Slumber review

Slumber does one job and prices it well. The app is a library of sleep stories and guided sleep meditations that its own team writes, sound designs and records, and its storytellers use mindfulness, gratitude and suggestive hypnosis to slow your thoughts. Under each track you can change the sleep music, nature sounds and effects, set separate volumes and a timer, and turn on Delayed Ending so the ambient sound keeps going after the voice stops, which helps light sleepers who wake when audio cuts out. Favorites can be saved for offline listening, there are bedtime stories for children, and five new tracks appear each week. More than 20 episodes are free. Slumber lists its US App Store prices on its own site: $7.99 a month, $39.99 a year, $69.99 a year for an iOS Family Sharing plan, or $399.99 once for lifetime access. There is no tracker, alarm or insomnia program, so it suits people who simply need help drifting off.

Who it is for

Story listeners who want a big sleep library at the lowest annual price here.

Price

$39.99 per year (about $3.33 per month) or $7.99 monthly in the US; 20+ free episodes.

Monthly $7.99 / month Annual $39.99 / year
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 8, 2026.

Key features

• Sleep stories, sleep meditations, bedtime stories for kids and ASMR soundscapes
• Adjustable sleep music, nature sounds and background effects with separate volumes
• Delayed Ending keeps the background sound playing after a story ends
• Favorites saved for offline listening
• Five new tracks published every week

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Annual plan costs half of Calm's
• Strength: More than 20 episodes are free with no subscription
• Strength: A lifetime option exists at $399.99
• Weakness: No sleep tracking or CBT-I program
• Weakness: Family Sharing plan is iOS only
• Weakness: Smaller brand library than Calm, with no celebrity narrators listed

Key facts

• US price: $7.99 a month or $39.99 a year
• Family plan: $69.99 a year, iOS only
• Lifetime: $399.99 one time
• Free content: 20+ episodes
• New content: Five tracks a week

Where it ranks

Slumber is No. 2 in our Best Sleep Apps verdict.