HoomBand Reviews

I got the Hoom Band about a year ago I think and I love it. I use it every night and it makes falling asleep so much easier. However, something happened with the most recent update or something. I always set the timer for 1 hour, and it used to shut off after the one hour. But recently it hasn’t been doing that and it drains the battery in my band. I used to only have to charge it after a week or two, but now I have to charge it every 2 days. I wake up and HoomBand is still open and it says it’s still playing the sound but nothing is coming from the band. But because it stays on, so does the band. It’s really frustrating and I would appreciate it if this problem was fixed.
Another smaller issue I’ve noticed is if I’m wearing the Hoom band and playing a game or something and I get an ad, the ad stops playing after about 2 seconds. I have to close out the game, go to the Hoom band app, and start up the sound again because the ad shuts it off. I’m not sure why this is happening either but it is sort of an annoyance.

I have tried this for a week and am extremely frustrated and even more tired that before due to having to restart the story that quits after 5-10 minutes and non-existing looping feature for the ambiance tracks. I contacted customer support via email and they indicated that downloading the tracks and playing from there would automatically loop. They said it would not loop when you play it “online”. Tried that and it still didn’t work. I’ve had issues with tracks stopping as others also noted. The band is comfortable enough, but HoomBand needs A LOT of work. Hope to be able to update this review if they ever fix HoomBand as I had high hopes for this one.

It’s constantly just one problem after the next. I was so excited to use this gift but HoomBand will not work sufficiently. First, it continued to say “offline” despite being connected to wifi. I then deleted HoomBand , restarted my phone, and reinstalled. I was then prompted to revalidate the this app, which I successfully did - but was then directed to a blank home screen that would not load. Nothing I do fixes this issue. I have revalidated over and over again, and it still will not load. I guess I will connect the this app to another streaming service in order to really test it out. First impressions, not so good, and definitely not worth the money.

What happened to the repeat setting? It was there, then disappeared. I’ve taken the trouble to redownload several times, but it’s gone. I need that feature!

The sounds in HoomBand are great and I would love to use it however it is a severe battery hog. It constantly runs in the background and is the number one battery draining app on my phone. Why is it running in the background even when I’m not using it? Something seems off here. Deleting app because it is killing my phone’s battery. I don’t think a sound streaming app needs to be running in the background this much. Seems odd.

Title says it all. I love the content but HoomBand is a hot mess. In almost 2 weeks of use I was only able to get it to function properly once. Last night it played for 5 minutes before it froze.

The repeat/timer function (if you could call it that) never worked. The parts that work were the downloads and the ability to create a queue. The queue didn’t work, but hey you can create a list.

I’m the guy who never writes reviews. If I write a review it’s either spectacular or a complete flop. This was a flop.

1. add ability to set the amount of time you want to listen to music, story, etc.. offering selections of just one hour or 45 minutes, etc. is lame.
2. i keep setting the language and every time HoomBand restarts, i have to set it to french again. lame.
3. when i’m browsing different sounds, each time i return to the selection screen, i have to start from the top and scroll all the way back to where i left off ... lame.
4. not sure why, but app has suddenly stopped showing the pictures of the stories, music, etc .. really lame.
5. clicking the play triangle doe not guarantee that anything at all will happen ... seems like when you click ‘play’, it should ... i dunno ... play?
6. for the price of the chintzy (but comfortable) hardware, HoomBand should be a LOT more polished. as it stands, it is more sloppy than it is soporific ...
fix it!

I’ve had a hard time with insomnia for years and meditation apps never worked because of the need to wear earbuds. this app solves that problem, with speakers lying flat against your ears. I have rarely ever heard an entire soundscape on it because I always fall asleep before it ends. I can’t recommend this enough for chronic insomniacs.

Please update HoomBand more often. It could be great. It is the only sleep app that has the ability to queue, but the selection of stories is very limited and new tracks take 3-4 months to be released. By this time the stories have been played 20 times, and then it ceases to be effective.

I love these headphones, the sound quality, and the mixes. The “perfect rain” is the first one I’ve that sounds real, and gives me the ASMR tingles. But, HoomBand is super buggy. Sounds cuts out all the time, it stops playing from the headphones if I switch to any other app, and there is no cross fade on the tracks when you set it to repeat. It’s not exactly relaxing to be drifting off, for your sleep sounds to abruptly stop then restart. Please fix HoomBand !

I’ve had mine for almost a year, and it has worked great. I see people are saying it cuts off, I’ve never had that problem. I like the stories provided, I just wish there were more new ones.

I use HoomBand every night! It’s better than a sleeping pill. I would really love to see more content from Bob Taylor and Michelle Hotaling! Those are my favorite narrators by far.

I recommend this if you know people who snore it works well and is easy to set up. This works great for me when I’m traveling. Or when I am having trouble sleeping. The headband is comfortable, and the sound is clear.

I’ve had this for a year and use it on and off. The one thing that frustrates me every time is that wherever HoomBand content ends, the band will beep at me! Really! This is supposed to be a sleep device and I keep getting woken up by the band beeping when the content finishes.

App continuously cuts off after about 10 minutes, sometimes sooner. I emailed this app support weeks ago and was assured this would be resolved within a short time and based on other reviews it hasn’t been. This was an expensive purchase to be forced to use other apps. I’m definitely not happy with the customer support.

The apps offers lots of options as far as sounds but cuts off ever 3-4 minutes. Really disappointing 😔

Update: I tried to listen to HoomBand via my phone without the headband and it still cut off so thinking it is an app issue vs a speaker issue

I enjoy the immersive stories, but tired of listening to the same ones over and over.

It was working great now it just cuts off all the time.

I have tried using the band for 4 nights.

The good: comfortable and easy to set up. Nice selection of title from stories to soothing music. I was so excited by the idea of it after the first night, I ordered one for my young adult.

The bad: can’t get HoomBand to play anything without deleting HoomBand and adding it back EVERY NIGHT.

The ugly: an expensive product with a very subpar app as noted by other reviews. Please fix!

I used to love my this app buuuut… now the sounds stop even if I set up the timer.