Reviews for LARK Un-Alarm Clock and Sleep Sensor

I've used my Lark for three months now. It was an interesting purchase, but the frustrations have now outweighed the novelty. I think I'll toss it and wait for the next generation of sleep monitors.

Alarm: and snooze work reliably without waking anyone else.

Stats: it's good for tracking my average amount of sleep, but the value of the other measures is questionable because it is based on movement. For example, if I lie awake for awhile but don't move, it counts that as falling asleep right away. Also, I'm not sure how reliable movement is as a proxy measure for how deep I'm sleeping - and that's really what I want to know.

Upgrades: it would be great to be able to do more with it, but it seems that they are not putting any resources into further development at this stage. Maybe they're putting all their efforts into the Larklife product?

Support: it's been a little glitchy, and I get the feeling that they are minimizing the resources on post-purchase support, to maximize the profits on a soon-to-be-obsolete product.

Control: You can't download your stats, they have them all on their server. This is really irritating as I can't adjust incorrect stats, evaluate the numbers on my own, or delete their copy of my stats. Also, this morning it won't let me into my account, so I've essentially lost all my data for the last three months, and I'm at their mercy.

After reading some of the postings I purchased this product and was bitterly disappointed. It works find until you lose the Bluetooth pairing at which point it becomes a pain to reestablish the connection. After several attempts and some frustration I gave up and bought a Fitbit One which is a better engineered product with more features.

Actually, for any cost, I'm unimpressed.
The first night, I set it up, I used it, but it couldn't get into my account because apparently my password was wrong. Tried to reset the password, was prompted that a new password reset would be sent to my mail. Never arrived. Tried again a few days later, email never arrived. Even switched email addresses thinking it was an error in my email... still nothing.

In the meantime though, you can use it solely as an alarm rather than sleep tracker. So that's what I did. Set the Lark, with a backup just in case. I was not lulled out of sleep in the morning. I was jolted by how strong the vibrations were.

Next night, tried it again. No back up alarm. The battery died and suffice it to say, did not wake me up and I missed the first 1.5 hours of work that day.

It has now been 10 nights, and it has not lasted through the night yet. Went online, and this is a topic of theirs on their troubleshooting tab, so clearly I'm not the only one. Says to update the app. Well, there's no update available for that app.

So far, very annoyed that LARK would create, and apple would selling something so unreliable. Waiting to hear back from the email to their support staff.

The product needs work. The first night, the battery ran out in less than 5 hours, the 2nd night, it would not allow alarm to be set (Bluetooth connection made but the app said it was.not connected). I doubt a connection between this and another app enabled accessory purchased at the same time, but neither worked. If you are going to give it a shot, I recommend purchasing online unless you live close to an Apple store.

As a silent alarm to wake you up without disturbing your partner, this is an excellent product. For me, the sleep monitoring is more of an interest - bordering on a gimmick. Not that there is anything wrong with the sleep monitoring function but it is not at all what I needed. I needed a way to reliably wake up at all odd hours without disturbing anyone else. For that, this is a truly excellent solution - reliable and effective.

The is an interesting product, I originally used Wakemate however after my experience with Lark I am now happy with Wakemate again.

I have had the lark system since 30/06/2012 and have been upload anything to the Lark servers, since they are USA based then can only respond when they are awake.

Lark does now work in the UK as MyLark is down everyday day, for the entire day in the UK :(

Purchased this in the Apple Store in Manchester. There is something so nice about not being woken up by an audible alarm. I feel so much better right away after waking up. The only negative I can say is that it still wakes my partner up in bed as the vibration can be felt through the mattress, if its touching it.

The app is great. Ive only used it for a few nights but the sleep monitoring is cool and helpful. It highlights that while I aim to get 7-8 of sleep a night I wake up and average of 5 times per night, meaning i get closer to 6 hours. I am changing my habits to take this into account.

The built quality is great.

What a great idea, so great that I didn't do my normal blog diligence and purchased. What a joke this thing is. Who wants to wake up and remember their lock code on their iPhone just so the thing will shut off ? No offense, but do you really all sleep with your iPhone by your bedside and the docking device for the Lark....... really ? Multiple connection issues and I have a 4S that rocks my Jawbone Jambox and other Bluetooth devices but not the LARK. Such incredible marketing and design and a hard (on the device) shut off couldn't be incorporated ????? Really ?? I know, I say Really alot. Anyway, I suppose it works for some that are very detailed in their pre-bed and post wake up routines but for me it caused bad sleep.

an awesome product!! i got it for xmas and have used it ever since! i have nlt baught the year subscription yet but i do plan on it, the alarm function is greta!! i always hated getting woken up by loud noises!! the only issue ive had happen so far is sometimes the charging dock does not recognize my 3GS, i just have to unplug it and plug it back in. i mentioned this in my review to them and they got back to me right away, literally with in minutes!!! and are sending me out a new dock!! that is why i didnt knock of a star, their customer service is fantastic!! i highly recomend this for for anybody who doesnt like being woken up by a noisey alarm, i recomend it to evrybody!! the sleep tracking function is awesome!! now iknow how to improve my sleep!! THANKS LARK!!!