Almost perfect
Fri Aug 25 2023 PhoenixdaisyI really have been enjoying using this app. There are a couple things I would like it to do that would make it even better. The first should be pretty easy: have the app categorized under Health & Fitness rather than Games. Most people interested in this app are going to have a crowded Games selection and little under Health & Fitness, so moving the app will make it much quicker to find and use. The second thing I would like is probably more difficult. If possible, I would like it if the app could report sleep data to the iPhone Health app. It’s the only sleep tracker I used prior to Pokémon Sleep, and because of how it keeps the phone active my Health app doesn’t think I sleep at all anymore. The last issue I have is with the day rollover. While I am not having trouble with it now, I was a couple weeks ago during some hard nights. I would go to bed in the early morning rather than closer to midnight, and the game would count my sleep from the wrong day. Sometimes problems arise and people go to bed much later than they want to. I would suggest having the day changeover based off the individual’s assigned bedtime (maybe 3-4 hours prior) rather than whatever arbitrary time it is currently set for. This would make most naps or disorganized sleep times count towards the sleep schedule of your previous bedtime rather the upcoming one, and would overall improve enjoyment for people who have sleep problems.
The BEST GAME i have ever played!!
Mon Feb 05 2024 Thalia Raine HI have genuinely never written a review for a game before.. that is how much this game has impacted my daily life. If you are thinking about getting Pokémon Sleep, definitely give it a try!! From the adorable art style, the joy I get when it’s time to feed my snorlax, to how much this game has motivated me to have a better sleep schedule (which I have struggled with for years), the game is perfect in all aspects to me. It is such a slow paced game in a way that makes it attractive to pick up every once in a while and it really is free to play unless you are genuinely a hardcore Pokémon Sleep gamer but I have not had it get in the way of ANY gameplay which is great! Also, no ads!! I am not missing out on any of the features and it’s truly a very fun and rewarding game especially when you unlock new areas to explore!! It’s a game that you can check in on once in a while and it will give you joy whenever you play. It motivates you to sleep in a cute and fun way! Seeing my sleep progress all laid out within the past month has been very rewarding. As well as my growing Pokédex collection!! I cannot stress how much joy this game has given me so I strongly recommend it!! If the creators are happening to read this… psst! I would LOVE to be able to befriend my favorite Pokémon, Dialga one day!! Thank you so much for your time and I hope I could’ve convinced anybody who was thinking about downloading Pokémon Sleep! :) -Titi
very cute but some issues
Tue Sep 26 2023 protectsinaI have been a Pokémon fan for as long as I can remember so of course when I saw there was a free app I could get I wanted to. I really enjoy this app overall, I think the different sleep types are super cute and I enjoy collecting berries and trying to get my food the extra tasty rating. But… I have been having issues as well. I’ve been using this app for about four weeks now and for some reason every single time I sleep the tracking stops at 6 hours and 2 minutes no matter how long I actually slept. There was one night I slept for 10 hours straight and was excited to have met my goal but then when I check on the app it had 6 hours of sleep and 4 hours of untracked time. I tried to go in and edit the sleep tracking to let it know I was in fact asleep but it wouldn’t allow me to change it. I’m not really sure what is causing this to happen, I don’t go to sleep at the same time every night so it’s not like my building is making weird noises and I also sometimes stay up after I set the tracker so it’s not like I naturally make a weird noise in my sleep exactly 6 hours into sleeping. Overall this isn’t much of an issue and doesn’t really impact the game much but it’s a bit annoying that I can’t change it and therefore will sometimes have 2-4 hours of untracked time every night.
Cute Game But Minor Bugs
Mon Aug 07 2023 TordsCommentI REALLY love this game! I’ve been playing it for almost 2 weeks now and I love the feeling of waking up to see what Pokémon I have found hoping there’s a shiny one. My phone never overheats and neither does my charger thanks to the game dimming the screen or basically putting it in some kind of sleep mode. I’ve see reviews on phones overheating but we move in our sleep so you may have slept on it. Anyways, I do find it nice that there is a game that can track your sleep without paying like certain apps and I can get some feedback and some funny little recordings here and there.
With the actual game though, if you take a nap and then go to bed that same day, it will not let you at all because you’ve already slept. I would love to where it let you take naps and also sleep at the same time. But also, I’ve only encountered this once but there was one time I slept from 11pm-10am and when I went to go review my data, it said there was nothing to be reviewed and I lost all that data and Pokemon I could’ve possibly encountered. But it has only happened once. If it occurs more than 3 times, I’m giving my rating a four star.
But if you’re reading this please fix the sleep only once a day feature. It can make more people play during the day when taking naps and instead of just playing it at night.
Keep turning it off in middle of the night
Fri Jul 28 2023 Stellar356I love the app it’s really cute and I love the inclusion of more than just gen 1 Pokémon I’m so happy to see more diversity in the options and not to mention the professor is adorable and so is the whole art style of the game and I like that there is some stuff you can participate in while awake too that’s a nice touch and it’s a great app defenitly but I do have some complaints
Since you can’t turn your phone off while using it that means that the app will turn rgjjt back on if you tap the screen and you also need to have in on your mattress next to you to work so the issue I’ve been having is that I the middle of the night I will accidentally press the screen in my sleep and that will turn off the app and end the tracking resulting in inaccurate sleep results and I’ve also tried setting an alarm with it but because I accidentally turned it off at 2:00 am in my sleep the alarm didn’t go off and I woke up late so my mom had to get me up but I could see this being a problem in the future a single thing such as you have to hold the screen for 3 seconds to end the sleep tracking or just you can turn your phone off while it tracks woild easily solve this problem and I sincerely hope they do fix it so i can get accurate results and the alarm to actually work.
