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Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Vestlending — Thu, 29 May 2014 18:33:43 -0000

I heard rumours it was fake, so I put it on a shelf one night. The graphs showed no movement, as expected, and actually warned me it didn't detect any (by text). This confirmed my previous personal experience: The app works as it should, at least technically. But does it work in making me less sleepy in the morning? I think so, but I haven't concluded yet. It is not like I feel that much more awake. But, naturally, that comes down to different factors (hours of previous sleep etc.).

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Alexey Fedoseev — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:04:49 -0000

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Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Diana Petreycik — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:38:10 -0000

As I am almost totally deaf .. I did find and " alarm clock " years ago that really helped me. It called the Sunrise clock. You set it and a light gently wakes you up. My sleep is definately better...I feel very refreshed having used this item... I downloaded this app ecause i was curious about sleep patterns. Of course the alarm didnt wake me ( I cant hear it ) I did rise before the alarm was set to go off.

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Jonathan Boucher — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:43:49 -0000

the app points out in the description that when you place the phone on a table or desk it will still be able to read your sleep patterns but it will dramatically different than your normal reading

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

martin12345 — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:31:43 -0000

sleep starts with two long deep sleep phases, after that they follow each other much more rapidly, and within a 30 minute period you will always have a light phase of sleep.

these apps are incredible, they changed my life, no less !

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Dan Chmielewsk — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:34:37 -0000

This is completely false. It calibrates to your movements, so if there is little movement from the start it can't calibrate well. I woke up in the middle of the night and put it on my stand, and it flat-lined after that since it had already calibrated to my movements. Not only that, but the awake peaks coincided with every time I woke up during the night (prior to putting it on my night stand).

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Pavel — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:14:48 -0000

Try EasyWakeup. It's an another smart alarm for iOS.
No tricks with sleep stages on the graphs, no scam with movements graphs when you put your device on the nightstand.
A really helpful polish app.
One minus: price is high. But for me the app worth it.

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Roland Chinatti — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:43:17 -0000

I placed my iphone on my nightstand last night. No vibrations, no motion. Sleepcycle should have shown that my sleep dropped into deep sleep for the entire night, without ever waking up, until I picked it up after the alarm went off. Instead, it showed a graph that looked similar to previous nights of going down and up from deep sleep. Why when there is no motion of a sleeping body is it saying it is detecing motion? I have to issue a SCAM ALERT, too, unfortunately. Just like gasoling addiives that claim to increase your mpgs, you get better mpgs and sleep because you are paying attention to it, not because of the product. You TEST THIS AT HOME YOURSELF. I wasted a a dollar and APPLE should know.

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Jan Werbinski — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:46:57 -0000

You didn't read the manual? Didn't you?

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

mary — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:22:28 -0000

Hahaha, thanks for the review... You remind me so much of myself because I too have a passionate love affair with sleep and currently, everyday at work I count down the hours until I get to go home and pass out. Anyway I was so grumpy this morning so I did some searching and and came across this app. I'm definitely downloading it for use next week (as today is Friday... I'm waking up when I damn well please the next two mornings).

Anyway just wanted to sa your review was funny and enjoyable. I will certainly be giving this app a whirl!

-Mary

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Thomas Holmsgaard Larsen — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:45:26 -0000

The application is FAKE. If you place the phone on for instance a table over night instead it still shows statistics depicting a persons sleep. SO unless my apartment is haunted by ghosts I do not think the table moves around by itself.

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

David Diggity Li — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:04:21 -0000

just started using the app on my ipod touch 2g. turn the brightness all the way down. disabled wifi and auto lock so it stays on and drains as little battery as possible. tried it 2 times now and it drains ~40% of the battery so am left with ~60% in the morning. My ipod did not over heat, your experience may vary.

app seems to work fine for me. I thought it was fairly accurate. I sleep on a mattress with a 4" memory foam topper and it reads the movements just fine. on the 2nd day it woke me up at 6:10 instead of 6:30, thought it was just gonna go with 6:30 since it says it takes 2 days to calibrate. this was probably the best time since the chart said i was falling into deeper sleep so given the time range it recognized it was the best time to wake me up.

wake up sounds are very nice. nice and mellow instead of my usual rock music which usually jolts me awake (nothing like waking up to Mickey Avalon lol).

