Sleep Cycle - Sleep Tracker

Name: Sleep Cycle - Sleep Tracker
Rating: 4.71953 (375702 reviews)

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Sleep Cycle - Sleep Tracker

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User Reviews for Sleep Cycle - Sleep Tracker

Doesn’t do the job.

After a month of premium (paid) service this ‘Sleep Cycle’ app isn’t working, and there isn’t any way to contact the app developers. I set the app to start recording my sleep and set down my device in the very specific way requested, with it plugged in even, and at some point during my sleep it turns off and records nothing. Last night it recorded 1.5 of the 8 hours I actually slept. I can’t edit to correct a specific sleep cycle. I can’t create records that have only basic information, like how many ours I slept. I have many night that have gone unrecorded and that is the information that goes into their stats. Stats based on incorrect information are useless! So what exactly does ‘premium’ service get me? Nothing. Who cares if I have bad and incomplete information backed up? All the other stats I can easily look up on my own, for free. Don’t buy the premium service. It is a complete waste of money.I also tried ‘Life Cycle’. It doesn’t track well. You have to fill in a lot of information and that is pointless when the map location is incorrect and, again, the app doesn’t allow you to edit or correct their mistakes. Incorrect information is useless. Neither app is worth paying for.Response to app developer response: why would you think I hadn’t already tried the simple ideas? I did that. I rebooted my device as well. None of the easy-fix options have helped. If they had a review like this would just be petty instead of helpful to others.

AgathaRex, Jul 06, 2018

i love sleep cycle

I literally use sleep cycle every single night. i’ve been using it since 2014 (i was 11 at the time) and have never looked back. i fell in love with it immediately. i remember when there were only the four alarm noises, i still use the same alarm noise i did when i was 11, the sunrise one! if this app ever leaves the appstore i will die 😂 no but fr i love this app and it’s so fun to look back at all my nights of sleep. right now i have 1,237 nights, but i suspect there is a lot more that’s been lost between the switching of phones. the current tally of nights is from 2019 to present. i wish i had all my data from before but oh well! i use premium and it’s definitely worth it for me, but i can understand where others might not feel the same. it is expensive but as a long time user i rely on it heavily and really enjoy it, it’s part of my routine. a feature i would really love to see is the total time spent in each sleep phase (i.e. deep sleep, sleep, awake) there’s the graph that kinda shows you, but i would love it if there were numbers to break it down (i know it wouldn’t be 100% accurate numbers lol but just an estimate would be nice even) otherwise, i am really happy with the app. thanks for all the years you’ve put into it, developers!

aleeskinkis, May 26, 2023

Overdue Review

It’s long overdue that I write a review for this app because I’ve been lucky enough to be grandfathered into Sleep Cycle’s pro version. I downloaded the app back when I was in high school when it was 99¢ and continue to use it almost every night (10 years later), mostly with the intention to utilize the alarm. I always had at least 2 or 3 different alarms that all failed to wake me up until I bought Sleep Cycle.I absolutely love that I have access through the app to different sleep sounds, like ASMR or story telling, because when I listen to things through my laptop instead, it reads me as being awake and talking.I’ve picked up on numerous hilarious sleep talking incidents with the ability to share the sound recordings with my friends and family, and I love being able to see which days of the week I need to work on getting myself to sleep more consistently and tracking the triggers that lead me to sleep better or worse.Most of all, though, I appreciate that the company has included me, as an initial investor, in the updates throughout time. Having had the opportunity to realize what the app does for me makes me think that the least I could do is write them a good review!

carlywearspradax, Jun 01, 2021

Reliable, User Friendly, Absolutely Fantastic

I recommend this app to anyone that is remotely having trouble sleeping. I’ve legit been using this every single night for 5 years. I absolutely LOVE that I can set it every night. I use it as sort of a personal check in with myself before I sleep by including some sleep notes about my day to determine the quality of my sleep. The sleep notes are just a a check box that you can select if it applies to you that day. Examples might be: alcohol, tired, sick, worked out, period, traveled, etc. and you can add your own custom sleep notes options! It’s perfect for my short attention span so you aren’t obligated to actually journal sentences, but will have a short reference of the day to look back on months from now. I also love the quick check in with myself after I wake up! I wake up smoothly over 30 minutes and reach for my phone which gently fades out the alarm which I pick up my phone, no button or bright light required immediately!! Once I actually decide to wake up, the app says good morning and shows me the weather once I stop the alarm, I get to select how to slept also choosing between just three buttons. Bed, medium, or great!I highly recommend this app and I barely ever review anything unless it’s worthwhile. I pay for the annual subscription but I also used the free version for years. Both are extremely worth it. The premium allows me to keep my sleep data stored forever (or as long as I want).

