Alarmify vs BetterSleep

BetterSleep (formerly Relax Melodies) is a sleep sounds and meditation app with a basic alarm. Alarmify is a dedicated music alarm streaming Spotify and Apple Music. Which one wakes you up better?

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Alarmify

59 /80

74%

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BetterSleep

43 /80

54%

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Bewertungstabelle

Music as alarm
10/10
4/10

Alarmify streams any song from Spotify or Apple Music. BetterSleep's alarm plays its own soundscapes, bedtime tracks, or Apple Music locally.

Streaming integration
10/10
0/10

BetterSleep has no native Spotify or Apple Music streaming for alarms. Alarmify has both.

Gentle wake-up
9/10
7/10

Both can fade in. Alarmify fades your chosen song. BetterSleep fades its own tracks.

Smart wake window
8/10
4/10

Alarmify's Smart Wake uses the sleep calculator. BetterSleep has a basic smart alarm window, more limited.

Sleep tracking
2/10
7/10

BetterSleep has a solid sleep tracker. Alarmify does not track sleep on purpose.

Sleep sounds library
2/10
10/10

BetterSleep's library of ambient sounds, white noise, and mixes is huge. Alarmify is morning-focused.

Price
9/10
6/10

Alarmify+ is $49.99 a year. BetterSleep Premium is around $59.99 a year.

UX simplicity for alarms
9/10
5/10

Alarmify is dedicated to alarms. In BetterSleep the alarm lives inside a broader sleep app.

Alarmify

Am besten für

People whose main problem is the alarm sound itself, and who want to stream their real music as the wake-up.

Pro

  • Native Spotify and Apple Music streaming as the alarm source
  • Gradual fade-in into your real favorite song
  • Smart Wake using a proper sleep-cycle calculator
  • Focused surface: the whole app is about the alarm

Kontra

  • No sleep sounds library or bedtime content
  • No sleep tracking (by design)

BetterSleep

Am besten für

People whose main problem is falling asleep, and who want white noise, mixes, and sleep tracking.

Pro

  • Large library of sleep sounds, white noise, and ambient mixes
  • Built-in sleep tracker with sleep stages
  • Guided meditations and bedtime stories
  • Decent smart alarm window for light-phase wake

Kontra

  • Cannot wake you up to your own Spotify or Apple Music song, streamed
  • Alarm is a side feature inside a sleep-focused app
  • Premium pricing is higher than Alarmify+
  • Wake-up tracks are from BetterSleep's library, not yours

The short version

BetterSleep is a sleep sounds and meditation app. Alarmify is a dedicated music alarm. BetterSleep will help you fall asleep. Alarmify will help you wake up. If the alarm sound is your problem, Alarmify. If getting to sleep is your problem, BetterSleep.

What BetterSleep is really built for

BetterSleep (formerly Relax Melodies) is best known for its enormous sleep sounds library: rain, ocean, pink noise, storms, fan sounds, custom mixes. That is the product. It also added a sleep tracker with stages, guided meditations, and a basic smart alarm.

The alarm inside BetterSleep plays from BetterSleep’s library or from your local Apple Music. It does not stream Spotify. It does not stream the Apple Music catalog. You cannot pick an arbitrary song.

What Alarmify does that BetterSleep cannot

Alarmify’s whole product is the alarm itself. It streams your chosen song from Spotify or Apple Music natively, fades it in gradually, and with Smart Wake starts it minutes before the alarm time using a proper sleep-cycle calculator. The entire app is designed around the five minutes after the alarm fires.

Alarmify does not have a sleep sounds library or a sleep tracker. That is on purpose.

Price

Alarmify+ is $49.99 a year. BetterSleep Premium is typically around $59.99 a year. If the alarm is your main job, Alarmify is both cheaper and more capable. If you want the full sleep-sounds plus tracker plus meditations package, BetterSleep’s premium is justified.

Our recommendation

Häufige Fragen

Can BetterSleep play Spotify as an alarm?
No. BetterSleep does not have native Spotify integration. The alarm uses BetterSleep's own audio library or locally downloaded Apple Music. Alarmify is the only iOS alarm app with native Spotify streaming as the alarm source.
Is BetterSleep better than Alarmify for the alarm?
Only if you want BetterSleep's own curated wake-up tracks. For waking up to a real song you love from Spotify or Apple Music, Alarmify is the better tool. For winding down at night with ambient sounds, BetterSleep is better.
Can I use both BetterSleep and Alarmify?
Yes, many people do. BetterSleep handles the wind-down and sleep sounds at night, Alarmify handles the morning alarm. No conflict.
Does Alarmify have sleep sounds or white noise?
No. Alarmify is specifically a music alarm app, not a sleep sounds app. That is a deliberate scope decision to keep the app small and focused.
Which is cheaper?
Alarmify+ is $49.99 a year. BetterSleep Premium is usually around $59.99 a year depending on promotions. For just the alarm, Alarmify is cheaper.