Pillow: Sleep Tracker ٤+

This app has helped me so much. I’m bipolar 2 and so l struggle with getting enough sleep. I started using Pillow to understand what was going on. While you can’t take it as gospel or a replacement for real medical tests (as the app even informs you), Pillow provides a lot of great insights, patterns, and data to help you understand your sleep habits. You have to keep in mind there’s not much the app can directly do to improve your sleep, but with sound recording, metrics on the types of sleep you’re getting, and the number of awakenings, you can start to address specific things about your bedtime habits.

I initially found I was consistently getting too much REM sleep and too little deep sleep. So I started looking at how I slept. I have the TV on when I fall asleep. It struck me that the blue light may have been keeping me up, so I set a sleep timer on the tv. I was immediately able to see the impact with better levels. Then I began taking a very small dose of melatonin. Again I saw even more sleep quality.

I’m still finding ways to improve my sleep and Pillow has helped me more than any other method. Try this app out. The premium is worth the money!

It's truly inspiring to hear how much Pillow has helped you, especially with the unique challenges of bipolar 2 and sleep. Your proactive approach to understanding and improving your sleep habits is commendable. It's great that you've been able to use the insights, patterns, and data provided by Pillow to make meaningful changes, like adjusting your environment and experimenting with melatonin, resulting in improved sleep quality.

Remember, while Pillow offers valuable insights, it's always good to discuss any significant changes or concerns with a healthcare professional, especially considering your bipolar 2 condition.

Thank you for sharing your positive experience and for the recommendation of the premium version of Pillow. Your story is a wonderful example of how technology can be a tool in managing and understanding our health and well-being. If you have more insights to share or need further assistance, we're here for you. Here's to continued success in your journey to better sleep! 😴🌙✨💜

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.

We're delighted to hear that you're finding Pillow not only useful but fascinating as well! We aim to provide a comprehensive look at your sleep, and it sounds like you're making the most of the features we offer. Please ensure that you've given the necessary permissions in your iPhone settings for Pillow to access motion and fitness data. We appreciate your feedback and look forward to any updates you might have in the future. If you need any assistance or have further suggestions, feel free to reach out to us via the Helpdesk in the app's settings. Thanks for your enthusiastic review! 💜

I like the app and would rate higher but the Apple Watch issue really drives down the value for me at this point. - My suggestion is to find a way to simplify how the sleep analysis works on Apple Watch and ensure that it does so consistently. Not to mention if you need troubleshoot support that you can get it from beginning to end. It seems it worked fine when I first got the watch (3 days of painless reporting on my watch) and now it never shows my sleep analysis information on the watch. I’ve basically gotten fed up with attempting to trouble shoot - no real help from support. Now I just let it do it’s thing when I sleep (automatic tracking), and check the app on my phone now after spending almost 2 weeks trying to figure out the issue. I’ve done every possible fix available - still doesn’t update on my watch. Now I just use Apple sleep complications for my watch main screen and just check Pillow on my phone. It’s a little frustrating tho - not going to lie. I personally love the color and design of the analysis of Pillow for the main watch screen complication over the Apple sleep analysis, but I can’t get it to work and frankly I’m over trying. I pay for premium and considering that - I’d like to access all the functionality but at this point I’m tired of banging my head on the wall. Other than that (which is so so SO frustrating) it’s alright, but this pain point definitely drives my review scoring. Otherwise, I’d give the app 4-5 stars.

Hi! The issue you describe seems like a communication problem between the Apple Watch and the iPhone. This communication is handled by watchOS. However, our support team can help you troubleshoot this and enjoy Pillow without any issues. To contact us, please use the Helpdesk option under Pillow's Settings. 💜