Sleepzy - Sleep Cycle Tracker Reviews

by Anitalissette

I was very happy with Sleepzy at when I had my I phone 11 and now with my iPhone 12 no more first but seems last October 2020 when bad I deleted and put back up and I just deleted all my all data plus was incorrect information and don’t record it anymore or tell me that I own to my body like 3 days of sleep and I know is not true plus is not giving me all the tracking information and the bad thing is the I pay for the whole year and I need to delete it and find a better app because I have fibromyalgia and is very important for me to know what happens when I’m falling asleep.
I don’t know if your company changes the person who was first doing all the updates or just don’t care about it anymore already took the money from the clients and don’t care to continue doing a improve on the business app.
Good luck finding people who will stay with Sleepzy because me no more.

by Thatchickk23

First of all, let me preface this by saying that I did not even want to buy Sleepzy. I got the one-week trial just to see what it was about, did not really use it at all because let’s be honest I just was busy. Anyway after one week the trial ended and I forgot to unsubscribe therefore it charged me for the full year of $40. I decided to give it a try, and soon realize that Sleepzy is not very good. I don’t think that it is accurate my heart rate has never dipped down below 60 and it said that my resting heart rate was 40 bpm. I also was not sleeping at the time and when I checked the data it said that my sleep was 86% average and it showed that I actually hit REM sleep, but that is not possible because I was wide awake. Sleepzy is not accurate and I don’t think it should be falsely advertised the way it is. Since I did not want Sleepzy, I decided to send a message and ask for a refund, to my disappointment I was instantly denied my refund. I don’t think that it is fair, because as a customer I should have the right to get my money back for a product I am not satisfied with.

by Dpope113

I used Sleepzy for about a week. After that, ever time I attempted to open Sleepzy it crashed. I did everything I could to try and get it to work. Force closed it and all other apps, still crashed. Shut down and restarted the phone, still crashed. Deleted and reinstalled Sleepzy , still crashed. Made sure my phone and app was updated, still crashed. I have stop short of restoring my phone OS altogether. When Sleepzy was working, it was able to wake me up twice over the week. The other times when it was unable to wake me up, it turned out that my volume had been turned all the way down, despite me having just watched a video online with the volume turned to full just before setting my alarm. Sleepzy has more problems than I care to count and deserves to be revamped to just work. Good luck if you decide to download, I suggest keeping a second alarm just Incase Sleepzy decides to turn your volume down or just refuses to open. Thumbs down!

by Frungi

Like some other apps, this smart alarm clock offers to track your sleep and set off the alarm at the ideal time of lightest sleep, as determined by a smart watch, in-bed accelerometer, or, in my case, bedside microphone. Unlike the Sleep Cycle app, this one doesn’t work; I often wake up to hear the alarm already going off, whereas with Sleep Cycle, it almost always wakes me as soon as it starts.

this app has an array of other features, some free and some behind a paywall, including sleep aid ambiance, pattern analysis, and “sleep debt” tracking. I used none of these, so they don’t factor into this review.

Also, Sleepzy prompted me to rate and review it mere seconds after first launch, or possibly first launch years after uninstalling it. Either way, threes no excuse for asking for a eating before the user’s had a chance to use in. Though a developer response did indicate they’d look into it.

by Lissibelle

If someone sleeps well they will think Sleepzy works great, but for those who don't, we notice Sleepzy just always assumes you're sleeping. I put the phone open right next to my pillow and the test window says it's a perfect place to put it. As soon as I put my phone down it says I'm asleep. It takes at least 30 mins for me to fall asleep once I'm actually settled with my eyes closed. I also wake up multiple times during the night, sometimes getting out of bed for the restroom, none of which it records. So when I get up in the morning (awake before the alarm goes off with it saying I was sleeping-still inaccurate), I'm dead exhausted and haven't slept much but Sleepzy says I got as much sleep in as the time it was on. If Sleepzy actually worked like it says it does it would be super cool. Maybe work on how to make it responsive to people, and always make it know if you pick up your phone you're pretty much awake. And teach it how to know when someone hops out of bed. Then Sleepzy would be good. I rate for content, not concept. Content doesn't work no matter how cool the concept is.

by Ajhand

Well, it’s a cool idea. If only it worked. I tried it for a solid week to give it a fair shot, but no. Two of the nights it said it couldn’t give me data, so I got nothing. A few other nights it showed me as awake for hours when I had totally crashed. So it keeps telling me about my growing sleep debt. Last night, I was so tired after getting home from a business trip that I didn’t even wake up once to pee (at my age, that’s a rare thing indeed). And yet it shows that I was awake from around 5 am until the alarm went off around 9. I was, in fact, dead to the world when that alarm went off.

