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BetterSleep: Relax and Sleep App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
BetterSleep: Relax and Sleep app received 53 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using BetterSleep: Relax and Sleep? Can you share your negative thoughts about bettersleep: relax and sleep?
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✓ Used to be great, what happened??I’ve been using Relax melodies for years and have introduced so many friends and family members to it, and now I use it for my baby, however, this latest version is awful. I play white noise all night for my family and it keeps cutting out. I never had this problem before and now I find I wake up because the app has cut the sound (like I don’t wake up enough with a baby!). There is no timer set, it just does it. Also the in app purchases are extortionate...I remember when you could buy all access for £14 for a lifetime, now they want £200 a year??? I wish I’d upgraded back then, and maybe I wouldn’t have these problems. Truly gutted. Previous review; (5 stars) I used work on cruise ships and slept so well with the hum of the ship and air conditioning, since coming off I really struggle, especially in the summer when the birds wake early! I use this app every night now and I have a great nights sleep!.Version: 7.5.2
✓ Why is most of the things locked?When I saw this app in the App Store I was excited, I have trouble sleeping and have stress and anxiety so when I saw this I was excited to see what it had to offer so I downloaded it and then when I went in they started to ask me some questions so I answer. Then right after they ask for my email did that THEN after they ask for my email that immediately show me a yearly subscription. It said I got a “ Payment” and at this point I just wanted to check the app out but I found out what the payment was and canceled it. When I was finally able to check out the apps content I was dumbstruck to find out.......YOU NEED TO BUY THE SUBSCRIPTION TO GET MOST OF THE CONTENT. And why is it $40 year isn’t that kinda extreme? for an app you use just for sleep? But nonetheless this app has helped me get a better sleep and a better morning and has helped my parents as well. Also despite all the locked content the sounds and music are Crispy sounding and sound like they weren’t recorded on a $15 microphone So if you have the money buy the app but if you can’t afford just be careful so that you don’t fall into some trap and get charged for $40 dollars. Thanks for reading my comment!✌️👍😃.Version: 11.11.1
✓ Doesn’t let you delete yourselfI don’t like any app that only gives you the option to request to delete or erase your information/profile. This should be automatic when a user opts to delete, it shouldn’t be a request. Had I known this was the case I wouldn’t have used the app in the first place. Beyond that if you’re attempting to use the dream journal there’s no way to erase specific nights entirely if something went wrong. So if the data is messed up there’s no way to undo the night, making the information it compiles useless. It also prompts you to upgrade far too much, I barely get a chance to test out the app before being bombarded by prompts to upgrade. Update: to be clear my problem is not the speed in which the information collected from this app is deleted, it’s the fact that it’s up to someone else to delete user information rather than having it in the users hands themself to remove. If for example I deleted the my information and was prompted it takes 24-48 hours for the app the fully delete my information that would be fine, but it’s that I am requesting my information be deleted. Hence the speed not being the problem. I should be able to choose to delete the information myself not request for someone else to look into the potential deleting of the data I have given to the app..Version: 20.15
✓ Awesome Edit: not so awesomeEdit: the under water sounds that I loved and have been using and have in my SAVED personalized mixes are suddenly locked and I can’t access them at all let alone hear them. Extremely disappointed REALLY enjoy this app, I love that you can personalize your sound mix, the underwater sounds are my favourite 😍.Version: 23.4.1
✓ Why create an account?I liked this app when it didn’t ask me to either create an account or login via Google/Facebook. Too complicated now. Bye. P.S. It still asks me to "sign in"-I don't wan't to "create an account," and allowing an app to access other accounts, like Google or Facebook (which I don't even use), is out of questions. I never had to enter my email address or "create an account" before. Uninstalling from my iPad as well..Version: 10.0.1
