# SAMi3 Sleep Activity Monitor

> Health & Fitness

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id981125894](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id981125894)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id981125894`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** HiPass Design LLC
- **Category:** Health & Fitness
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (43 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.5
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-18
- **First published:** 2015-04-22
- **Size:** 81 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sami3-sleep-activity-monitor/id981125894)
- **Website:** [http://www.samialert.com](http://www.samialert.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.samialert.com/policies/privacy-policy](https://www.samialert.com/policies/privacy-policy)

## Description

SAMi is a sleep activity monitor for caregivers and individuals who need to carefully watch for abnormal movements at night. SAMi uses a night vision network camera to look for unusual motion disrupting sleep. When an unusual event is detected an alarm is sounded. The display instantly switches to show video and audio. Within seconds, the caregiver can assess the situation and take any necessary action. All motion is also recorded for later review.

## Rankings

- #197,284 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviews consistently praise SAMi3 for seizure monitoring, alerts, and multi-device caregiver access. However, the biggest recurring drawbacks are a clunky, unreliable app, connectivity problems between camera and app, high cost with hardware/network constraints, update/compatibility issues, and poor in-app playback. The product offers strong safety value and peace of mind, but usability, reliability, and price trade-offs are common concerns.

### Pros

- Provides peace of mind and sleep safety by monitoring for seizures and alerting caregivers.
- Alerts and recordings of seizures and movements with adjustable sensitivity help caregivers review events.
- Supports multiple caregivers by allowing the app to be installed on multiple phones/tablets for monitoring.
- Clear video and reliable motion detection when the system is functioning as intended.
- Customizable alerts, schedules, and device settings to fine-tune monitoring.

### Cons

- Clunky, outdated app design that is slow, not intuitive, and prone to glitches.
- Frequent camera–app disconnections and unreliable connectivity, requiring restarts.
- High cost and hardware requirements (expensive camera kit, hard-wired setup, same-network constraint) with limited remote access.
- Software updates and OS compatibility issues, including outdated devices not supported and SD-card recognition problems after updates.
- Poor in-app playback quality with long download times; users often need to extract the SD card to view videos.

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