9 Android trackers and apps to improve your sleep quality

1. Sleep as Android

Sleep as Android is not only one of the best sleep trackers currently available, but also a great alarm clock: it tracks your sleep cycles and gently wakes you up at the most optimal time.

But the useful functions of the application do not end there. It integrates with Pebble, Android Wear and other wearable watches, as well as the popular health apps Google Fit and S Health. Keeps track of whether you snore at night (there is even an anti-snoring function), records sound if you are talking in a dream, helps to cope with jetlag when changing time zones.

2. Sleep Cycle

The principle of the application is quite simple: it tracks sleep cycles and wakes you up during the easiest stage. Or within a 30 minute window before your desired wake up time. If during this period you have not fallen into a light sleep cycle, it will still wake you up, and you will not be late.

3. Good Morning

Good Morning is essentially the same as Sleep Cycle, only free. Before going to bed, you need to put your smartphone next to it. The device will track the phases of your sleep and wake you up at the optimal time. And every morning he will send statistics on the quality of sleep and recommendations for improving it.

The Good Morning app not only monitors your sleep, but also helps you achieve a specific goal: to develop an optimal routine and not sleep less than your body needs.

4. Sleep Better

Apart from sleep tracking, Sleep Better has other interesting features. For example, you can enter additional variables (caffeine or alcohol use) and see how these things affect the quality of your sleep. The paid version has additional features: smart alarm clock, sleep history and detailed analytics of sleep changes on different days.

5. Sleep Time

As you already understood, all sleep trackers work on the same principle: you sleep, they track, you learn about how you sleep. Therefore, when choosing, you should rather take into account which application is most convenient for you personally to use.

Sleep Time has the most simple, neat interface, nothing superfluous. Therefore, it is very comfortable to use it. It probably has no other differences from the trackers presented above.

6. Twilight

The Twilight app must be installed on every Android user. In the app, you just need to specify your location, and during the day Twilight will make your screen "warmer". The bottom line is that it eliminates the blue glow of the screen closer to night, which negatively affects circadian rhythms.

There is also a similar program for the computer - f.lux. Screens with a warm glow seem rather strange in the early days, but you quickly get used to them and soon cease to notice.

7. Pzizz

The special thing about the Pzizz app is that you just need to press a button to fall asleep. The developers may have exaggerated a bit, but the concept of the app really works. Pzizz helps people who sleep restlessly at night or feel unwell when they go to sleep for a couple of hours.

You just need to set a time limit for how much you want to sleep - from 10 minutes to 12 hours. During this time, Pzizz will play music and sounds that will help you sleep better. It is recommended to listen to them with headphones, but a smartphone speaker will work as well.

8. Calm

The Calm app is often recommended for meditation, concentration and stress relief. It was not meant to be a sleep-enhancing app, but it does wonders for helping clear the mind of unnecessary thoughts before bed. Just turn on the sound when you go to bed.

9. SnoreLab

Do you snore? If your answer is no, chances are you just don't know about it yet. For those who are sure that they snore, another question: can you at least partially get rid of it and snore not so loudly?

Snoring is not only annoying to others, it is bad for your own health. It disrupts sleep at night and generally negatively affects sleep quality, leading to heart problems and low blood oxygen levels.

SnoreLab records and tracks your snoring every night. It lets you know how loudly you snore, what time it happens most often, and offers advice on how to cope with snoring. True, this does not negate the need to consult a specialist.