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How to record your snoring at night
You can capture a full night of snoring with a phone on the nightstand — then let an AI mark every event on a timeline. Here is the simplest reliable way to do it, and how to read the result.
What you need
Almost nothing: your phone and the free Snore Analyzer app. Snoring is loud and low, so the phone's own microphone picks it up from a nightstand a meter away. You do not need a special device or a wearable.
- A phone or tablet placed on the nightstand, mic facing the bed.
- Enough battery (keep it on the charger) and free storage for a multi-hour recording.
- A quiet-ish room — a fan or white noise is fine; the AI is trained to separate snoring from steady background sound.
The easiest way: record in the app
Install the free Snore Analyzer app on your iPhone or Android phone, tap Record when you go to bed and Stop in the morning. The app keeps recording with the screen locked, uploads every few minutes while you sleep (so a crash or a call never loses the night), and has your report ready minutes after you stop.
- Open Snore Analyzer and tap Record before sleep, then lock the screen.
- Put the phone on the nightstand, plugged in.
- Stop in the morning — analysis runs and the timeline appears.
Already have a recording? Upload it
If you already recorded a night, upload the file on the Analyze page. Snore Analyzer accepts common formats (m4a, mp3, wav, and more) of any length and uploads them in resumable chunks, so a dropped connection resumes instead of restarting. For your next night, the app is simpler: no file to move, and no recorder that stops early.
Tips for a clean recording
- Point the mic toward the sleeper and keep it within ~1–1.5 m.
- Use Do Not Disturb rather than airplane mode, so the upload keeps working while you sleep.
What happens after you record
The audio is analyzed by an AI detector that scores every few seconds for snoring, snorts, gasps and breathing. You get a night-overview timeline with each event on a real clock, a total snoring time and percentage of the night, and the ability to click any event and hear that exact moment. If you are signed in, the night saves automatically so you can compare it with other nights later.
To learn what the numbers mean, read Understand your snore report.
Frequently asked questions
Does recording all night use a lot of battery or storage?
Keep the phone on its charger and battery is a non-issue. Storage depends on format: a full night of compressed audio (m4a/mp3) is typically tens of megabytes; uncompressed WAV can be a few hundred MB. Both upload fine in resumable chunks.
Can I record in the browser instead?
For a short session, yes — but a web page only records while it stays open with the screen on, so a locked phone stops it. For a whole night, use the Snore Analyzer app: it keeps recording with the screen locked.
Where should I place the phone?
On the nightstand, microphone facing the bed, within about a meter or so. Snoring is loud and low-frequency, so exact placement is not critical.
Is my recording private?
Analysis works without an account. If you sign in and save a result, the recording is stored with it so you can replay events; you can untick that at save time, or delete a saved night (audio included) at any point.
Is it free?
Yes — recording and analysis are free. A Snore Analyzer account lets you save results and compare nights.
Keep reading: Understand your snore report · Snoring vs. sleep apnea sounds