Purchasing the app
We offer two intertwined apps - Sleep as Android and SleepCloud. Both have free and premium versions.
1. FREE Sleep as Android
Free version of the app is available on the Play Store, or on our website.
With the free version of Sleep as Android, you get a 4-day trial of the fully functional application to test all its features and explore its possibilities.
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After the trial expires, you can still use the app for free, but sleep tracking is limited to every other day (tracking is limited for tracking started on Tuesday and Thursday).
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Access to graph edits and chart section is limited.
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All non-tracking features will work without limits, including alarms, lullabies, CAPTCHAs, bedtime…
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The free app may display ads after the trial period.
2. FULL Sleep as Android
The full version unlocks all Sleep features:
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Sleep tracking without limits
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Smart wakeup without limits
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Long-term charts and advise
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Sleep Assistant
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64 extra lullabies with extension pack
There are two options to get full Sleep as Android:
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In-app Sleep Lifetime
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Subscription for Sleep
The full version is available only via Play Store purchase.
2.1. In-app Sleep as Android Lifetime
A full app purchased on the Play Store through a link from the app.
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Purchase recognition works automatically.
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If you use multiple Google Accounts, make sure that the account you used to purchase the app is always the primary account in the Play Store app, otherwise Sleep as Android may start acting as a free version (see troubleshooting guide).
2.2. Subscription for Sleep as Android
Subscription is mainly for users, who are not yet decided if they would benefit from the lifetime purchase.
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The fee is either monthly, or yearly (depending on your choice).
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Both subscription types includes SleepCloud PRO version.
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Yearly subscription has additional extra week of free trial period.
3. FREE SleepCloud
SleepCloud is native backup service for Sleep as Android app, available on the Play Store.
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Automatic updates into the SleepCloud account once a week.
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The online account is available without any limits.
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The syncs to the Google Drive and Dropbox are not limited.
4. FULL SleepCloud
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Unlimited automatic backups (each time you end the tracking and the phone has connectivity).
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Full SleepCloud version is already included in the monthly subscription plan.
FAQ
Firstly - did you buy the unlock as a separate app ("Sleep as Android Unlock") or as an in-app purchase? The solution is different in each case.
1. Separate Unlock app
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Please make sure you have installed both Sleep as Android as well as Sleep as Android Unlock in your System Settings→ Apps → Downloaded.
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If not, head to the Google Play Store and download Sleep as Android Unlock again! As long as you use the same Google account you did the purchase with as your primary account in Play Store it remembers your purchases and you should be able to download again.
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If you are unable to download it (you see a price instead of download button), please go to the Play Store on your computer and check if you are able to download it there.
2. In-app purchase
In-app purchases are notoriously buggy on Android, especially when you have more than 1 account on your smartphone.
The problem is that in-app purchases are always tied to a specific account, and if the app to which the in-app belongs is installed under a different account on your phone, it won’t be recognized. We consider it a bug, even though it is a logical one, not technical.
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After the initial purchase, you need to wait for a while (maximum a few hours), the app should contact the licence server and unlock itself. |
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Make sure the Google account you did purchase the app with is the primary account on all your devices in the Play Store app,
go to “My apps” in the Play Store app in order to refresh, then restart your phone. This is super important. -
If the app doesn’t seem to unlock, please reinstall the app, this has solved the problem for many users recently. Do not forget to backup your data - see details here.
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Do not use a manual backup! |
Another way that seemingly helped recently:
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Uninstall Sleep as Android (backup your data first!).
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In a BROWSER on your desktop: Log in to the web interface of Google Play with the account you used to purchase.
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Install Sleep as Android from the web interface to your device.
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Don’t let it open the Play Store app, but use the install button and choose your device in the browser.
Please send a debug report (Left ☰ menu → 
Support →
Report a bug.) if the issue should persist. Also please let us know the order number of your purchase. This is included in your purchase confirmation you should have received via email – or you can check it at payments.google.com.
The following should hopefully solve your problem:
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Start sleep as android
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Wait for ~15 minutes
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Click on Left ☰ menu →
Backup → Upload to cloud.
The upload should be unrestricted at that point. Let us know if that does not help.
Play Store supports severak ways of purchasing apps:
- a credit card
- Pay Pall
- Google Pay Balance
- Mobile phone billing
- Google Play Gift cards
Not all options are unfortunately available in all regions.
The purchase process is done by Google and is completely out of our control. But from other users’ experience any duplicate charges have always been refunded after a while automatically by the Google payment system. You can check if this has already happened in your Google Wallet account.
Please let us know at urbandroid.info@gmail.com if no refund is made for several days.
There are many problems that can occur between Play Store and your phone. Most often they result in an error and inability to download and install the app you want.
Examples of the codes are Error -24, 905, 963, RH-01, and many more. Google doesn’t provide an explanation for those codes, so the internet is full of guesses what they mean and how to solve them. Usually the solution involves cleaning cache of Google Play Services, uninstalling updates for Google Play Services, removing or factory resetting the phone. Sometimes it also suffices to unmount your SD card. Sometimes the error is a temporary glitch on Google servers.
The most comprehensive effort to understand Play Store errors and find solutions is here.
Please note that we are not able to solve any Play Store errors.
Please note that after the trial period is over, you are free to continue using the app. The main limitation is that the sleep tracking functionality will be disabled for sleeps starting on Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat.
Also after the trial you may be seeing advertisements in the app.
But you can still track the other days and use all the alarm related features such as CAPTCHA, Bedtime, Lullabies, etc. every day. The non-tracking features are not time-limited in the free version.
If you purchase the full version you will get all your data even form those days, when the tracking was restricted in the free app.
Details about the purchasing plans are available in the full article or at support@urbandroid.org.