Sleep Talk Recorder

I’ve paid for this app for several years now. It’s been really great at recording and correctly identifying me talking in my sleep. Unfortunately they made an update several months ago that essentially render the app useless. The categorization that used to happen quickly and automatically now takes upwards of 20-30 minutes. I could probably live with that if it could happen while the app was open but I could do other things, but that’s not the case. You have to have the app open on that specific tab and you can’t do anything else if you want your recordings categorized. I also don’t think the categorization is correct anymore because I’m hardly getting any voice recordings now and I used to get many every night. My sensitivity settings and such haven’t changed. Support is useless and hasn’t contacted me back despite reaching out twice now. I DON’T recommend this app any longer. There are other options on the market that probably work way better at this point.

I downloaded and used the app for one night. It recorded the whole night, so I decided to pay for the full version to unlock the entire night since my boyfriend woke me up due to my sleep talking. The app didn’t record my sleep talking at all, but did record the conversation following my sleep talking. I decided to try again the following night. I watched the activation countdown begin as I set my phone down. When I woke in the morning, it hadn’t recorded at all. I opted to try again the following night. It recorded during the night but shut itself off 15 minutes before I woke up for the day. I went back into the app at breakfast to listen but every recording from that night had disappeared from my history. So I tried three nights in a row and only one semi worked. I reached out to the developer via the feedback option asking for a refund since the app doesn’t work and haven’t gotten a response. I have since tried to cancel my subscription based on the instructions in the FAQ section but the directions for canceling are incorrect for my phone. I sent another message asking for assistance canceling my subscription because I don’t want to be charged again for something that clearly does not work, but didn’t receive a response to that inquiry either. To say I’m frustrated would be an understatement. Hopefully this review will get the developer to finally reach back out to me.

Ok this isn’t much of a review, but I’m having a slight problem. I have paid to get the full version on my old phone, but on this phone I can restore it. It’s mostly because “in-app purchases” are allowed, which is dumb. The thing is, nobody knows the passcode and we can’t reset it (trust me, we’ve spent a long time trying to turn it off). So now I’m stuck with the free version. Now for the review part, it’s really nice. It’s easy to use and there is a place to check out other people’s recordings (they’re funny). In the free version, though, you can only record for two hours. People tend to talk within the first 2 hours of sleep, but on occasion it’s sometimes past that. You can add “favorites” and name them so you know what the recordings are about. The worst part is, it sometimes can’t figure out that there is white noise and I’ll have a recording of my fan for hours on end. Other than that, it’s great!