# Doze: Sleep Sounds and Stories — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of Doze by Rockwell Ventures, rated 4.70/5 from 393 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doze-sleep-sounds-and-stories/id1482827839/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doze-sleep-sounds-and-stories/id1482827839.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 337 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 15 ## What do users think of Doze? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 😴 Excellent for falling asleep - 🎶 Soothing sounds and voices - 📚 Engaging stories - ✨ Hypnotic 3D voice feature - 🌈 Wide variety of options - 😌 Calming and peaceful experience - 💯 Worth the subscription - 🌟 Amazing app overall **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription - 💸 Perceived as a trick to pay - ❓ Lack of clarity on free vs. paid - 😞 Disappointment with paid model - 📉 Quality not as good as others - 🔇 Sound and narration too quiet **Commonly reported bugs** - Music stops playing mid-session - Subscription issues after purchase - Audio fusion not working - App asking to subscribe again **Most requested features** - Family sharing option - More free options - Lower subscription price - One-time payment option - Ad-supported option ## Newest reviews (11 of 36) ### 2/5 — Updates? *2025-07-14, version 1.3.4* No updates or new stories in over a year? Why? ### 2/5 — Was amazed *2021-04-03* This app was great, I thought I was on a free segment because th quality was so and so but it worked for the most part and used it on and off without subscribing, but turns out it was a week free only. It now wants a subscription and I don’t think it’s worth it for those whom use it like I do, once or twice a month. The quality wasn’t as good as some of the others which is why it fooled me to believe I was on the free version when I first downloaded. ### 2/5 — Great but the change!?! *2020-06-13* I love this app but I’ve only had it for a week and all a sudden I have to pay!?😡 it’s really disappointing because I love the stories and the voices. I hope you change this because I can’t afford to pay just so I can sleep. I hate to have to give a bad review but I feel this is necessary.😤 ### 5/5 — What?????? *2020-06-01, version 1.0.10* What happened doze used to be free!!! ### 5/5 — Cost money after a week *2020-05-30* Don’t get this app, it costs a lot after a week and they basically try and trick you into getting good sleep for a couple nights so they can get u to try and buy a subscription. Snakes. ### 5/5 — Amazing! Can’t sleep without it! *2020-05-29* I can’t even express how much I love this app, I’m not a big fan of the stories but the voices are so calming. I love that the background noise that you choose keeps playing even after the story ends. I’m so glad I was recommended this app! ### 5/5 — Is good thank you *2020-05-26, version 1.0.10* ... ### 5/5 — 👌🏻👌🏻 *2020-05-23, version 1.0.9* What an amazing app 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ### 5/5 — So many awesome options! *2020-05-23* I love how many different types of stories there are. Particularly fond of the dreamy myths. John’s voice is incredible on those! ### 5/5 — That’s amazing! *2020-05-04* From gavrilovmike account. thank you so much for the app, 3D sounds are extremely gorgeous! ### 5/5 — This app is for the elite $$$ *2020-04-24* I get it everyone has to make a living. Developers make alot of money from this hard effort. But it is still not affordable, abd they always reply saying there is better deals just email us.... Why not just lower the price for everyone.. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Music stops playing halfway into meditation *2023-01-13* The music will stop playing a little ways into the beginning of the soundtrack. The meditation will continue without any problems but i have to completely restart the soundtrack and it happens on all of the music. So frustrating when it never used to do this in the past? It’s like they don’t update their product anymore like Piff or whatever the other app is called. ### 1/5 — used for months stopped working *2021-10-10* Idk what happened but i opened the app and it’s asking me to subscribe again. restore purchase says i don’t have an active subscription but i checked under my apple account and i do. i have severe anxiety and have relied on this app for over a year now. all of a sudden i don’t have my main coping skill. **Developer response:** Hi! Please hang in there! This is a temporary bug that we can fix for you. Please could you send an email to our development team at support@dozeapp.com and describe your experience? As soon as we can find your account, we can reactivate it for