Free Sleep Sounds (free!) joins a pretty crowded field of apps designed to help you sleep, relax or meditate. The app contains 25 well-recorded environments in stereo in categories like Ocean ...

But 15 per cent even have a sound machine. Wind sounds (21 per cent), audiobooks (16 per cent) and a cat purring (seven per cent) also made the list of sounds and noises people like to fall asleep to.

Most sleep apps primarily play soothing sounds with which to make you feel tired, though several modern-day sleep apps help with setting bed and wake-up times and improving sleep patterns over all.

Finding the right sleep sound is a bit like finding the right type of pajamas, says Dr. Winter. And while research on the sleep benefits of different noise types is limited, it’s definitely growing.

Want the soothing sounds of the great outdoors without the schlep? Ozlo’s Sleepbuds let you nod off to the soundtrack of ...

Our sleep team has tested countless sleep products and bedtime practices. These are the tried-and-true methods that help us fall asleep -- and just might be what you need, too.

Wind Down isn’t the first ambient music Blake has made to help fans sleep. “Lullaby for My Insomniac,” the outro for 2019’s Assume Form, was created to “calm the waters so you can just ...