Ideal
Response from developer
Thank you so much for the kind review! 🤓
New subscription!
Response from developer
Your data is not locked behind a subscription, so you can export all your data to use in another app of your choosing at any time. I’ve made sure of that. I’m sorry you feel the modest fee is not worth paying, especially as a medical professional. The single licence fee was unsustainable for me so it was either this or I remove Somnus from the App Store entirely. Details and explanation are in the FAQ on the website. Kind regards, Paul
Glitch in the new Update
Response from developer
Thanks for the review and feedback. I have run into a few little glitches that some users on iPhone are also experiencing and it IS annoying, I agree. I'm doing my best to rectify this and v10.0.7 should address them. I've been working on this non-stop for the past few weeks. Thanks for your patience.
New update broke app
Response from developer
I’m sorry you’re having issues and I’d like to help sort it out for you but I can’t as you have either not contacted me or not read my reply. I reply to every email I receive within 24 hours. Not sure how I can reply to ‘nothing’. If you recently purchased (ie since late 2024) Somnus before I made it FREE for two months before moving to the subscription model, please let me know and see the website for details. I also note that you’re not actually on the latest update (which is currently 10.0.3).
Purchased One-Time Payment
Response from developer
I hear your frustration, and I genuinely appreciate that you were an early supporter of Somnus. I make almost no worthy income from this venture. When I first released the app over six years ago, it was a one-time purchase, and many users paid just $30 (many much less less) for unlimited access, updates, and support. Since then, I’ve added countless features, maintained the app, answered every support request personally, and continued improving it in my spare time - all while working full-time as an Anaesthetist. At some point, to keep the app sustainable, I had to move to a subscription model. I didn’t make that decision lightly. Subscription will hopefully allow me to keep supporting and evolving Somnus well into the future without feeling like it's a burden. Even now, users can still fully access and export their data without subscribing—the subscription only applies to adding new data. For those who bought the app just before the change, I’ve even offered a free year of subscription. I understand this model may not suit everyone, but I hope people can see the value that’s gone into the app over the years, and the need to support it moving forward. Thank you again for using Somnus, and for your support in the early days.
Fantastic App
A no-brainer for every Australian anaesthetist, from trainees to FANZCAs!
Response from developer
Thank you very much for the great review - I really appreciate it! If you have any suggestions for improvement, please get in touch. Cheers, Paul.
Need to enter diagnosis
Need to enter diagnosis or atleast to write indication for surgery.
Kindly try to update that in the app.
Thank you and great work
Response from developer
Thank you for the review. You can certainly do this with a Patient Personal List of your choosing. You could have a list called ‘Indications’ and then create items in this list. They will then appear on exported reports, including Case Reports (PDF). Cheers, Paul
Finally something that works!
Response from developer
Thank you so much for the wonderful review, I really appreciate it. Let me know if I can do anything to improve things 🤓 Kind regards, Paul
Absolutely the best app for case logs!
To only question I have is downloading case logs from a selected time period. Can you tell me how I can download just the last year of case logs instead of the past 5 years of case?
Response from developer
Hi Robert! Thank you very much for the lovely review, I really appreciate it! The easiest way to download a specific day, week, month or year of cases is to select that range on the Dashboard, then either view the Cases by tapping on that line in the section below the Case Cards OR simply tap the export/share button. It will export all those cases for you in one file. You can also create a Search on the All Data screen to specify a precise date range, as well as add other search terms to filter your cases. Get in touch by email if you need further help and I’ll reply as soon as I can. Kind regards, Paul.
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Have a good day from New Zealand
Change imperial units to metric ones
aus anaesthetic logbook
Response from developer
Thank you very much for the review. I really appreciate it. I’ll continue to do my best to improve Somnus for years to come. Thanks again, Paul.
Excellent app
Response from developer
Thank you for the excellent review, I really appreciate it. If you have any questions or requests, etc. don't hesitate to contact me in future. Thanks again. Paul.
Pretty nice interface and functionality …
Response from developer
Thank you for the review and feedback, I really appreciate it. If you have time and you find some crashes are easy to reproduce, please get in touch with me via the email in the app and I’ll help get to the bottom of it. Some crashes are sometimes out of my control but most of them (even if rare) are probably my fault! 😬 Thanks again. 🙂
committed developer - worth a look
Response from developer
Edited: Thanks for updating your review, Dave, and thank you for getting in touch so I could help address some of the issues you'd been having. For anyone else reading this, please do know that I respond to emails (and reviews) and will do my best to help improve things for you (and others). Kind regards, Paul
Great program for surgical logs!!
Response from developer
Thank you for the nice review. Please get in touch by email if you want to suggest ways I could make new users less 'leery'! It's probably the thing I find most difficult to do and while I have lots of information on the website, it might need rewording too! Thanks again. Paul.
Case tracker, almost perfect
Response from developer
Thank you for the great review, I appreciate it... however, please get in touch with the little annoyances because the only way I know what annoys my users *specifically* is if they let me know! You can email me directly in the app via Settings -> Help & Support -> Email Support We can see if what annoys you is a bug or just something I've not implemented very well! Cheers, Paul
Fantastic log book
Response from developer
Thanks for the wonderful feedback and support. I’m busy working on improvements which will take advantage of iOS 15 later in the year to hopefully make it even better. 🤓
Phenomenal
Response from developer
Thank you for the great review, I really appreciate that you took the time to write it. I had considered adding a charting component but I decided against. There are others doing great work in this space and I couldn't do half the job they're doing. It would also increase the complexity of Somnus dramatically and troubleshooting would be a lot of work (there are a lot of hardware I/O complexities which are well above my skillset). I fear I'd make a meal of it! There is the ability to add 'Clinical Photos' to cases, which I do sometimes use to attach a screenshot or photo of the clinical record, but I don't do it for every case as it's a lot of data. If you print a 'Case Report' rather than a 'Billing Report' these images will be included in the PDF. As for Windows - I have no interest in this, for the same reasons I won't create an Android version - it's far too much extra work and the fragmented hardware ecosystem makes it difficult to maintain parity across devices, let alone platforms. I also am a pretty novice coder so I'd have to learn from scratch how to do it. That might make for a very ugly version of Somnus! Developing in iOS is 'easy' in comparison. I know where I stand with hardware capabilities, users are almost always on the latest iOS (or macOS) so I can make use of new technologies all while knowing that data is safe and the user experience is consistent. But thank you for the suggestions. I love the feedback and I'm always thinking of ways to make Somnus better - I use it every day for my private & public work which is where most of my ideas come from (usually when something annoys me!) Paul
This is what I’ve been looking for
This app would be great for people in training To track cases or establish clinicians like myself who need to keep track and enjoy keeping track of everything I do for my patients.
You won’t go wrong with this one. The Developer is a physician anesthesiologist himself and replies immediately with questions and answers.The great thing is you can guarantee he understands exactly what you’re looking for!
Response from developer
Thanks for the wonderful review, Mike, and thanks for using Somnus. I’m glad it makes your life easier - that was certainly the intention! Always open to new ideas and features (without feature bloat) provided it’s within my fairly simply coding skill set! Cheers from Australia, Paul
