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Understanding your sleep, your snoring and what happens at night.
Farting in your sleep: is it normal (and why mostly at night)?
Yes, everyone does it, and night-time is particularly well suited to it. What the physiology says, why your partner hears more of them than you do, and what a recorded night settles.
Heavy breathing or snoring: how do you tell the difference?
A loud breath on a recording is not necessarily a snore. The one criterion that settles it — vibration — and how to hear it in your own nights.
My partner snores: what can I do (without starting a fight)?
Sleeping next to a snorer means bad nights plus conversations that go wrong. What actually helps, in order: protect your own sleep, turn impressions into facts, and know when to push for a doctor.
What does a sleep score actually measure?
Plenty of apps show a number out of 100 every morning. What is really behind it: what a microphone can measure, what a watch adds, and what an honest score should refuse to do.
Why do I snore some nights and not others?
Snoring is not a fixed trait: it comes and goes with alcohol, position, your nose and exhaustion. Here are the four factors that actually matter, and how to find yours.
How do I know if I snore, and how badly?
Either someone tells you, or you have no idea. Here are the methods that actually give an answer, and why recording your nights is the most honest one.
Waking up tired after eight hours: the likely causes
Eight hours in bed and still exhausted. The problem is almost never how long you slept, but whether the night held together — and that can be measured.
Sleep talking: why it happens, and should you worry?
Somniloquy affects a lot of people and is almost always harmless. Here is what is known, what is not, and how to find out whether you talk at night.
Sleep stages without a smartwatch: what's possible, and what isn't
An iPhone alone can estimate your sleep stages, but not measure them. Honestly, here is what each method can do — and what it makes up.
Recording your snoring with an iPhone: the practical guide
Where to put the phone, whether to plug it in, how much battery it costs, and why recording eight straight hours is a bad idea.