✓ It’s pretty goodWhen I first downloaded this app I was amazed at the endless catalogue of sounds and music and meditations the app supplied. Unfortunately most of that is only useable by paying money and the free version offers hardly anything. I was able to create a very relaxing tune using the few available sounds which I can set a timer for as I go to sleep which I was very grateful for and has caused to me to have undisturbed night sleeps. I would recommend this app if you’d like to sleep to some noise or music but I would be wary that you can’t get all of what this app offers without paying. Very beautiful design for the app though and I do enjoy the freedom to create your own tracks and the individuality this app offers..Version: 23.13
✓ Very limitedJudging from the reviews, (the good ones at least) they all said the app was amazing. However, I do not recommend it to people like me who don’t want to invest money in a sleeping app. It does have somethings that are accessible for free like the stories etc. but is so limited. If you guys can add a few more stories and more sounds and music, I would definitely change my mind. However, at the moment I give y’all 3 stars because im feeling generous but please do something P.S I understand you guys may need more money and cannot simply just give it away. So my opinion may not be just but you can create a better sleep for others and a better reputation for you..Version: 23.13.2
✓ No, No WayIt does not and will not work for me. First off, the meditation voice is a grating American one, I’m British, so it’s not calming, it’s infuriating and insincere. The sounds are appalling and unnatural. Suffered insomnia since I was 12, have lived in the middle of nowhere, quiet villages and cities around the world. My husband has a snoring issue, which we’ve done everything we can to solve, including surgery. I’m also prone to panic attacks, further hindering sleep. The “Natural” sounds in this app are some of the very worst I’ve heard, tried it on the Apple TV, iPhone and Bluetooth speaker, they sound dull and fake. I’m certainly not hauling a 30 pound amplifier and surround speakers into the bedroom in an attempt to make this sound more realistic. The looping of the sound is headache inducing, like a ticking clock or rhythmic snoring. The only thing I’ve ever found that relaxes me and puts me out is a genuine violent thunderstorm and torrential rain. This app is nowhere close to reproducing that sound in a natural random way, as I said, the repetitive looping drives me mad. I’ve downloaded a dozen or so of these apps over the years, Thunderspace being the best, but still not good enough. The best apps and only apps I’ve ever found that will actually eventually put me to sleep are the ones that play audiobooks. Plus a monthly Audible subscription or a 30 hour long book on CD is so much cheaper than the subscriptions offered in this app..Version: 7.5.1
✓ Not happyThis app is definitely not worth the money they took without giving me 7 days free ..Version: 23.4
✓ Didn’t make me fall asleepOk This app is for calming people down,it didn’t do it for me. I just want to fall asleep really fast because I stay up for to long and I get tired. I just wanted to fall asleep quick this app did not help I stayed up for more than 30minutes trying to fall asleep, this app did not help because I was late to school and tired at school this app did not help a bit. It would be good if had some more free stuff so I could fall asleep thank you. Please do that I would really like it if it happened to, Please I don’t want to be late and tired to school and on the weekends... Thank you. And I still use it just takes I while for me to fall asleep. Thank You for this helpful app for us user. Thank You So Much.Version: 11.1
✓ For sleepThis app is good to fall asleep with because it’s calm. Also it’s better with earphones because it blocks out everything around you. So yeah it’s pretty good! Made my sleeping pattern much better, especially when you want to sleep at night, just put earphones in or put your phone next to you and press play. Very relaxing! Thanks! The reason I gave it 3 stars is because mostly everything is locked as you need to pay for it. I try to look for free apps to use so I don’t have to pay it. I am not trying to sound petty but that is just the reason why I gave it 3 stars. 😊.Version: 7.0.1
✓ MixCe n’est pas simple de changer de mix. Si je veux en avoir un nouveau et que j’en ai un qui joue, impossible d’en créer un autre. Sinon, j’adore l’application. C’est merveilleux..Version: 23.4
✓ ScamThis app is complete garbage it said free when I downloaded it and then it charged me $11 before it was finished downloading. Ps thanks for scamming me.Version: 7.16.1
