Of course, on top of all this, there’s also our favorite feature: audio recording. For some, this will be fine, but there’s always the danger of knocking your iPhone out of bed. Pillow on the iPhone is more or less as accurate as the Apple Watch, but it’s definitely less convenient: you’ll need to rest the handset on your mattress and sleep alongside it. But with the newer Watch models, battery life is less of a problem: with an Apple Watch Series 3, we found that quick charges before bed and over breakfast were more than enough to fill up the battery. Using the Apple Watch to track sleep with Pillow does mean you miss out on crucial charge time (as you probably guessed, you’ll need to wear the smartwatch overnight). It’s possible to view your sleep statistics in the Pillow watchOS app, too. The app uses easy-to-interpret graphics to present your sleep data in one place.Īnother bonus to using the Apple Watch is its built-in heart rate monitor: Pillow also tracks users’ heart rate in the app, providing a graph showing the peaks and troughs. This not only lets users launch Pillow from their wrist, but it also uses the smartwatch’s gyroscope to track movement throughout the night and gain more accurate measurements. The app offers information on periods of waking, REM, light sleep, and deep sleep using a color graphic which is easy to read and interpret.Īs you might have guessed, Pillow is best used with an Apple Watch (though owning one isn’t a requirement to use the app). When activated, Pillow will monitor your sleep overnight and provide a breakdown of sleep quality the next morning. The free app tracks sleep quality in great detail, and can even record audio and heart rate data. There are a number of popular sleep tracking apps on the App Store, but Pillow is, without doubt, one of the best. Our original review, written in April 2018, is presented in its entirety below. Revised rating: Pillow remains a fine sleep tracker thanks to regular updates, new features, and more general improvements and fixes. Regular updates mean Pillow is still one of the very best sleep trackers for iOS – and like before, it’s made even better if users have an Apple Watch. Besides that, there’s new support for Siri Shortcuts and a selection of more subtle fixes and improvements. Pillow Premium automatically records periods of “activity” in the night, and also serves up a dedicated Snooze Lab which provides an analysis of your sleep. Now, it’s possible to try the app’s premium features before you pay for them. So what’s new? One of the biggest changes to Pillow is a smart move which new users will definitely appreciate.
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