Claire Bear Gleek, Aug 10, 2022

Really solid

The app is great, I’ve had it for years. I don’t have a ton of confidence in the accuracy of their claim for your sleep efficiency each night, but it’s probably not far off. What I love most is the snooze...it senses you tapping the phone to activate snooze! So you don’t have to grab your phone and try to find a brightly lit little button in a dark room when you don’t want to b opening your eyes—just physically tap the phone anywhere! In fact, I just tap my nightstand and that is enough to silence the alarm for the snooze!My one big complaint, however, is a change that was made a couple months ago. Now you have to unlock your phone to turn it off. It used to be that the screen would dark all night, but it wouldn’t be locked, so when the alarm goes off in the morning you just see the app with an off button. But now, the phone auto-locks, so in the morning when it’s time to turn off the alarm, all you see are all the notifications on the lock screen that came in all night. So you have to fight those to get to the unlock, where you can get to app to turn off alarm. Super annoying. It ruins an otherwise nice experience, and does so at the worst time: when you are waking up in the morning. (The developer said this due to a change in policy from Apple, and they’re working on a fix. Let’s hope one comes soon!)

DCpdx, Jul 23, 2018

Was the Best, Now Sub Par.

I purchased Sleep Cycle several years ago and WAS a long time Sleep Cycle premium user. Sleep Cycle’s functionality has fallen behind competing apps that have emerged in recent years, many of which have a power nap option built in. The separate Power Nap app this developer sells was last updated FIVE YEARS ago, making it supper buggy and unusable (unless you’re still using an iPhone 3G). Also, the Apple Watch and iPhone apps work independently of one another. So, if you set an alarm on your phone, it will not sync with the Apple Watch app and vice-versa. Sleep Cycle WAS best in class for a long time, and Sleep Cycle still wins on UX IMO. If you read the developers responses to reviews they seem like a great group... the type of company you want to see beating the competition. Also, they deserve BIG props for allowing their early customers who purchased the premium app to maintain premium functionality after switching to a subscription model, excluding cloud backup. I actually added the subscription service, partly for cloud backup, but mostly because I was so impressed with the way they respected their early customer base when moving to subscription service. I would go back to Sleep Cycle if updated with the integration power nap functionality, Automatic sleep tracking, Apple Watch heart rate tracking, Apple Watch/iPhone apps sync, and other key functionalities now commonplace in the best sleep apps.

ElJefeTX, Dec 13, 2020

Great app!!

I really enjoyed this app and I think that it would be extremely beneficial for anyone who wants to be more educated about their sleep patterns or for people who are having a hard time sleeping. This app tracks your sleep cycles by tracking your sleep patterns and how often you wake in your sleep, move around, snore, cough, talk, etc. In the morning you can look back and see at what points/times you awoke and you can even listen back to audio to hear what you were doing in your sleep. It also has a function to gently wake you up when you’re in a light sleep. This would be helpful for people who have insomnia or who may think they have insomnia, due to it tracking how often you awake. It could also help with people who have anxiety of sleeping or falling asleep because you can rest assured knowing that it will record you all night and that you can hear everything the moment you wake up. there’s no wondering what happened while you were asleep, because the app will show/tell you. It could also help adults and children with ADHD who have a hard to going to sleep because it has a sound function to help you relax and fall asleep and again, you can hear everything that you did when you wake up in the morning.

EmilySuzanne888, Dec 07, 2021

Helpful but could use more features

I purchased the paid version of this app. While I have enjoyed it well enough over the past 6 months or so, I don’t think I’ll renew. I purchased this app to get data that would point me towards ways to improve my sleep. For example, the app tracks your step count. However, there is no graph or tab where I can see how my step count impacts how well I sleep at night. Similarly, I can mark off experiences I had during the day (e.g., drinking caffeine) but, once again, there’s no part of the app that tells me if drinking caffeine makes me fall asleep more slowly, increases my sleeping heart rate, etc. If the app had these features, I would renew it. One other thing: it would be great to have a notification feature that checks in to make sure you haven’t forgotten to turn off the nightly recording after a certain number of hours. I have had to delete full days of my journal because I forgot to click “stop recording” and ended up with 18 hours on my sleep log. As I understand it, the app currently turns off automatically if it believes you to be awake. This hasn’t worked at all for me; there have been some days where I’ll wake up and find that it only recorded half the night. Other than that, though, the app is great. I love the sound effects, the fun facts, and the journal. Thank you!

