SleepCast 3.5 introduces Simple mode, a streamlined experience built around falling asleep to podcasts with a smart sleep timer. Simple vs Expert — Choose your experience in Settings → Experience Mode. New users start in Simple mode; existing users stay on Expert. - Podcast grid — Your subscribed shows appear as a clean grid of cover art with tilted artwork, accent shadows, and flippable tiles that reveal episode info and controls. - Grid or list layout — Switch between grid and list views, with sorting by title, latest episode, rating, subscription date, and more. - Fullscreen player — A dedicated player with a collapsible sleep timer panel; full timer options remain in Settings. - Downloads — Pick episodes to download per podcast, or let Simple mode keep the latest episode ready automatically. CarPlay Support Control Sleepcast directly from your car with a clear interface for your queue, subscriptions, and playback controls.

About

PROker

Features
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• Profit & Loss Tracking Record each session in seconds. Track buy-ins, cash-outs, hours played, and net results with clean charts and trend analysis. • Auto Currency Conversion Playing in different countries or casinos? PROker automatically converts your results into your preferred currency using real-time exchange rates—keeping your bankroll accurate no matter where you play. • Hand Logger Save important hands to study later. Add board cards, actions, stack sizes, pot sizes, and personal notes—perfect for reviewing your decisions after a session. • Custom Strategy Builder Create your own strategy charts, decision flows, and reference sheets. Organize your ideas and refine your game over time.

Screenshots

Sleepcast!4 screens
PROker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PROker at Free against Sleepcast!'s $4.99. PROker also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Sleepcast!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

PROker is free to download; Sleepcast! costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sleepcast! ships an update fortnightly, PROker every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Sleepcast! versus PROker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleepcast!PROker
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB69 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperArthur de RijkeCHAO HSUAN LIN

In-app purchases

None

Sleepcast!

No in-app purchases

None

PROker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sleepcast! free?
Sleepcast! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PROker free?
PROker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sleepcast! or PROker have ads?
PROker shows ads; Sleepcast! does not.
Which is updated more often, Sleepcast! or PROker?
Sleepcast! ships an update fortnightly, and PROker every 6 days. Most recently, Sleepcast! was updated on October 28, 2026 and PROker on September 19, 2026.

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