Put the day down.
Let a story take over.
Nightjar gives a busy mind somewhere gentle to go at bedtime. Write down what is circling, close the jar, and listen to an original story made for drifting—not trying.
I made Nightjar for the nights when my body was tired and my brain was hosting a conference.
Some thoughts can wait until morning.
A small ritual for a loud mind.
No dashboards to master at bedtime. Just three unhurried steps.
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Name what is keeping you up.
Put the thought in words—or leave the page blank. It stays private either way.
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Close the lid.
A tactile little ritual gives the thought somewhere to wait until tomorrow.
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Follow a quieter thread.
Settle into an original story with a gentle pace and no work left for you to do.
Your 1 a.m. thoughts are not product data.
Your notes and jars are encrypted on your iPhone. If you choose iCloud backup, that encrypted copy lives in your personal iCloud—not on a Nightjar account.
Apple Health sleep data is read on your device and is never stored, backed up, used for recommendations, or sent to analytics by Nightjar.
Read the plain-English privacy policy- No name, email, or Apple ID required
- No advertising tracking
- No raw notes in analytics
- Delete your Nightjar data in the app
Hi, I’m Jugal.
I’m the indie developer behind Nightjar.
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Hey there!
I'm Jugal Mistry, an indie developer who has been bad at sleeping since roughly forever. I've had countless nights where I was lying on my bed wide awake with racing thoughts, just unable to stop thinking.
For years my nights went like this: lights off, eyes closed, brain opens a browser with 47 tabs. I tried everything the internet recommends: the wind-down routine, the no-screens rule, the magnesium, the “just relax.” None of it worked. My body was ready but my brain was hosting a conference.
So I went down the rabbit hole of what actually gets people to sleep, and found one idea that reframed everything: trying to fall asleep is what keeps you awake. Researchers call it sleep effort: the harder you chase it, the more alert you get. There's even a technique built on the inverse, paradoxical intention, where you lie there and gently try to stay awake instead. Works annoyingly well.
But the finding I couldn't stop thinking about was this: your brain seems to monitor whether your thoughts still make sense. Coherent, logical, planning thoughts keep you up. Loose, drifting, unrelated images read as safe to sleep. A good story drops you into that state without ever asking you to do anything.
That's the whole idea behind Nightjar. Put the worry in the jar, close the lid, and let a story give your mind somewhere unhurried to go. It won't fix your life at 1 AM. It'll just stop your brain from trying to.
If it helps, an honest review means a lot. Indie apps live and die by them. And if something's broken, annoying, or you've got an idea, I want to hear it: find me on X.
Sleep well. Or don't try to. That's sort of the point.
Jugal
Leave the day in the jar.
Nightjar is available for iPhone.
Download on theApp Store