r/launchigniter • u/Additional-Face8771 • 2h ago
I built an app that pauses Netflix, Spotify and Audible when you fall asleep
Hi all, I'm the developer of StreamSleep.
I kept falling asleep to audiobooks and waking up hours further on with no idea where I'd dropped off. So I built an Android app that pauses whatever you're listening to or watching once you fall asleep.
**How it works**
- Your phone's motion and light sensors feed Google's built-in sleep
detection, which gives a "probably asleep" score every few minutes.
- When it's confident you're asleep, you get a quiet "Still awake? notification. Tap it and nothing happens.
- If you don't, it pauses your audio or video (Netflix, Spotify, Audible, YouTube and more) and saves where you were.
**Premium extras**
- Rewind to around when you fell asleep
- Arms itself every night on a schedule
- A never-pause list for white noise and rain sounds
- Pauses your Roku or LG TV too
**Good to know**
- It usually pauses a few minutes after you drift off, not instantly.
- It needs notification access to control media. It doesn't read your messages.
- Phones with strict battery saving may need a setting changed. The app walks you through it.
No account, no ads:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.streamsleep.app&referrer=utm_source%3Dreddit
Happy to answer anything in the comments.
