Sleep apps for iPhone and Apple WatchHead to head
AutoSleep vs Athlytic
AutoSleep ranks #1 and Athlytic ranks #3 in our guide to the best sleep apps for iPhone and Apple Watch. AutoSleep is our pick for most people.
AutoSleepPick AutoSleep if you wear your Apple Watch overnight and want detailed sleep stats for 1 price.$9.99 once#3 in the guide
AthlyticPick Athlytic if you care how last night's sleep affects today's training more than the sleep stages themselves.From $4.99What decides it
- AutoSleep costs less over 3 years: $9.99, against $89.97 for Athlytic.
- Both run on iPhone and Apple Watch. Only Athlytic runs on iPad.
- Athlytic has the higher App Store rating: 4.8 from 11K ratings, against 4.7 for AutoSleep.
Side by side
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| At a glance | AutoSleep | Athlytic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 once, with no subscriptions or in-app purchases | 7-day free trial, then $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year |
| How you pay | Pay once | Subscription |
| 3 years of use | $9.99 Cheaper | $89.97 Yearly plan |
| Free trial | None listed | Yes |
| Runs on | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Where to buy | App Store | App Store |
| Rating | 4.7 62K ratings | 4.8 11K ratings Higher |
| Features | Privacy, Family Sharing, Widgets, Shortcuts | No account, Privacy, Widgets, Family Sharing, Free trial |
| Made by | Tantsissa | MyndArc, LLC |
| Last updated | 15 Sept 2026 | 28 Oct 2026 |
Who should get which
Get AutoSleep if
You wear an Apple Watch overnight and want more sleep detail than the Health app gives.
Get Athlytic if
You train most days with an Apple Watch on and want to know when to push and when to rest.
Skip AutoSleep if
You don't own an Apple Watch, or the Watch's built-in Sleep app already tells you enough.
Skip Athlytic if
You don't wear an Apple Watch to bed, which leaves the app with no overnight data to score.
Our verdicts
AutoSleep
If you wear your Apple Watch to bed, AutoSleep tracks the night without you pressing anything, and it still logs your time in bed on nights the Watch stays on the charger. Each morning you get a sleep rating and rings for deep sleep, REM and heart rate, plus blood oxygen, breathing rate and wrist temperature. It costs $9.99 once and collects no data, where Athlytic charges $29.99 a year for its sleep scores.
Athlytic
Apple's Health app records your overnight heart rate variability and resting heart rate, then leaves you to work out what they mean. Athlytic turns them into a recovery score each morning and a target for how hard to train, scores your sleep and sends structured workouts to your watch, all processed on your iPhone with no account. There is no free tier: after the 7-day trial it costs $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.
What each one helps you do
AutoSleep
- Track sleep without starting or stopping anything
- See your deep and REM sleep each night
- Wake in lighter sleep with a smart alarm
- Check your blood oxygen and breathing overnight
Athlytic
- Know each morning how recovered you are
- Train at the right effort for the day
- Find out what hurts your sleep
- Send structured workouts to your watch
Where to get them
Neither one quite right?
The other picks in our guide to the best sleep apps for iPhone and Apple Watch.
BevelPick this if you want free sleep and recovery scores, and you wear an Oura ring or an Apple Watch.Free to start
Dark NoisePick this if you fall asleep to rain, fans or brown noise and want to mix and time the sounds.Free to start
EndelPick it if you want sleep sounds that adapt on their own instead of a fixed noise loop.Free to start
Read the full guideAll AutoSleep alternativesAll Athlytic alternatives
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Gentler Streak vs AthlyticPick it if you train most days and want a morning score that says when to push and when to rest.
Pedometer++ vs AthlyticPick it if you train most days and want a morning score that says when to push and when to rest.- Bevel vs AthlyticPick it if you care how last night's sleep affects today's training more than the sleep stages themselves.