Sleep Cycle alarm clock
By Northcube AB
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Description
Waking up made easy.
An intelligent alarm clock that analyzes your sleep and wakes you in the lightest sleep phase – the natural way to wake up feeling rested and relaxed.
Sleep Cycle helps millions of people to wake up rested.
Featured in: CNN, Wired, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, The New York Times.
#1 Top Paid app in United States
#1 Top Paid app in United Kingdom
#1 Top Paid app in Japan
#1 Top Paid app in Germany
#1 Top Paid app in France
...and more.
"It just works. Period. It does exactly what it advertises which is absolutely amazing."
--5/5 stars on 148apps.com
Sleep cycle is continuously rated as the best smart alarm clock and is the world’s most used intelligent alarm clock.
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* Our patented technology monitors your sleep movements using sound or vibration analysis.
* Sleep Cycle then finds the optimal time to wake you up during a 30 minute window that ends at your set alarm time.
* Recommended placement: Near the bed or on the floor.
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As you sleep you go through different phases, ranging from deep sleep to light sleep. The phase you are in when your alarm goes off is critical for how tired you will feel when you wake up.
Since you move differently in bed during the different phases, Sleep Cycle can use the microphone or accelerometer in your iPhone to monitor your movements and determine which sleep phase you are in.
Sleep Cycle wakes you when you are in your lightest sleep phase.
Sleep Cycle was developed using proven sleep science and years of research and development.
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MAIN FEATURES
FREE
√ Sleep analysis with our patented sound analysis technology or if you prefer, the sensitive accelerometer in your iPhone
√ Detailed sleep statistics and sleep graphs
√ Carefully selected alarm melodies
√ Snooze by shaking or double tapping the phone lightly
√ Snore detection - detect, track and measure your snoring
√ Fully integrated with Apple Health. Exchanges sleep analysis and heart rate
√ Customizable wake up window. From instant (regular alarm clock) up to 90 minutes
√ Background mode - set your alarm and exit Sleep Cycle - sleep analysis will continue in the background
√ Support for the M7 and M8 co-processor - measure your daily physical activity and see how it affects your Sleep Quality
√ Export sleep data to Excel for detailed analysis
PREMIUM
√ Online backup - secure your data online to make sure it’s always with you
√ Long term trends - compare your sleep with the world
√ Sleep aid - helps you fall asleep faster
√ Sleep notes - see how events such as drinking coffee, eating too much or having a stressful day affect your sleep quality
√ Wake up mood - see how using Sleep Cycle affects your morning moods
√ Weather - see how weather affects your Sleep Quality
√ Heart rate monitor - measure your resting heart rate (RHR) every morning using the built-in camera in your device
√ Philips HUE light bulb support - simulate a natural sunrise to give you an even softer wake-up
and more
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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.
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The optional Premium subscription costs $29.99 per year.
It will be charged from your iTunes account after the purchase. You can manage or cancel your auto-renewable subscription by entering the user settings in iTunes 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 to the same price. It's not possible to abort the subscription during the time it's active. Terms and Privacy: http://www.sleepcycle.com/terms-of-use.html
What's New in Version 5.4
INTRODUCING SNORE DETECTION
Maybe you snore. Maybe you don’t. But a third of the adult population do. Despite getting a full night’s sleep, they don’t know why they’re tired or annoyed, anxious or deprived. But that’s what poor sleep does to you, and snoring is part of poor sleep.
Well, not anymore. Using our patented sound technology to analyse the quality of your sleep, we’re now able to detect your snoring. If you’re one of those thirds, then Sleep Cycle is the first step to help get you on track to resolve your snoring and earn that sleep quality you deserve.
Customer Reviews
I wake up refreshed and rested now
This app really works! I do wake up and I feel great! Usually it wakes me up 20 minutes before my alarm time, unless I went to bed really late, then it sometimes only goes off right on time. I mostly feel great when it wakes me up, not really tired, just ready to go. I love how the app shows me statistics of my sleep, so I can see my sleep patterns and understand how and why the app works so well. This is so worth its price!
Update after a couple of weeks: I still love this app, but only use it when I sleep alone, I am not sure if it would still be accurate when there's someone else in the same bed.
Update: Great redesign of the app! I like the new statistics view and how sleep quality is measured and calculated against factors such as coffee consumption etc. I also like that individual nights can now be deleted from the history so as they are not used in the statistics.
Update: Still using the app regularly - and still really happy with it. One of my all time favorites!
Update: I really like how I don't have to put the phone on my bed anymore - the app seems to work well using the microphone while sitting on my nightstand.
Update: Using this app every night. I love the statistics and how it shows data for countries. I hope they will extend their data visualization in the future!
Update: Love the snore detection feature, but I'm not sure where I can see the results in the user interface (or maybe I just don't snore?)
Great at tracking my spouses' asleep patterns. Mine, not so much...
The alarm feature is the redeeming aspect of this app. And if a person sleeps alone, has no pets that walk on the bed at night, or a spouse who snores and is often up and down once or twice, or children who come and get in bed, I am sure it is a fairly accurate way to track one's sleep quality. For a sound sleeper who has these other factors, such as myself, it is a fantastic way to know how my spouse slept, because it sure doesn't track my actual sleep. I wake up feeling refreshed, after having slept solidly for 7 hours and it says my sleep quality is at 50% and that I was up 4 times during the night. "Rough night?", I'll say to my spouse and then hear a tale that match the patterns shown on this app. This app has created compassion for my spouse's sleep difficulties, but done little to accurately track my own sleep rhythms. But the alarm is great. I really like it and feel much more refreshed due to a subtler alarm.
I am sure the new update will so a fantastic job tracking my spouse's snoring, since my spouse snores regularly and I snore occasionally.
Use it everyday
I use this app as an alarm clock as it has a better system to wake you up gradually. But i of course set the clock app alarm as a backup. The app definitely works, Ive been using it for 2 years and has been accurate about my sleep being affected when i drink alcohol, when i work out, have a stressful day etc.
The new snore feature is pretty cool, i honestly did not know i snored that loud until this recent update, since it records audio when you snore. i lived a lie my whole life thinking i didn't snore until now.
All in all its a great app, has some additional features like sleeping assist sounds, but its definitely accurate and i would invest in the premium feature after trying it out.
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- Category: Health & Fitness
- Updated: Apr 21, 2017
- Version: 5.4
- Size: 79.1 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Seller: Northcube AB
- © 2016 Northcube AB
Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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