Comparison

SleepNote vs Sequence

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SleepNote

Record and analyze overnight sounds like dream talk and snoring. Review sleep events, track trends, and gain insights into your sleep patterns with detailed reports and history filtering. Designed for a private, low-interruption experience.

Highlights
  • Night sound recording
  • Dream talk/snore detection
  • Sleep event review
  • Tagging sleep events
  • Sleep trend analysis
  • Weekly sleep reports
  • History filtering
Features
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SleepNote is a night sound recording and sleep review app that helps you capture dream talk, snoring, movement sounds, and other overnight events, then review what happened more clearly the next day. With SleepNote, you can: - Record night sounds and detect dream talk, snoring, and other sleep events - Read everything you said in your sleep in Dream Talk Journal, search across nights, replay each line, and share the good ones - Catch up on the night with Last Night in 30 Seconds, a highlight reel built for you - Run Sleep Experiments on habits such as coffee, alcohol, or staying up late and see how strong the evidence is - Review single-night details, event timelines, and highlights - Add tags such as coffee, stress, alcohol, and exercise to each night - Explore trends, weekly sleep reports, and tag impact insights in Stats - Filter History by date range, tag, and event type to quickly find the nights you want to revisit Core features include: - Night recording and event detection - Dream talk journal with cross-night search (on-device, nothing uploaded) - 30-second nightly highlight reel with continuous playback - Sleep experiments with evidence strength - Dream talk / snore / noise logging - Single-night detail and timeline review - Tagging and tag impact insights - Weekly sleep reports - History filtering - On-device sleep analysis - 8-language support Speech recognition, statistics, and experiment analysis all run on your device, and your recordings and text are never uploaded. SleepNote stays local-first, account-free, and low-interruption, designed for people who want to observe night sound patterns over time. SleepNote does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment advice. Everything in the app is for personal observation and review only. Feature requests and improvement ideas are welcome: Email: 842797413@qq.com Every piece of feedback is carefully reviewed.

About

Sequence

This app helps you organize your day by visually integrating tasks with your calendar. It allows you to create focus blocks, manage action items, and adapt your schedule when plans change. Pro features offer enhanced syncing, unlimited plans, and advanced scheduling.

Highlights
  • Visual day planning
  • Task and calendar integration
  • Focus block creation
  • Action item management
  • Unfinished work carry-over
  • Repeatable plan templates
  • Distraction blocking
Features
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Sequence turns a busy calendar and a loose task list into a day you can actually finish. See what needs doing alongside the commitments already on your calendar. Bring in tasks from Apple Reminders or capture them in Sequence, estimate the effort, and place the work into realistic focus blocks. When plans change, move unfinished work forward without losing the shape of your day. With Sequence you can: • Build a daily plan from tasks, open time, and calendar events • Import Apple Reminders and keep completion in sync • Create focus blocks with checklists, estimates, and protected time • Give meetings a private workspace for topics, decisions, and action items • Capture meeting minutes with optional on-device voice transcription on supported OS versions • Carry unfinished follow-ups into the next useful block • Save repeatable templates and focus plans for deep work, admin, training, or launch days • View your plan with widgets, Live Activities, and Shortcuts • Use Sequence Guard to block distracting apps and websites during a focus block Sequence Pro adds: • Private iCloud sync for your tasks, plans, templates, action items, and schedules • Unlimited focus plans, week routines, and event templates • Flexible future, multi-date, and recurring scheduling • VariAlarm handoff for focus blocks and alarm-aware routines • Guard reports plus pause and resume controls from Control Center, Siri, and Shortcuts • Minimalist themes across the app, widgets, and Live Activities Sequence is designed for the day that changes after you planned it. Start with what matters, place it where it fits, and keep moving when reality changes. Some features require Sequence Pro. Calendar and Reminders access are optional and used only when you choose to connect them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SleepNote4 screens
Sequence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sequence at Free against SleepNote's $1.99. Sequence also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). SleepNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sequence is free to download; SleepNote costs $1.99 up front. Sequence sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SleepNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SleepNote ships an update every 6 weeks, Sequence every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SleepNote versus Sequence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleepNoteSequence
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.618 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鹏 杨Nhat Le

In-app purchases

None

SleepNote

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sequence

Subscriptions2
  • Sequence Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Sequence Annual$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Sequence Tip$1.99
  • Sequence Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is SleepNote free?
SleepNote costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sequence free?
Sequence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SleepNote or Sequence have ads?
Neither SleepNote nor Sequence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SleepNote or Sequence?
SleepNote ships an update every 6 weeks, and Sequence every 4 days. Most recently, SleepNote was updated on October 28, 2026 and Sequence on October 25, 2026.

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