Endel: Schlaf und Achtsamkeit

Endel itself is great. The sounds are amazing. he iPhone app is good. But the macOS version is just terrible. It was not so great before because it did not offer all soundscapes, but the new version is even worse. It is an Electron app now, which effectively is a dynamic website and it looks exactly like that. Electron apps also use more memory and CPU resources than necessary and the only reason they exist is to cut development costs. In the age of AI agents being able to create code in no time, there is no excuse to use this lazy technology. Also, it is not accessible via menu bar anymore (I loved being able to have a mini player there).

I will never forget it was many years ago when there was a little app for relaxation and for sounds, which just make you calm down and feel better or energize you and help you. They offered a lifetime subscription and I was struggling whether I should do it or not. I went to my mother and she said, "Do you use it?" I said, "Every day." She said, "Then buy it." I have never regretted having bought this app. It is the best you can do for any kind of situation, any kind of environment, to really focus or get calm.

Ich nutze Endel auf dem iPhone seit über einem Jahr – die native Mac-App war das Einzige, was gefehlt hat. Jetzt funktioniert alles in einem gemeinsamen Ökosystem: Die Klanglandschaften passen sich direkt auf dem Desktop an Tageszeit, Wetter und Aktivität an. Die macOS-Integration ist durchdacht – ein Widget in der Menüleiste, Tastaturkürzel, nichts Überflüssiges. Ich habe gemerkt, dass ich mich beim Arbeiten deutlich weniger ablenken lasse. Und über ordentliche Lautsprecher klingt das alles noch mal ganz anders als auf dem Handy. Schön, dass die Entwickler den Desktop endlich angegangen sind. Das Warten hat sich gelohnt.

Ich arbeite im 3-Schichtdienst und habe seit geraumer Zeit mit Schlaschwierigkeiten zu kämpfen. Seit ich vor 3 Wochen Endel entdeckt habe, schlafe ich bemerkenswert besser. Die Schlafverbesserungen zeigt mir auch meine Apple Watch an. Andere Funktionen habe ich bisher noch nicht getestet, aber von der Sleep-Funktion bin ich 100% überzeugt. Große Empfehlung für Schichtarbeiter, aber natürlich auch für alle anderen :)

I am using this App for quite some time now, and it surprised me how it helps me stay focused or relax after a long day! The sounds are really good and I really like, how you can customize the sounds, depending on your mood! There are different types of Sound Worlds which are all different and verry good! They even made a description about each Sound, so you can read more about it and there are even studies about them. The only thing that I would love to be added, would be the Mac App für Computers. I don’t know if it’s the same for Windows, but on my Mac the App is just a small pop Up-Window in the corner. It still has all necessary functions, but I would love to have a „normal“ App like the Phone Version! But overall I would say the App is really good. Yeah it is kinda expensive but if you use it often, it is really worth the money I can say. It saves me time and really helps me stay focused in long study sessions. Keep up the great work Thanks!

First of all, these soundscapes do work surprisingly well. I would have never thought, and after just a few trial days I was hooked and subscribed. The focus soundscape helps me concentrate so much, and the sleep scape — especially its gentle alarm feature — is wonderful. There is just one catch to this, and it’s not the subscription-based model. Im alright with that. The app is insanely bad. The navigation is super unitive, and why is a third of my screen filed with an ad, when I already am a premium yearly subscriber. Why are the soundscapes — THE feature — aligned in a super narrow row, and the stupid (and BADLY translated) AI scapes right in the middle of the screen. Why is the Energy State level thing hidden in the upper right corner, as small as it could be, when it should bedroht and center. The entire homescreen is a mess, fix it, please.