Partner snore? There's an app for that

How would this magically wake me (the snorer) up by not my girlfriend? Hmph.

Well, if this app does not work, you may try one of the others that might do.

SnoreMonitorSleepLab, for example, has been around for almost a year and is available in a free test version.

earplugs: simple, cheap, effective for most people. Have saved many a relationship.

About to find out... I did a quick test to config and didn't see any "graphs" at the end...

Pretty basic and unpolished UI.. did the author even use this before posting?

I've noted this about other, similar ideas for - if you snore but are not apneatic, this'll do a great job of simulating it for you by waking you up every few minutes.

Great.

Will any iPhone have enough battery life to stay running all night monitoring audio like this? I'm pretty sure my 3G, even when new, would not.

Sign Studios (Makers of aSleep) have a similar app called "AntiSnore" which looks like it has similar abilities:
http://ln-s.net/51_L

I sure hope the app contains some advice for people who do more than snore occasionally, and who may have a more serious problem, and yet another "Silent Killer", called Sleep Apnea.

Pretty much anyone can get an initial test for FREE for a propensity for Sleep Apnea or Oxygen-Deprivation disorders; the companies who provide either rental, leased or ownership of treatment equipment, and therefor want your business, will happily lend you a Pulse-Oxygen Saturation logging device for one or two nights, and it will track how often your snoring may actually be a breathing disorder causing severe stress on your heart, and also stress to the rest of your body due to lack of oxygen; there is another level wherein you also do not achieve REM sleep, or Stage 4 sleep often enough to be truly rested or to heal, etc.

Treatment costs if you actually have Sleep Apnea or simple oxygen deficiencies while sleeping are typically covered to close to, if not a full 100% of costs by most insurances, Medicare, Medicaid, indigent care programs, etc.; even if not, the cash price for this stuff has become very, very affordable over the past five years.

This is one very common set of disorders that doctors and insurance companies and Federal health agencies alike have found that, if untreated, such sleep disorders ultimately costs many, many times more in catastrophic damage due to heart disease and numerous other health issues caused by a simple lack of proper sleep.

I get kind of angry when I see all the gimmicks to "cure" snoring, when its underlying cause needs to be addressed.

Now, to be clear, just because you snore does not mean you have Sleep Apnea, but it is a prime indicator of the possibility. If you snore, and you also have trouble waking feeling truly rested, get sleepy throughout the day, wake with headaches, body-aches, etc., it is worth getting a free test for potential for Apnea or Oxygen-Deprived sleep disorders.

You can even get free test kits over the Web.

My life is a million times better since testing for and receiving treatment for severe Sleep Apnea. What was once just thought to be something between funny and obnoxious snoring keeping the whole house awake, turned out to be the key to resolving numerous other health issues, and improving my daily life and energy and *happiness*, all for just a simple, deep, restful and healing Good Night's Sleepâ„¢.

It may even save your marriage, too, better than a gimicky app like this one.