Every cognitive shuffling app we know of
If the technique appeals to you, one of these apps will fit. Here is the whole field as we know it — including the competition, described fairly.
Full disclosure: we make Fall Asleep Easily, so read our entry with that in mind. Everything stated about the other apps is sourced from their own stores and websites.
Fall Asleep Easily
- Maker
- SaaSQuadrat e.U. (Austria)
- Platform
- iOS (Android planned)
- Price
- Free at launch, for a limited time; paid afterwards
- Languages
- German word content, two voices to choose from — English and more European languages planned
- The only app with real German word content
- Background sounds you can mix — rain, fireplace, waves, a purring cat
- Built for zero effort: a running session never needs your attention
- Session pace and length fully adjustable; permanent word exclusion
mySleepButton
- Maker
- CogSci Apps (co-founded by Dr. Luc Beaudoin, the technique’s inventor)
- Platform
- iOS, Android
- Price
- Free to try; content packs $5.99–8.99, no subscription
- Languages
- English, French, Japanese, Chinese — no German
- The original — made by the inventor’s company, in the field since 2013
- Broadest content: scenes, drawing prompts, body scan, kids pack
- If you want the inventor’s own app, this is it
Shuffli (“Sleep in Minutes”)
- Maker
- Nicolas Torres Gussoni (independent developer)
- Platform
- iOS, Android
- Price
- Free, no in-app purchases, no account
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- A genuinely decent, minimal implementation of the technique
- Whispered recorded voice, separate voice/ambience sliders, looping sessions with fade-out
- No tracking, works offline; Spanish speakers are better served here than anywhere else
Cognitive Shuffling – Nem Sleep
- Maker
- Koji Minoda (independent developer)
- Platform
- iOS
- Price
- Free + $1.99 premium (more words, continuous playback)
- Languages
- English; release notes claim German and French, store metadata says English only
- Adjustable speed, background music, sleep timer
Cognitive Shuffling (sollapps)
- Maker
- sollapps
- Platform
- Android
- Price
- Free (listing)
- Languages
- English (no German evidence found)
- Recorded human voices instead of text-to-speech — a genuine plus
Sleep Words & Nature-sound shuffle apps
- Maker
- karyzan; ninchi2 (independent developers)
- Platform
- Android
- Price
- Free / unknown
- Languages
- English; Japanese
- Small indie implementations: random words, custom themes, nature sounds
The honest way to choose
Want the inventor’s own app with the broadest content? Take mySleepButton. Want the most minimal free app — or the technique in Spanish? Shuffli. Want real German words, mixed background sounds, and sessions that need no effort at all? That is exactly the corner we built Fall Asleep Easily for.
Compiled 2026-07-31 from public store listings and websites; prices and features change — check the linked pages for current details.