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

yo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:03:26 -0000

i have an itouch with os 4.0. It worked perfect the first 2 nights until I noticed the screen wasn't really turning off when you put it face down. I clicked the top button to shut the screen off and opened it back up to see if the app was still running. Well little did I know that it looked like it was running but the accelerometer was not. Therefore nothing was recorded for the entire night. Boohooo. Apparently an update is on the way to resolve this limitation. So hang in there and make sure your ipod has the latest firmware and OS.

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

valerian42 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:52:13 -0000

This app sounds great, although I doubt how accurate it is I'm sure its worth a try for such a low price! I recently got a tempurpedic mattress though which has made my nights of sleeping problems almost a thing of the past but I'm sure this gizmo could help me understand me sleeping patterns better.

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

tomramberg — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:27:11 -0000

It works. I srealize I sleep a lot less than I thought i Did, but i like it!

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

piccco — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:49:54 -0000

Any one else feel like they wake up seconds before the apps alarm goes off? This happens to me nearly every time i use it, nd it feels really spooky. I guess it's the fact that i'm in a super light phase of sleep and the alarm confirms that i'm awake but i dunno.

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Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Pete — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:11:12 -0000

I'm using it on my iPod touch... works like a charm.

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Jason Gregory — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:24:46 -0000

i got this app and i dont know some people say they can use it on there itouch some say they cant. i didnt even know you couldnt until after a few days of using it and loving it and going to write a review. and listen if you have your phone fully charged and dim the brightness the battery wont die and you dont have to keep it charging all night trust me. but i love this app it is my fav. i use it everyday for the past 2 months and it has not failed me. i hate waking up in the am just as much as anyone. i dunno what its doing but im waking up more alert and refreshed! buy this app!

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

bet — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:17:59 -0000

sleep cycle sucks! I tried it last night and when I woke up ( myself, not via alarm) there was a white screen on my ipod. I tried hard to turn it back to normal. I was almost losing my ipod because of the sleep cycle..

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Melissa — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:50:21 -0000

Here's a strange question - has anyone noticed their sleep cycle chart is different after taking medication? I saw on their website that alcohol changes the typical sleep pattern, which was interesting. I'm taking a muscle relaxant for a neck problem, and it also happens to be a strong sedative. And lo! Apparently I'm spending the vast majority of the time in deep sleep, with only 1 1/2 rounds of REM etc during the 8 hrs. Of course, I just started using the app so it might not be fully calibrated...or maybe my placement is wrong and it's just not reading all my movements...but I'm curious if anyone's seen anything similar from using a sleeping pill, for example. Hmmm?

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Vivian — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:18:57 -0000

It managed to wake me up and confirmed for me the fact that I'm not sleeping well. :( *sighs*

I made a longer review in my blog! Do check it out~ :)

http://cotton-on-me.blogspo...

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Zyrian — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:22:22 -0000

For people with the ipod touch use this app combined with ScreenDimmer to be able to turn off the screen (or dim it) during the night. just search on google: "ScreenDimmer deb" on the iphonepk.net website there is a full guide on how to install deb files.
hope this helps someone, it definitely did help me!! :)
good luck!

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Pablo Pussell Walter — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:05:11 -0000

I just found out something for those using the ipod touch. If you want to use this app you can use the app called "ScreenDimmer" which allows you to dim or even turn off the backlight without locking the ipod. If you set the auto-lock to "never" and add "sleep cycle alarm clock" to the "excuded apps" list within the "ScreeDimmer" app, then the accelerometer should (i say should cause i haven't had the time to try it out yet... i will 2nite though! :D) stay on all night - which is exactly what we want!if it works for you hit me back! :)

btw: ScreenDimmer: http://iphonepk.net/2010/02...
how to install deb files: http://iphonepk.net/tutoria...
and you need a jailbroken ipod

goodluck for you AND for me!

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Kev Charlton — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:41:05 -0000

I have too...and it's fine...it generally only registers my movement...love the app...have written about it on my blog - http://www.kevcharlton.com/...

Re: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

bob — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:55:10 -0000

I just tried it on battery last night.

When I went to bed my 3G iPhone had about 75-80% on the battery meter (end of 1 day with 3G turned off so my battery wasn't drained). When I woke up the phone was off... and the battery was completely done. Fortunately I woke up at my alarm time anyway (to the minute... strange). The app did not save any of the data for the night.

So I would say that YES you do need to keep it plugged in. And even if you do I can't confirm whether it works or not.