Comparison

Wind Down vs Bedtime Calculator

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

Head to head
About

Wind Down

Features
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Wind Down now does the one thing other sleep apps won't: it shields the apps keeping you up. Pick the apps that steal your evenings — social, news, games, whatever pulls you in. At your wind-down time, App Shield quietly puts them to rest. Reach for them in bed and you get a calm "time to wind down" screen instead of an endless feed. In the morning they unlock automatically. No willpower required. 86% of us scroll in bed every night — an average of 38 lost minutes. Reminders don't fix that. A shield does. WHAT YOU GET • App Shield — block the apps stealing your sleep on your schedule; lifts automatically each morning • A 5-minute wind-down ritual that actually sticks • Sleep Impact Score — see how your nights change, with real data • Streaks + morning check-ins that keep you consistent • Private by design — Apple's Screen Time keeps which apps you pick on your device; Wind Down never sees them WHY IT WORKS Friction beats tracking. Another dashboard won't move your bedtime — a gentle barrier between you and the feed will. Built on the same Screen Time technology behind the top focus apps, designed for one job: helping you put the phone down. Start free. 7-day trial, no card required. Terms of Use: https://digital-wind-down-tracker-0420.vertostudios.com/terms

About

Bedtime Calculator

Features
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Wake up at the end of a sleep cycle, not in the middle of one. Coddle turns the time you need to be up into the bedtime that gets you there rested — then walks you down to it with a quiet wind-down instead of a jarring alarm. Most sleep apps listen to you all night and hand you a graph in the morning. Coddle works the other way round: it plans the night before it starts. Tell it when you want to rise and it lays out three bedtimes built on 90-minute cycles, adds your own fall-asleep buffer, and reminds you when it is time to dim the lights. Log how the night actually went in a few taps, and a calm weekly chart shows whether you are paying down sleep debt or piling it up. WHAT YOU GET • Rise feeling clear instead of groggy by timing bedtime to the end of a full 90-minute cycle • Pick the bedtime that fits tonight from three options for 4, 5 or 6 complete cycles • Flip the calculator around when you are already in bed and see the best wake-up times ahead • Actually get off your phone on time with a wind-down nudge 15 to 60 minutes before a soft bedtime cue • Settle your breath and set down one line for the night in a two-minute guided wind-down • Spot short nights before they turn into a rough week with a 7-night chart and a running sleep-debt figure PERFECT FOR • Early starts, exams and long commutes where the alarm is fixed and the bedtime has to bend • Shift workers whose bedtime moves every few days • Anyone who wakes up exhausted after eight hours and suspects the timing is wrong, not the amount • People who know they should wind down earlier and just need a gentle push at the right minute WHY NOT JUST SET AN ALARM? An alarm only knows when you need to be up. It does not know that waking 20 minutes earlier, at the end of a cycle, would leave you sharper than sleeping longer. Coddle does the arithmetic in the evening so the morning takes care of itself, and it adds the part alarms skip entirely: helping you get to bed in the first place. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your bedtimes, moods, ratings and journal lines are stored only on this device. There is no account, no cloud sync, no advertising and nothing sent anywhere. Reminders are scheduled locally, so the app works fully offline. FULL ACCESS Coddle is a premium app. A subscription is required to use it: choose weekly or yearly auto-renewing, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Set tomorrow's wake time now, tuck in at the bedtime Coddle gives you, and see how different the morning feels. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

Screenshots

Wind Down4 screens
Bedtime Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wind Down at every 2 weeks against Bedtime Calculator's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Wind Down sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Bedtime Calculator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wind Down ships an update every 2 weeks, Bedtime Calculator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Wind Down versus Bedtime Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWind DownBedtime Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMads Borg HundahlLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wind Down

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year
3 purchases

Bedtime Calculator

Subscriptions2
  • Coddle Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Coddle Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rest Tracker Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Wind Down free?
Wind Down is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bedtime Calculator free?
Bedtime Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wind Down or Bedtime Calculator have ads?
Neither Wind Down nor Bedtime Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wind Down or Bedtime Calculator?
Wind Down ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bedtime Calculator every 4 months. Most recently, Wind Down was updated on October 7, 2026 and Bedtime Calculator on October 24, 2026.

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