Sleep, gently restored

The night you've been missing arrives on its own.

Fathom is a quiet companion for the hours before sleep — hand-composed soundscapes, a wind-down timer that asks nothing of you, and alarms that bring you back like morning light through curtains.

★★★★★ 4.9 · 28,400 reviews
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Tonight's wind-down Active
22:00
until rest
🌧️ Rain on cedar
🌊 Low tide
🔥 Hearth
Three quiet rituals

Designed for the way you actually unwind.

Not another dashboard of stats and streaks. Just three things, made with care, that help you let go of the day.

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Nightly soundscapes

Eight hours of unlooped audio — rain on a cedar porch, low tide over pebbles, a hearth that breathes. Recorded and composed by sound designers who sleep to their own work.

14 soundscapes · new each season →

Wind-down timer

Set it once. Fathom dims the soundscape in gentle steps over thirty minutes, then fades to silence — no jarring cutoff, no "are you still awake?" prompt. Just a slow exhale.

15 / 30 / 45 minute fades →
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Gentle morning alarms

Wake to a sunrise of sound that builds over ten minutes — woodpecker-light chimes, distant piano, or the warmth of a distant shore. No klaxon. No dread. Just morning, arriving softly.

9 alarm soundscapes →
The soundscapes

Sound that doesn't repeat. Ever.

Most sleep apps loop a thirty-second clip and hope you don't notice. Fathom's soundscapes are eight-hour compositions — built from field recordings, modular synthesis, and a composer's ear for stillness. Your brain never catches the seam.

  • 🌧️
    Rain on cedarRecorded in the Pacific Northwest
    8h 12m
  • 🌊
    Low tide, after midnightPebble beach, Cornwall
    8h 04m
  • 🔥
    The hearthSlow-burning birch, Vermont
    7h 48m
  • 🌲
    Forest after rainDawn chorus, Swedish Lapland
    8h 30m
Listen to all 14 soundscapes
The wind-down

A timer that asks nothing of you.

You don't need another task before bed. Set Fathom once, put the phone face-down, and the soundscape dims in three quiet steps — then fades to nothing. No "stop" button to find in the dark. No notification. Just sleep, arriving.

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Full presence The soundscape plays at listening volume while you settle in.
2
Softening After twenty minutes, the volume lowers and the low frequencies deepen.
3
Fade to silence The final ten minutes ease to nothing. You won't hear it end.
Tonight · 30 min Winding down
10:42 PM 11:12 PM
Settling
0–10 min
Softening
10–20 min
Fading
20–30 min
Tuesday · 12 March
On
6:40am
Sunrise alarm · builds over 10 minutes
6:30 6:35 6:40
🎹 Distant piano
🐦 First birdsong
🐚 Morning shore
The morning

Wake the way light wakes the room.

Fathom's alarms don't startle — they arrive. Over ten minutes, the soundscape grows from a whisper to a presence, the way dawn fills a bedroom. You surface naturally, without the heart-racing jolt of a buzzer.

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Gradual sunrise of sound A ten-minute build, from near-silence to gentle fullness.
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Smart wake window Fathom wakes you within 20 minutes of light sleep — never mid-REM.
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Snooze that softens Each snooze is shorter and quieter, easing you upright without a fight.
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I used to dread the hour before bed — the racing thoughts, the phone I couldn't put down. Fathom gave me a ritual that doesn't feel like one. Three weeks in, I'm sleeping through the night for the first time in a decade.

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Maya Okonkwo
Partner at a London law firm · Fathom user since 2024
Two ways to begin

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Seven nights, full access, no card. If sleep arrives, you'll know.

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£ 7.99 / month
  • All 14 soundscapes, new each season
  • Wind-down timer · 15 / 30 / 45 min
  • 9 gentle morning alarms
  • Offline listening
  • Cancel anytime, no questions
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Tonight could be the night sleep arrives.

Put the phone down. Let the rain on cedar do its work. Fathom will fade when you do.

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