Love the data
I really like the Pillow app. I’ve had it several years. It interesting to keep track of you sleep patterns. It also lets you know when to start shutting down and getting ready to go to sleep. Even have tips to help you get a good nights sleep.
Pillow is our helpful friend
My husband has Parkinson’s and Pillow is our guide every morning for his either to sleep more or start his day- as for myself Pillow is my true friend!
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Refuses to let you use the free version unless you sign up for the trial.
Provides fascinating information about yourself
Not merely how well you sleep and how it can vary according to factors you can record at bedtime. Also wether you snore or talk in your sleep, and what you say. The graphs plotting "sleep quality" versus "weight" are clinically significant only if you have weight-induced sleep problems, likely if your BMI is 35 or more. For the comparison to heart rate, an iWatch is best, since it monitors your wrist pulsations continuously and allows the app to compare it to the movement and audio data it monitors while under your pillow. This will expose a side of you that you knew nothing about, fascinating in itself, and may warn you of upcoming or ongoing health problems. A truly useful app. It is one of the first things I look at EVERY morning! It also provides detailed info on how your behaved during the night, indispensable for persons with rate or thutm problems. 🤜 With the “iWatch” the amount of info generated is fascinating, but …. When you don’t wear the watch you get nothing, whereas when I did not have the iWatch the app would monitor my sleep (but not heart) with the iPhone under the pillow. The problem seems to be that when I forget to put the Watch on after charging the battery, I also forget to put the iPhone under the pillow. I’ll work on that for a future update of this review. ¡Great app! Don’t go to sleep without it😂 Problem solved: now I have two Apple watches and there is always one fully charged. Oops! Recently driving home from a nearby town, during a 30-minute stretch of Interstate highway, Pillow said I was asleep!! No way!
Hypersomnelence
Helps wake up tremendously bc of smart alarm timing
Crash then forced premium??
I have used this app for years. I stuck with them when they removed several of the features and put them behind a paywall. Then things got buggy. Recently it got so bad it wouldn’t even connect to my Apple Watch, so I deleted the app and reinstalled to see if that would fix it. Now it’s forcing me to do the trial for premium… can’t get past the nag screen. Absolutely vile. You’ve lost a loyal customer.
Poor app 😔
I was NOT impressed by the numbers this app found with my sleep progress!! Compared against the Apple 🍎 app, I discovered Pillow’s findings were quite askew!! And the Apple Health app recommended it (obviously for a commission 💰💰) Of course, it’s impossible to know what’s up while one is sleeping, but one gauges it against how one feels. That depends on numerous factors!! Anyhoo, NOT impressed at all!!
Not entirely reliable
I’ve had the app for about a month now. I wake up frequently throughout the night but go back to sleep. More often than not, if I’m awake more than 15 minutes it will end the sleep duration. It’s been a waste of money and I wish I could get a refund
Instructions???
No instructions on how to set up with a watch so you waste several nights of sleep data trying to get it to collect correctly. Is it so hard to provide steps?
Best Sleep App!
Helpful and reliable!
Best sleep app
Great way to monitor your sleep
Unable to use app
I was recommended this app by my Sibling and i am stuck on the free trial screen. Is there any way I can just use free features without even getting the 7 day trial or..? I’d rather not have to worry about canceling my subscription
Good but…
This is my favorite sleep tracking app
Can’t use app
Originally this app was decent and I enjoyed using it. I never paid for the subscription or did any free trial. I haven’t been on the app in some time, and when I go onto it, it forces me to agree to a free trial. There is no x, or not now option. The only options i can click is to see what’s included, to start the free trial, or view the terms and conditions. This is highly frustrating. I have updated the app and closed out of it several times, but there is no option for me to even use the app.
Greedy paywall app
I tried the free trial and instantly canceled afterwards The fatal flaw here, you have next to none access to any features? It’s absolutely crazy you can’t even open your own sleep reports in detail??? There’s nothing you can do in this app at all unless you pay So I respectfully say to anyone reading this, this app isn’t worth your time. You are just wasting effort and time on developers who are too greedy to lock up basic features behind paywalls
Useless after DST
This was working permanently fine until daylight savings time now it’s not recording the proper amount of sleep. It’s saying I’m taking naps when I’m not even taking naps. At this point, I’d be better on going back to the Rise App even though it didn’t count my work schedule or that I don’t go to sleep till 11 o’clock at night and get up at 5:30. At least it is more accurate. Canceling Subscription
Like the app but..
