Sleep Talk Recorder Reviews

by Heapau1

I downloaded and used SleepTalkRecorder for one night. It recorded the whole night, so I decided to pay for the full version to unlock the entire night since my boyfriend woke me up due to my sleep talking. SleepTalkRecorder didn’t record my sleep talking at all, but did record the conversation following my sleep talking. I decided to try again the following night. I watched the activation countdown begin as I set my phone down. When I woke in the morning, it hadn’t recorded at all. I opted to try again the following night. It recorded during the night but shut itself off 15 minutes before I woke up for the day. I went back into SleepTalkRecorder at breakfast to listen but every recording from that night had disappeared from my history. So I tried three nights in a row and only one semi worked. I reached out to the developer via the feedback option asking for a refund since SleepTalkRecorder doesn’t work and haven’t gotten a response. I have since tried to cancel my subscription based on the instructions in the FAQ section but the directions for canceling are incorrect for my phone. I sent another message asking for assistance canceling my subscription because I don’t want to be charged again for something that clearly does not work, but didn’t receive a response to that inquiry either. To say I’m frustrated would be an understatement. Hopefully this review will get the developer to finally reach back out to me.

by LolOkayAwkward

At first, I really liked SleepTalkRecorder. It was really easy to use and after hearing myself, I wanted the full version. After I bought it, I would get my hopes up about listening in the morning only to see that there is no recording even though I’m positive I hit activate the night before. When I wake up and look at my phone, I see that my microphone is active so I know SleepTalkRecorder is working. There just seems to be issues on the other end. This is the second night this has happened. I really did want SleepTalkRecorder to work out for me /:

by JavaBean101

I used this for the first time last night and set an activation delay of 3 hours, since I know I don’t talk in the first few hours of the night. When I went to listen to the first 2 “free” hours of recordings, it’s all locked. Why am I not able to listen to the first two hours of recordings as promised? I don’t think I should be forced to purchase SleepTalkRecorder without first being able to try it for free to see if I like it and if it’s worth it. This is a total scam.

Update: After contacting the company, they told me to set the activation delay for a shorter amount of time. No offer to unlock my 2 free hours and resolve the issue. Why build in an activation delay if it makes it impossible to actually access your 3 hours of “free” recordings using the free version? And what’s up with the false advertising? I realize the charge for SleepTalkRecorder isn’t much, but I refuse to give any money to a company that misrepresents itself and won’t stand behind its product/service. Total scam. Don’t waste your money.

by Bjh620

*** Would love to update this with a better review if the developer would help me resolve this instead of blowing me off. Customers not important - buyer beware***

Had critical recordings that were inaccessible. I had exported others with no issue and liked SleepTalkRecorder until... I had made some critical recordings and tried exporting them like the others, however what it gave was a link back to SleepTalkRecorder Store. In the meantime, SleepTalkRecorder crashed and when I reopened it, the recordings didn't show as if I'd never used it. Yet, my settings indicated almost 5 gigs worth of data were contained in SleepTalkRecorder. So it was all there, just somehow corrupted. It had been 2 weeks worth of recordings that were very valuable to me that were simply locked away. I made 3 or 4 attempts to contact support via SleepTalkRecorder Store, email, and on Facebook yet I got no response from them at all. I tried everything possible to recover the data with no luck. An app is only as good as it works. This will tease then let you down. Was better before the last 2 updates. Fair warning - pass on this one.

by Josher D.

Had some funny recordings saved in SleepTalkRecorder , some of them were there for years, then one day they’re all just gone. What’s the point of a recorder that can’t be trusted to save a recording?

Also, SleepTalkRecorder always cuts of the first couple seconds of any speech or sound, and the last few seconds. So if someone sleeptalking says “I wanna go to the grocery store” you might get “-go to the grocery-“. It’s very obviously always cut off. They should do the opposite and actually put a buffer of a couple seconds before and after each recognized sound. Better to have a couple seconds of silence than to always miss part of every recording.

