aSleep

A lot of iPhone apps are so boring and pointless that it seems like the developers are trying to put me to sleep, but so far Signs Studios is the only one that does it consistently and on purpose.

The first version of aSleep only included six sounds which kind of had me wishing I’d bought Ambiance instead. aSleep’s latest update, however, expands the selection to 50 snoozers that are all over the place and suddenly I’m quite pleased with my purchase! Here’s the full list of the sounds you’ll find in aSleep 2.0:

Actually, by my count, that’s only 49 sounds! Bastards. Oh well, there’s still a lot of variety… my personal favorite is Relax 1. I seriously have no idea how anyone could fall asleep to the incredibly annoying sound of a didjeridoo, but I think that’s the point of including so many sounds – something for everyone, including crazy people.

aSleep’s nicely assembled interface includes a timer that will fade the sound out after a certain amount of time (up to 23 hours 59 min) and there’s also a volume slider which should address whatever volume issues iPod Touch users might have. At this point there’s really nothing else to throw in except more sounds, and since we only have 49 right now I’d like to nominate Whale Noises as #50 to be added in the next update.

I have only one problem with aSleep and that’s with the timer being set to default to 15 hours 01 min. I really think it should default to something more realistic like two hours, or maybe even remember your last timer setting so you don’t have to do it again.

You should definitely get this app if you’ve ever had trouble sleeping. Even if you only fall asleep to it once, $.99 is totally worth it.