Comparison

Sleepy Train vs Unhooked

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

Head to head
About

Sleepy Train

This app helps children establish a calming bedtime routine through interactive play with a train character. It addresses big feelings and teaches breathing exercises, making bedtime a peaceful experience for both child and parent. The content is fully spoken and designed for independent use by young children.

Highlights
  • Interactive bedtime ritual
  • Emotional regulation tools
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Fully spoken content
  • Offline functionality
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Sleepy is contagious. Every night, your child puts a little train to bed. They feed it, wash it, and tuck it in. Somewhere between the washing and the tucking, bedtime stops being a fight — because whoever does the tucking in gets sleepy too. THE GOODNIGHT RITUAL A gentle wind-down your child runs themselves. The screen dims as bedtime gets closer, the depot gets quiet, and the last thing anyone hears is a lullaby, soft rain, or a sleep story. The screen says goodnight. So does your kid. BIG FEELINGS AND TANTRUMS Feelings are weather here — never bad, always passing. Your child checks in with how they feel, helps their train friends through grumpy mornings and stormy afternoons, and learns the words for what's happening inside. No wrong answers. No shame. The storm always passes. BREATHE WITH THE TRAIN Puff, puff, slow. Breathing exercises built around train steam — the kind even wiggly two-year-olds will actually follow, because the train does it first. A CALM FRIEND FOR BIG DAYS The same friend is waiting every day. Hard days get a gentler goodnight. FULLY SPOKEN — NO READING NEEDED Over 1,100 recorded lines. Your child can do everything on their own, from the first tap to the last goodnight. BUILT FOR PARENTS WHO CHECK • No ads. Ever. • No subscription. $4.99 unlocks everything, once. • No data collected. Nothing tracked, nothing shared. • Works completely offline — airplane mode, road trips, blackout bedtime. • COPPA compliant. Made for ages 2–6. Made by a parent, for our own bedtime battles. If it helps your family half as much as it helped mine, it was worth building. From Little Wheels — the maker of Talk & Listen and Art & Music.

About

Unhooked

This app helps you reduce screen time by adopting and caring for a virtual pet. Your pet thrives when you stay within your set daily limits on distracting apps, offering a gentle, motivating way to build healthier digital habits.

Highlights
  • Adopt and care for a virtual pet
  • Set daily limits on chosen apps
  • Pet thrives with reduced screen time
  • Customize pet and room with cosmetics
  • Track streaks and earn rewards
  • Private by design, no account needed
Features
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Meet the pet that grows when you put your phone down. Unhooked turns cutting screen time into something you actually want to do. Adopt a cozy companion, set a daily limit on the apps that pull you in, and watch your friend thrive every day you stay under it. Slip back into the doomscroll, and they'll feel it too. No shame. No lectures. Just a warm little world that quietly roots for you. HOW IT WORKS • Adopt your pet and pick the apps you want to use less • Set a gentle daily time limit • Stay under it to earn Energy — then feed, care for, and grow your friend • Keep it up to evolve your pet through four adorable life stages • Miss your goal and your pet gets hungry, then sick — a soft nudge, never a punishment WHY IT WORKS Most screen-time apps just block you and hope for the best. Unhooked gives you someone to show up for. That small bit of care turns "I should use my phone less" into a daily streak you're proud of. FEATURES • A cozy, hand-crafted pet that reacts to your real habits • Choose exactly which apps count toward your limit • Daily check-ins, streaks, and milestone rewards • Dozens of cosmetics to make your pet and room your own • Gentle notifications that help you pace your day • Memorials that remember every friend you've raised PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your Screen Time data never leaves your device. No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no ads. Your progress backs up safely to your own iCloud. That's it. Put the phone down. Someone's waiting for you.

Screenshots

Sleepy Train4 screens
Unhooked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Unhooked at free with in-app purchases against Sleepy Train's paid. Sleepy Train's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Sleepy Train sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Unhooked sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sleepy Train against 5.0 for Unhooked. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sleepy Train versus Unhooked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleepy TrainUnhooked
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size615 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRecord Creative Co. LLCTrueSight LLC

Customer experience

Sleepy Train

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Unhooked

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sleepy Train

One-time1
  • Sleepy Train - Full Unlock$4.99
5 purchases

Unhooked

One-time5
  • Pocket of Gems$0.99
  • Pouch of Gems$4.99
  • Jar of Gems$9.99
Show 2 more
  • Chest of Gems$19.99
  • Vault of Gems$49.99

Questions

Is Sleepy Train free?
Sleepy Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unhooked free?
Unhooked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sleepy Train or Unhooked?
Sleepy Train and Unhooked are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Sleepy Train or Unhooked have ads?
Neither Sleepy Train nor Unhooked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sleepy Train or Unhooked?
Sleepy Train ships an update every 2 weeks, and Unhooked every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sleepy Train was updated on November 5, 2026 and Unhooked on October 31, 2026.

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