Sleep Music Timer vs SleepSpeed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sleep Music Timer
Drift off to sleep with your favorite tunes. This utility app stops music playback after a set duration, conserving your device's battery. Enjoy uninterrupted rest with a simple, ad-free experience.
- Set custom sleep timer
- Automatic music stop
- Device battery saving
- Ad-free experience
- Minimal brightness display
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This app allows you to fall asleep with favorite music. It stops music after selected time for device battery saving. How it works: 1. Open music player and start music. For example, default iPhone player. 2. Return to this app, select time and press 'START' button. 3. Don't quit from app! Display will work on minimum brightness. 4. Music will be stopped and display will be turned off soon when timer fires. No ads! Enjoy!
SleepSpeed
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Ever notice when you're listening to a podcast at night that your brain just keeps gearing up when it should be down-shifting? Here's a tool that will give you the perfect speed setting to slow things down enough for you to slip into neutral. More than 20 different slow speeds to find the just the right pace for your podcast before everyone starts sounding like they've had too much to drink. Utilizing your downloaded podcasts - in case you sleep in airplane mode - you can easily select desired podcasts to create an editable playlist. Sleep timer from 20 mins. to 3hrs. But why limit it to nighttime use? Throttle the speed a bit when you're listening to something & you're multi-tasking, or listening to something technical. Give SleepSpeed a test drive. It might just be your next favorite app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SleepSpeed at daily against Sleep Music Timer's every 8 months. Sleep Music Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Sleep Music Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SleepSpeed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sleep Music Timer ships an update every 8 months, SleepSpeed daily. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sleep Music Timer | SleepSpeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maksim Tolstov | Blue Sky Appware, LLC |
Bugs and requests
Sleep Music Timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer doesn't always work as expected
- Music sometimes continues playing after timer ends
Requested features
3 requests- Longer timer options (90 minutes, 2 hours)
- Fade out music instead of abrupt stop
- Automatically turn off phone after timer ends
SleepSpeed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sleep Music Timer
- Coffee cup$1.99
SleepSpeed
- SleepSpeed App Purchase$2.99
Questions
Is Sleep Music Timer free?
Is SleepSpeed free?
Do Sleep Music Timer or SleepSpeed have ads?
Which is updated more often, Sleep Music Timer or SleepSpeed?
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