App Detail » Proactive Sleep Alarm Clock

What's New

* Improved interface
* Added optimal wake feature
* Added vibrate to wake feature
* Added playing alarm sounds based on how sleepy you are
* Fixed programming 'bugs'

App Description

Thanks for checking out my app! My name is Daniel Gartenberg and I'm an app developer and PhD student in applied psychology. I've been working on the app for about 5 years now, but am taking a break on it to finish up my PhD work - so I won't be updating it for awhile. In the mean time, I decided to make it free. The app has many of the same features and more of the other alarm clock apps - though sometimes it can be a bit buggy (its just me working on this for now). Hope Proactive Sleep works for you!

The app was once a top 10 applications in the 'Health and Fitness' category in numerous countries, featured on the Early Show, Network TV's Saturday Morning News, Sleep Review Magazine, Gizmodo's top 10 apps of the week, Discoveries and BreakThroughs Inside Science, and recommended by many other websites.

The app is based on the science of sleep. The app is designed to give you information about how much sleep you need and the best times to go to bed and wake up in order to get that amount. Knowing the right time to fall asleep ang go to bed is one of the most important things you can do to help feel more refreshed in the morning.

What makes it a great alarm:
* Snooze feature.
* Nightstand clock.
* Set your alarm and fall asleep to any song in your iTunes.
* Play different songs from your iTunes based on how sleepy you are.
* Gradual wake feature (starts playing relaxing music or sounds 10 minutes before your alarm is set, soothing you to wake in the morning).
* Fall asleep to the soothing ambient sounds included in the app.
* Play the calming sounds (including white noise) throughout the entire night of sleep.
* Vibrate to wake feature (your alarm goes off without disturbing your sleep partner).

How it improves your sleep:
* Your body movements are monitored while you sleep to automatically detect your sleep quality. Simply sleep with your phone on your bed sheets and your sleep quality is tracked.
* By tracking your sleep, you are provided with informative predictions on the best time for you to go to bed and wake-up on the next day.
* Optimal wake-up feature - your alarm goes off within 30 minutes of when it is set based on when you are in a lighter phase of sleep.
* Sleep diary - inspired by the world's top sleep labs, enables you to identify the factors that affect your sleep, such as, productivity, exercise, diet, mood, relaxation, medication, alcohol use, nicotine use, and caffeine use.
* Proactive Equation - allows you to easily identify the factors that affect your sleep and tracks your progress over time.
* Dream Manipulation - phrases or sounds are played when you are most likely to be in a dream state, enabling you to become aware of and take control of your dreams (to Lucid Dream).
* Proactive Game - provides a direct measure of how rested you are after sleeping.
* Information on sleep problems and ways to improve your sleep based on clinically proven behavioral therapy research - including - relaxation training, stimulus control, sleep hygiene intervention, and sleep myth busters.
* Manage and export your personal data to an excel file.
* Share your sleep progress with friends and post your sleep to Facebook.

For people who have sleep problems, Proactive Sleep also includes options to purchase relaxation interventions designed to relax the mind and body, including:
* Muscle Relaxation, using a proven relaxation technique.
* Relaxation Soundtracks, utilizing an innovative system designed to give you a deeper night's sleep, developed by a professional music engineer who has worked with Sheryl Crow and Jimmy Buffet.

App Changes

• June 24, 2011 New version 4.2
• September 10, 2011 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
• September 17, 2011 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
• October 04, 2011 New version 5.0
• October 10, 2011 New version 5.0.1
• October 16, 2011 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
• October 20, 2011 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
• October 20, 2011 New version 5.0.2
• November 01, 2011 New version 5.0.3
• November 08, 2011 New version 5.0.4
• January 28, 2012 New version 6.0
• February 02, 2012 New version 6.1
• February 08, 2012 New version 6.2
• February 21, 2012 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
• February 29, 2012 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
• March 01, 2012 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
• March 16, 2012 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
• March 26, 2012 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
• April 15, 2012 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
• April 24, 2012 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
• March 05, 2013 New version 7.0
• March 09, 2013 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
• March 30, 2013 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
• July 26, 2014 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!