iPhone : Sleep Cycle alarm clock as mentioned by Blighter

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Lozza

Even that close to my head for 8ish hours.... the reason I say that and it may just be total coincidence but I used to put my phone above my head on the headboard at night and sleep was pretty poor, but then I read something about having phones that close can disturb your sleep, so now I put the phone in reach but further away and I seem to be getting better sleeps... Though last night I was dreaming about geocaching (first multicache find in one attempt yesterday) and was so excited I'm worn out this morning!

As said, Flight mode. Even says that in the instructions! Alex, I checked the clock last night when I woke up (4 times) and the stats match exactly what I thought. Don't care if it's 'in the mind' if it works, It works & I don't care what the science is. Usually science overcomplicates simple stuff anyways - if you're moving more, likely you're in a lesser state of sleep, surely?

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Feek

If you're concerned about putting a phone near your head overnight then just put it in airplane mode.

Which is what they say in the instructions too.

Doesn't seem to be very keen on my pocket sprung mattress (no surprises there). Even right next to my head it wasn't very reliable in test mode and didn't go off until 9 (the time I'd set) even though I was somewhat awake.

I'll persevere. I got a very restless nights sleep last night so that probably didn't help.

[Feek]

It didn't have much of a chance this morning, I was wide awake at 05:00 but in the deepest sleep possible when it woke me at 05:40!



Told you I don't sleep well on a Sunday

[Mark]

You weren't kidding. I didn't do much better - I got just over an hour of deep sleep and I woke the alarm clock up. At least there's a pattern emerging - last two nights I've gone to sleep fairly quickly (30 minutes or so), had an hour or two of deep sleep, and then fitful after that.

[Will]

I use a dock to charge my phone so that would be a bit of a PITA to use at night

For a cheap app for helping you workout your sleep it's pretty good I guess, but sleep is far far more complicated than that. Though with the way I'm sleeping at the moment it could well help! Don't think it can resolve anxiety or stress though which is a shame.

[Mark]

With mine, I undocked the phone and put it in airplane mode before going to bed. Net result was only 15% battery used, which isn't bad at all. I suppose it might wear the battery down a little quicker. Then again, it might not.

[Will]

I leave my phone on, I like to be contactable in emergencies (a lesson I learnt a while back). I'm not bothered about the RF stuff anyway By the time I get to bed my phone is drained and needs charging which I do over night.

Anyway this is detracting from the topic - I'd be interested to see how you get on with this for a week monsieur Feek.

[iCraig]

Tried this last night, it seemed I fell asleep at about 2 and went into a deep sleep until my alarm time. :\

[Joe 90]

Been using it for about 3 weeks - seems to have helped a lot and I don't really know why, but I certainly sleep better after simply using this app :/

[KennyBhoy]

I bought this app last week too but sadly I need to be literally jumping on my bed to get it to pick any movement up. Seem's it doesn't like my memory foam mattress much!