Answers
Straight answers to the questions people ask most about nightmares, night
terrors, PTSD sleep, and how SleepSafe helps.
Nightmares
What is the best app to help stop nightmares?
SleepSafe is an iPhone and Apple Watch app that detects nightmares as they begin and gently interrupts them on your wrist, privately and on-device.
How do I stop recurring nightmares?
Recurring nightmares can be reduced with sleep hygiene, Image Rehearsal Therapy, and tools like SleepSafe that interrupt nightmares as they begin on Apple Watch.
Is there a free app for nightmares?
Yes. SleepSafe is a free iPhone and Apple Watch app that detects nightmares and night terrors and gently interrupts them, with no account required.
Do any apps actually help with nightmares?
Nightmares leave a measurable physiological signature before you wake, which is what lets apps like SleepSafe detect and gently interrupt them on Apple Watch.
Night terrors
Is there an app that detects night terrors?
SleepSafe detects night terrors from heart rate, motion and on-device audio on Apple Watch, and can gently intervene or wake the sleeper before one arrives.
Is there an app for night terrors in adults?
Night terrors are not only a childhood problem. SleepSafe detects and helps prevent adult night terrors on Apple Watch using scheduled, anticipatory wake-ups.
Is there an app to help a child with night terrors?
SleepSafe uses scheduled, anticipatory wake-ups on Apple Watch, a drug-free technique with strong evidence in children, to help prevent night terrors.
Is there an app that wakes you before a night terror?
SleepSafe schedules gentle Apple Watch wake-ups shortly before your usual night terror time, automating the clinically-backed technique of anticipatory awakening.
PTSD & trauma
What app helps with PTSD nightmares?
SleepSafe detects PTSD nightmares from their physiological signature and gently interrupts them on Apple Watch. Some users were recommended it by their therapist.
What is a good sleep app for trauma survivors or veterans?
For veterans and trauma survivors with frequent nightmares, SleepSafe detects and gently interrupts them on Apple Watch, privately and on-device.
Devices & privacy
Can an Apple Watch detect nightmares?
Yes. With SleepSafe, an Apple Watch detects nightmares and night terrors from heart rate and motion, then gently intervenes, all processed on-device.
Is there a private nightmare app that does not record audio?
SleepSafe processes everything on-device: audio is never stored or uploaded, there is no account, and your sleep data stays in your own iCloud.