It’s a general opinion that cell phones can disturb your sleep. They beep, buzz or ring and wake you up. But, the appearance of some iPhone apps shows the opposite. The cell phones can be used for improving your night’s sleep. That’s right. These days they are leading technical equipment for improving the people’s night rest. Take a look at the following apps, which can help you get the deep, regenerative sleep you need.
“Sleep Cycle”
During the average night sleep, we experience different stages of sleep. There are periods of light sleep and there are deep sleep periods. If the morning alarm goes off while you are having a deep sleep, you may feel dizzy and disoriented for a few minutes.
So, how do you know what is the right time to wake up? Sleep Cycle has the answer of this question. It uses iPhone’s accelerometer to track your movement while you’re sleeping. During the night it registers your light sleep phases. It wakes you up when you are at that phase. For an example, you set the alarm at 7 a.m. The software picks the lightest sleep period around that time (let’s say it wakes you up 20 minutes earlier).
IF you’re planning to use this app for improving your night sleep, you have to take it with you in bed. Get it in a position where it can track your sleeping movements. If you are afraid of calling someone in the middle of the night, set the Airplane mode (don’t’ lock it, because the app will turn it off).
“Relaxing Ambiance”
If you cannot stand the noise of the loud neighbors or city traffic, try to calm down with Relaxing Ambiance app. It has 96 relaxing sounds of nature. Presented sounds are almost identical to the ones in real nature. The sound of crickets, waterfalls or breaking waves will send a powerful message to your brain saying it is time to calm down and relax. This app gives you a choice to make your own mix of different relaxing sounds.
“Proactive Sleep”
How does this application help you sleep better? It monitors your sleeping hours on a daily basic and gives you information about your sleep (whether or not you are getting the right amount of sleep). All you have to do is to set the alarm before going to bed. The app will count the hours of sleep. At the time you turn off the alarm in the morning, your sleep is logged. The sleeping hours are tracked in the sleep diary. Depending on your sleep hours, the app offers you green, yellow or red feedback. The green one shows that you got the sleep your body needs. The yellow one appears when you are under your goal, for a less than an hour. The red one appears if you are not getting enough sleep. Try to use this app for a week, and get the real picture about your sleeping hours.
Don’t wait another day to start using these healthy sleep-promoting apps. Try them right away. Make an effort to experiment and see which app is the cure for your sleeping difficulties. Have fun and relax with iphone apps.