Thread: Did anyone use the DreamZ iPhone app yet?

I tested this last night, the graph showed me to be awake all night with three dips into REM sleep although it said that I had zero dreams although I can remember having at least three! I'm guessing this to be down to my mattress not really having any "bounce" in it, so the Ipod is probably unable to sense my movements properly.

However, use of the app did seem to alter my dreams in some way as I found myself viewing a lot of dream action from a dream bed. So even if I didn't get lucid from an audio cue, having the Ipod present in bed with me appears to have somehow raised my awareness. I plan to try again tonight and see if it causes any more dreams in which I find myself lying in a bed of some description.

Well, i tried it twice so far... During the first night the sound was too loud and it made me wake up... and i even had my phone a little further from me, so i guess it didn't work correctly as my matress is kinda hard.

Then i tried it again yesterday, putting the phone closer to me, so when i turn around i literally push the phone a little, so it'll surely notice when i move. I don't remember the audio clue at all though... so i'm not sure...


And one thing that is kinda weird: The other apps that use the same system to detect sleep phases all say that you shouldn't place the phone under sheet because that makes it unreliable and won't work correctly... This app on the other hand says that you NEED to put the phone under the sheets... I'd rather believe the other 2 apps... 2 vs 1 ^^

The other apps that use the same system to detect sleep phases all say that you shouldn't place the phone under sheet because that makes it unreliable and won't work correctly... This app on the other hand says that you NEED to put the phone under the sheets... I'd rather believe the other 2 apps... 2 vs 1 ^^

I don't see how it can make much difference? I can see that if it was under a pillow it will affect sensitivity but surely the thin mattress sheet won't really do anything?

The sound keeps waking me up it seems.

At first it also woke me up... but now this is the second day that i never even heard the sound... :/

Originally Posted by PolicemanFox

Hmm, I've just got this app and it looks quite promising. Only thing is, I sleep on quite a hard mattress so will this make it hard for the Ipod to sense movement? Thanks!

I'm guessing hard mattress's don't absorb movement much, so if anything its better.
I used it once or twice, seemed pretty random to me.

The app has worked pretty well for me, but recently my ipod has started locking itself during the night while I use dreamz even though auto lock is disabled, Its been doing it for about a week now and I have no idea why. I did jailbreak it recently but I don't see who that could cause it, anyone ever had this problem?

Well i tried this app for some more days, but i officially give up now. It always wakes me up or i don't even hear it. Doesn't seem to work at all..

Originally Posted by littlezoe

Well i tried this app for some more days, but i officially give up now. It always wakes me up or i don't even hear it. Doesn't seem to work at all..

Well it's wrong to question if it works or not, if it doesn't for you and the reason it doesn't work for you is because you have to adjust the volume to how tired you are or how early you go to sleep in comparison to usual.
Also, if it wakes you up all the time. Put a high volume and record yourself saying "wake up and lay still" and do a deild. It's effective as F.

I think i have a 2 problems with the app: i have dreams but they arent lucid, i fail to hear the audio cue (my own recorded one). I keep forgetting about reality checks because i cant hear myself asking me how i got here. 2 my dream Graph is glitchy.it keeps showing me that i am in deed sleep the intire night and only go trough rem sleep at the end before im about to wake up... Could this be the cause of me not hearing the audio que? I place my iphone (4s) next to my head under the sheet, should i change its posision?

I think i have a 2 problems with the app: i have dreams but they arent lucid, i fail to hear the audio cue (my own recorded one). I keep forgetting about reality checks because i cant hear myself asking me how i got here. 2 my dream Graph is glitchy.it keeps showing me that i am in deed sleep the intire night and only go trough rem sleep at the end before im about to wake up... Could this be the cause of me not hearing the audio que? I place my iphone (4s) next to my head under the sheet, should i change its posision?

Hi, I also tried out the dreamZ app last night, could someone please give me a few pointers so i can utilize dreamZ to its full capacity?

Ok, well i went to sleep at 11:30PM and i set the alarm for 5:20 (i didnt know what time to set it to, someone help me out??) anyway, i turned the volume up to halfway but did not hear it at all during my sleep. I also recorded my own dream cue and turned it up to halfway (volume) but not once did i hear it in my dreams? I know these problems could be easily fixed e.g. turning up the volume but i would like to hear your advice. When you wake up from your alarm, what do you do???