you. See you soon! ### 1/5 — You DO have to pay! *2021-02-11, version 1.0.18* It’s only the trial period that is free 🙄. Lack of clarity on app site = wasted time. Annoying ### 1/5 — Fake *2020-11-11* When I first downloaded this app there were lots of free options and I loved it but less than a week later it’s not letting me do anything without making me pay money. What a trick. ### 1/5 — You have to pay to try? *2020-07-20, version 1.0.11* I’d love to try this app but unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way past the subscription screen without paying... ### 1/5 — :( *2020-07-04* Poderia ter versão em português ### 1/5 — pay to use *2020-06-13, version 1.0.10* You have to pay to use it now, either weekly, monthly or yearly. dead app ### 1/5 — Over priced *2020-06-01, version 1.0.10* I enjoyed it and i liked the stories but after your week is up you miggr as well delete it. ### 1/5 — LYING SOB'S NOT FREE SUBSCRIBTION BASED $$$ *2020-05-22, version 1.0.9* Shows / states 57 Reviews. I know I'm not a mathematician but there are only "9 reviews" just a small difference of 48 missing reviews, right? The owner(s) / developer(s) have something in common with 🤥in the White House. The media must have removed the missing reviews 😉"V O T E !" ### 1/5 — What a bummer *2020-04-24, version 1.0.9* Really liked this but all of a sudden they took away the free selections and made you pay to open app. I was unaware I was using a free trial. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best sleep app *2025-01-29* I love to sleep to this and I love that it doesn’t just cut off and wake me up. I get to sleep to rain all night. So luxurious. I learned of doze through my oura app and I am just blown away by all the options of voices and stories. Yall are amazing and I wish yall to continue to grow your app because you’re doing wonderful things for people. ### 5/5 — MMHHKEN DECENT DER BUD *2024-03-06* Not a bad way to fall asleep, the story’s aren’t too bad, extremely descriptive helping you draw a clear picture of the tale.. sort of having someone reading you a few chapters of a book, as some do for their children before bedtime.. ### 5/5 — No family sharing *2023-04-15* My wife likes this app and has a paid subscription. I would like it too, but don’t want to pay 2x for it. Other sleep apps offer family sharing. This one does not. That is why I gave it such a low rating. Updated: added family sharing. Now I can give it 5 stars! **Developer response:** Good suggestion! We just enabled family sharing, so you should be good to go now. If you have further trouble just email us at support@dozeapp.com and we'll help you out. ### 5/5 — So calm *2022-10-02* It’s so cool with so many sounds and stories it has and I hope it has new tings coming ### 5/5 — Peaceful *2022-08-24* One of my favorite apps. I love the soothing tone of the narrators and the stories are very interesting! I will say I have had to go back and listen again at times when as I find myself drifting off to sleep, which is the point of this app for me. Will gladly continue to pay annually! Great job! ### 5/5 — Very hypnotic! *2022-01-07, version 1.2.9* The 3D voice is amazing! Excellent music and enjoyable meditation sessions, positive affirmations. I dont think it was expensive at all! The only thing which I would improve is that the sound and the narration, in general, could be a little louder. I already emailed them, and I thought I resolved the problem by not setting the audio fusion feature (letting the sound still go when listening to something else, such as a podcast), but I think it is still a bit quiet. However, it was designed for falling asleep, so, naturally, it shouldn’t be loud. Still, I think it’s a great product! Thank you Doze! ### 5/5 — Totally worth it!! *2021-12-14* I use this every single day, not only to fall asleep but also as my morning meditation before I even get out of bed. Definitely worth it! **Developer response:** Hi there! Thanks for using our app and for the kind review! If you love Doze, don't forget to spread the word and let your friends and family know about it! Have a good sleep :-P ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2021-06-28, version 1.1.2* You do pay money but helps even adults amazing ### 5/5 — This app is amazing! *2020-11-08* There’s so many free stories to help you drift off and Abby has such a soothing voice! If you have trouble sleeping, please give this a try! ### 5/5 — You don’t have to pay *2020-06-04, version 1.0.10* When I first got this app I thought it was going to be one that you have to pay for but you don’t and everything is good quality, good stories and soothing, relaxing voices. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*