SomniSense · Sleep Apnea Detector

See signs of irregular breathing during sleep.

Do you know whether you snore—and what it sounds like?

Do you know whether your breathing pauses while you sleep?

Do you know what a breathing disturbance sounds like, beyond a wearable reading?

Do you know how often your breathing becomes irregular?

Do you know which habits go with changes in your breathing?

Do you know whether your nighttime breathing differs after a change you’ve tried?

Put your phone by your bed. SomniSense detects signs of possible breathing pauses and shallow breathing in the overnight audio. In the morning, see how many possible irregularities were marked and when they appeared, then open a moment to hear the surrounding sound—without listening through the whole night.

Use your existing compatible phone. No extra device to buy or wear.

Your first complete breathing report is free to view—and stays free to revisit.

No valid report yet? You can try again for free.

Explore the evidence →

For iPhone and Android.

Developed through our own research on audio paired with PSG sleep-study breathing labels. Read our methods and what was tested →

Sound-based wellness monitoring. Not a diagnosis or a substitute for a sleep test.

Real iPhone interface: marked minute, waveform, Play and Save audio controls.
Find the marked minute. Hear what came before and after. iPhone · version 1.2.0. View full screenshot →

Your questions. Your own night.

Start with a recording. Come back with answers you can check.

01 · YOUR SNORING

Hear your own snoring.

Find out whether you snore, what it sounds like, and when and how often it appears. Snoring has its own record, separate from breathing irregularities.

Explore your snoring record →
02 · YOUR BREATHING

Find signs of pauses and shallow breathing.

SomniSense analyzes your overnight phone audio and marks possible breathing pauses and shallow-breathing patterns. See your whole-night result, then choose a moment to examine. These are acoustic observations, not a sleep-apnea diagnosis.

Explore breathing detection →
03 · SEE AND HEAR

Go beyond a reading. Hear the moment.

Your phone’s independent recording adds something you can review: marked moments, a waveform, and available sounds before and after. Open a moment and save an available clip; no wearable connection is required.

See a marked moment with sound →
04 · YOUR NIGHTLY PATTERN

See how often—and when—it happens.

See the number of marked patterns, their estimated timing and duration, and your Breathing Irregularity Index (BRI). Start with the whole night before reviewing individual moments; BRI is not a clinical severity grade.

Walk through a real morning report →
05 · YOUR EVERYDAY HABITS

Put habits beside your breathing readings.

Optional tags keep an evening drink or stressful day with the night. Pro compares tagged and untagged nights and shows each group’s size, so you can look for differences in your own records.

Compare habits and nights →
06 · THE CHANGES YOU TRY

Follow a change beyond one night.

Trying another sleep position or pillow? Keep that choice with your records and use Pro’s later complete breathing reports to see whether the pattern repeats across nights. An observed difference does not establish its cause.

Follow your nights over time →

Want to see an actual result first? Walk through a real morning report →

iPhone whole-night interface example: separate breathing pause and shallow breathing sound marks across a 510-minute recording.
Find a moment in the whole night. Red and orange distinguish the app's sound-pattern categories, not medical severity. View full screenshot →
iPhone selected-minute interface example with a marked waveform, playback position and estimated event timing.
Review a marked minute with sound. Follow the waveform and available surrounding audio. View full screenshot →

Version 1.2.0 interface examples, not an interactive demo. The screenshots illustrate different views; they are not a matched clinical comparison.

These are model-estimated acoustic patterns, not confirmed clinical breathing events. A recording can miss events or contain no candidates; no candidates does not rule out sleep apnea.

The value of coming back

Was it one different night—or a change that keeps appearing?

Return to a changed night and compare it with your other recordings. If you chose to tag a bedtime change, see whether the observed difference appears again. Keep breathing and snoring separate.

Keep the dates, nightly patterns and comparisons in one PDF, so you do not have to assemble scattered records yourself.

Observed differences do not establish a cause or show that a treatment worked.

Example Pro weekly PDF: seven recordings, separate breathing and snoring indices, and previous/current period comparison.
Example Pro weekly PDF · illustrative report data, not a personal outcome.

User stories

Why we keep a record of our nights

Real phone breathing record: a quieter marked interval between sound peaks.

Founder of SomniSense · Three nights from my own records

I used ordinary phones to analyze my sleep breathing with SomniSense’s own methods, developed with audio paired with labels from clinical sleep studies (PSG). My Apple Watch and two phones gave similar-range readings within each night and moved up, then down together across three nights. Now I can go straight to a marked interval and review its sound. The third Pixel recording ended early.

Read this night’s story →

John, 45 · Software engineer

John was sleeping eight hours but still felt exhausted during the day. He had put it down to work stress. Over seven consecutive nights, he followed his recordings and saw how much one night could differ from another. He began comparing nights alongside changes in his sleeping position, looking for differences he could follow over time. For your own night, start with one report and review its marks and available sound; comparing further nights is your choice.

Sarah, 38 · Marketing manager

Over 14 days, Sarah compared nights with wine and nights without it. On nights when she drank wine, her Breathing Irregularity Index (BRI) was higher. She also noticed brain fog the next morning and found it harder to concentrate in meetings. This was a personal observation, not proof of the wine’s effect. You can begin with your own report and choose whether to follow a pattern over more nights.

John and Sarah are pseudonyms. The founder’s account is his own use of SomniSense.

With SomniSense, review marked moments with sound, then compare your own nights over time.

Start with your question

What would you like to understand about your nights?

Clear evidence. Clear limits.

Built around reviewable observations.

Research you can inspect

Read the sound-analysis research, the tasks tested and their limitations. A research benchmark is not your personal diagnostic accuracy.

The underlying technology is the subject of three U.S. provisional patent applications. Our openly available research preprints describe the audio-analysis methods, evaluations and limitations.

Read the evidence →

Read our audio-analysis preprint → · Explore all research →

Your sound stays on your phone

Audio and waveforms stay local, with no cloud recovery. Account and recording results sync for services such as email reports. Exported sound copies are yours to manage.

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Know when to seek more

SomniSense does not measure airflow or blood oxygen. If you are concerned about symptoms, speak with a qualified health professional.

Explore the research →

Begin with your own night

Make your next sleep more informative.

Put your phone by your bed and review your own night after sleep. Your first complete breathing report is free to view—and stays free to revisit. No valid report yet? You can try again for free.

Recording and analysis stay free. Pro unlocks later complete breathing reports; snoring stays free.

A few practical questions

When is my free breathing experience used?

It is used by your first completed Breathing report showing more than 30 minutes of sleep and detected snoring. Reports before that qualifying recording and the qualifying report itself remain free. A failed recording, a report showing 30 minutes of sleep or less, or a recording with no detected snoring does not use the experience. A recording with no detected snoring does not rule out a breathing problem. A valid report with no breathing candidates still counts; no candidates does not rule out sleep apnea.

Can I record in a shared bedroom or with CPAP?

A bedside phone can capture another sleeper or room and equipment sounds. Place it closer to the person being recorded and review the surrounding sound. SomniSense cannot reliably separate two sleepers or confirm whose sound was captured. Performance with CPAP sound has not been established; do not use this record to judge treatment or change therapy. Two recording apps may compete for microphone access, so simultaneous recording is not guaranteed.

What stays on my phone, and what is synced?

Your audio and waveforms stay on your phone. SomniSense does not provide cloud recovery for them. Account information, access status and recording results are synced as described in the Privacy Policy, including results used for email reports. Audio leaves the phone only when you choose to export or share it. Copies saved outside the app are managed by you.

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