✓ One more subscription - No ThanksI’ve had this app for years and it used to be fantastic. There were free sounds and premium sounds. Now, it’s all locked behind a subscription. Nope. *UPDATE After my initial post, the dev sent a canned response that mentioned that some of the free sounds are still accessible, so I fired up the app to see how I missed that. Here’s how that happened; as I said, I’ve used this app for many years, and during that time, the developers have consistently updated and tuned the app. What’s there now looks very different than what it used to, and in that, with all the change and move towards a subscription model, the UI is not clear upon opening the app the first time (since the change over) that the app isn’t 100% subscription based. It’s easy to miss the little “x” in the top left corner to move past the subscription pitches. Once in, as the developer stated in their canned reply, there are indeed a few free sounds. I counted sixty two plus about four of the frequencies, but again, I’ve had this app so long, I don’t know if all of those are stock free sounds, of if they’re previously purchased. All that said, the app design is excellent, especially the mix control. I’d easily give this app five stars, but I’m over being nickel and dimed to death by “one more subscription”..Version: 24.0.1
✓ More and more sounds locked by paywallI’ve been using this app for years, since I was young and my dad showed it to me. I loved the interface and variability. I’ve used it throughout my childhood, tweens, teens, and into adulthood. It’s so calming to be able to create your own personalized soundtrack to a calm night, but it’s becoming less and less possible now. So many sounds I’ve been using for my custom mixes are blocked by a paywall, and I can no longer listen to the familiar sounds that have lulled me to sleep for a decade. It’s really discouraging and disappointing that so many sounds are inaccessible. I appreciate what the app is trying to do to get users to engage with their sleep patterns, but for someone who wants to simply listen to frogs croaking and a river roaring while I sleep, just like I did with my dad so many years ago, the era of this simple and free ability is gone. It makes me really sad to lose a part of my nighttime routine to paywalls, as a more and more absurd number of sounds become locked without a subscription. I wish there was an option to be able to just make sound mixes for free, or at least have more sounds accessible for free, because this app has helped me so much in the past and it’s losing a long time supporter..Version: 23.10
✓ Extremely disappointedWhen I decided to accept the 7-day “free trial” after continuously being offered this, the app tried to charge my account immediately at the time of purchase (good thing I do not keep money on the card connected to online purchases!). Then the free trial only lasted 2 days before all content was locked again. Not only has this “free trial” put me off ever paying for a subscription, but it has me considering deleting the app altogether!.Version: 20.9
✓ CostThis app is amazing but you have to pay for almost all of it..Version: 24.5.1
✓ Very very frustratedI’m very frustrated because of a couple things… I did a free trial and liked the app, so I got an annual membership. The MOMENT the trial was done, which was of course in the middle of the night and woke me up, the app didn’t utilize my membership even after restoring it over and over, and repeatedly locked me out and deleted all my mixes and favorites. I ended up reinstalling and that seemed to fix it, although I had to start from scratch on everything… but now the best and only feature that compelled me to purchase premium no longer works. This app won’t play in the background anymore. And I can find any instructions, documentation, anything to help me find the widget button thing I read in the reviews. My settings screen doesn’t have anything like that, and I’ve tried looking in every screen so far and still cannot find it. Why can’t this app have a user guide? One that shows screens and buttons, like normal apps, and explains the settings and how to find things, etc. this is really frustrating since I still can’t get it to work and haven’t heard back from anyone. If you change features, tell your users and provide documentation. It’s that simple. Edit: changed to 3 stars after customer service addressed the issue. Still not impressed by the help site and lack of user guide..Version: 20.9
✓ Awesome app. There r just too many things that need to be paid forI love the app. It helped me sleep so nicely and it was so easy for me to wake up in the morning. I didn’t even struggle. However the recordings and so many sounds and stories need to be paid for. I think the app should make the recordings free to listen to so we can hear all the funny things we did. The app could maybe make a few more stories and sounds free to listen to so I won’t have to keep listening to the same story. Overall it’s an amazing app and I was able to sleep so nicely and I just woke up and I didn’t even struggle to get up! Got up and out of bed right away. You should totally try this app.Version: 23.13.2
