Stuck scrolling at 1 AM even though you're tired? Captain Nightcap helps you put the phone down, wind down, and fall asleep — one night at a time.
It's built for busy, racing minds and for anyone caught in "revenge bedtime procrastination": staying up late just to get some time back for yourself.
HOW IT WORKS
🌙 Set your bedtime. When it's time, Captain Nightcap reminds you.
💊 With Premium, the reminder becomes a full-screen check-in: take the Green Pill (go to bed) or the Red Pill (stay up — but first read, in your own words, what staying up costs you).
▶️ Start a method. Every method is a short, step-by-step routine with a timer, so you never have to think about what to do next.
☀️ Check in the next morning and see what actually works for you.
16 WIND-DOWN METHODS
Breathing, body relaxation, brain dumps, calming audio, screen-free routines and phone-friendly ones for nights you can't put it down yet:
• 4-7-8 Breathing
• Tense & Release
• Body Scan
• Brain Dump
• Cognitive Shuffle
• Darkness + Do Nothing
• Sleep-Only Playlist
• Rewatch, Don't Watch
• Boring-on-Purpose Podcast
• Doom Scroll Wind-Down
…plus 6 more with Premium.
Captain's Pick suggests the method most likely to work for you tonight. You can also write your own methods, step by step.
STILL AWAKE? THAT'S OK.
No guilt and no shame. If the first method didn't work, Captain Nightcap gently offers another round.
FREE — NO ADS, EVER
Free forever:
• Daily bedtime reminder
• 10 full wind-down methods with step-by-step timers
• Captain's Pick for tonight
• Up to 3 methods of your own
• The "still awake" second round
• Morning check-in
• Light and dark theme
PREMIUM
Try everything free for 5 days. No card needed.
• The full-screen bedtime alarm with the Green Pill / Red Pill choice — it takes over the screen, so you can't just swipe it away and keep scrolling
• "Start your method" reminder — said yes to bed but didn't start? It comes back until you do
• 6 extra methods: Make-Believe Movie, Temperature Drop Trick, Brown Noise Bath, Paper Book Dim Light, Gratitude Wind-Down, Alphabet Game
• Detailed sleep stats: bedtime timing, your best methods, week-vs-week trends and a month calendar
• Unlimited methods of your own
• Your own photos on methods
Plans: monthly, 6 months or yearly. Cancel anytime in Google Play → Subscriptions.
YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS
No account needed. Your nights stay on your phone. Optional backup goes to your own Google Drive.
An app that wants you off your phone shouldn't be built to keep you on it. That's why there are no ads.
Captain Nightcap is a wellness tool, not medical treatment. If you have ongoing sleep problems, please talk to a doctor.
Stop scrolling at bedtime. A bedtime alarm + guided steps to fall asleep.