Mentis- Choose Calm for Sleep Stories, soundscapes and a daily 10-minute meditation in a beautifully produced library.
- Choose Mentis if poor sleep, overthinking or stress has become a pattern and you want a daily check-in plus a step-by-step plan to change it.
Side by side
| Mentis | Calm | |
|---|---|---|
| Core idea | Daily check-in with Mimi + guided plans for specific problems | Meditation, sleep and relaxation content library |
| Sleep | Deep Sleep Reset: 9 chapters built on CBT-I (wake anchor, last hour, bed means sleep, weekend debt, 3am mind) | 100+ Sleep Stories, sleep music and sounds; separate Calm Sleep app |
| Daily practice | 2-minute check-in, then today's plan task | Daily Calm (10 minutes, Premium) |
| Overthinking & work stress | Dedicated 9-chapter plans | Themed meditations and programs |
| AI companion | Mimi | — |
| Journaling | Built into plans | Some reflection features |
| Indian context | Written for India; Hindi guides on the website | Global content |
| Price | Free to download; some plans in a subscription | Free trial, then subscription |
From each app's store listing and help pages, November 2026.
Where Calm shines
Calm's Sleep Stories have been played more than a billion times, according to the company, and its narrators and music are genuinely soothing. If your main need is help winding down at night — something gentle to listen to instead of scrolling — Calm does that very well.
How Mentis handles sleep differently
Most long-running sleep trouble isn't caused by a lack of relaxing audio; it's kept going by habits — waking at different times each day, a stimulating last hour, lying awake in bed for long stretches, and worrying about sleep itself. CBT-I targets exactly these, and it's the approach many medical guidelines recommend first for chronic insomnia. In a 2015 meta-analysis (Trauer et al.), it shortened the time to fall asleep by about 19 minutes and time awake during the night by about 26 minutes.
Mentis's Deep Sleep Reset turns that toolkit into nine short chapters — "A time I wake up", "The hour before bed", "Nothing borrowed", "Bed means sleep", "No more weekend debt", "The 3am mind" — with a task or two each day, and your morning check-in shows whether your Sleep sky is clearing.
Who should pick which?
Calm suits you if…
You sleep okay most nights but want help relaxing, love stories and soundscapes, or want a daily meditation.
Mentis suits you if…
Bad nights have become a pattern, you wake at 3am with a racing mind, or stress and overthinking are spilling into your sleep.
Frequently asked questions
Is Calm available in India?
Yes, Calm is available on the App Store and Google Play in India. Daily Calm is part of Calm Premium; pricing in rupees is shown in the store.
Which is better for sleep, Calm or Mentis?
They work differently. Calm's Sleep Stories and sounds help you relax at bedtime. Mentis's Sleep plan works on the habits that keep insomnia going — irregular wake times, the last hour before bed, lying awake in bed, weekend sleep debt and the 3am mind. Many people find stories enough for occasional bad nights and a structured plan more useful when poor sleep has lasted weeks.
Does Mentis have sleep stories?
Mentis has guided wind-down and breathing audio such as 'Winding Down, Guided' and 'Back To Sleep After Being Woken', but not a large library of narrated stories like Calm.
- Calm — App Store listing (accessed Nov 2026).
- Calm Help Center: Sleep Stories.
- TechCrunch (Sep 2025). Calm launches standalone iOS app for sleep support.
- Trauer JM et al. (2015). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 163(3).