World Sleep Day 2021: 7 apps that will help you have a peaceful slumber

March 19 is celebrated as World Sleep Day worldwide to promote the awareness of a healthier sleep cycle.

This year, it marks the 14th annual year. And if you face any trouble getting peaceful sleep, then here are 7 smartphone apps that will help you sleep better. A healthy sleep cycle for 6 to 8 hours is always necessary. Read on.

Headspace
The app Headspace is about meditation to calm your nerves. It features sleep sounds and also courses that help live mindfully. You can use a demo version which lets you use limited sessions. But, you can always become a premium member to enjoy unlimited ones.

Pillow
The app is very useful for Apple users as it only works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It plays calming audio recordings and analyse the heart-rate to track sleeping patterns and tally your sleep quality based on your steps, weight and caffeine consumption. It even provides meditation sounds to relax your tensed nerves. It also has a 'Power Nap' option. 

Calm
Calm is specially built for meditational sounds to give you a relaxed good night sleep. It will help you get better sleep with sleep stories, soothing music and a few guided lessons for body movements to relax your body.

Sleep Cycle
It's an analytical app that tracks your sleep cycle. It is available on both Android and iOS. It identifies your sleep phase (Light, deep or REM) and wakes you up at your lightest sleep phase to give you a well-rested after effect. It even shows you the sleep graphs.

Noisli
Noisli features music as per your taste. You can customise the sound effects as per the ambience and need. It can give you relaxing music perfect for a nightcap or annoying sounds when you're trying to work.

Relax Melodies
As per the name, it does provide melodies that are relaxing. You can listen to music the whole night or give a time period after it will shut down.

Slumber
Slumber provides relaxing music and features sleep stories, meditations, and soundscapes to let your mind be quiet and peaceful and get better sleep. According to Slumber's official website, it covers the National Sleep Foundation's standards, including guided imagery, visualisations, and ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response).