Pillow - Auto Sleep Tracker

Name: Pillow - Auto Sleep Tracker
Rating: 4.29189 (66276 reviews)

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Pillow - Auto Sleep Tracker

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User Reviews for Pillow - Auto Sleep Tracker

Using extensive iPhone battery

UPDATE** I have disabled this app. After following the developer’s suggestions, the app became inconsistent. It stopped showing night wake times and gave me the exact same reading for multiple consecutive days. Loved the app when I first used it. Now…not so much. I can get the same information excluding night wake up information from my Sleep app included with my Apple watch.——-Original post- After spending 2 hours with Apple support only to have them recommend talking to the developers (I have and none of my messages have been seen or answered.) The problem is my 10 XR running IOS 15.1 phone battery usage. When I use my Apple Watch 6 running IOS 8.1, it shows battery usage between 63-74% in the morning with 6+ hours of onscreen usage. When I use my Apple Watch 3 running IOS 7.6.1, it uses 3%. Both are in manual mode. The pillow app is set to turn off the screen after 10 seconds. Apple support ran diagnostics and battery health and phone are fine. The only thing he thought could be causing the problem was that Pillow was not truly turning the screen off or putting it into lock screen. I have tried every fix to be found in the Apple Support and online communities with no success. I don’t want to have to use my older watch just to save my phone battery. Very frustrating!

Abb1e, Mar 16, 2022

Could be better.

I see that the developers are still making changes, I have seen new ones since the major update like they brought back some old sounds that are really good, but the new sounds need work still. Both fireplace sounds are bad, one sounds like it’s in a wind tunnel and the other just doesn’t sound right, and that urban rainfall sound just needs to go. Nobody wants to hear cars drive by, or sirens, or people talking. Also you need to fix the sleep sessions calendar, I can’t access previous sleep sessions to see how my sleep was on pervious days or even the day I finished my most recent sleep session once I close the app. I have to look at it then and there. The calendar just opens for a second and then closes, can’t click on a different day on the calendar to see that day. I paid for the premium version on the old version of the app and I really liked it, but not being able to see previous days sleep sessions is kinda a deal breaker, the trends section doesn’t give the whole story on sleep quality or how well you slept. Please fix the sleep sessions calendar and the sounds. Also I don’t know of anybody that likes any kind of talking stories or guided meditation sleep talks either. Everyone kinda just wants simple noise with no talking to sleep, the talking keeps a brain to active and awake.

Aviation05, Jan 28, 2021

Update ruined this app

This is the first review I have ever written on the Apple store, because I generally don’t care enough about apps to say anything, but I have to this time. The Pillow app was the best thing I ever discovered over a year ago. It helped me figure out the proper amount of sleep I needed, which was always a question as I am an insomniac. I would tell anyone to download this app if complained about sleep in any regard. However, the newest update is the worst! Everything is totally changed, so if you’ve gotten used to the layout for the last YEAR, your muscle memory means nothing. It’s harder to access past night’s data. The new alarm set up of having ore-sets is a good idea, but if you want to add a new one you have to swipe through every single one of them to get to the add button. And worst of all, if you accidentally swipe the app closed, it doesn’t automatically save your data like it used to. I have now lost about 5 days worth of data since updating last week, and before then, for the last year, I had had less than 3 days missing from my own human error, not the app. I would just delete the app and try a new one but unfortunately I had bought a year subscription to their premium access and it was recently renewed. So thanks for ruining this app and stealing my money ✌️

CheeseNugget7, Mar 09, 2021

Great App

Okay, I’m going to start off by saying that I love the app. It works wonderfully, and the technology seems to be greatly engineered to check when I really am sleeping and when I wake up. The audio recordings are great, they’ve caught me saying some hilarious things in my sleep.I do have some suggestions. I understand that the feature where you can either shake the phone or hold the button for three seconds are meant to make sure people are really awake and getting up. Well, I happen to be a pretty light sleeper, and I get up very well, and I own the full version of the app but I’ve noticed that there is no option to just tap to disable the alarm. I’d like this feature to be implemented if it’s not too much to ask.Also, I think it may be cool to have a dream journal added. Like when you wake up, there may be a notepad there for you to begin typing out what you dreamt, and it keeps track of the night you dreamt it and stores it somewhere. There should also be an option to click a button that says, “I don’t remember what I dreamt.” And to go back and begin a journal entry if you didn’t remember it at first but now do/didn’t have the time to type it then.Thank you for your time!

Faitheloo, Dec 24, 2017

Love it so far!

