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Help with Yawnalot

Last updated 14 November 2026

Write to us

Email hello@yawnalot.com with anything: a question, a bug, a Learn topic you'd like, or something you think we got wrong. A person reads every message.
Please don't send your child's name, birthday or health details. We don't need them to help, and we'd rather not hold them.
In an emergency, call your local emergency number (911 in the US and Canada, 999 in the UK, 000 in Australia).

Is Yawnalot free?

Yes, everything is free during early access. When Plus starts, families on the waitlist keep the founding price, half off their first year. Logging, every night in history, sharing, the routine, Learn and the spreadsheet export stay free, always. Nothing is charged without you choosing a plan through the App Store.

Open the Family tab and tap Invite a partner or carer. They get a link; once they accept, both of you log the same nights from your own iPhones, and each entry shows who logged it (set your name in the Family tab). Sharing works through iCloud, so each person needs to be signed in to iCloud. It's free on every plan.

What's the 3 a.m. button?

While a night is running, Today turns dark, and the 3 a.m. button fills the screen: tap Awake when your child wakes and Asleep when they settle. Each pair is a wake-up. It's also on the Lock Screen while a sleep runs, and in the Dynamic Island.

Can I log with Siri?

Yes: "Yawnalot, he's asleep", "Yawnalot, she's awake" or "Yawnalot, they're asleep". During the night hours, "awake" logs a wake-up; in the morning it ends the night. There's also a Home Screen widget and, on iOS 18 and later, a Lock Screen and Control Center button.

I forgot to end a sleep

Today asks the next morning: "Still asleep since 7:12 pm? Set when they woke." You can also edit any sleep, of any length, from Today or by tapping a day in the Week.

Can I bring my history from another app?

Yes. Export your sleep log from the other app as a CSV file, save it to Files, then in Yawnalot's Family tab choose Bring your history from another app. Yawnalot shows what it found before saving, leaves out feeds and diapers, and never adds the same sleep twice. An import can be removed in one step.

Where is my family's data, and how do I delete it?

What you log stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, not on our servers. In the Family tab, Export a spreadsheet gives you everything, and Delete everything deletes every child and every night on this iPhone and in your iCloud, and stops sharing the families you share. The privacy policy has the details and your rights.

Where does Learn come from?

From public health guidance (the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the AAP, the CDC, the NHS and Australia's Raising Children Network and Pregnancy Birth and Baby) and peer-reviewed studies. Every slide shows its sources under "Why we say this", with the exact words from the source. It's general information, not medical advice. If you think something is wrong or out of date, please tell us at hello@yawnalot.com.