A clay figure staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep, with speech bubbles, a calendar, photos, a letter, and a clock crowding above their head

When too many thoughts
keep you from falling asleep

Your body's in bed. Your head isn't asleep yet.

Lights off · eyes closed · just tap.
When you fall asleep, the sleep meditation ends on its own.

A sleep meditation where you count and tap lying down · no vibration

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Sign up and get 7 days of Premium free · Sleep meditation is free once a day for the first 30 days after sign-up (unlocks after your first 3-min guided session)

※ What ends on its own is the sleep meditation session. Your phone’s screen lock follows your device settings.

The harder you try to sleep,
the more thoughts show up.

You replay what you said today,
think about what you have to do tomorrow,
and suddenly remember something from years ago.

You meant to wrap up one thought,
and somehow you're deep in another.

Then one more joins in: “I really need to fall asleep.”

So tonight, just lie down.

As you count and tap, the screen slowly dims. When you fall asleep and the taps stop, the sleep meditation ends on its own.

For nights like these

  • Tomorrow's to-dos keep popping up
  • You keep replaying today in your head
  • Trying to sleep only makes you more wound up
  • One worry keeps leading into another thought

To get out of your thoughts,
you first have to notice you're caught up in them.

You can't stop thoughts from coming when you lie down.
But when one thought is leading into another, you can suddenly notice.

“Oh. I'm thinking again.”

But while you're caught up in thought,
it's hard to notice that you are at all.

In True Meditation’s sleep meditation, instead of listening to someone’s voice, you count your own breaths.

Lying down with your eyes closed, count silently as you breathe and double-tap the screen once per breath.
The app keeps count from your taps. When you notice you got caught up in a thought and lost count, just pick it back up.

Shown below with the screen on, and sped up. In real use, you tap with your eyes closed.

  1. Double-tap once per breath, and the app keeps count with you.
  2. Thirty seconds after you start, the screen slowly dims.
  3. If there are no taps for 2 minutes, the app assumes you've fallen asleep and ends quietly.

During the meditation, the app keeps your screen from turning off. Once it ends, your phone’s auto-lock setting takes over. If auto-lock is set to “Never,” the screen may stay on.

Once you notice, don't try to answer the thought. Just go back to counting your breaths.

How to use itLights off, lying down. On your back or on your side — either works.
Other meditations have a vibration that tells you your mind has wandered, but sleep meditation won't wake you with one.

Try it tonight, lying down.

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Here's how the person who made the app uses it.

When stray thoughts keep me up, I lie there counting my breaths and tapping the screen.
Before long, I've slipped out of those thoughts and start getting drowsy.
That's when I close the app and go to sleep.
And if I fall asleep before closing it, the app ends on its own.

— Choi, the app's developer
A clay figure asleep on their side, eyes closed, in the same bedroom, the floating pieces drifted off small into a corner of the ceiling

Fall asleep,
and the sleep meditation ends on its own.

If there are no taps for 2 minutes, the app assumes you've fallen asleep and ends quietly.

Count lying down,
and when sleep comes, just let it.

Mindfulness meditation you do lying in bed.
Notice the stray thoughts, and don't get pulled along by them.

Try it tonight, lying down.

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Built by a developer who started meditating because of nonstop thoughts,
to help with the hardest part: “noticing.”

Frequently asked questions

Won't tapping wake me up more?
Just two light taps with your fingertip. When you get sleepy, stop —
and 2 minutes after you stop, the app ends quietly on its own.
Won't a vibration wake me up?
Sleep meditation doesn't use the mind-wandering vibration.
You notice for yourself that you've lost count, and start counting again.
The screen light bothers me.
Thirty seconds after you start, the screen slowly dims.
Just keep your eyes closed and tap with your fingertip.
What happens if I fall asleep during it?
If there are no taps for 2 minutes, the app assumes you've fallen asleep and ends quietly. You don't need to close it.
Can I use sleep meditation right away?
Sleep meditation unlocks after you finish a one-time guided session of about 3 minutes.
It needs an account. For the first 30 days after you sign up it's free once a day, and the first 7 of those days are a Premium trial with no limits.
I've never meditated before. Can I start with this?
Yes. There is nothing to learn beforehand and nothing to buy. The first time, a short voice guide shows you how to use the app—and the way you use it is the way you do mindfulness meditation. Turn the voice guide off once it feels familiar.
How much is free?
You can meditate the moment you install it, no sign-up needed. As a guest you get one Normal and one Emergency session a day, up to twenty breaths each.
And when you're learning, twenty breaths is plenty — about three to five minutes.

When you sign up, your first 7 days are the same as Premium: no limits on sessions or breaths, plus Sleep meditation and Challenge mode. No card needed, and you won't be charged automatically when the 7 days end.
After that you can keep using it for free: one Normal and one Emergency session a day, up to twenty breaths each, and Sleep meditation once a day for the first 30 days after sign-up. Your sessions are still saved and you can still share them. (Free accounts go up to Level 5; Challenge mode needs a subscription.)

Try it about ten times and you'll know whether it fits you.
When you want longer sessions, or more than one a day, you can subscribe. There are monthly and yearly plans.
Who made this app?
I started meditating because my thoughts never stopped.
When I did it myself, the hardest part was the noticing.
So I built the app to help with that part.
True Meditation is an app I built because I needed it.

— Choi, who built the app
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