I have PTSD and tracking my sleep is important. I wear my watch to bed and all day. Please update so that your app can give suggestions on how to improve the quality of sleep or articles that tell me why my numbers are bad and how to improve them. I love the app and the service you provide so please help. Almost all of the people that I served with don’t sleep very long so there are multiple sleep sessions and updating the app just makes it such an important tool for us to use. Thank you in advance.
poor accuracy
Needs a lot of work. I was in bed for 7 hours and it claimed I was in bed for 3 hours and 21 minutes.. Poor accuracy.. This needs to be fixed asap
Free is unnecessarily restricted
You don’t get proper sleep tracking, fine. You don’t get any sleep aid sounds— stupid. I can run any other app and play music or sound. You can’t pick custom alarm sounds despite clearly being available in the app. I don’t think losing access to Clair De Lune is compelling me to break out my wallet, so why bother restricting it? You offer nothing special or unique for free over the basic iPhone alarm. If I got some kind of tracking, and then occasionally when I could afford a sub for deeper tracking, that could be interesting. However phones and even watches are notoriously inaccurate for sleep tracking. Don’t waste your money. And please don’t respond to this review. It’s condescending.
Great App!
Finally have true insight into every aspect of my sleep. Plus meditation and sounds and for an extremely competitive price! Actually, $20 less/year than app I was using which offered meditations, sounds , but ZERO sleep analytics. This app will play a huge role in maintaining and improving my health due to chronic illness requiring consistent deep healing REM sleep which I will finally actually know if ai am getting and how much!!! 😊
Pillow review
I love this app. I find the data helpful. It helps me understand not only my nightly sleep, but also my long term trends. Greatly appreciate the insights and tips for better sleep.
Helpful
I use Pillow everyday. It helped me understand my sleep patterns. I highly recommend the app.
Only tracking or recording sounds works, not both
I have attached this to my Apple Watch to get detailed tracking, which works great if I do not try to record sleep sounds as well. When recording sleep sounds the sleep tracking just gives a solid line all night saying I was in deep sleep the whole time. Per the app these should work together. Despite following all their instructions the sleep tracking and sound recording do not work together.
Scam!!
I downloaded this about a year ago and loved it - even paid for the subscription since it did exactly what it said it would do. It woke me up during a light sleep cycle. Then about 6 months in it would only wake me up 30 minutes before my set time. I communicated with help and they said they would work on it. I stupidly believed them and gave them my money again with renewal. Now the alarm only goes off at the set time. I tried all the fixes. They will not refund money so I’ve wasted my money again.
Total garbage!
Does not work properly anymore. It will not analyze my sleep pattern properly, it will say I only slept one hour when in fact I was asleep for seven + hours. The Apple sleep app is working perfectly. What is the problem?
Daylight Savings Time DUMB
Why wasn’t my alarm NOT UPDATED automatically or AT LEAST was I given an alert to do so? Very DUMB!
Really Enjoy This App
Very easy to use, comparable to the several other apps I tried in results, so I know it’s got up to date technology. It doesn’t always catch when I’m awake or in REM, but overall it’s very consistent & easy enough to edit in my awake times if need be. I like that this one has the option of just one payment a year that includes everything. I also enjoy that it records & categorizes sounds, plus the extra features like their sleep aid stories & sounds. The metrics work well with Apple health & I’m happy overall with net experience. Would recommend if you’re looking to track your sleep!
It woke me up to tell me it’s bedtime.
NEVER INSTALL THIS TRASH… True story. It came up as a priority notification. I went to bed early and it pushed a notification to my watch that vibrated and woke me, reminding me that it was time for bed.
Not good
tried for 3 days but it didn’t work. Worthless
No free test without a payment
A lot of overwhelming useless popups in the beginning. Deleted as garbage
So disappointed.
I have had this app for years and my phone updated it in the App Store and now I can’t use it without a $39.99 fee when up until now it has been free. Very disappointing! ADDED: they replied to my review stating that it indeed still is free BUT I can not get out of the screen regarding the free trial. It will not let me go onto another screen without starting a free trial!! If it is still free please indicate how I get into the free version that I’ve had for years.