by Mitch Scharton

I downloaded SleepTalkRecorder because I was told that I could run it concurrently with sleep timer on a single device, which is not the case. So I downloaded it on the tablet and ran the tablet and the phone together each running their own program. I wanted to see what it is it's waking me up at certain hours of the night showing on my sleep timer. I was very disappointed when I woke up and found a single recording at 11:30 PM, and even further disappointed when I realized that that recording was 24,300 seconds long and the only playback options was play, double speed play, and rewind. Like other people have said it picked up the sound of the fan all night long on its lowest sensitivity setting. In this heat if I tried to sleep without a fan it would change my sleep pattern, my sleep quality, and skew my results

by Geneebee

I was so excited to start SleepTalkRecorder and even paid the extra to have unlimited features and be able to record past the two hours for the free version. I was sadly disappointed that I have to sit through and press fast forwards through all this white noise just to get any of my actual sounds. I can’t edit it or skip or press where I want to start in the middle of the recording. I actually get so frustrated that I end up never getting to hear the full recording because I’m tired of sitting there holding fast forward to just find something.

by Single Mom Of 4

My 3 year old daughter sleeps with me and she will be in the middle of talking in her sleep (one of the main reasons I wanted this) and it just stops recording her and starts a new one so I miss things. Even when she was having a little coughing spell it stopped recording her mid cough. It’s very inconsistent and very annoying because of it. These issues need to be fixed. If there is a sound it shouldn’t stop recording or start a new one. I thought this was supposed to record all sounds and people talking so why is it stopping when there are words being spoken or sounds??? I would rather have my money back and try a different app. The ONLY thing I am happy with is the very tiniest of sounds it picks up like my oldest daughter moving dishes around in the kitchen which is completely on the other side of the house and which kind of contradicts it shutting off when there are very loud sounds right next to it.

by Kh7719

So, SleepTalkRecorder says that you can hear two hours of each night but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I’d definitely be willing to pay for SleepTalkRecorder if I could have more than the first two hours of the first night to evaluate but even though SleepTalkRecorder advertises that, it’s not providing that. I’d like to first verify that I am talking in my sleep before purchasing because I don’t need SleepTalkRecorder if I’m only going to be recording the occasional ruffling of sheets as I turn over or the dog shaking his head and jangling his collar tags. From what I can tell the recordings are quality and it’s great that it only triggers to record when it hears a noise. Again, I’d probably really like SleepTalkRecorder if I could properly try it out to see if I actually need it.

by Qt_milan

just last night i started a recording and this morning i pressed deactivate, and usually after u do that you’ll be able to go into the history and see the new recording it there was absolutely nothing there. i’m very upset

sometimes picks up on background noise that is on going. for example, my A/C wall unit makes a semi loud noise so there will be a pick-up for 1-2 hours. this is even after i change sensitivity

it does pick up whenever i start talking tho and super cool. u only have to pay the $5 once and in my opinion, it was worth it.

another con would be when i have to restore my phone or switch phones, there’s no way to retrieve old recordings. they just get lost somewhere out there. hopefully there will be an update where u can sign in with an email or maybe u sign in with the itunes account that holds the recordings. that would be such a great improvement.

by Kaylee Legit

I downloaded SleepTalkRecorder because people have said I sleep talk, I was gonna use SleepTalkRecorder before I went to bed but I decided not to due to the fact I had my brothers hamster in my room (she is very noisy) so I exited out and of SleepTalkRecorder and when I woke up I realized that there was a from SleepTalkRecorder but it was frozen on a lot of the apps I use (it was just sitting there not doing anything in the background) I tried to delete SleepTalkRecorder but that didn’t work. I’m still gonna rate 3 stars because SleepTalkRecorder was great until this part.

by Roxinator Foxinator

The problem I’m having is the alarm I set on my iPhone doesn’t go off when the ap is activated. So I tried using the alarm they have in the ap, but there’s no way to actually pick the time I want to set the alarm for. The only options you have is to snooze, for how long, and alarm sounds. Where’s the actual time?!?! And to try to get a hold of someone is impossible!! The Apple support link directs you to Sleep Talks Facebook page that hasn’t been touched in years. And there are no articles anywhere that can help. With 888 reviews on here when this ap is as old as it is is very disconcerting.

by Airianna98

I used SleepTalkRecorder when it first cane out and you didn’t actually have to pay for it. I don’t mind paying now actually but I’m having some problems I didn’t have before. When I re-downloaded it in early July everything worked fine! It didn’t pick up my fan and I got some good recordings! But now for some reason it’ll just record white noise for hours on end no matter what I change the sensitivity setting to. It’s really frustrating because I don’t want to go through anywhere from 7000 seconds to 24,000 seconds or whatever just to find something I may or may not have said in my sleep.

