What each week held
Withheld: something was read in 1 week of the last 12. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.
What it declares
- Smart alarm (light-sleep wake)
- Sleep stage tracking (sound + movement)
- Snore/sound detection and recording
- Sleep aid content (stories, soundscapes)
- Cough Radar outbreak tracking
- Trend analysis and data export
- Apple Health / smart-home (Philips Hue) integration
- AI assistant (Luma) / ChatGPT app integration
As the company’s own pages describe it. Forge did not test any of these.
What users raised
- Confusing/inconsistent pricing across platforms
- Reduced raw-data granularity after graph smoothing update
- Forced/opt-out-buried Sleep Aid feature rollout
- Discontinued Alertness Test feature
- Aggressive premium upsell notifications
Themes people raised in public. A complaint is somebody’s opinion, not a measurement of the product.
Everything on record
7 observed claims. Newest first; the tag on each row is what kind of claim you are reading.
- COMPLAINTUSER OPINIONOct 1, 2026
An Android user complained that the Alertness Test feature was discontinued, calling it one of the app's best features, and another review cited frustration with frequent premium upsell notifications leading to uninstalling the app.
Indicates recurring friction around feature removal and aggressive monetization prompts that could drive churn.
www.appbrain.com/app/sleep-cycle-sleep-tracker/com.northcube.sleepcycle - COMPLAINTUSER OPINIONOct 1, 2026
A long-time user complained that a recent app update replaced the raw overnight-activity graph with a more smoothed, stage-highlighting version, reducing utility for people with disturbed sleep, and criticized the forced rollout of a new Sleep Aid feature that had to be manually disabled.
Reflects a product-change backlash among power users around data granularity and feature opt-outs.
apps.apple.com/us/app/sleep-cycle-tracker-sounds/id320606217 - PRODUCTCOMPANY CLAIMOct 1, 2026
Sleep Cycle refreshed its brand identity, introducing a new typeface (Innovator Grotesk) and updated imagery while preserving its existing logo.
sleepcycle.com/newsroom/press-release/a-fresh-set-of-sheets-for-your-app-experience - PRODUCTCOMPANY CLAIMOct 1, 2026
Sleep Cycle launched Cough Radar as a standalone, free, open web feature delivering community-level coughing outbreak insights derived from its sleep-session database, alongside an AI feature called 'Luma.'
Expands Sleep Cycle's footprint beyond the core app into free public-health tooling and AI, broadening its value proposition and brand reach.
sleepcycle.com/newsroom/press-release/topic/sleep-cycle-features - POSITIONINGCOMPANY CLAIMOct 1, 2026
In its Q1 2026 interim report, Sleep Cycle described itself as accelerating its transformation from a sleep app to a platform within sleep and digital health, citing 42% B2B revenue growth (14.5% of total revenue), progress on a clinical sleep apnea screening study, and the launch of its app within ChatGPT as one of the first digital sleep health players on an AI platform.
Signals a strategic pivot toward B2B and AI-platform distribution that competitors should track for partnership and channel threats.
sleepcycle.com/newsroom/press-release/a-fresh-set-of-sheets-for-your-app-experience - PRICINGUSER OPINIONOct 1, 2026
A comparison roundup notes Sleep Cycle publishes no price on its own website and that App Store in-app-purchase listings for Premium vary widely, from about $2.99 to $57.99 or more depending on the offer shown, with a 'Premium: Unlock all features' tier listed at $39.99.
Indicates pricing opacity/inconsistency across platforms, which affects buyer trust and comparison shopping.
habitbox.app/blog/best-sleep-tracker-app - PRICINGUSER OPINIONOct 1, 2026
Third-party review coverage reports Sleep Cycle Premium at approximately $39.99/year as of mid-2026, up from a prior $29.99/year price point.
Establishes current baseline price point for comparison against prior $29.99 tier referenced by other review sites.
www.bettersleep.com/blog/sleep-cycle-vs-bettersleep-2026-honest-sleep-app-comparison
A record of what Forge read in public about Sleep Cycle — its own pages and what people wrote about it. Nothing here is a test of the product, a ranking or a score, and Forge has no relationship with this company.