From our family to yours.
Sleep stories, meditations, classical music, and calming ambience — evidence-based and thoughtfully made by a dad and daughter, for every family.
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What's Inside
Sleep Meditations
Every meditation weaves rich vocabulary, proven science, and engaging stories into guided relaxation, so children learn even as they fall asleep.
Bedtime Stories
Timeless classics like A.A. Milne, Beatrix Potter, and Rudyard Kipling, read aloud by a dad to his daughter.
Sounds & Music
Brown noise, rain, ocean waves, gentle streams, and classical music from Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven.
Hear a Sample
Travel back in time and meet Leonardo da Vinci in this guided sleep meditation, narrated by a real dad.
History
Leonardo da Vinci
See It in Action
The Bedtime Stack
Every day, River auto-rotates a fresh Story + Meditation + Ambience into a ready-made bedtime playlist. Press play and you're done, or swap in your own favorites and save a custom stack for every night.
Built Different
Dark by design.
We left out album art, animations, and anything that lights up a dark room. Any light at bedtime disrupts melatonin production and undoes the work the content is doing, so the dark interface isn't a feature. It's a health decision.
Our dimming toggle takes the screen from dark to darker, designed for bedside use when even a little light is too much.
Offline-first.
Download any track (stories, meditations, ambient sounds) and it's on the device, ready to play with no connection. Screens and connectivity at bedtime work against good sleep hygiene. River stays out of the way so your family's routine stays on track.
No ads. No tracking.
River Sleep is family-built and family-funded. We make money when you love the app, not by selling your data. Your family's information is never shared, never tracked, and never for sale.
Parent's Corner.
Adult meditations, NSDR tracks, breathing exercises, puzzles, and articles about children's sleep. Because once the kids are down, you're still a person, and you could probably use a few minutes too.
Our Story
I spent a decade sitting in the dark so my daughter could fall asleep. We tried every sleep app we could find, and I heard every single one, because I was always in the room. I noticed everything that wasn't working.
So we built our own. She gave design input, suggested features, and named the app. I recorded everything. One morning she left a note about the ambient tracks being too abrupt. That fix became one of the app's defining features.
River Sleep is what I would have wanted the night I was sitting there, phone in hand, waiting. Built by a dad and his daughter. Part of your village.
Sleep well tonight.
Free to start. No account required. Works on iPhone, Android, and the web.