Use it every night – Sleep Better: Sleep Cycle App Review

I am loving this app. My New Years Resolution was to get more/better sleep after realizing I wasn’t sleeping well for MONTHS. I looked into activity trackers, but all I wanted was a sleep tracker. I found out about this app and tried it out. After 2-3 nights of looking into my sleep, I bought the full version! I love looking at when I’m most restless, because over Christmas break, I was letting myself sleep in and noticed I was getting 12-13 hours of sleep! This was far more than the roughly 6 hours I was getting during my work week. However, after looking at the movement tracker (it tracks deep sleep, light sleep, & awake), I noticed that I was moving around a LOT for almost 2-hours after going to bed. It was eye-opening because I have found out through this app after 2 weeks of using it, that it can take me almost 2-hours to actually fall asleep. I had no idea. So even though I was in bed for 12-13 hours a night over my break, I was usually only asleep for 9 of those hours. This app is super helpful and I love looking at how eating late or sleeping in a different bed effects my sleep (my absolute worst sleep was when I was sleeping on an air mattress over break). I like how simple this app is to use, and for the most part it seems to be accurate. I do use a separate alarm to wake up because I don’t fully understand the way this app wakes you up “at your lightest sleep.” I keep it by my pillow at night so it can more accurately track my sleep than if it were on the nightstand.
Review by singsprite on Sleep Better: Sleep Cycle App.