Apps and online care
Big Health (Sleepio, Daylight) vs Sleepio (SleepioRx)
They differ on 3 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Big Health (Sleepio, Daylight)
Big Health makes Sleepio, a digital CBT program for insomnia, and Daylight, a digital CBT program for anxiety.
Sleepio (SleepioRx)
You work through about six weeks of short app sessions on CBT-I techniques and keep a nightly sleep diary that sets your sleep schedule.
Where they differ
- Good for
- Big Health (Sleepio, Daylight): Adults with chronic insomnia or generalized anxiety who want structured digital CBT; People whose clinician, health system, employer or health plan offers Sleepio or Daylight
- Sleepio (SleepioRx): Adults with chronic insomnia who want CBT-I without seeing a sleep specialist in person; People whose clinician can prescribe SleepioRx, including Medicare patients
- Probably not for
- Big Health (Sleepio, Daylight): Anyone in crisis: call or text 988
- Sleepio (SleepioRx): People with possible untreated sleep apnea, until they have been tested
- Cost
- Big Health (Sleepio, Daylight): Free through some employers; copay with insurance or Medicare by prescription
- Sleepio (SleepioRx): Free through your employer or plan; SleepioRx by prescription (Medicare coinsurance applies)
The same for both: kind of help (an app i use on my own), how you pay (insurance), where (iphone, android, web), research (strong research support), privacy (grade c), sells your data (yes), hipaa (not stated).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.