Good info bad at identifying awake time
I like the app well enough. I read reviews about different options before buying and selected this bc of all you get with the app purchase. I think it mostly meets expectations. I hope the trends and tips get a little more tailored and less info I already know. Biggest issue is it never tracks my awake time. Even if I get up to use the barroom it rarely registers it as awake.
No way to use app without giving payment info for free trial.
If this app wasn’t intrusive enough by supplying recordings while you sleep, there is no X in the upper corner to just use the free version. It appears you must click to use the free trial by giving them access to payment info. Was never able to use limited version without providing payment info. Uninstalling without ever using
How does it work ? terrible, not consistent and very fast to take a yearly fee. Hard to find help
Hasn’t show anything where do I find my sleep pattern?
Paywall (kinda)
Don’t wanna have to start a free trial then cancel it just to use the app for free, too much work and would have to explain to parents.
No longer allows editing of sleep duration
Update: Devs reached out, and before I had a chance to respond the bug that prevented me from updating had been fixed! Not sure why, but Pillow never figures out when I go to bed, sometimes even has problems when I wake up.
Sucks
Can’t get off premium screen at all it seemed like it would have a free ability but no it doesn’t
After 1 year Great App with limitations
I’m a road warrior. When you travel overseas all the sleep app’s have a stroke somewhere in your trip and miss where you slept 3-6 hours. Pillow flawless if you go to bed at your normal bedtime. Change the time on your phone 4 times during an overseas trip and pillow and everyone else I’ve tried struggle!
Zzzz at night
Learning how this works, want my Apple Watch do all the work! While I sleep, to keep track of my sleep! But it not recording my sleep sounds! Hope update will help! BecauseI am not dreaming ! One year later. Sleep mode icon not there anymore!
Limited benefit if you don’t have Apple Watch or wearable device
Knowing I am in a dream state or awake, this app does not record it correctly. According to it, I am never in REM, never have awake periods and am way off the charts in deep sleep. Also picks up my husband’s snoring ( which I am already aware of) and even the movement of flannel sheets is picked up and sounds very loud, like crumbing a bunch of papers . The microphone is so sensitive that even breathing is listed as snoring. Other than being pretty to look at, I find this to be a less than useful tool. Also required to subscribe for one year. When cancelled, prorated refund was not given.
Smart alarm no good
The “smart alarm” woke me up exactly 1 minute into the alarm range every morning, no matter what sleep stage I was in. It doesn’t seem to be analyzing whether I’m in a light sleep stage at all.
Making me pay for something that was free
This app was free before and you could optionally pay for extra features. Whole thing is behind a paywall. We have completely lost the plot. Not everything needs to be under a subscription model. Deleted and will just use the health app instead.
Amazing
I didn’t even know I snored so horribly!!
Best sleep tracker on the market
I find this app very useful. The only problem I have is when I’m running the air conditioner in the bedroom which produces a lot of background noise and interferes with the microphone.
Great sleep
I love this app because I’ve discovered that it gives a more accurate sleep report! I have an app that I paid for and I had the free version of Pillow. That’s how I found out Pilliw gives more accurate information! Cancelling the paid app and going either Pillow!!!!
Ugh
There was no way of getting out of the premium buy like no I don’t want that but there was literally no x or anything it was super annoying and a waste of my time.
Used to be ok now it sucks
It takes 30-ish min to realize that I have gone to sleep. Then if I roll over barely waking up to do so it records that I was awake for 30 to 60 minutes - seriously I think I would know if I was awake for an hour! But it would allow me to correct it by editing the duration and the awake or sleeping data. But since the latest update it just says nope you were awake all night and I know I was not. I'm done with this app! I'm deleting it.
Broken
This app no longer works as it used to. Without any changes being made to my phones settings, it no longer seems capable of retrieving Apple data. When you reach out for help, they tell you “oh you must’ve changed the permission settings” when no settings have been changed. Honestly, I used to love this app but it actually doesn’t offer anything that Apple itself doesn’t already do on your phone in Apple health.
Misleading waste of time
Promising app at first, too bad its potential is wasted behind a paywall. If you are going to require payment you might as well make it cost money to download. Just a misleading waste of time in the end.🤷