Sleep Worlds: Sounds & Stories

Perhaps my biggest complaint is simply that there is no rewind or fast-forward. If you swipe to a new story, you will have to re-hear all that you just heard of you return to the previous one. Same goes for if you change the narrator’s voice. It is absolutely brutal if you swipe away after already listening for 10+ minutes… As it currently stands, only 2 of the current “worlds” hold my interest through a combination of narrator and subject. I wish there were more to choose from, and in varying genres. The two that I listen to are the ones that feel the most like I am exploring another world. One is about a strange archive and has a very pleasant female narrator, and the other is about a tree-based city (albeit with a less enjoyable narrator selection). I want to enjoy the world about islands in fog, but I just can’t quite click with the narrators. All the other options feel a bit… mundane. I don’t feel like I am learning about a world, so much as merely listening to an intentionally boring story. The idea is great and I hope it continues and expands to include more actual worlds that are interesting, but as it currently stands I wouldn’t consider actually spending money on a subscription unfortunately.

I don’t usually use things like this for sleep, so I tried it to see how I felt. I can’t fall asleep to it, but that’s me, not the app. Regardless, it’s very relaxing even if I’m not actually falling asleep. I like to use it when I want to zone out or just think.