Comparison

mySleepButton vs Feeling Great

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

Head to head
About

mySleepButton

This app uses a "cognitive shuffle" technique to help users fall asleep by distracting their minds with imagery. It offers guided meditations and can be used with audio devices for a screen-free experience.

Highlights
  • Cognitive shuffle technique
  • Guided imagery for sleep
  • Affective body scan meditation
  • Configurable meditation pack
  • Audio playback on external devices
  • Siri shortcuts
Features
Read full description

mySleepButton® is a CogSci Apps® invention. Its purpose is to help you fall asleep with the "cognitive shuffle", as featured in the The New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes Magazine, Canadian Government’s Institute of Health Research, The BC Medical Journal online, Popular Science Magazine, Forbes Magazine ("disrupt all patterns and rest in blissful chaos"), LifeHacker ("surprisingly effective"), etc. It’s so easy: Just lie in bed, touch the “Put Me to Sleep” button, imagine the various descriptions it reads to you, and let yourself fall asleep… pleasantly. That is the Cognitive Shuffle! O, The Oprah magazine, calls mySleepButton “An easy little game to trick yourself to sleep.” The Guardian wrote: "My top recommendation remains the visualisation method known as the “cognitive shuffle”: download the MySleepButton app". Quartz says mySleepButton is “a drug-free sleep trick for your restless mind”. International Business Times of London says “mySleepButton App Hijacks Thoughts to Help Sleep”. Into mindfulness meditation? mySleepButton also contains a configurable "affective body scan" meditation pack. It taps into the brain's body maps. Still awake after the meditation? Instantly proceed to guided shuffled imagery. You can try mySleepButton for FREE! There's no subscription fee. Buy the pack(s) that you like, and shuffle your thoughts to sleep. The goal of mySleepButton is to keep your mind off your concerns while putting it in an imagery rich state conducive to sleep. mySleepButton can also be triggered with Air Pods and played on Apple's Home Pod (or other devices) if you don't want an iPhone or iPad in your bed room. It even has Siri shortcuts. So, why not enjoy a dreamy transition to sleep? “Shuffle Your Thoughts to Sleep” with mySleepButton.

About

Feeling Great

This app offers interactive courses and an AI chatbot to help users improve their emotional well-being. It aims to reduce negative feelings like anxiety and anger while boosting joy and self-esteem.

Highlights
  • AI chatbot for guidance
  • Interactive courses
  • Emotional well-being tools
  • Anxiety reduction
  • Mood enhancement
  • Self-esteem boost
Read full description

Discover the power of Feeling Great, an exhilarating app inspired by the groundbreaking work of world-renowned psychiatrist, Dr. David Burns. Dive into our dynamic app, where our friendly AI-chatbot and vibrant interactive courses await to guide you on an inspiring journey toward a more fulfilling life. Embrace a suite of innovative tools with Feeling Great to enhance growth, resilience, and joy every day. Most users report dramatic reductions in feelings of unhappiness, anxiety, guilt, shame, inadequacy, loneliness, hopelessness, and anger in just one day, along with a significant boost in feelings of joy and self-esteem. Feeling Great feels wonderful. You owe it to yourself to Feel Great!

Screenshots

mySleepButton2 screens
Feeling Great4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Feeling Great at fortnightly against mySleepButton's every 5 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. mySleepButton sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Feeling Great sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. 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 — 4.5 for mySleepButton against 4.5 for Feeling Great. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 210 and 211 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of mySleepButton's written reviews are positive against 79% of Feeling Great's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mySleepButton ships an update every 5 months, Feeling Great fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
mySleepButton versus Feeling Great: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermySleepButtonFeeling Great
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (210 ratings)4.5 (211 ratings)
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews79.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings210211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCogSci Apps Corp.Feeling Great Corporation

Customer experience

mySleepButton

All ratings210 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral6.2%
Negative20.9%

Feeling Great

All ratings211 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive79.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative13.3%

User reviews

mySleepButton

From 210 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 No fuss, just works
  • 👍 Effective for insomnia
  • 👍 Puts me to sleep quickly
  • 👍 Helps shut down racing thoughts
  • 👍 Better than sleeping pills

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Audio quality issues (crackling, clicking)
  • 🔧 Requires in-app purchases to unlock full functionality
  • 🔧 Repetitive content in free version

Feeling Great

From 211 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Effective and helpful
  • 👍 Powerful and insightful
  • 🤖 Impressive AI capabilities
  • 📚 Useful educational content
  • 🕰️ Always available support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🤖 Scripted AI responses
  • 💰 Expensive subscription cost
  • 🤔 Confusing or inconsistent guidance

Bugs and requests

mySleepButton

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes after iOS updates
  • Purchased content not restoring properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More diverse content and voices
  • Randomized word/scene order
  • Support for additional languages
  • Apple Watch app

Feeling Great

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to type responses on iPad
  • Loss of data when app crashes
  • Inconsistent behavior when skipping certain steps

Requested features

6 requests
  • Copy-paste functionality
  • Ability to edit previous responses
  • Rollback feature to revisit previous stages
  • Multiple session storage
  • Expanded emotion vocabulary
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  • More granular emotion rating system

In-app purchases

13 purchases

mySleepButton

One-time13
  • Disable iAd$0.99
  • Album d'items simples$3.99
  • 単語パック$3.99
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  • 简单事物专辑$4.99
  • Simple-Things Pack$5.99
  • Drawing Pack2 variants$5.99
  • Scenes Pack$5.99
  • Album d'items à dessiner$5.99
  • Simple-Things Pack$6.99
  • Album d'items simples$6.99
  • Scenes Pack$8.99
  • Body Scan Pack$8.99
  • Kids Pack (4+)$8.99
2 purchases

Feeling Great

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription Early Bird7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is mySleepButton free?
mySleepButton is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Feeling Great free?
Feeling Great is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, mySleepButton or Feeling Great?
mySleepButton and Feeling Great are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 210 and 211 ratings respectively.
Do mySleepButton or Feeling Great have ads?
Neither mySleepButton nor Feeling Great shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mySleepButton or Feeling Great?
mySleepButton ships an update every 5 months, and Feeling Great fortnightly. Most recently, mySleepButton was updated on October 11, 2026 and Feeling Great on October 16, 2026.

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