CBT User Reviews

CBT-i Coach
CBT-i Coach
US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

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App is great, reminders are not

This is a great app to improve your sleep. Be aware, the reminders to do your diary do not work consistently so I recommend setting a reminder elsewhere on your phone.

Thank you, VA

Needed this app so much after suffering postpartum depression and anxiety with awful sleep as an active duty mom. The app is great but there is an issue with the sleep prescription and entering prescribed wake and sleep times. The version I have will not let you update those two fields and default to midnight for both and this you cannot have a sleep prescription without them.
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Response from developer

I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had issues with your Sleep Prescription. In order to get your first sleep prescription, you will need to enter at least 5 days of sleep data into your Sleep Diaries. If you’ve already done this and need further assistance with this issue, please reach out to us at mobilementalhealth@va.gov and we can help you troubleshoot.

Helpful

I’ve been using this since July after seeing a sleep doctor. I like the app. The only thing I wish they’d change is the time options. It’s in denominations of 10. I wish it went by fives are all numbers would be better to have an accurate assessment.

Helpful

I like having my sleep data in one place. The reminders do not work consistently from day to day. Days go by when I don’t get my reminder to complete my sleep diary, then I randomly get a reminder for a day or two.

Works pretty well

Needs 5 minute increments. It’s just 10 minutes (went to bed at 1140 VS really at 1145).

Useless if you’re going to sleep early morning

The app requires you to keep a sleep diary for five days before you can get into the sleep coaching. However, if you are an insomniac who cant sleep or can’t even get yourself into bed before 12 am it doesn’t work. If you enter a bed time after 12 am it thinks you went to bed on the morning of the the PREVIOUS day and therefore slept for over 24 hours. There’s no way to indicate that you went to sleep early that morning. I can’t make accurate entries in the sleep diary and therefore cannot use the app for its intended purpose
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Critical Data Missing

CBT-i app could be a good app if: Modified to add you low/high SPo2 and HRV value to the Sleep Diary. Additionally, the PDF export is really inadequate to determine your overall sleep values. Suggest app be programmed to allow PDF export of a summary that provides the average: Total time to sleep, times you wake up, total hours of sleep. Also add to the Sleep Diary capability to add SPo2 low/high, heart rate and HRV values, which would also be included in the summary. A one page summary of the above would be beneficial to individual and Care Provider. No Care Provider is going to gain needed info provided in the current exported PDF format. As many have smart watches that track suggested new data, please consider.
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Crashes

This app always crashes. I can never same my sleep. So frustrating

Good App but lacks integration

Good app with all the data collected but the lack of integration with apps that actually track your sleep makes it tedious to have to fill in data points from one app to another. Publish an api to the app and let the sleep tracker apps integrate to it. Then it would be 5 star.

Easy organised app. Easy to follow and access

Very well created.
Easy to navigate through organised tabs and options.
Stable app
Thank you

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