Comparison

Better Sleep Diary & Tracker vs Sleep Diary

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

Head to head
About

Better Sleep Diary & Tracker

Log your nightly sleep details and factors that may impact it. See trends over time with simple charts and summaries to understand patterns and make better decisions about your sleep.

Highlights
  • Record nightly sleep details
  • Note impacting factors
  • Add custom notes
  • View sleep trends over time
  • Track changes from new habits
  • See simple charts and summaries
Features
Read full description

Better Sleep Diary is a simple, private sleep diary. Log how you slept in about a minute, note what might have affected your night, and watch your sleep change over time. Keeping a sleep diary is one of the most useful things you can do when you're trying to sleep better. It turns a vague "I slept badly" into something you can measure, and makes it easier to see which habits help and which don't. It's also what doctors and sleep specialists often ask their patients to keep, including during CBT-I (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia). LOG YOUR NIGHT IN A MINUTE • When you went to bed and when you got up • How long you think you slept • Sleep quality and how tired you feel, rated 1 to 5 • Whether it was hard to fall asleep, how often you woke and for how long • Bed and wake times carry over from the night before, so logging is quick TRACK WHAT AFFECTS YOUR SLEEP • Your last meal or drink, and your last tea or coffee • Alcohol, cups of coffee and exercise • Daytime tiredness: afternoon slumps, dozing off and irritability SEE YOUR PATTERNS • Sleep efficiency worked out for you: the share of your time in bed actually spent asleep • Last night and the past 7 nights on the home screen, plus your logging streak • Charts for sleep duration, efficiency, quality and tiredness over a week, month, 3 months, 6 months or a year • A calendar color-coded by sleep quality, with every night one tap away • Each night's details at a glance: how often you woke, late caffeine, exercise and more BUILT TO BE SIMPLE • A gentle daily reminder to log last night, which stays quiet once you have • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and Siri and Shortcuts to check or log last night • Syncs across your devices with iCloud • No account and no ads • Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese BETTER SLEEP DIARY PLUS Upgrade to Plus for: • Insights: see how caffeine, alcohol, exercise and late meals relate to your sleep quality and efficiency • Compare: two measures on one timeline, with nights you exercised, drank or dozed off highlighted • Habits & Symptoms: how often each habit or symptom comes up • Notes on every night: medication, stress or anything else, included in your reports • PDF reports: a clear summary, chart and night-by-night table to share with your doctor or sleep specialist • CSV export: every detail of every night, for Numbers, Excel or Google Sheets • Long-term trends: charts over 3 months, 6 months and a year Plus is available as a yearly subscription with a free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sgwni.com/better-sleep-diary-privacy Better Sleep Diary is a record-keeping tool, not a medical device. If you have ongoing sleep problems, talk to your doctor – and take your diary with you.

About

Sleep Diary

Easily log your sleep patterns, including naps and split sessions, in under 30 seconds. Track your bedtime, wake time, and sleep quality with a simple interface. View weekly trends and analyze sleep factors to understand your habits.

Highlights
  • Log bedtime and wake time
  • Rate sleep quality
  • Track naps and split sleep
  • View weekly sleep patterns
  • Analyze sleep factors
  • Offline functionality
Features
Read full description

Know more about your nights, one record at a time. Sleep Diary makes it simple to log when you went to bed, when you woke up, and how rested you felt. Keep night sleep, naps, and split sleep together, even when your schedule changes. SEE MORE THAN HOURS IN BED Add sleep-onset or awake time to your night records to see estimated sleep efficiency. Basic records, naps, and short sleep are not included in this average. Review average sleep duration, night awakenings, and your own sleep-quality and morning-energy ratings. Estimates come from your entries; the app does not automatically measure sleep or sleep stages. TRACK WHAT MATTERS TO YOU Record caffeine, exercise, stress, or other parts of your day alongside your sleep. Add your own factors, rename custom factors, and hide or restore items. Your past records stay connected. Factor statistics show how often you recorded each item, without claiming cause and effect. FIND YOUR PATTERNS - See daily sleep duration in a monthly calendar. - Browse weekly and monthly averages. - Explore bedtime, wake-time, and morning-energy trends. - Add several sleep sessions per day and fill in past dates. - Leave a note about anything you want to remember. FIT YOUR ROUTINE - Daily reminders at a time you choose. - Clear light and dark themes. - 12-hour or 24-hour time and a choice of week start. - English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Russian. - Record and review sleep offline. Sleep records are stored on your device. This is a manual sleep journal, not a medical device. It does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment. Consult a qualified health professional for medical concerns. Sleep Diary Pro (Monthly Subscription) Upgrade to Sleep Diary Pro to enjoy an ad-free experience and export your sleep records to PDF or CSV directly on your device. Core sleep recording and statistics remain completely free to use. Pro is an auto-renewing monthly subscription that renews each month until cancelled in your store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hydroponicglass.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Better Sleep Diary & Tracker4 screens
Sleep Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sleep Diary at 5.0 against Better Sleep Diary & Tracker's 4.3. Sleep Diary also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Better Sleep Diary & Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Better Sleep Diary & Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Sleep Diary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sleep Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Better Sleep Diary & Tracker's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sleep Diary's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Sleep Diary & Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Sleep Diary every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Better Sleep Diary & Tracker versus Sleep Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter Sleep Diary & TrackerSleep Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGruffydd JohnstonSeulki Eom

Customer experience

Better Sleep Diary & Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sleep Diary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Better Sleep Diary & Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Sleep Diary

Subscriptions1
  • Sleep Diary Pro Monthly$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Better Sleep Diary & Tracker free?
Better Sleep Diary & Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sleep Diary free?
Sleep Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Better Sleep Diary & Tracker or Sleep Diary?
Sleep Diary is rated higher. Better Sleep Diary & Tracker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Sleep Diary averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Better Sleep Diary & Tracker or Sleep Diary have ads?
Sleep Diary shows ads; Better Sleep Diary & Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Better Sleep Diary & Tracker or Sleep Diary?
Better Sleep Diary & Tracker ships an update fortnightly, and Sleep Diary every 4 weeks. Most recently, Better Sleep Diary & Tracker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sleep Diary on November 13, 2026.

Other comparisons