✓ This app is okay;Relax melodies I’m sure is a great app for PAYING CUSTOMERS. However, people like me, who aren’t looking to have to pay to apps like this, don’t get a lot out of this. If you don’t pay, you get a selection (not too big) of sounds to mix and create a calming tune, as well as having a timer. You get ONE MEDITATION (it’s okay.. do it too many times and you’ll hate it) and ONE STORY (did not enjoy) and one sound breathing (ehhhh) Sleep moves are okay, I mean you only get two packs to choose from, but I quite like them. But THATS IT. I might be better off going online and finding something. My only problem about this app is how you need to pay to get a good range and variety of stuff. I wouldn’t recommend if your not looking for creating your own music..Version: 11.9
✓ Buggy - crashes and freezes too oftenI’m torn here as I really like this app but it crashes too often. Either the noise just stops abruptly, or the screens freeze and you can’t select a timer or get out of that screen. Hoping to find a more reliable app that does the same things tbh. I’ve just read other reviews too and it looks like this issue has been happening for close to 12 months. The developers sound supportive but clearly not given these issues are persisting. Yes, I have the most recent update and my phone is only 6 months old..Version: 23.12
✓ False advertisingClicked and tried because it said “free”. Well, only the first week then they want 60$ a year. Apps that require you to approve a subscription then count that you forget you have it and get charged should be banned. Free means free..Version: 20.16
✓ It’s a good appThis app is a good one, it has many different sounds for many different people but there are some bad things. There are many sounds that have become overwhelming for me to use, also, I am one of the many people who use meditation to help me sleep, so only having 2 meditation options is very problematic..Version: 7.5.2
✓ Yet another app that doesn’t state up front….….that you have to pay for most of the features. Eg. White Noise is free! Any other kind of similar noise is locked behind a paywall. On first launching the app you are taken through several gentle question and answers screens. Then after a very short while you get to the paid section, where you have to spot the tiny X at the top of the screen to get past them. After clicking on a few of them you then start hitting the Skip button a couple of times. Then you get the the screen that hints that all the best features will have to be payed for. Like the static type noises I already mentioned. I wish they’d been honest on the very first screen with a nice warning that listed all the features available for fee and those that are not, unless you pay. Then I could have decided sooner to delete the app. This app advertised relaxation but actually - for me anyway - did the opposite!.Version: 24.4.1
✓ It’s ok igIt’s rlly great and all but just that one time idk why it randomly started playing the music during class and I got in trouble because of it I didn’t have any alarms or what but the punishments weren’t fun.Version: 24.6.1
✓ Bad faith with customersI bought this app and have enjoyed using it for a couple of years and recommended it to many people. But last night when I was having trouble sleeping I found that they want to charge me £1.67 per month for playing the same sounds that I thought I had the right to use. I do understand that apps need work to keep them up-to-date with the evolving formats and operating systems. But this it such a surprise to find that having bought something, I now have to pay to lease it. The developers should have made provision for their long standing user base. It is not a lot of money but there is a principle here that should concern Apple and other users. It is disgusting that they feel they can come back to me for more because they want to monetise my use of the app. They should be making it attractive for new people to sign up and get them to pay with this more sustainable model but not punishing early adopters..Version: 7.5
✓ Lost all my mixesSo i’ve been using this app for up to a year and absolutely love it I can’t sleep without it but tonight when I went to turn it on I discovered that I can no longer play my mixes due to the fact that practically all sounds are payed sounds. I understand that there need to be some in app purchases but it’s ridiculous that there are hardly any free ones at all anymore. It was nice when we had at least a few options. I saw another review saying they clicked renew subscription and all the sounds came back and just hoped maybe it would work even though i haven’t made a purchase but no. I’m very sad this happened because now I’ll have to go and find a new app that has free choices :(.Version: 11.10
