App Profile: Sleepy Sounds

Brasherk

Rating: 5/5

I found this app when my oldest son was born in 2012. I’ve never stopped using it. Now I can’t sleep without it’s white noise. There’s no skipping or restarting. It’s great. My only complaint is within the last month when I turn it on, it plays for a second or two and then shuts off. About every 6th or 7th attempt it will finally play through indefinitely. I’ve tried deleting and re downloading but nothing is helping. I’m really bummed about it.

Menolly's lil pettie poo

Rating: 1/5

My baby LOVES the heavy rain sound. It calms him and helps him fall asleep. My problem with the app is that it keeps the phone screen on as long as it’s open, even once the sound stops playing. I’m a new mom, I’m very tired, and I tend to turn the rain sound on and stick my phone under my pillow when it’s done. If I don’t remember to turn the phone screen off it stays on and my phone heats up. I understand that I should make sure to turn my phone screen off but there isn’t a reason for it to stay on once the sound has stopped. Really it could let the screen turn off after the typical minute of disuse. Also, the ad banner at the bottom recently keeps showing ads that cut out the sound of the app. I guess the developer checked some box that they have sound even though they don’t. The sound cutting out is jarring for anyone trying to fall asleep and the sound never comes back on! No matter how many times I report that the ad covers the content it keeps playing so I’m out. I’ll find a different app.

Ovfhjj

Rating: 3/5

I've used this app to help both my babies sleep. Love the options. Tonight while listening to "vacuum" I swore I was hearing heavy metal music. I thought my neighbors were playing it. Nope. Was my iTunes simultaneously playing? Nope. It was the app. There was an ad for tattoos or piercings or something that had heavy metal incorporated so that it was barely audible over the sound of the white noise. Had I not noticed the ad at the bottom with the word "piercing" I might have never figured out where that music was coming from. I feel like I am going to have nightmares because of this. And my poor son! Has this been happening every night to him???