Rest 2nd Gen, doing the night-light half of its job
Sound machine & night light
Hatch Rest, 2nd Gen
Worth it — buy the plain Rest, and know the free tier is the real product.
See current price ↗Free tier
24 sounds, 18 colors, routines, time-to-rise
Hatch+
$4.99/mo or $49.99/yr — optional
Longevity
parents buy a second for baby #2
What you get free
The free tier is genuinely complete: 24 sounds, 18 colors, routines and scheduling, and time-to-rise — no subscription required for the core job.
Hatch+ ($4.99/mo or $49.99/yr) unlocks 60+ sounds, sleep stories, meditations, and expert content. The main resentment pattern in reviews: paying $80–$100 for hardware, then meeting a paywall. Skip Hatch+ unless you specifically want the story library for a toddler.
Rest or Rest+?
Rest, $79.99 — the default buy.
Rest+, $99.99 — only if you travel or lose power often: the extra $20 buys up to 8 hours of battery backup. Its audio monitor is the weak point — it picks up the machine’s own sound.
The complaint pattern
- The app is occasionally slow to connect, or logs users out
- On the Rest+, the audio monitor is weak
- The paywall resentment described above
The counter-signal
Parents keep it for years and buy a second one for baby #2 (What to Expect community) — the strongest pattern a nursery product can have, and the reason this clears the “worth it” bar despite the app grumbles.
Sources: Hatch Rest 2nd Gen review (2026), caringmommy.com · community.whattoexpect.com. Checked October 14, 2026. Some links on this page may earn WorthItMama an affiliate commission — it never changes the answer.
Worth it — with one condition: buy the plain Rest, and know the free tier is the real product. The subscription is the catch, not the machine.