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Show HN: Timbre - An app that finds the best sounds for your sleep
Hey all, I'm currently a solo iOS developer who just released my
first app, Timbre, onto the App Store (iPhone only for now). Here's
a demo to show you how it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALoPAFb31Bk. Timbre originally
came about because I wanted to build a sleep sounds & sleep tracker
app. I had used Headspace, Calm, Pillow, etc. and figured that
instead of paying $70 / year I could just build my own app and pay
$100 / year (not a great plan in retrospect). As I started building
Timbre, I realized that one of the biggest issues I had with these
other apps is that I could never really see which sounds genuinely
helped me sleep. With that in mind, I pivoted on my original idea
and decided to really hone in on connecting sleep quality and
sounds. Using a custom ML model, Apple's CoreML framework and
HealthKit's sleep stage data, I made it so that Timbre could
calculate a personal sleep quality score. Therefore, when you
record a sleep session while listening to a sound, the app can rank
the sounds you've listened to based on your sleep quality scores
over time. Of course, the app also has a smart alarm, offline
support, sleep analysis and more, but I'd love to get some feedback
& suggestions from the demo video. Also feel free to ask me any
questions and I'd be happy to answer them!
Author : bryan-vh
Score : 16 points
Date : 2023-10-07 18:23 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| DueDilligence wrote:
| [dead]
| user_7832 wrote:
| Bit tangential, but Google Nest's sleep sounds are really nice. I
| often suspect letting it run through the night significantly
| boosts the deepness of morning sleep. The hub's radar sleep
| sensing is pretty neat too.
| liamwire wrote:
| Unavailable in Australia, it seems.
| jamil7 wrote:
| Not available outside of the US
| pizzafeelsright wrote:
| I have always appreciated: Silence. Pure silence. Dark as
| possible. About 56F.
|
| The kid has white noise and Alexa playing at volume 5-6 all
| night.
| podgietaru wrote:
| I have tinnitus :(
| genter wrote:
| I prefer my neighbors Dodge Charger with no muffler. Nothing
| will scare the shit out of you at 1:00 in the morning like the
| rumble of a V8.
| Probiotic6081 wrote:
| Can you set it on a timer?
| ada1981 wrote:
| I was hoping this was going to somehow monitor my sleep and split
| test sounds throughout the night and dynamically generate sounds.
|
| Maybe in a 2.0!
| olah_1 wrote:
| > based on your sleep quality scores
|
| Do I need an Apple Watch in order to track sleep quality? What if
| I only have an iPhone?
| [deleted]
| EntreEden wrote:
| Looks really clean, I like the design.
|
| For the demo video I wish there was a voiceover explaining what
| you're clicking through or what the features are. Like Someone
| posted it'd be nice to understand how the sleep quality is
| calculated.
| user_7832 wrote:
| Why was this comment dead? It seems quite normal for such a
| thread.
| Probiotic6081 wrote:
| I sometimes listen to Deutschlandfunk to fall asleep. The
| programming is great, but I need to mute it or turn it off
| entirely at ~23:57 flat or else I'll puke because in a disgusting
| exhibit of nationalism, they play the German and the European
| anthems at the end of every single day. But as another commenter
| has pointed out, their diverse and thought-provoking yet
| entertaining programming is great for tuning out your inner
| monologue and help you fall asleep when you feel stressed or
| anxious.
| raydiatian wrote:
| > I could never really see which sounds genuinely helped me sleep
|
| Have you tried "no sound"? Your free competitor is occupying
| market share and you need to figure out a way to pivot and
| compete.
|
| Lmfao.
| swalsh wrote:
| "no sound" doesn't work for me, in the absence of sound all I
| hear is myself, and my thoughts. Meditation apps actually work
| really well in helping me quiet my thoughts and fall asleep.
| Funny enough, economic or history lectures work really well
| too. I love those topics, but it clears the thoughts in my head
| I just see a story playing out in my head as I fall asleep.
|
| One of the major issues is I have relatively high anxiety, and
| i'll just be stuck in a stress loop keeping me awake.
| beebeepka wrote:
| The entire concept of sleep/walk/calory tracking is entirely
| alien to me. I really can't help but laugh at this madness.
|
| However, it seems reasonable to me that some individuals, not
| necessarily people, may need actual noise. Computer nerds
| waking up when power goes out (fans and HDDs turning silent) is
| not unheard of.
|
| Normal is often the state of things when someone was still
| young/new at a place
| IG_Semmelweiss wrote:
| >>> using a custom ML model, Apple's CoreML framework and
| HealthKit's sleep stage data,
|
| Can you elaborate what data are you using for ML purposes?
| Specifically, what permissions is the iphone requestion to
| collect data ?
|
| What exactly is allowing you to make assertions about quality to
| sleep, except logical stuff like ambient sounds like snoring,
| etc?
|
| Do i need an apple watch??
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