✓ It's now too limitedI've used this for a few years now.. it's great, never had an issue with crashing, sounds are realistic. However, every time I've installed on a different device the amounts of sounds I can use have got less and I've had to keep changing them to alternatives. My phone died finally so installed it on hubbys phone (as he had audio jack) to find I can't use any of the free ones I used to use and they are now all paid for. I don't want fancy. Just white noise and water noises that's all. No sleep cycles or any of the other fancy bits. But now we have to pay for even those. I get apps don't come free and developers need paying, if I could I would. If I wanted the all bells version I would that would be fair enough. Sounds to break up the silence is all I used. Why not have an alternative package for just basic users??.Version: 23.0
✓ Asthma point of view.This is the best app that as helped me to go to sleep fast and wake up without a headache until I found out I have to spend and arm and a leg just to hear my own breathing and coughing which is the main reason I downloaded this app is too hear how bad my asthma is getting during the night but no everything has to be expensive even my sleep. Disappointed..Version: 20.11
✓ Company has no problem scamming their customersCompany has no problem scamming their customers.Version: 20.16
✓ Pls look!Sooooo. I used to really like this app but I need talking to fall asleep so this app doesn’t work read this review to find out about that. This review talks about goods and( mostly) bads so first is good there is a lot of sounds and you can make your own! Bad so there is like 2 stories that are free and like 4 meditations that are free so if your looking for free meditations then this is not the app for you. Also if you want all of the stuff unlocked then you will need to buy premium for like $60 a year. My parents will not let me buy anything on any app so this is me and my moms suggestion: what if, you did like you could unlock one storie/meditation/sound by itself for like $8-$10 dollars a year to unlock one at least take this in mind And also you guys always are like,” oh we understand your concern and we will try to fix it 😊💤💤” NO. You always do this! I have requested this for MONTHS and updated it every time! I’m so fed up with them sending me notifications that,” oh, a new story came out listen to it now😊💤” I just turned them off! Every now and then I check in and see if they UNLOCKED any thing but NO! I’m not using this app anymore! I’ll keep it just so that if they do take care of my request I can rate it but I’m not using this anymore I’ve found a new app. Thanks for reading this. Just take in mind that if you don’t want to pay... find a new app..Version: 20.6
✓ Not enough free contentOnly a third of the app is free, everything else you need the subscription for. Only a few sleep sounds are free which is quite disappointing. This app can do better and that is which I know, but right now to actually experience this app, you need to pay..Version: 23.0
✓ 3 stars because..Okay so I give it a three star rating because there is plenty of nice arrangements and sound to chose from. But I feel as if they are only purposely giving you a little amount if you don’t pay for the trial. Which makes me really sad because compared to a lot of different apps, this has much more to it and not some cheap ripoff. A lot of Meditations Which help me in the best way to get sleep, are not available because there are only 2 to repeat, and after a while it gets very disappointing to know the exact sentences that they say. As for the stories. Cute stories then again, not many to chose from. I have currently 2 CHOICES. The amount of sounds they have to put into the actual mix options is super generous considering how a lot off apps will just give you like 4 sounds in total or something insane. This app gives you 12! Which makes them give you specifically more to chose from in general. Have a nice day, or night! Really love this app otherwise! 🙂 Edit: what happened? All of its locked and its acting so laggy? All the stories i LOVED because I do the free version are GONE! why is this? Someone help me? Is it just me? :(.Version: 11.15.1
✓ Yearly Subscription $$$There is a lot to love about this app it’s crammed with so much, but still easy to navigate and it’s beautiful from start to finish. The reason I love this app is its beautiful sounds you can mix for a pleasing background noise while you sleep. That said I can’t justify another yearly subscription in my life especially because it’s not a cheap one either… there’s tons of free alternatives that aren’t as nice but get the job done. My ideal view on this app is a version that I can pay once for even if it’s somewhat costly or significantly less on the subscription say $20 a year? Strip out majority of the stuff that I don’t need or use if that’s what it takes. I want this app for its ability to mix and match beautiful varied sounds along with its beautifully easy to navigate design. I could totally do without the weekly in app content updates, the articles, meditations, stories, sleepmoves, breathe functionality etc. Basically, my ideal use for this app is how it was when it first released all those years ago but in its current modernized state. A beautiful easy to navigate app that has loads of sounds that are beautiful/varied and mixable. Remove anything else that causes the subscription to exist or be so high and I’d pay for that app or that cheaper subscription and give 5 stars in a heartbeat! Please consider it devs :).Version: 20.3
