User Guide
Build a calm sleep routine with offline sounds, saved mixes, imported audio, text-based PDF narration, and Apple Watch playback. Everything is designed to stay private and on device.
Let the night listen back
Rain, ocean, fire, forest, and soft noise.
Quick Start
Choose a sound
Open Sleep for Tonight's Picks, or Sounds for all built-in sounds and saved mixes.
Set a timer
Use Sleep Timer to stop playback automatically, or use Nightly Routine for a staged bedtime flow.
Let it play
Background audio keeps playing when the phone locks. Use Now or the mini player to pause or adjust volume.
Nightly Routine
What it does
A routine can start with a PDF book or your own imported audio, then continue with a single ambience sound or a saved mix.
- Listening Content: No content, PDF Books, or My Own Sounds.
- Saved Mix: Use a saved mix, or choose Use single sound.
- Ambience Sound: Daily default, built-in sounds, or My Own Sounds.
Stopping or restarting
When a routine is active, the Sleep Timer area shows the countdown and current stage. Use Stop Nightly Routine or the timer close button to stop the routine before starting a new one.
Sounds, Mixes, and Favorites
Built-in sounds
Listen To Dream includes curated CC0 sleep sounds such as rain, ocean, forest, fireplace, creek, and soft noise.
Saved mixes
Use Now > Sound Mixer to layer multiple sounds, adjust volumes, save the mix, and add it to favorites.
Favorites
Tap the heart on sounds, books, or mixes to add them to My Favorite Picks on the Sleep tab.
PDF Sleep Reading
Import a text-based PDF
Open Library or Books, then import your own digital PDF. Scanned image-only PDFs need OCR before narration.
Choose narration settings
Use Sleep Reading Mode, Reading Pace, Voice Volume, and Style to make narration calmer.
Improve voice quality
Install Daniel Enhanced or Premium in iOS Settings when available. Samantha and Emily are good alternatives.
Resume later
Books are saved in Your Own Books and resume from your last reading position.
Path for better voices: Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices > English. Download an Enhanced or Premium voice, then reopen Listen To Dream.
Library
Your Own Sounds
Import MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF, and other supported audio files. Imported sounds stay on device and can be used in Nightly Routine.
Your Own Books
Import text-based PDFs for narration. Listen To Dream extracts readable text locally and does not upload the book.
Apple Watch
The Apple Watch app can play bundled sounds offline and set a Gentle Wake timer with a notification and haptic preview. It does not collect health, motion, location, or sleep-stage data.
Privacy and Credits
Private by design
No accounts, ads, analytics, tracking, or third-party data collection SDKs.
Local files
Imported audio and PDFs are copied to local app storage for playback and narration.
CC0 sounds
Built-in sounds are credited in Library > Sound Credits and processed for offline sleep playback.