Tools to manage insomnia and anxiety

The problem, in plain words: “I'm having trouble falling and staying asleep because anxiety keeps me awake at night.”

Sleep Reset: CBT for Insomnia fits best, with 6 more that fit too.

You have trouble both falling asleep and staying asleep because anxiety and racing nighttime thoughts keep you awake.

Updated July 2026.

What fits

Sleep Reset: CBT for Insomniastrong · 92

This program's core purpose is to treat insomnia with CBT-I, which directly targets the thoughts and behaviours that keep you awake rather than only masking symptoms.

Best for: Someone wanting a structured, clinically grounded program to reduce nighttime anxiety-driven insomnia without medication.

Unwinding Anxietystrong · 88

Its stated purpose is an evidence-based program to reduce chronic anxiety and worry, and it explicitly positions reduced anxiety as a route to sleeping better.

Best for: Someone whose primary obstacle to sleep is ongoing anxiety who wants a program focused on lowering worry rather than only sleep-specific techniques.

Slumber: Calm Stories for Sleepstrong · 86

Slumber's primary purpose is bedtime stories, meditations and sounds designed to quiet a racing mind and help users fall and stay asleep.

Best for: Someone who needs gentle guided audio (stories or meditations) to distract and calm anxious thoughts at bedtime.

Sleep Easy: Insomnia Therapystrong · 82

Developed by a sleep expert over decades, its primary purpose is a guided insomnia program with techniques to help people fall and stay asleep, addressing chronic sleeplessness linked to worry.

Best for: Someone who wants expert-developed guided programs and practical techniques to reduce night awakenings and anxiety-driven insomnia.

deepsoul aistrong · 80

This tool is positioned as a judgment-free, late-night conversational companion to vent and untangle intrusive or racing thoughts so you can wind down toward sleep.

Best for: Someone who benefits from talking through worries at night but prefers an anonymous, low-distraction conversational tool instead of human therapy.

BetterSleepstrong · 79

BetterSleep's primary aim is to help users relax and fall asleep with curated sounds and guided content, and it targets stressed individuals whose sleep is disrupted by worry.

Best for: Someone who wants a broad library of sounds and guided wind-down content to build a calming bedtime routine and reduce nighttime arousal.

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Partly fits

Rootd: Panic Attacks & Anxietypartial · 60

Designed primarily for in-the-moment panic relief and immediate anxiety management rather than as a dedicated sleep program, it can still help if nighttime panic or acute anxiety is what wakes you.

Won’t cover: Its core focus is acute panic and on-the-spot tools rather than a sleep-first program that teaches long-term sleep habits.

Questions

What's the best tool to manage insomnia and anxiety?

Sleep Reset: CBT for Insomnia is the strongest match — This program's core purpose is to treat insomnia with CBT-I, which directly targets the thoughts and behaviours that keep you awake rather than only masking symptoms.

Is there a tool that fully solves this?

7 products match this closely.

What won't these tools cover?

Its core focus is acute panic and on-the-spot tools rather than a sleep-first program that teaches long-term sleep habits.

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