✓ Do not download!Even if you download and delete it will still charge you $59.99 for the subscription. Tried to get a refund and no luck. Don’t fall for it!.Version: 23.13.2
✓ Used to be greatI’ve had this app for a few years and paid to have full access. I am legally blind and use this app to help me sleep, which it used to be great until they started doing some of the updates they’ve been doing. I’m not sure when the design changed, but when the design changed they left out the accessibility and also took some of the meditations. Now, because I am not able to see by phone it is very difficult and almost impossible for me to use this app because the voiceover on the iPhone no longer works on this app. They have also removed a lot of the meditations so now there is only half or less of the meditations available that used to be available when I first started using this app. This app used to be absolutely amazing and I wish the developer would put it back to the way it was and just leave things alone as far as the design and the meditations that are available. If the developer wants to add meditations and sounds that is perfectly OK, but stop making changes to the design. If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. All of the updates you are currently doing, are making this app worthless. This last update has even made it to where when I click on meditations, there are no meditations available anymore..Version: 7.5
✓ Update 😒I've used this app on and off to help me sleep for several years and it's always worked really well. Disappointed that the new pricing system means I have gone back to basic access. Get you've done tons of updates but should be able to still use what I originally paid to have full access..Version: 7.0.1
✓ $$$Said free, but only for 7 days. Don’t bother..Version: 23.3
✓ Great idea, poor mediaI downloaded this with some enthusiasm and enrolled to the trial subscription so that I could test all the features. The concept is great with lots of options for mixing sounds to produce an almost infinite variety of soundscapes. But having tried to get to sleep with one of my creations I ended up being more irritated rather than sleepy. Firstly the sounds are all rather high frequency heavy. I found it very difficult to find anything that could add bass depth to my mix. Secondly, the sound loops are all extremely short, most noticeable with the musical loops. After a few minutes I started finding myself irritated by the same phrases being repeated over and over again. Even the sounds seemed to be repeating at regular intervals. Some of the meditations (all female American voices that I’m afraid I don’t find soothing) have great backgrounds but the app can’t come close to producing anything similar. It needs more sounds, more depth, some randomisation, longer music clips and some soothing male voices to get my long term support..Version: 8.0
✓ GénialBien que j’aimerais avoir plus de choix de mélodies à mixer et de méditation à faire gratuitement.. je me contente du mix de mélodie qui m’endors à chaque soir..Version: 10.0
✓ ScamIt said there was a 7 day free trial, and it charged me $45 right away. Trying to unsubscribe and the web page is none existent. Save your self the trouble and don’t download.Version: 23.3
✓ Used to be an Excellent app..don’t bother nowUpdate: I continued to use an old version of the app that still had the clock and alarm and now they’ve taken that away too. So now I’m using two different apps instead of this one. Completely senseless that they removed the two basic features of a clock and alarm. I can’t believe leaving these features would have negatively impacted the app. I’ve pleaded with their developers but they have no interest in adding these features back. I’ve had this app for years and would have given it 5 stars up until the update when they changed the name. In fact, I recommended the app to multiple people who used to love it too. That update removed a bunch of features I used on a daily basis. Worst part is they didn’t say in the update text that they were removing features. After spending an hour trying to set my alarm and turn on the clock, I contact support and they inform me the clock has been removed. (And setting the alarm became way more complicated.) We’ll let the developers know…sorry. I had paid for the lifetime subscription and now I can’t use the app the way I want to. I held off on writing a negative review in the hopes that they would bring the deleted features back, but I guess they feel less is better. I’ll be deleting the app and looking for another one..Version: 20.17.2
