What is the best sleep music app for iPhone?

Calm Radio - Music to Relax, S tier, ranked #1 of 21, rated 4.7 by 4,020 people.

Which sleep music apps are free?

21 of 21 are free to download: Calm Radio - Music to Relax (S), SLEEP by Max Richter (A), Lullaby Songs for Sleep (A), Clam Music: Sleep & Relax (B) and more. 11 of them sell in-app purchases. 9 report no in-app purchases.

Which sleep music app has the best App Store rating?

SLEEP by Max Richter at 4.8 from 1,742 ratings.

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Best Sleep Music Apps for iPhone (2026)

21 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Sleep Improvement.

Calm Radio - Music to Relax is the top-ranked of 21 sleep music apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 4,020 ratings.

1
Calm Radio - Music to RelaxS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 4,020 ratings · score 92
2
SLEEP by Max RichterA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,742 ratings · score 87
3
Lullaby Songs for SleepA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,422 ratings · score 85
4
Clam Music: Sleep & RelaxB
Free · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 71
5
Sleep: Sounds & MeditationC
Free · ★ 4.6 · 11,084 ratings · score 67

What belongs in this list

Fall asleep to calming music.

Not here: nature or white noise sounds alone; a guided sleep meditation or hypnosis alone; a general music player alone; a sleep tracker alone; a wallpaper or alarm pack alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Calm Radio - Music to RelaxS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 4,020 ratings · score 92 · best in class
2
SLEEP by Max RichterA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,742 ratings · score 87 · excellent
3
Lullaby Songs for SleepA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,422 ratings · score 85 · excellent
4
Clam Music: Sleep & RelaxB
Free · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
5
Sleep: Sounds & MeditationC
Free · ★ 4.6 · 11,084 ratings · score 67 · situational
6
Sleeping Melodies: Sleep SoundC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 19 ratings · score 65 · situational
7
Deep Relax Sleep MusicC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 4,440 ratings · score 65 · situational
8
Relaxing music - calming musicD
Free · ★ 5.0 · 3 ratings · score 59 · weak · provisional
9
Mysa: Sleep & Sounds AppD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 214 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
10
Meditative Mind: Sleep SoundsD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 744 ratings · score 56 · weak
11
DreamSounds ~ Sleep MusicD
Free · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 56 · weak · provisional
12
Classic Melody - Relaxing, Calming, and Soothing Instrumental Music to Relieve Stress and Help Sleep Better (Free)D
Free · ★ 4.7 · 107 ratings · score 56 · weak
13
Slipy - Music to Sleep & RelaxF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 8 ratings · score 54 · avoid
14
Sleep & Relax MusicF
Free · ★ 4.1 · 8 ratings · score 52 · avoid
15
Better Sleep - White NoiseF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 404 ratings · score 46 · avoid · provisional
16
Calming Music - Sleep & RelaxF
Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 44 · avoid · provisional
17
Relaxing HealingF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 246 ratings · score 40 · avoid · provisional
18
sleepiest meditation soundsF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 10 ratings · score 37 · avoid · provisional
19
Relaxing Music CollectionF
Free · ★ 4.2 · 66 ratings · score 33 · avoid · provisional
20
Skyful: Calm & Relaxing musicF
Free · ★ 4.0 · 3 ratings · score 30 · avoid · provisional
21
CalmSleep:Meditation MusicF
Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 14 · avoid · provisional

Beyond the top 21

1 more, not ranked yet

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Questions people ask

What is the best sleep music app for iPhone?: Calm Radio - Music to Relax, S tier, ranked #1 of 21, rated 4.7 by 4,020 people.
Which sleep music apps are free?: 21 of 21 are free to download: Calm Radio - Music to Relax (S), SLEEP by Max Richter (A), Lullaby Songs for Sleep (A), Clam Music: Sleep & Relax (B) and more. 11 of them sell in-app purchases. 9 report no in-app purchases.
Which sleep music app has the best App Store rating?: SLEEP by Max Richter at 4.8 from 1,742 ratings.
How many sleep music apps reach S or A tier?: 3 of 21. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.