RISE
Sleep app that tracks your sleep debt and schedules your day around your circadian energy peaks.
About
RISE is a sleep and energy app built around two sleep-science ideas: sleep debt and circadian rhythm. It estimates how much sleep you owe your body and predicts your daily energy schedule, showing when your peaks, dips, and melatonin window fall, then suggests when to take in caffeine and light, exercise, and wind down. It works from phone usage patterns, so you do not need a wearable, though it can pull in Apple Health or wearable data, and reviewers at Mattress Clarity and MoveWell found the energy schedule genuinely useful for planning days.
The company reports 4.7 stars across roughly 75,000 App Store ratings and says 80% of users feel benefits within five days, both company-supplied numbers. Pricing runs about $60-70 per year with a short trial and no permanent free tier, and the app deliberately skips sleep-stage detail and oxygen data, so it is a coaching tool for daytime energy rather than a deep sleep tracker. Sleep estimates from phone behavior are approximations, not clinical measurements, and the app is not a treatment for sleep disorders.
What it can do
- Sleep debt tracking and personal sleep need estimate
- Daily circadian energy schedule with peaks and dips
- Melatonin window and Smart Schedule bedtime suggestions
- Phone-based sleep estimation without wearables
- Apple Health and wearable data integration
- Habit reminders for caffeine, light, and exercise
- Guided relaxation sessions and smart alarm
Setup
- Download RISE on iOS or Android and start the free trial.
- Let the app learn your patterns from phone usage (or connect Apple Health / a wearable).
- Review your sleep debt number and personal sleep need estimate.
- Check the daily energy schedule to plan workouts, caffeine, and demanding tasks.
- Follow habit reminders for light exposure, caffeine cutoff, and bedtime.
Prerequisites
Smartphone (iOS or Android); no wearable required.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: 4.7/5 from ~75,000 App Store ratings (company site); covered by Mattress Clarity, MoveWell, HealthyNExercise, and Techilu in 2025-2026; iOS and Android apps with Apple Health integration and a native watch app. Strengths: large satisfied user base, consistent positive independent reviews, science-framed approach. Docked for: (1) sleep estimates are approximations, not clinical measurement; (2) no free tier and key benefit claims are vendor-reported. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 6.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · 4.7/5 from ~75,000 App Store ratings (company site)
- · Independently reviewed by Mattress Clarity, MoveWell, HealthyNExercise, Techilu (2025-2026)
- · iOS and Android apps with Apple Health integration and native watch app
- · Sleep estimates are phone-behavior approximations, not clinical measurement
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.