✓ Update issueApp was great before the most recent update, now it hardly works. Opening the app and it immediately freezes, can no longer press play on saved mix. Force closing the app and reloading doesn’t fix the issue, works maybe once a week if I’m lucky. When it does work, the timer doesn’t work, sometimes it will start the timer and crash the app or the timer will freeze after a few minutes causing the sound to continue to play past the allocated timer. The timer is also now very annoying to get to, having to open up the current mix to get to the timer has been a big issue, sometimes I can hit play but can’t open the current mix to access the timer and trying to open the current mix freezes the app (with the sound still playing) and can’t stop the sound, also continues playing for 5-10 minutes AFTER the app is force closed..Version: 8.0
✓ Not convincedUpon downloading this app I was rather excited more so after reading a couple reviews on how this app really helped soothe, calm the mind and maintain the body at a peaceful state. But Im disappointed that the app doesn't even allow the user to listen to some of the program boxes within the Meditations section for a trial run. How am I going to pay for something I cant even have a glimpse of? On some Im really interested in listening to like the Kids, Deep Sleep, Insomnia and Napping, for example, they're all locked. One should be available for each of the sections, at least. I don’t understand this concept. Something else I have noticed is that it doesn’t save my favorites ever. I have made sound mixes and it doesn't save them . The app doesn’t even let me trial run that to see how it works! Also, if it was a one time payment for the app in order to have full access for life that would be better. Whatever the price they decided was decent for their company to sell it for on the App Store would be more reasonable than what theyre asking you to commit to paying to have full access forever. I was hoping for a better experience with this app but nothing convinces me to get it. And it’s seriously such a great idea for those who have trouble sleeping and relaxing or who need a pick me up, seems to me like it would work but how am I even supposed to confirm this? Gonna consider just deleting soon..Version: 11.0
✓ Better price at leastI wrote a review ealier this year and complained that the Ap was not worth $60. They followed up and now I see they have lowered the price to $30. That's a better deal. My issue was this kind of thing is so easy to produce. Why make it prohibitively expensive? I still think this Ap is over-priced..Version: 20.15.1
✓ One problemI really like this app. I use it a lot since I need noise to fall asleep. I've thought about going pro multiple times but I haven't because you cannot preview the sounds and I think that is not only ridiculous but bad marketing! I would give 5 stars if you could but you cannot so 3 it is. March 2021 update: Not sure when I left my first update but I’ve been using this app for two years now and I know that because I’m super creative at titles here’s looking at you June 2019. Anyways I’ve always really been cautious about noise machines because.... OK I’m clearly paranoid. Like who’s putting what secret things in them or subliminal messages or you know what I don’t listen to the water ones because I don’t wanna have to get up to pee at night. Anyways March 2021 it has been discovered that my paranoia is justified because I have now discovered an extra sound in one of the options. In the monk chant there is the sound of what I believe is a keytar. I don't know if this is a glitch or what but again paranoid. This is actually the first time I used I guess somebody else’s mix and I have used the monk chant before and never noticed it maybe it’s because of the different volumes I put it at but as I write this it's the only sound playing and it's clear as day. Now instead of sleeping I'm scrolling through reviews to see if anyone else noticed it 😖😖😖.Version: 11.14
✓ BetterSleepI don’t like how you have to pay to have noises and meditations.Version: 24.6
✓ Better when it used to be Relax MelodiesWhen I first downloaded it, I liked it so much that I paid for Premium…I usually never pay for apps, only use free apps. But this one convinced me. But since becoming Better Sleep it’s not been as good…i.e.not being able to access premium content after an update, but the worst is, the extreme irregularity of new content…I am used to having at least 1 new story or meditation per week…it’s now been a month and there has been nothing new. Also, they latest stories are really bad and don’t help me at all to find sleep. I love the Underwater World and Train Journey stories…they are awesome…hope you guys take notice and make some improvements, otherwise I will not extend my subscription when due..Version: 20.11
