Comparison

Dusk vs Notsleeping

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

Head to head
About

Dusk

This app guides you through a nightly ritual to transition from work to rest. It helps clear your mind by reviewing tasks, planning for tomorrow, and reflecting on your day. Pro features include ambient sounds and custom ritual steps.

Highlights
  • Guided evening shutdown ritual
  • Task review
  • Calendar check
  • Reflection on wins
  • Capture learnings
  • Ambient sleep sounds
  • Personal journal
Features
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Dusk is a guided evening shutdown ritual that draws a clear line between work and rest. Most of us never truly finish the workday. Thoughts linger. Tasks follow us to bed. Dusk gives you a simple, repeatable ritual to close out each evening with intention. Each night, work through six steps designed to clear your mind and prepare you for rest — review your tasks, check tomorrow's calendar, reflect on a win, capture something you learned, and shut everything down. PRO FEATURES - Ambient sleep sounds — rain, fireplace, ocean waves and more - Personal journal — log your wins and learnings each evening - Custom ritual steps — edit, reorder and add your own - Home screen widget — keep your streak visible every day - Streak freeze — protect your streak when life gets in the way Dusk Pro is available at $0.99/month or $6.99/year. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/dusk-app/home

About

Notsleeping

This app helps you understand your sleep patterns and improve your sleep quality. It records snoring, provides a sleep score, and offers a smart alarm that wakes you at the optimal time. It also includes guided breathing exercises and a library of sleep sounds to help you wind down.

Highlights
  • Nightly audio recording for snoring detection
  • Automatic sleep logging and sleep score
  • Smart alarm with sleep cycle detection
  • Customizable bedtime routine builder
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Library of mixable sleep sounds
  • Dark mode only interface
Features
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Notsleeping tracks your night, catches what you can't hear, and wakes you at the right moment. It's built for people who are tired of being tired — fall asleep faster, find out what actually happened, and wake up like a person. Know what happens while you sleep • With your permission, Notsleeping listens overnight and detects snoring • Wake up to short clips of your snoring and loud moments, so you can actually hear it • A night-noise summary showing how loud and disturbed your night really was • All analysis runs on your device — your audio never leaves your phone • Star a clip to keep it, or let it delete itself on your own schedule A sleep score that means something • Automatic sleep logging: when you fell asleep, when you woke, how long you slept • A 0–100 score built from your duration, your quality rating, and your consistency • Consistency is measured against your own 7-night average, not a stranger's ideal • Duration, quality, and consistency charts so you can see the trend • A morning card that fills in last night while the coffee brews An alarm that's on your side • Smart Wake finds the end of a 90-minute sleep cycle and wakes you there, not mid-dream • It uses when you actually fell asleep, not just the time you set • A backup alarm always fires at your set time, so you can never oversleep • Volume ramps gently from quiet to awake over a minute — no heart-attack mornings • Hold to dismiss, so you can't sleep-swipe it away A wind-down that runs itself • Build your bedtime routine from breathing, body scan, visualisation, stretching, gratitude, a reading timer, and a phone-down lock • It plays in order, fades to black at the end, and starts your sleep sound for you • Notsleeping works out when you need to start, and nudges you then Breathing for racing minds • 4-7-8, Box, Coherence, and the Physiological Sigh • Voice guided and paced on screen, so you're never guessing the rhythm • The pacer waits for the voice — the circle and the cue never drift apart Sounds that put you under • 20 sleep sounds that loop clean, with no clicks or gaps • Mix up to 4 layers and save your favourites • Sleep timer with a slow fade, never a hard cut Dark mode only • Every screen is built for midnight. No white flashes, ever. Subscription Notsleeping is included with an active NotFit membership. Sign in with your NotFit account and there is nothing further to buy. If you're not a NotFit member, Notsleeping is available as an auto-renewing subscription purchased in the app: • Monthly — $5.99 • Yearly — $59.99 Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://notsleeping.notfit.io/terms-and-conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://notsleeping.notfit.io/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Dusk4 screens
Notsleeping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dusk at 5.0 against Notsleeping's 4.0. Notsleeping's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Dusk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Notsleeping sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dusk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Dusk versus Notsleeping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuskNotsleeping
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteffen WeintraubNotfit App FZ-LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dusk

Subscriptions2
  • Dusk Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Dusk Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Year
2 purchases

Notsleeping

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Dusk free?
Dusk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notsleeping free?
Notsleeping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dusk or Notsleeping?
Dusk is rated higher. Dusk averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Notsleeping averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dusk or Notsleeping have ads?
Neither Dusk nor Notsleeping shows ads.

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