I’m so disappointed because it seemed great the first night. I like the alarm, and I love the idea of it waking me up at a better point in my sleep patterns. But ever since that first night, it just wakes me up at exactly 2 minutes before the time I’ve set because it thinks I’ve been lying awake for hours.

One apparently accurate night out of seven doesn’t cut it.

by Slothrae

I love the ability to listen to music and track my sleep while still being able to use my phones built in alarm clock. The issue that I have, is the microphone doesn’t record sounds anymore. I thought maybe it was 1 or 2 nights I just didn’t snore or move, but I know for a fact that I move quite a bit in my sleep and that I snore as well. So for the microphone to not work every night for a month is not right. I’ve reached out to tech support in the past, and they said to uninstall Sleepzy , and reinstall it. That that should fix the issue. And it did. For a few months. And the microphone would record again. Yes, I have allowed Sleepzy microphone access. Again, I love it tracks my sleep cycles, but to have the year subscription and the microphone not record is frustrating and almost not worth the subscription.

by Lizzy Hood

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I’ve been using Sleepzy for a while now, about a few months and it was great at first. I would set it on my nightstand and it would do its work! The data seemed a little wonky but I didn’t mind because I mostly used it for the sounds and alarm, as well as the 30 minute wake up feature. But for some reason, the alarm stopped working about a week ago. I turned on my ringer and made sure my sound was up, but I would almost wake up late some days because it didn’t go off at all! The clock was correct so it wasn’t that, and I’m not a particularly heavy sleeper so it would’ve woken me up if it DID go off. Just very disappointing indeed.

I’ve been pairing this with my built-in alarm app because I’ve discovered that I can really only use it for sleep sounds now. Very disappointing and will rate 5 stars if and when this issue gets fixed.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t download Sleepzy, I’m just saying that it might not be worth your time if you’re looking for a plethora of features that work. It’s not terrible but overall pretty mediocre if your main premise is an alarm that doesn’t even work. Still going to continue to use it as I enjoy some of the features that I can use.

by Sng13horses

I usually don't write reviews for apps, but I felt like I should for this one. I generally like Sleepzy, it has a good concept and I like that it can play sounds that turn off automatically after a set amount of time. The downside is, I feel like the "sleep cycle" data it gets from you moving around is inaccurate. For example, this morning I woke up and didn't fall back asleep, so I just laid there, except when the alarm went off about 20 minutes later the chart said I had been in deep sleep prior to the alarm. But I was awake. It also rates your sleep. It often says I got great sleep even though I wake up feeling very tired.
Again, I do like Sleepzy. It's a good concept, and I really wish it did work, but I don't think it does. That said, I still suggest you get it and try it out. It may work for you.

by Kenzieharman

I quite literally have used Sleepzy every night for the past month or so and had no problems, alarm works fantastic! However, the reason I am leaving 3 stars is because of the free features available (not much besides the alarm) and the function of paid features. After having Sleepzy for a month or so, I decided to try the premium trial because I had one night with SIXTEEN recordings, and a 49% quality of sleep. Went through set up, looked at the graphs, and finally, went to click on the audio bytes. App crashed. Okay, whatever, closed out of Sleepzy and opened it again. Click on the audio. Crash. I can’t listen to the only thing I wanted the free trial for. If you just want a different alarm than the one on your phone, then this is Sleepzy for you. If you want to actually analyze your sleep, I’d look somewhere else.

by Twilight523

I used Sleepzy for 2 months and it was great! I usually listen to sleep stories or music because I have a tough time getting asleep. Now, whenever I have an alarm going on, the audio on other apps crashes and you can barely hear what you are playing. The worse part is, the crashing sound it makes is kind of creepy! I know it is the apps fault because when I turn the alarm off, the audio doesn’t crash. Fix this bug and you get an 8 out of 5!! 🤩🤩 Also, I don’t understand why people say there are so much ads. I just pop in and there may be an ad but I just click the X button and don’t mind it. The sleep analysis saying it went wrong, TRY TURNING ON THE MICROPHONE!! I really wish you could comment on app reviews!! I actually don’t even look at the sleep analysis. I just like that it is an alarm that just seems better then the regular one on my phone. I just noticed now why I was waking up later then the alarm had said. It is cool but I would appreciate it if you could turn that function off. Honestly, the reason I got Sleepzy was to hear if I snore or not but it is premium and I am not going to pay for something I can probably get for free on other apps. I just have gotten used to this one. Just give us freebies at least an option to change the alarm sound. I am grateful for just one!!

So, yeah! ✌︎

by JustpostthedamnreviewK

So here's the thing, the alarm itself is great. I really like the concept and how it roughly tracks my sleep to wake me up within 30 minutes of my alarm (alarm is set for 6am, it will go off between 530-6 whenever I'm in the lightest sleep in that timeframe). I don't know how accurate the sleep tracker is and honestly it's not super important to me.

