Sleep Talk Recorder vs Sleeping Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sleep Talk Recorder
This app records and analyzes sounds made during sleep, identifying speech and other noises. It helps users discover what they say or do while asleep, with features for filtering, organizing recordings, and sharing highlights.
- Records sleep talking
- Advanced sound filtering
- Timeline history of recordings
- Sensitivity settings
- Share funny clips
- Favorites list
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Do you talk in your sleep? Download today. Find out tomorrow. More than 6 000 000 people have tried Sleep Talk Recorder so far. Average rating of 4.5/5. Over 160,000 shared clips to Sleep Talk Toplist. ”Sleep Talk Recorder is a great iOS application that records exactly what you say while you’re fast asleep and dreaming … it works like a charm.” AppAdvice.com ”…not only is it useful, but entertaining as well. You will be shocked at what some people say under the guise of sleep!” 148Apps.com "Getting this app showed me that what I thought was occasional snoring was actually Severe sleep apnea. I was waking myself between 60-100 times a night, with loud snoring that sounded like something from a space alien…If I could give it 100 stars, I would." User, soundpro #1 Top Paid App United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Netherlands, Ireland, Chile, Brazil, Russia, Italy, Spain, Malta, Mexico, France, Colombia, Cyprus and Argentina #5 Top Paid App United States, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Iceland, Belarus, Hungary, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Moldova, Slovenia, Kenya, Bolivia, Guatemala, Austria, Greece, Uruguay and Turkey Did you say something in your sleep last night? A lot of people did. 50% of kids between the ages of 3 and 10 carry on whole conversations during the night. As we grow older the figure goes down to about 5%. Some people talk occasionally, some every night. Afraid of revealing secrets? Afraid of missing brilliant Da Vinci ideas you dream about? Or are you just looking for rock solid evidence that your partner snores? Sleep Talk Recorder monitors your sleep, but it's not just an ongoing recording. An advanced filtering function qualifies sounds and triggers Sleep Talk Recorder technology in a millisecond. In Sleep Talk Recorder you get it all. A sleek interface with individual settings for sensitivity and filtering. A history that saves your recordings and sorts them on a timeline, night by night, for easy navigation. You can also add your funniest clips to your favorites and share them with your friends or the world for great laughs! Privacy policy: https://site.sleeptalkrecorder.com/terms-of-service Terms of use: https://site.sleeptalkrecorder.com/privacy-policy
Sleeping Recorder
This utility app automatically records audio when sound levels exceed a user-defined threshold, pausing when silence returns. It's useful for capturing conversations during sleep, meetings, or lectures, and offers various audio quality settings and playback controls.
- Automatic recording based on volume
- Pause recording during silence
- Adjustable sensitivity levels
- Auto screen saver
- Recording time limits
- Organize recordings with titles and comments
- Detailed playback control
- Multiple audio quality options
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A free sleep talk recorder. We reinvented the voice Recoder app for iOS. By introducing the volume level sensor the app can start and pause the recorder automaticlly. It will be actived only when the volume level exceeds your setting. So you can save both the disk space and energy to catch every single word you want, and save the earth from CO2. You can use Sleeping Recorder when: * You are sleeping and want to know what you talk in dream * You are having a meeting and want to record what others say * You are in a lesson and your teacher sometimes stops when teaching * You are joining a speech and not want to miss any words * And many more situation, your only limit is your imagination -------- Main Features: * Record immediately when the volume beyonds your setting. * Pause when the sound goes away. (After 3 second after there is no lond sound) * Set the sensitive level freely, from 0 (continuely recording) to very high. * Auto screen saver. Save energy for your devices. And just one tap to quick return. * You can set a recording time limit, in case of you record too much to take all the disk space. * Keep all your recordings and organize them by titles and comments. * A great playback system, you can control the playing in every detail. * Different audio quality to satisfy your demand, from simple voice to CD quality. * Share your record message by Facebook, Twitter or Sina Weibo. * An extrmely beautiful and effective UI to help you to use the app. * Of course, designed for iPhone, iTouch and iPad. Use it anywhere. -------- You can use the app for free. The only limit is you can just play your record on your device. If you would like to export and share your records, you can purchase the pro version in app, which contain these great feature: * Export your recording by local wifi. Just access your device from browser to download your talkings! * Link to Dropbox. You can backup and export your record with Dropbox. And once it gets linked, the new added record could be save to Dropbox automaticlly. * You can also link to GoogleDriver to get the similar export & backup feature. * Send by mail, you can attach your record as attachment in a mail and send it from your iOS system. * A detail report to help you memo the record.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sleep Talk Recorder at 4.3 against Sleeping Recorder's 3.4. Sleep Talk Recorder also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Sleeping Recorder's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Sleep Talk Recorder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Sleeping Recorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sleep Talk Recorder holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sleep Talk Recorder has 2.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Sleep Talk Recorder's written reviews are positive against 47% of Sleeping Recorder's.
Sleep Talk Recorder ships an update every 3 weeks, Sleeping Recorder every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sleep Talk Recorder | Sleeping Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.7K ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.8% of reviews — better | 47.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THESTR AB | Wei Wang |
Customer experience
Sleep Talk Recorder
Sleeping Recorder
Bugs and requests
Sleep Talk Recorder
Reported bugs
5 issues- Recordings disappearing after updates
- Categorization/sorting not working properly
- Activation button glitching or not working
- Long recordings with only background noise
- Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to edit/trim recordings
- Improve noise filtering and sensitivity
- Allow exporting/backing up recordings
- Implement an automatic recording schedule
- Add an Apple Watch companion app
Sleeping Recorder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sleep Talk Recorder
- Unlock all nights$4.991 Month
- Unlock all nights$29.991 Year
- Unlock all nights1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Unlock all nights$3.99
Sleeping Recorder
- Pro Version$1.99
Questions
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