GBurkhardt, Jan 21, 2023

Not as easy to use as it looks

So it’s not DIFFICULT but I have it set to automatically record but it doesn’t seem to or at least I can’t tell because when I open the app in the morning it automatically has me set my wake up time and sleep alarm and then stop it. So then I check the sleep journal to see if it recorded at night at it ALMOST looks like I did except I can’t fully see it or access it. There’s a little blurb at the bottom that won’t go away about the journal being there to show what it recorded with the information faded in the background. It makes me feel like maybe that’s just sample information, plus I can’t get the blurb to B go away to really read it or click on anything and everything else is premium. I can’t see stats because that’s premium to figure out if that’s my sleep info or not. And I can’t really read the journal and when I open the app it looks like I haven’t even started sleeping. Yet somehow my profile says I have records that I can’t find or access…. So is this app for strangers to figure out my sleeping Pattern via some weird remote monitoring through an app???? Or can I actually use it for my own knowledge? I’ll try this app for one more week on the chance that it’s user error but if I’m that time I haven’t figured out hope to use it not only will I not subscribe to premium I will uninstall and lower my rating to 1 star. Really hoping I’m just a dingbat because I like the over all look and set up

jjohns32, Mar 27, 2022

Disappointing and mediocre

I’ve been using sleep cycle consistently for over 2 years now, and I’ve had premium for a year. I’m disappointed to say that even though I’ve always been optimistic about this app, it’s just not that good. The time in bed compared to time asleep is always inaccurate. The sleep recordings record way too much static background noise. The most annoying thing is that in the last few months the app has been crashing overnight, so you lose all of the data for that night and it ruins your sleep report. It’s gotten to the point where this app only works 3 or 4 days out of the week, it’s always really spotty and is no longer reliable. As for the premium features, there is not enough content to justify a 30 dollar price tag. Seeing your data on the graphs is nice, but they are too general and there aren’t enough tools. I want to be able to see biweekly data, compare sleep statistics between months, see different groupings of data besides what’s currently available. I would suggest sticking with the free version of the app since the data is lackluster, and the nighttime audio recordings never work well. It’s very upsetting having to write this review after using this app for so long, but it’s ridiculous. Add more content to premium or lower the price. Most importantly, stop your app from crashing.

Machineies, Dec 21, 2021

Description

Sleep better and wake up rested with Sleep Cycle’s smart alarm clock. It analyzes your sleep patterns and detects snoring, sleep talking, coughing and other sounds. Start your day feeling energized with Sleep Cycle’s intelligent alarm clock, designed to gently wake you up while you’re in your lightest sleep phase.

Plus, you’ll get a detailed analysis as our sleep tracker monitors your bedtime patterns from the moment your head hits the pillow, and access to premium features including relaxing sleep sounds and story library 3 REASONS YOU’LL LOVE SLEEP CYCLE: 1. Gently does it - Waking you up while you’re in a light sleep is the natural way to wake up. 2. Understand your sleep - Learn about your bedtime patterns with detailed sleep tracking and analyses. 3. Nothing under your pillow or to wear on your body - Simply turn Sleep Cycle on before going to bed and place your device on your nightstand or close by on the floor. Sleep Cycle uses sound analysis to identify sleep states, using your microphone as a sleep recorder, tracking your movements in bed. Understanding your sleeping patterns mean you can wake up feeling refreshed and ready to start your day. Download the Sleep Cycle app today for the easiest way to get a good night's sleep. SLEEP TRACKER FEATURES √ Sleep analysis with Sleep Cycle patented sound technology or accelerometer √ Detailed sleep statistics and daily sleep graphs √ Fully integrated with Apple Health, exchanging sleep analysis √ Carefully selected alarm melodies √ Snooze by shaking or double tapping the phone lightly √ Customizable wake-up window. From instant (regular alarm clock), up to 45 minutes √ Sound recorder & Trends - Capture snoring, sleep talking and other sounds and view your trends √ Sleep Aid - our library of sleep stories, relaxation guides and calm sleep sounds specially designed to help you fall asleep easier. (Mindfulness & meditation) √ Trends – gather long-term trends on your sleep patterns √ Comparison Data - Compare your sleep patterns to world sleep statistics √ Weather & Sleep - See how different types of weather affect your sleep quality √ Sleep Notes - See how events such as drinking coffee, stress, working out or eating late affect your sleep quality √ Wake-up Mood - See how Sleep Cycle affects your wake-up mood over time √ Online Backup - Lets you secure your sleep data online √ Data Export – Download sleep data to Excel for detailed analysis √ Philips HUE Light Bulb Support - Simulate a natural sunrise to give you an even softer wake-up ------------------------- REQUIREMENTS Ability to charge your phone by the bed. Ability to place your phone near the bed, such as on a nightstand table or on the floor. ------------------------- The Premium subscription will be charged from your iTunes account after the purchase. The subscription will be auto-renewed 24 hours before the subscription period ends with the same kind of subscription you already bought at the same price. To avoid automatic renewal, you must cancel the subscription at least 24 hours before it expires. You can manage or cancel your auto-renewable subscription by entering the user settings in iTunes after the purchase. It's not possible to abort the subscription during the time it's active. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase the premium subscription. Terms and Privacy: https://www.sleepcycle.com/privacy-policy/