So why 3 stars??! Sleepzy has the most annoying amount of ads I've ever experienced and it's an app I use for maybe 10 minutes a day (5 in morning/5 at night). Open Sleepzy , AD then wait for the stupid close button to appear (if you get annoyed and start clicking around you'll just open Sleepzy Store), set your alarm time oh yay another AD although this time it has a close button immediately, start sleep cycle that's it good night, alarm sounds wake up review sleep data because you're curious AD repeat. Essentially every time I touch Sleepzy a full size AD appears on the screen

by Curmudgeonman

Your recommendation to keep the phone plugged into an outlet all night suggests that your research team hasn’t contacted phone manufacturers for their suggestions. After my iPhone 8 Plus reaches a full charge during the night, it attempts recycling repeatedly to maintain full charge. These attempts drain my long-term battery life.
My suggestion: charge the battery to at least 80% before sleep time. Place it near the bed in the unplugged position. This level of charge will power this app throughout the night and sound the alarm at the appointed time, thus eliminating the permanent battery drain. Research this suggestion and respond to the accuracy of my suggestion.

by MuSiC LoVeR 988

There’s only two, okay maybe three, downsides to Sleepzy. 1) I can’t tell Siri to “turn on the this app alarm” which really isn’t a downside so much as an inconvenience for like one night where I was too tired to tap tap on my phone. 2) If I’ve had a sleepless night this app wakes me up close to the minimum time for the allowed range. I’m sure we can all agree when I get upset at getting up after sitting there frustrated I couldn’t sleep 30ish minutes before I would normally get up. Again, it’s a circumstantial thing. 3) I honestly forgot my 3rd most likely circumstantial problem with this app. Honestly though guys Sleepzy is pretty great, free or otherwise. The reason why I am not giving it the full five stars is not because it’s not a great app but because it doesn’t really stick out when compared to similar apps. It gets the job done for free, yes, but it doesn’t offer much in terms of uniqueness.

by Teresa Flowers

Overall it’s very nice. Good breathing exercises, alarm sounds, and relaxing noises to help you sleep. It lets you know how much time you’ll have to sleep when you set your alarm, and offers two methods of tracking your sleep. It wakes me up at the perfect times as well.
But the two main things that bother me is that the sleep tracking is sometimes inaccurate. Not by a lot, but it will occasionally record me as being awake for a few minutes when I never woke up at all. The second problem is that when I open Sleepzy , it will be on the loading screen and never go beyond that, causing me to have to delete and redownload Sleepzy , which is very annoying because then I lose all of the useful info and data I had on my sleep schedules. If anybody knows what causes that, please do because this is the only good free sleep app I’ve found but that is a huge issue I keep having every couple of weeks.

by Shawnx12240

Sleepzy is great. You set a time to wake up and it will wake you up sometime up to 30 minutes before your set time to try and use what it collects through the night and what we already know about the human sleep cycle to wake you up at the perfect timing for where you are in your current cycle.

The issues with Sleepzy is sometimes I feel as though Sleepzy doesn’t know when to really wake you up because it doesn’t get enough information accurately about your sleep. But in its favor it’s noninvasive (you don’t need it in bed with you)

The bugs are just annoying more then a hindrance. Sometimes it’s only buggy when your trying to do something that would be weird like setting your alarm to activate the application for the night while on the phone talking to someone still crashes Sleepzy . If you are in Sleepzy while on the phone and try to start the alarm for the night after getting off the phone Sleepzy will either crash, freeze, or just not respond to the start button. You have to restart it and usually it will work.

I get ads even though I’m premium. But rarely and seem to be short ads.

When you get a phone call while the alarm is activated if you don’t play or even just have the background noise paused it’ll start playing it when when the call stops.

Hopefully the developers can squash these bugs since they been around for a little bit.

Happy sleeping sleepzyers!

by Ronzor001

Great App!! I bought the upgraded app a few weeks after I got my Apple Watch. I had been tracking my sleep for years on a Vivo Fit watch (I have sleep apnea). I wasn’t interested in getting to sleep or waking, only the quality & amount of sleep. At 1st, I was running a large deficit, a lot less sleep & quality than I had showed before. I went into Sleepzy & actually read the directions. I found my heart rate during sleep & waking was auto set by Sleepzy . Once I followed the easy directions to adjust it to me, my numbers were spot on! Very, very easy to adjust. I looked at alternative info screen & chose the one that had the amount of sleep the previous night that matched my bedtime & waking time. Wonderfully detailed useful info!!