Poor Decisions and Odd Features
Sun Aug 13 2023 JskahausuzjasiFirst off, the game will just decide to disable your microphone access with no way to re-enable it in settings. Believe me, I tried, and after being up until 1:00 AM just trying to figure the stupid thing out, I ended up deleting the stupid app and redownloading it, only for it to delete all my data because some numbskull decided not to put a microphone enabling setting in the settings app. The worst part is that the game worked fine for four straight days before this randomly happened with no warning.
Another bigger issue I have, aside from the general gameplay being fairly boring, is that this game made to be your sleep companion has absolutely zero issue with flashbanging you with a pure white loading screen whenever it’s necessary. Why? Heck if I know. In fact, bright lights like that are scientifically proven to WORSEN your sleep by making it more difficult to fall asleep after seeing those lights. You would think this wouldn’t be an issue with the app, given that it’s a sleep based app. However, no. This happens multiple times per sign-in, and you will have this display before bed every night you choose to use it.
On top of that, if you sleep on a small bed, good luck finding a place to put your phone.
I love Pokemon Sleep
Thu Feb 08 2024 mjsisl3rOverall, the Pokemon Company has done a great job with the marketing and side project aspect of the business for a long time now. Unfortunately, GameFreak has fumbled the classic Pokemon titles with recent games like Scarlet and Violet. They have lost the allure that every Pokemon game has had since when I was a kid. Although, the last game that I felt had this same feeling was Legends Arceus. Just something about that game made me happy and excited to create a team of Pokemon. Pokemon Sleep is the first game in awhile from the company that has made me feel the same way. I love tracking my sleep and find it actually helps me to make sure that I am taking care of myself when I push too hard. I have taken some breaks but with the additions of new Pokemon, campsites, and events...I am fully invested. The grind is something I greatly enjoyed from earlier Pokemon titles I played as a kid. This game definitely has that and it has taken me since the release date to get some final evolutions for Pokemon I've had for months. The gameplay is so simple, the art style is gorgeous, and the game itself is a calming experience. If you can be disciplined enough to keep up with tracking your sleep every night with your phone plugged in, you will love this title. Please add Abra :)
Inflexible cash grab
Wed Sep 27 2023 SherrienyThe game seems simple enough. Feed your snorlax, sleep well, and collect the cute Pokémon you see along the way.
But to see more and rarer Pokémon, you need to raise your snorlax’s score by feeding it a constant stream of berries which can be done at any point, as well as 3 square meals a day. While it gives you a six hour window to do this, once before noon, once before 6PM, and once before 6AM, between the ingredient number requirements and the fact that you can’t alter these rigid times to fit your schedule, you’re going to find yourself at 12:30 or 6:45 cursing at yourself because you were trying to hold back until you had more ingredients and now entirely missed your window. Add in that if you have a weird sleep schedule, the game may count your sleep towards the next day’s progression, the fact that the game refuses to work outside of what it considers a decent schedule and also expects you to play at least three times a day will make this game go from cute and simplistic to just plain annoying fast.
Add in that the game has not just microtransactions for an in game currency used to buy extra inventory slots, but also an optional monthly subscription that lets you access a store that lets you buy the game’s equivalent of a Great Ball, and you have something that just feels more like an insulting cash grab geared towards kids than other related games in the franchise.
Still frustrated.
Tue Oct 31 2023 ARSCONI know the goal is to have good sleeping habits, but it’s particularly annoying when I forget to start tracking one night, wake up a couple hours after falling asleep, starting a session then, and then being unable to track my full night’s sleep when I go to bed on time and remember to start the app. Appreciate the shortening of the animations or allowing to skip at least before going to sleep (hence 2 stars instead of 1), but tracking sleep sessions is frustrating because a 24 hour timer prevents me from getting credit for my full night’s sleep. Especially when it happens on the “good sleep” nights that happen once a month. I suppose I’m supposed to just miss the whole night of sleep and add it in after, despite it yielding much less benefit than if I were to start tracking in the middle of the night and actually get something out of it. Feels like kind of a backhand for wanting the benefits of the sleep I’m actually getting, but missing because I forgot to start the app. I’d be willing to pay for a feature that allowed me to just import the sleep tracking that my Apple Watch already does for me. I’d forget to put my Apple Watch on significantly less often than I forget to start the sleep tracking. It may not look as good because the sleep tracking would be more accurate, but at least I wouldn’t miss out on the benefits of the game.
Game features are fun but not reliable for sleep tracking
Thu Oct 19 2023 Shoe1980I got this more for the game features, but don’t think advertising as a sleep tracking is truthful. The app doesn’t track sleep well, as long as it is in running in sleep mode it thinks your asleep even when you are not. It definitely regularly records my dog snoring and assumes it me. You cannot use other apps for noise while using without it kicking out of the sleep mode. I have anxiety and adhd so noise is a big part of nightly routine and helping me fall asleep and stay asleep. I generally have noise that turns off on a sleep timer to help me calm down and fall asleep that not possible with to do that if so need run the noise on my phone and run this app. I could purchase another device but I personally don’t like hauling a bunch of devices if I can do it all with one. I also don’t feel the app is accurate because it doesn’t sense that much motion and it not taking heart or oxygen rates into consideration. Which is acceptable for game but not something advertised for sleep tracking. I also agree the app cause the phone to run warmer which is also a concern since it is recommended the phone needs to be on next to you on a soft surface. While fires started by devices are less common now there still is a risk factor. I think many of the obstacles could be overcome and I hope future updates will address these issues.