This was not the only problem, because as i awoke at roughly 8:30AM i looked at my ipod screen and it had gone dark? When i knew that it should not have locked itself at all. I looked at my sleeping time which said 8 hours 53 minutes but when i looked at it 1 hour later it said 9 hours 37 minutes, so i assume this means that it still thinks im sleeping?? It also said that i had 0 dreams throughout the night, when i know that i had atleast 3 dreams, my graph went from REM to deep and stayed at deep for the duration of my sleep which somehow ended at 12:03AM?

Sorry about the whole heap of problems but it is extremly confusing, and i would like to fix them ASAP so i can attempt lucid dreaming.

Thanks (:

Apologies for a minor bump, this is my first post in a long time.
I haven't had a lucid dream since the onset of 2011 and this app is restoring my faith so far, it reported that I had 5 dreams last night and I remember hearing my audio cue, whether it was in a dream or not I am unsure of. Didn't work out, but it'll get there eventually. Neat.

Yeah, I just got this app and I am really excited about trying it, but when exactly do you set the alarm? I want to do wbtb as well, so I don't really get when to set the alarm and how to use this with wbtb, so can someone help me please?

I don't have a Iphone but do you think the app will work the same on my Ipad?

I just purchased the app today and decided to take a nap just to try it out! I recorded myself saying "you are dreaming. This is a dream" and had the volume at 50 percent.
i woke up the first time hearing "this is a dream". so i lowered the volume to 20 percent. I must have heard my audio cue in my dream because all the sudden i had a random
assurance that i was 100 percent completely dreaming. Now keep in mind that I have had my share of Lucid dreams on my own, however i always had to do a reality check
because i was never totally sure until i did so. This was the first time i didn't even have to do a reality check! I remember 3 different scenes where i became lucid without a
reality check and my total sleep time was only 4 hours and 5 minutes.

I remember the SSS sound from "ThiSSS is a dream" sounding too sharp when it woke me up the first time. So i changed it to "You are dreaming. You are in a dream". I'm
hoping the smooth sound of it will lessen the chance of waking me. I will keep you updated on my next sleep session, which im looking forward to hahaha.
All in all, the app is amazing! Thank you DreamZ =)

My audio cue is " Do a Reality Check , You're Dreaming. " Do you guys think that's okay ? And I'll post my results soon .

Hello!, I read the thread and can't find answer to some questions asked before too...

1) I tested it yesterday and found on the graph a flat line on Deep, and 0 dreams. I didn't put it below my pillow because I could throught it away, (I put it on the bedside table next to my pillow), should it work ?

2) I didn't turned off the lock screen option, but I DIDn't locked it or pressed the home button before sleep. I saw that it was still on after 2 minutes.

3) I turned off wifi, just to save battery.

Cheers! and congrats for that lucid dreams

Ok, I tested it NEXT to my pillow ON the bed UNDER the sheets.
I've heart my recorded voice and I was very closed to keep dreaming!, but it was a bit loud and I remembered my iPod and everything... I'll try it again turning down the volume.

I think that the friction of the sheets with the mic would increase the sensitivity of movements a lot, at levels in which I don't know if it could be still accurate, maybe yes.

Do you know how REM is calculated?
Is it because we are quiet and there's no movements? but that should be when we are in "deep" dreaming (?)

I also wonder if the fact that it should be connected to power supply affects the battery life...

I've used it before a few times. Seems to work pretty well, but I set it by my hip, anywhere else and it doesn't work. I have a memory foam mattress and another person sleeping with me, so that says something

The sound though... sometimes it wakes me up and sometimes it doesn't. If you're getting it to track your sleep that's great, but I've never had it help in any other way.

Hey. I tried this app last night and set it to a custom audio cue. I distinctly remember having a dream yet when I woke up it told me I had 0 dreams. I'm not sure if I placed my phone incorrectly but if you can help thanks a lot.

You dream every night so, there were probably a problem with the settings or something. Try calibrating the thingy. The app has a testing feuture where you can see if it's working by placing it on the side of your bed, lay in your bed, and switch sides to see if the app makes a sound every time you turn

Sorry for the bump but I still need answers. I have tried this app and I'm not sure if it helped since I have been using it for only 2 days. It detected that I had 2 dreams so I guess I did, but anyway, the problem is they weren't lucid. I can't heard my audio cue when I'm sleeping and it is at maximum volume in headphones also. Any help?