Rating: 9/10
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 and many more.
#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
#1 Top Paid app in Russia
#1 Top Paid app in Netherlands
#1 Top Paid app in Taiwan
#1 Top Paid app in South Korea
#1 Top Paid app in Canada
...and many 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, Sleep Cycle is now the worlds most used intelligent alarm clock.
* Sleep Cycle monitors your movement during sleep using the extremely sensitive accelerometer in your iPhone.
* Sleep Cycle then finds the optimal time to wake you up during a 30 minute window that ends at your set alarm time.
* Look at the screenshots for recommended iPhone placement.
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 accelerometer in your iPhone to monitor your movement 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.
MAIN FEATURES
√ Waking up made easy! Sleep Cycle analyzes your sleep and wakes you in your lightest sleep phase.
√ Detailed sleep statistics and sleep graphs for every night.
√ 15 carefully selected, high quality, alarm melodies.
√ Use iPod music as wake up sound
√ Snooze by shaking or tapping the phone lightly.
√ 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
√ Sleep aid - helps you fall asleep. The intelligent mode detects when you fall asleep and automatically fades the sleep aid sound.
√ Support for the M7 co-processor - measure your daily physical activity and calculate how it affects your Sleep quality
√ Heart rate monitor - measure your resting heart rate (RHR) every morning using the camera and flash in your device.
√ Sleep notes - see how events such as drinking coffee, eating too much or having a stressful day affect your sleep quality
√ Long term graphs - track sleep quality over time, see which days of the week you sleep best and much more
√ Export sleep data to Excel for detailed analysis
REQUIREMENTS
Ability to charge your phone by the bed
Ability to place your iPhone according to the instructions (see screenshots)
Whats New in Version 4.4.1
- Fixed a bug causing flat sleep graphs for some users.
- A few fixes for heart rate and activity long term graphs.
- A fix for time zone error in the long term graphs.
- A fix for silent notifications: Activate AirPlay support under Settings/Advanced and keep Sleep Cycle in the foreground without locking your phone during the night.
News in Sleep Cycle 4.4:
SUPPORT FOR THE M7 CO-PROCESSOR
Do you own an iPhone 5s? Sleep Cycle will automatically measure your daily physical activity and calculate how it affects your Sleep quality. Includes long term graphs over your daily steps.
INTEGRATED HEART RATE MONITOR
Measure your resting heart rate (RHR) every morning using the camera and flash in your device. The morning heart rate can be used to avoid overtraining, track the results of your basic training and overall health (activate under Settings, iOS6 and above).
SUPPORT FOR TIME ZONES
Sleep Cycle automatically adapts your graphs to the local time zone. Perfect if you travel a lot (will not be applied to your old nights).
MINOR CHANGES
- AirPlay support is back, let the alarm sound in your external speakers (activate under Settings/Advanced).
- Major update to SleepSecure for backing up your entire database or transferring your database to a new device
- Graphs slightly redesigned and a new app icon without gradient
- Several other design and stability improvements
I have used this app for about 190 nights now and I enjoy the graphs and data it offers you. I never really had problems getting up in the morning like some people so the variable alarm time didnt drastically change my morning well-being like I hear it does for some folks. Sometimes when I wake up I feel like Im trapped - if I make any slight movement it will go off and I will have to get up...
At best for me this app is a nice alarm with many more features than Apples app with some nice default alarm sounds. The data is cool to see but doesnt really give me useful data that I can use to change my habits. Still, for the price it is at the very least a fun experiment to test on yourself, maybe to learn a bit about what helps your nights go by easier. I will continue to use this app every night when I can. Other reviews mention some needed features such as napping accommodations and the ability to edit notes (when Im tired I tend to forget to click them all) and maybe a "continuing the last night" command in case you only used the alarm to get up for a moment before sleeping some more.
Know how to install games on iPod, iPhone or iPad with .ipa format files.
0 comments:
Post a Comment