Sleep, by design

The world slows
as you drift.

Place your thumb on the light. Follow where it leads. Auros reads your pace and deepens with you — until the only thing left is the dream.

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What Auros is

Not a sleep tool.
A world you fall into.

Most sleep apps add input — timers, instructions, breathing guides. They keep your brain busy with the mechanics of sleep, which is precisely what prevents it. Auros does the opposite: one quiet task occupies the conscious mind while the rest of you releases.

01
The Ring
A luminous circle drifts through a particle field, patient and unhurried. Place your thumb on it and the world begins.
02
The Patterns
Warm amber nodes emerge and guide you through slow sequences. The pauses between them are where drift happens.
03
The Sensing
Auros measures how quickly you respond and mirrors it back. As you slow, everything slows. You are not fighting toward sleep — you are being carried.
04
The Release
When you stop responding, the app doesn't react. It assumes you've arrived. The light fades. The sound becomes silence. The screen goes dark on its own.
How it works

Five phases.
None of them visible.

The transition between phases is imperceptible. You couldn't say when the particles slowed. You just know you're somewhere different from where you started.

Arrival
The world appears.

Particles coalesce from nothing. The ring emerges. No instructions. No text. Just: you are here now.

12 breaths/min pulse 280 particles Full spectrum audio
Settling
Your mind finds its task.

Follow the light. The conscious mind has something to do — and while it does, the rest of you begins to release.

9 breaths/min pulse 226 particles 85% brightness
Deepening
The world shifts imperceptibly.

The particles thin. The music breathes slower. The pauses lengthen. You couldn't say when it changed. It simply has.

6.5 breaths/min pulse 154 particles 60% brightness
Threshold
The edge of sleep.

Patterns are barely patterns. The world is nearly still. You may drift between nodes. The app simply waits — patient, unhurried — and offers the next one when you return.

3.7 breaths/min pulse 42 particles 18% brightness
Release
You stop. The world continues.

No notification. No summary. No goodbye. The light dims over minutes. The sound fades below hearing. The screen goes dark on its own. The dream has already begun.

18 particles remaining Audio at 320Hz 6% brightness
Built on sleep science

Every system is biologically grounded.

Auros isn't designed to feel like it works. It uses the same mechanisms sleep researchers have studied for decades — delivered through an experience no clinical study has ever offered.

Prefrontal offloading Respiratory entrainment Sensory habituation Behavioral titration Melatonin-sparing dimming
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5→24s
Ring pulse cycle arc
105s
Screen dimming curve
10 lux
Brightness floor target
7→1
Node count across phases
"The world dims. The sound becomes the room. The last thing you remember is the light."
The Auros experience

Follow the light
into sleep.

One-time purchase. No subscription. No content library. Complete from the first session.

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