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Is there a good app for set a sleep timer for audio?

Poorly Executed: 22 apps already serve this, and 28 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.

57
Opportunity /100
73
Demand /100
60
Competition /100
79
Execution gap /100
22
Apps serving it
28
User reports mined

Data refreshed September 7, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.

Tarpit Music streaming is owned by the record labels, not the app — you can't license the catalog.

The product here is the licensed music, not the software. Spotify and Apple Music pay the major labels huge guaranteed advances (and gave them equity) to carry their catalogs, and three labels control 70%+ of recorded music. A better player with no catalog is worthless, and a solo dev can't license the world's music — even well-funded Rdio died trying.

Moat: the licensed catalog is the product · why: Spotify pays ~2/3 of revenue to rights holders · 3 major labels control 70%+ of recorded music · labels took equity in Spotify for catalog access · Rdio shut down despite VC funding

What users complain about

The most common complaints behind apps that try to set a sleep timer for audio, mined and clustered from real reviews:

Complaint areaTypeMentionsWhat a user said
app pauses background musicbug4
When I open this app it pauses anything playing in the background.
no sleep timermissing-feature3
I WISH IT HAD A TIMER SO I COULD GO TO SLEEP AND IT WOULD STOP
sleep timer fails to stop playbackbug1
Sleep timer often doesn't work and the book will continue playing for hours
option to disable sleep timermissing-feature1
I can't find a setting to totally turn off the sleep timer
sleep timer limited duration optionsmissing-feature1
The only thing I'd change is the sleep timer. It would be cool to have more freedom in how long the timer can be used
sleep timer cannot be disabledux1
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sleep timer multi-chapter supportmissing-feature1
Audible has it so you can listen to multiple chapters before the book pauses automatically
audio stops while timer runsbug1
Sometimes it will just stop audio all together but the time will keep ticking forward
no 'End of Queue' sleep timer optionmissing-feature1
I would really appreciate it if the timer had a “End of Queue” option
sleep timer hides remaining timemissing-feature1
I need to know how much time is left on a podcast and how much time is on my sleep timer
sleep timer stallsbug1
Sleep timer sometimes stalls
sleep timer hides time remainingux1
you now can’t see the amount of time left on an episode with the sleep timer on

Apps that already serve this

AppRatingRatingsPrice
SleepSound Simple0.00$0.99
To Sleep:App4.6113Free
Sleep Machine4.72,999$3.99
Sleep Sounds: relaxing sounds4.71,966$2.99
Sleep Tracker: Recorder, Sound4.77,889Free
Endel: Focus & Sleep Sounds4.633,736Free
ShutEye®: Sleep Tracker, Sound4.8349,547Free
White Noise Deep Sleep Sounds4.8208,014Free

Should you build it?

The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 57 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.

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