by Dftxyz

I was curious to see if I talk in my sleep so I tried SleepTalkRecorder. I have been using it over a month and boy do I SNORE! I have only caught myself talking twice but I’m still obsessed with SleepTalkRecorder. You can adjust the sensitivity so I bet it would pick up a mouse farting across the room! Every time I wake up from a dream, I record a few notes about the dream and now I’m remembering more of my crazy COVID dreams. This is fun and easy to use.

by Sayso10

I do really love SleepTalkRecorder!! I get several recordings a night and although there's quite a bit of snoring from my hubby, when I listen between the snores, I get a lot of talking that isn't anyone that lives with us. A lot of activity going on while we sleep. Creepy but cool!! I just wish 1 thing, I want to be able to edit the favorite recordings to be able to only play the areas of the clips that I like so you don't have to keep the whole clip if it's a long one. I want to cut up the clip from a start point to an end point and trash the rest of it. It'd save storage and make playing them back for people way way easier and better. It would also be cool to be able to put what you like on a loop. If I could do those things with SleepTalkRecorder, it would be absolutely perfect!!!

by Wiltynope

I’ve used SleepTalkRecorder off and on for over 3 years and have realized that I talk more in my sleep when I’m stressed, and it’s interesting to be able to hear how that manifests itself when I’m sleep talking. SleepTalkRecorder works well. My suggestions would be to add a description under the icons like “history” or “recordings”, and perhaps the ability to pause the recording when I get up in the middle of the night rather than deactivating and then creating a new event.

by JWC66

I talked ever night during sleep & SleepTalkRecorder will capture all the strange & funny conversations. SleepTalkRecorder also led me to have a sleep study preformed at a sleep lab due to the loud snoring & coughing during the night. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I stopped breathing over 40 times an hour. I was prescribed a c-pap to be worn at night. So I recommend SleepTalkRecorder not just because the fun of listening to what bizarre words or conversations in the night that I said, but also it can be LIFE SAVING. Thank you, JC

by FUNN492655

I think that this sleep app is great because it picks up on a lot of noises around you while you are sleeping. Also it just shows you the recordings when you move around or make noise so you don’t have to sit through a long recording. So overall I think that SleepTalkRecorder is great and I would highly recommend SleepTalkRecorder if you want to know if you sleep talk or if any noises are happening around you too!

by Applescrapple12

SleepTalkRecorder lets you realize things like, you snore, you talk in your sleep but you never knew, when you’re in a deep peaceful sleep, or a restless sleep that’s interrupted by either your mumbling, talking, coughing, or clearing your throat, etc. The one thing I truly love is listening everyday to see if I talked in my sleep the night before, and if so, LAUGHING SO HARD at the things I say in my sleep!! Sometimes, it’s clear as day and every word is understood, sometimes I mumble words, sometimes I sound exactly like myself, and sometimes I don’t! I get a kick out of listening and letting my family listen for some laughs!! The 🎤 on SleepTalkRecorder is awesome, it picks up everything!!

by Mini Halo

You know this is a fun app to have, or you wouldn't be looking for something like this! It works perfectly, does all that it says it does, and captures some really hysterical stuff!

Helpful, yes! A year ago my son had pneumonia. With SleepTalkRecorder I captured 135 coughing episodes in one night and was able to show/play them (not all) to the pediatrician. I do understand doctors hear parents say, "my kid coughed all night!" This way parents are able to actually show it wasn't just once or twice that felt like "all night", it was 135 episodes! That said, keeping it by his bedside the rest of the week, we were also able to see the effects of the antibiotics in that each night there were fewer and fewer episodes. A good tool to have. And then back to the fun stuff!

by Hannah805

This is a great I enjoy it a lot. I even bought the full app. It records 3 seconds at a time and 3,000 seconds. I get very frustrated with the thousand second ones because there is no fast forward or speed up option. I have also wanted to delete some of the recordings but I’m not sure how to do that. I like it very much thought because I didn’t realize I talk in my sleep that much.

by Thatonegirlwhocomplains

I have used SleepTalkRecorder to listen to myself mumble funny things in my sleep but when I moved next to a train track I didn’t realize the apps would save over 30 minuets of train noises a night 😂. I don’t really use it much anymore even tho I bought the full version because I hate sifting through an hour of usually nothingness. I would say 5 stars but I dislike that I lost all my recordings when I switched phones.