✓ Stripped Bare of EverythingThis used to be a free app and was really excellent. I would use it regularly myself or with my young children for lots of different activities. I’ve gone to use it today after a little break and now they've introduced a paid option which means there’s virtually nothing decent left in the free version rendering it useless really and It’s littered with adverts which there never was before. Nearly all the sounds I have previously used are now under lock and key until I pay. How very sad they’ve done this. If they had introduced new sounds or music combinations targeting specific meditations then I could have understood it. Such a shame that annual cost is so high as I don’t think it’s worth the £60 they’re asking. Half the price maybe..Version: 10.4
✓ Great for sleep, but has issuesEDIT: since the most recent update, every time I close the app I need to restore the purchase to pro, recreate my mix (because it doesn't save), and create a new timer so close the app. This sounds like something small but by the time I do all of this I don't feel sleepy anymore, so I end up laying awake listening to the music until it times out. I'd really appreciate some help with this because I have had such a positive experience with the app until now! I've been using this app for about 6 months now and it always helps to get me to sleep. I especially like the isochronic sounds, they don't affect the overall sound of the music but definitely help. If you have difficulty sleeping or just want something soothing to listen to for meditation or wind down time, I highly recommend!.Version: 6.5.1
✓ Most sounds are the same soundFirst off this app is useful for noise. Which is good for sleeping. Second, and most importantly, most sounds sound essentially the same. E.g., most the rain sounds and the fire sounds are essentially they same sound. They are the same crackling/beating sound playing at 2x speed. The fire sounds should be slower with an occasional “pop” to mimic an actual fire. As it is the fire sound is for a raging bonfire not for a fire one would sleep by. For anyone who has slept next to a fire the sound is actually slower and less furnace like. Third, the forest sounds are inaccurate. For a day time nap the sounds are good but for night time the sounds are of the forest in day time not night time. There’s no birds making sounds at night except an owl maybe. For someone who has slept in the forest and the jungle at night these sounds don’t make sense. Lastly, stop making all of the sounds so intense. Most should be relaxing and normal. Are these recordings of actual sounds or did someone make them on a computer? If you’re going to mimic real life sounds then use real life sounds don’t make them on a computer. They sound too intense, too rushed, and too repetitive. Allow them to flow and let us enjoy the irregularity of nature..Version: 20.4.2
✓ Forced to rate, getting annoyedI used to love this app when it was in beta. They offered a lifetime subscription, but then changed their name and now I’m charged a monthly/annual subscription. But the real reason I’m here is because the pop up asking for a rating is relentless and there is no way to decline, only to delay. So, I’m writing this review in the hopes that it will stop. I’m a paying subscriber and don’t appreciate this aggressive approach. Isn’t paying for your app enough? I have already canceled the auto-renew and will leave this app at the end of my subscription term unless these annoying tactics change..Version: 24.5.1
✓ Lovely…When it works. VERY glitchy!Update: the app has gotten so much more glitchy. It randomly crashes and completely closes out multiple times every time I use it. The sleep tales randomly pause right at the start and begin again about 10 seconds later like clockwork - it’s very bizarre. The audio on sounds can be weird at times almost like it’s pulsating and then it stops. Also I pay for a yearly subscription so everything is unlocked for me however every now and then it kicks me out of my subscription even when I’m logged in and I can’t access what I pay for. I just have to completely close out the app and log in again for it to resolve but it’s getting annoying. For the amount of money the app is per year - it shouldn’t have issues like this! I really like this app, helps me fall asleep every night and I like how I can make my own combinations, with lots of different sounds and there's no limit of one or two but you can have quite a few sounds together. It can be glitchy at times, if I happen to be listening to it and I go to Facebook or IG, the sounds change on me. very strange but I always save my combinations so I just reselect it.Version: 24.1
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