by Hard To Get Unique Nickname

I liked Sleepzy and it was much easier to navigate than Pillow. I did not renew the trial because it only confirmed I did not sleep well. I was hoping it would give some insight into how to sleep better, but again just confirmed what I already knew. The breathing exercise and the music to calm you was very nice. I just had unrealistic expectations. I would still recommend it to someone wanting to track their sleep. It will not morph your sleep ability into being a top percentage compared to other people and countries. I never got to try the alarm that wakes you up when you cycle into liter sleep as I always woke up before the alarm went off, so I cannot comment on that feature though I would have liked to,

by NOT RELAXED. ANXIOUS

I really love Sleepzy. I saw some other reviews saying it has a lot of ads or that it thinks as soon as they set the phone down they're asleep... I haven't had that problem at ALL. I don't think I've seen any ads (or so little that I forgot them) and it shows I'm awake for a while before I actually fall asleep. That could just be because I move a LOT when going to sleep; but either way it's perfect for me. It's also really interesting to see the sleep analysis, I don't know how accurate it is but it seems to be pretty true... and it's really cool to see. And it reminds you how much sleep debt you need to catch up on which is ALSO cool, plus the wake up within a half hour of when you need to be up is nice, as it can pick when you are in the lightest sleep and ready to be woken up. My only issue is that I have to remember to unplug my headphones or else it'll just play in them (I usually listen to music before bed, and often I fall asleep and they fall out of my ears) but thats a small price to pay for a great alarm clock!

by Lily28s

I really love Sleepzy! It’s better than sleep cycle, because the UI is much more efficient and the visuals with the sleep quality help you understand the data more clearly. The data seems to be accurate as well. To people using Sleepzy , please use the accelerometer to track rather than the microphone if you want your notifications to come through. I need to use another app to wake me up before sunrise every night. I’ve searched for a long time for an app that allowed me to do that. And I found this one! So thank you!! 👍🏼 Just a few suggestions: First it would be nice if you could have an option to communicate with Apple health to write data about sleep analysis. Second, please also provide an option to put the data together from 2 different sleep sessions from the same night, in case you accidentally close Sleepzy , or get up in the middle of the night. That is all, thank you!

by Motivated-but-Frustrated.

Sleepzy never worked. Every time I tried to open it it crashed. Apparently I gave up trying and fortunately I checked iOS Account Settings about another app and discovered that my Premium this app account was about to renew, so I checked to see if it got fixed and it still crashed, so I was able to cancel the renewal just days before. It would be great if I could get a refund for the Premium account that hasn’t worked for the last year, but since I can’t open Sleepzy I can’t contact the developer! It’s possible that the this app app never worked because I have a couple of step-tracking apps, LifeCoin and Sweatcoin, that aren’t related to sleep but they required that they be left open and running in order to work. That’s the only thing I can imagine that might have kept this app from working. Still... sort of funky and disappointing.

by Shywolf ♏️

I got your email and I understood what you said so I gave you three stars, because I understood that. The thing that’s annoying me now is that this app isn’t even tracking my sleep anymore. I go to sleep I press the sleep button then when I wake up I press the wake up button and guess what there is six hours and 43 minutes of awake and 0 minutes of sleep. This has been happening for 4 days and it’s starting to get very annoying. I knew you weren’t going to be as good as good morning alarm clock. But I have hope that you be better but maybe sometimes more or bigger isn’t better.😭

Re: I only use you to see my sleep data but I loved my five star Good Morning Alarm Clock 😍. Ever since these "updates" changed Sleepzy 's name 😔. I knew it was going into a downward spiral and that makes me so sad because you were once great and I loved Sleepzy.

by Leo Will

Sleepzy has a great concept but poor execution. I’ve tried to use Sleepzy for three nights and only got one mediocre performance. Night one I started Sleepzy and in the morning didn’t have results because somehow during the night Sleepzy closed and therefore shut off. Same thing happened on night three. Night two I was able to track some recordings but they were muffled sounds. The fact that you have to have Sleepzy open for it to function is a big deal breaker for me because the screen emits light that makes it hard for me to sleep.
I’m going to try one more night then I’m uninstalling if I don’t get results. I definitely wouldn’t pay for Sleepzy. Not until they make some improvements where users don’t have to chew up battery life and have Sleepzy open for it it work.

by Kierra91928

I’m the kind of person who can’t fall asleep without listening to something- usually a Podcast or one of my white noise apps. However, when the sleep tracker on this is open and running, it makes those other apps kinda bug out (yes, they’re all up-to-date). It’ll make them skip and the sound is really weird but ONLY when Sleepzy is running along with it, so instead of relaxing and trying to fall asleep, I’m noticing the little changes in sound like that actually make me wake back up a little. Kind of annoying 😕 but besides that, it’s a cool app 👍🏼

Update: Sleepzy has crashed/force-closed the past 2 nights in a row and the alarm did not go off.. thankfully had a backup just in case, but I could have been late for work. Not good.