I’ve only been using this with my Apple Watch for a couple weeks now so I’m still learning. I can’t remember what I didn’t have before I upgraded but I feel like the free version was quite basic. I’ve never paid for an app upfront and it was pricey but well worth it. My only issue (although I thing this is my body and terrible sleep patterns rather than the app itself) is that for a few days, the alarm would go off early, while I was in a light sleep mode, and I’d wake up feeling so refreshed. Since then though, it doesn’t go off until the exact alarm time and the analysis shows I’d been in rem sleep for an hour prior to my alarm. So I’m not as refreshed and then just keep hitting snooze. (The snooze times are a whole different issue that I don’t understand but I shouldn’t snooze anyways so that’s on me!) If I’m in rem cycle during that 30 minute window, obviously my watch vibration won’t go off until the actual alarm time but I would love an option to set a specific time range that it can wake me earlier instead of just 30 minutes. If I could wake up better at 5:15 than I would at 7, I’d be great with waking up much earlier. This may be an option I just haven’t found yet but if it isn’t, that would be an awesome addition to a future update. Love this app!

KMolinaro, Jul 28, 2019

Great until it wasn’t

When I first got this app it was great. I was so happy to find a sleep tracking app that worked with Apple Watch and didn’t force you to pay just to track your sleep. The automatic sleep detection was absolutely awesome. I loved the interface. It was annoying how you had to buy the premium version to see your past sleep data, but not a deal breaker. But then one day the automatic sleep detection stopped working. I would wake up and eagerly check the Pillow app only to see that it didn’t collect any data. I thought it might be a problem with my Apple Watch so I went through all of the steps to make sure it was detecting my heart rate, had permission to collect data, etc. none of that worked. I turned off automatic sleep detection mode and put it to manual. And it worked! But as I was checking my sleep data in the morning I got a low battery alert on my phone. My phone that had been at 100% 7 hours before was now at 14% without me using it. I also quit all of my apps before going to bed. This also happened the next few nights I used manual mode. I can’t help but to think that that is the cause of the power drain. I don’t have a place to plug my phone in overnight where my phone can still be in range of my watch, so this is a problem for me. I’m going to try turning automatic sleep detection back on tonight to see if it detects anything/if it was just a glitch. Aside from that, the app is really great and I would really like to keep using it.

Let's go PJatO, May 27, 2020

App just quit tracking

Update: 4 Oct 20....it appears Apple had a HUGE issue with iOS 14 and WatchOS 7 that made Pillow not track correctly. Once I wiped my watch and phone and restored from the cloud my Pillow App started working again. For those of you having an issue with health tracking after installing the last updates follow the Apple reset guidance and it should fix your Pillow App like it did mine. I apologize Pillow, not your fault with the issue I posted about. ———————-I had this app for 52 days tracking my sleep and the very day I updated my phone IOS the app quit working and hasn’t worked since. I’ve engaged the help desk portion of the app for 2 weeks now. While I can only reach help desk at 4am Central (most likely means help desk in a 12 hour different time zone) it doesn’t seem that developers are to eager to help me solve this issue. I keep getting “canned” troubleshooting steps, did them many time along with deleting and reloading app to no avail. I paid for the premium app and would expect premium service but Pillow has fell way short of that expectation. Would not recommend. Spend your money on another app that works.

Masterchiefbt, Oct 04, 2020

Very inaccurate. Waste of money.

It never auto detects sleep even though it claims to do be able to do so. Whenever I manually tell app I’m going to bed- it shows me as being up throughout the night when in fact I’ve slept all night. There is no consistency with it. I will not be renewing my subscription. I even reached out to customer support- they were very quick to respond but the one solution they offered did not work and I already read that solution and tried it on the FAQ page prior to reaching out to support. It did not fix the problem. The app is just terrible.Update: My iPhone is newer and up to date and I’ve given permission to apple health and all other permissions it asks for. I’ve even restarted my phone after giving permissions as your customer support team asked me to do. It will only detect sleep if I hit start from my watch app AND while the phone app is open as well. My wifi works good but the watch says I must open the app on the phone to be able to press start on the watch. If I only push start from the phone while wearing the watch, it won’t detect/record any sleep. When I have the phone app open and I hit start from the watch it will record my sleep but most of the time it’s wrong and says that I’m awake when I know for a fact I didn’t wake up at all, and in that case it won’t let me edit any portions that say I’m awake for me to specify that I was asleep it says that I have to update permissions but they are all turned on.

