somnio - Get your prescription with avi
somnio is an approved Digital Health Application for treating sleep onset and sleep maintenance disorders. As an “app on prescription”, somnio is completely free - all statutory and most private health insurance companies cover the costs.

Your digital sleep training with proven efficacy
somnio helps with insomnia and sleep disorder using proven sleep medicine methods. Just 10 minutes a day is enough. Its effectiveness has been proven in several studies, including an RCT study conducted by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (2023) with significant improvements. Due to its proven effectiveness, somnio is part of the European guidelines for the treatment of insomnia.



How does somnio work?
somnio is an app for cell phones and computers, based on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) - the gold standard in the treatment of sleep disorders. Digital sleep expert Albert guides you interactively through 12 easy-to-understand modules. The central element is the sleep diary with evening and morning log, which analyzes your sleep quality based on bedtime, sleep time and sleep efficiency.
How to get somnio?
- somnio can be used free of charge with a prescription.
- You will receive a prescription after a medical diagnosis of non-organic insomnia.
- This can be done via avi online consultation or at your GP practice.
- You can send the prescription to your health insurance company or use the free somnio prescription service.
- You will receive your activation code for the therapy after approx. two working days.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, somnio is fully covered by all statutory health insurance companies in Germany if you have been diagnosed with insomnia. You just have to send the prescription issued by your avi doctor to your statutory health insurance company via app, scan, or mail. You can also use the free somnio prescription service. Your health insurance company will send you the activation code within a few business days. Once you receive it, enter the code into the somnio app to activate your training access. Most private health insurance plans also cover the costs for somnio. You can download a cost estimate for your private health insurance here.
somnio helps patients suffering from insomnia that is not due to organic causes. A non-organic insomnia is characterized by insufficient duration and quality of sleep over a longer period of time, and includes difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, and early morning awakenings. somnio was developed for patients, who, due to gaps in healthcare, do not have access to guideline-compliant sleep medicine treatment methods or prefer digital treatment in general. somnio implements the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) in a digital format, providing those seeking help with faster access to a proven therapeutic method. The aim of somnio is to reduce the severity of patients' insomnia symptoms. Insomnia is diagnosed by physicians or psychotherapists. The use of somnio is not suitable for people who are currently in an acute crisis, especially in the presence of suicidal ideations and/or intentions. We therefore advise all patients to always consult a medical professional alongside, so that individual backgrounds, which somnio as a digital application cannot capture, are adequately considered.
Digital Health Applications (DiGA) are medical devices that were officially examined and approved by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). DiGA only receive approval if their positive care effect can be demonstrated – in the case of somnio this was achieved through a controlled clinical trial (University of Zurich, 2019). This is how DiGA, such as somnio, stand out positively from conventional health apps. Approved DiGA can be prescribed by doctors and psychotherapists as an app on prescription, to provide patients with sleep problems quick and easy access to effective treatment.