Soup Spoon 18, Jul 10, 2022

What was free us now considered “Premium features”

They took away most of the free features with an update this week. Now they want a monthly fee for stuff that was free before. *Their reply said “for the 1st time you can see your previous sleep sessions” but that was the feature I used the most that is no longer there when I swipe. There is also a calendar that I also used before, and when you press the sleep session on a different date, it pops up a thing about the cost of an upgrade instead of the previous sleep session! It also does not show the overlaid heart rate over the course of the night which was the other feature I used the most.* They took away most of the things I liked about it and I’m not paying a premium for what I’ve had for free for years because it’s not really that accurate anyway. It thinks I’m asleep when I’m just watching tv and it can’t detect that I woke up in the middle of the night if I lay still and don’t move around a lot. It’s just an algorithm that’s giving you the REM, light, and deep sleep cycles, these apps don’t have the data to detect that kind of stuff for real like in a sleep lab. *I took it down another star because of the developers reply that they added all these features in the free version. It doesn’t look that way to me. They ruined the free version.*

Summermoon50, Jan 25, 2021

Fundamentally Flawed

I gave this app a try one last time (out of multiple attempts), and after tonight’s sleep of 5 hours and 41 minutes, it says I was awake for TWO HOURS AND FIVE MINUTES of that time….I was NEVER awake for that long during the night; instead, I might have been fully awake for no more than about 15 minutes…. The microphone sensitivity was set to Low, and it still gave me a bad reading, even after attempting to change the microphone sensitivity to Medium and High on other nights (which gave me even worse readings at those settings….). Still, even after this claimed update from a week ago of this writing, the app itself (in terms of its algorithm for tracking sleep) is fundamentally flawed, as the truth actually is that over the past week, I’m actually getting better sleep than before due to better exercise and eating habits….After seeing constant results of poor sleep for weeks, while AutoSleep is showing consistently better results that reflect my ACTUAL sleep habits, it’s not worth it to pay for a subscription to this app until they have fixed their algorithm when it comes to tracking sleep. Honestly, nobody should have to constantly go back after a sleep session to reanalyze their sleep due to poor analytics from a sleep tracking app…. Instead, it should just work, and at least give users a general idea of their sleep habits. This one, sadly, just doesn’t cut it….

The Builder...., Dec 16, 2021

Description

Sleep trouble? Sleep better with Pillow, your smart sleep assistant. Pillow can analyze your sleep cycles automatically using your Apple Watch, or you can use Pillow without an Apple Watch by placing your iPhone or iPad on the mattress near your pillow.

Use Pillow as a smart alarm clock to wake up at the lightest possible sleep stage and start your day refreshed and relaxed. Record important audio events such as snoring, sleep apnea, and sleep talking. Explore trends about your sleep and compare your sleep quality with many Apple Health metrics that affect sleep. As seen on: The New York Times, Forbes, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, The Washington Post, TechCrunch, MacStories, Daily Mail, and many more. Rated as one of the best sleep tracking apps for the Apple Watch and iPhone. Join the millions that have discovered the life-changing benefits of great sleep! TRACK YOUR SLEEP AUTOMATICALLY - Simply wear your Apple Watch during sleep. Pillow will automatically detect and analyze your sleep. - View last night's report right on your Apple Watch, along with the heart rate analysis for the night. - Switch between manual and automatic mode anytime. SLEEP CYCLE & HEART RATE ANALYSIS - Advanced sleep cycle analysis algorithm based on the latest scientific findings in sleep research. - Detailed heart rate analysis - Detailed sleep stage diagram (Awake, REM, Light Sleep, Deep Sleep) and sleep score. - Pillow updates Apple Health's Sleep category - iOS 14 Widgets to view your sleep report AUDIO RECORDINGS* - Snoring, sleep apnea, sleep talking - Play, export, or delete audio recordings. *Not available in automatic sleep tracking mode. OPTIMAL BEDTIME - Analyze your sleep cycles and find the best time to fall asleep. PERSONALISED INSIGHTS & SLEEP TIPS - Discover your sleep profile - Regularly updated sleep tips SLEEP TRENDS - Explore your sleep history with Week, Month, Year, and All Time overviews. - Compare your sleep quality with many Apple Health categories that affect sleep. BACKUP & SYNCHRONIZE - Synchronize and backup your sleep data and audio recordings between your devices. ALARM PRESETS & NAPS - Powernap, recovery, and full-cycle nap - Customisable alarm presets MOOD & NOTES - Track your mood when you wake up - Discover how your notes affect your sleep quality SLEEP AID MELODIES AND WAKE UP SOUNDS - Wake up sounds - Use a track from Apple Music or iTunes as an alarm. - Sleep aid music, soundscapes, stories, meditations. - Siri Wind Down support PREMIUM FEATURES: - Unlimited sleep history & analysis - Sleep trends - Sleep notes - Heart rate analysis - Sound recordings - Nap modes & Customisable presets - Full access to all Sleep aid content - Access all wake-up melodies - Sleep tips & Personalised insights - Compare your sleep quality with Apple Health metrics - Wake-up melodies from your iTunes library or Apple Music - Data export in CSV format Learn more at https://pillow.app SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. If you start a free trial, you will be charged automatically at the end of the trial period unless you cancel 24 hours before the expiration period. Your subscription will renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The renewal cost will be charged to your account within 24 hours before the end of the current period. When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the existing subscription will not be refunded. If offered, any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms & Privacy Policy: https://pillow.app/pillow-privacy-policy-en