Reviews of SAMi3 Sleep Activity Monitor

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List of user reviews and ratings for SAMi3 Sleep Activity Monitor

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3.90 (Rating count: 43)

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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Clunky, outdated app design that is slow, not intuitive, and prone to glitches.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Software updates and OS compatibility issues, including outdated devices not supported and SD-card recognition problems after updates.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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User Reviews

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All time rating average: 3.90

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Date	Author	Comment
2026-03-27	JM*****	This is a great idea and a good start. Obviously they are successful because no one else does this. We are a week in and I can’t say that our sleep is better yet (still working on settings and stuff), but I’m hopeful it’ll help once we dial it in. That being said, the app is pretty poorly designed and clunky. It freezes when trying for format the SD card every time, is not intuitive in the layout and honestly looks like it was designed by a high schooler. They really need to invest a little bit of money into an app overhaul and this might be amazing!
This is a great idea and a good start. Obviously they are successful because no one else does this. We are a week in and I can’t say that our sleep is better yet (still working on settings and stuff), but I’m hopeful it’ll help once we dial it in. That being said, the app is pretty poorly designed and clunky. It freezes when trying for format the SD card every time, is not intuitive in the layout and honestly looks like it was designed by a high schooler. They really need to invest a little bit of money into an app overhaul and this might be amazing!
2026-02-14	Lo*****	I don’t know why the epilepsy foundation recommends Sami. Wireless connections are standard nowadays. It’s not the 1980s, but we had to find and connect to the camera with an ethernet cable and modem. The app looks like a 3rd grade project and is very slow, clunky and glitchy. It decided you can’t use special characters to enter a password on one phone so it can’t connect, but it connected to the other phone no problem because it let us use special characters on that phone. I even redownloaded the app and keep my phone os up to date, and it still didn’t work! It looks like this app hasn’t been updated in years. It’s a piece of junk. The camera looks blurry and took several attempts to connect. It’s trash. We are supposed to trust our loved ones with this technology with all these problems? This is the most unintuitive, clunky and outdated piece of technology I’ve used in 15 years.
I don’t know why the epilepsy foundation recommends Sami. Wireless connections are standard nowadays. It’s not the 1980s, but we had to find and connect to the camera with an ethernet cable and modem. The app looks like a 3rd grade project and is very slow, clunky and glitchy. It decided you can’t use special characters to enter a password on one phone so it can’t connect, but it connected to the other phone no problem because it let us use special characters on that phone. I even redownloaded the app and keep my phone os up to date, and it still didn’t work! It looks like this app hasn’t been updated in years. It’s a piece of junk. The camera looks blurry and took several attempts to connect. It’s trash. We are supposed to trust our loved ones with this technology with all these problems? This is the most unintuitive, clunky and outdated piece of technology I’ve used in 15 years.
2024-12-29	Mu*****	Camera keeps disconnecting please help.
Camera keeps disconnecting please help.
2024-01-31	It*****	We are very thankful and grateful to have this system. It has allowed us to move our tween daughter back into her bedroom and still monitor her safely. The camera is very clear and picks up all motion in great detail (red outlines are a great feature) which is good because her seizures were often more subtle than most. As a software developer myself, I really appreciate the iPad mobile app's design and functionality. It is a great example of a purpose-built application for a piece of hardware. Everything is laid out in a logical manner from a monitoring perspective as well as when reviewing and managing the recordings. There are a ton of configuration options as well so you can fine-tune the sensitivity of recordings, alerts, schedules, camera settings, etc. This was really well executed and has been an important part of us returning to normalcy.
We are very thankful and grateful to have this system. It has allowed us to move our tween daughter back into her bedroom and still monitor her safely. The camera is very clear and picks up all motion in great detail (red outlines are a great feature) which is good because her seizures were often more subtle than most. As a software developer myself, I really appreciate the iPad mobile app's design and functionality. It is a great example of a purpose-built application for a piece of hardware. Everything is laid out in a logical manner from a monitoring perspective as well as when reviewing and managing the recordings. There are a ton of configuration options as well so you can fine-tune the sensitivity of recordings, alerts, schedules, camera settings, etc. This was really well executed and has been an important part of us returning to normalcy.
2023-09-17	PT*****	I think the idea of this is fabulous. The recordings are consistent and saved. Alarms work…which in the grand scheme is most important but as others have posted…playback is poor though the app. I’ve resulted to pulling the sd card and using a reader to watch. App needs work. Camera is decent quality and picks up well in a dark room. Seems to pick up motion well. Best option for us so far.
I think the idea of this is fabulous. The recordings are consistent and saved. Alarms work…which in the grand scheme is most important but as others have posted…playback is poor though the app. I’ve resulted to pulling the sd card and using a reader to watch. App needs work. Camera is decent quality and picks up well in a dark room. Seems to pick up motion well. Best option for us so far.
2023-04-21	2S*****	I love this app and it’s given me some sanity but today I am steamed. The app has a compatibility of iOS 11 and you recommend buying an older apple product to make using this product affordable. I have an old IPad 2 only supports up to IOS 9. It was cheap and what I could get. My camera froze this morning and the usual fix for this is to delete the app and reinstall it. I can reinstall because of the IIOS flag on your app. You need it to tell me it’s incompatible would I like to run an older version? I paid a lot for this camera and I can’t use my phone because I also track Dexcom’s on that. Your software ran very well on the IIOS 9 all night. I use motion, recording, microphone and all sensitivity flagged me and recorded appropriately. She seized this morning and it alarmed me as it should. Your last update was Feb and no problems. Please fix this so I can continue to use this camera. Apple will constantly be updating so if this is an issue than make it available on a Samsung and/or a kindle product as well. Not happy. Losing my night help.
I love this app and it’s given me some sanity but today I am steamed. The app has a compatibility of iOS 11 and you recommend buying an older apple product to make using this product affordable. I have an old IPad 2 only supports up to IOS 9. It was cheap and what I could get. My camera froze this morning and the usual fix for this is to delete the app and reinstall it. I can reinstall because of the IIOS flag on your app. You need it to tell me it’s incompatible would I like to run an older version? I paid a lot for this camera and I can’t use my phone because I also track Dexcom’s on that. Your software ran very well on the IIOS 9 all night. I use motion, recording, microphone and all sensitivity flagged me and recorded appropriately. She seized this morning and it alarmed me as it should. Your last update was Feb and no problems. Please fix this so I can continue to use this camera. Apple will constantly be updating so if this is an issue than make it available on a Samsung and/or a kindle product as well. Not happy. Losing my night help.
2023-02-09	14*****	Our system worked great. Ever since the “update” we can’t get anything to download. It might restart download, then go back, then shows a blank screen. If it does download, a 30 second video is taking over 2 mins to download. We have checked everything and it isn’t our wifi system. I just checked the date of the “update” and BOOM, found the problem. The update needs an update! It is faulty!!!
Our system worked great. Ever since the “update” we can’t get anything to download. It might restart download, then go back, then shows a blank screen. If it does download, a 30 second video is taking over 2 mins to download. We have checked everything and it isn’t our wifi system. I just checked the date of the “update” and BOOM, found the problem. The update needs an update! It is faulty!!!
2022-11-30	LE*****	My app was working perfectly fine before 11/29/22. I was so happy with the Sami app. Now I’m irritated because your new update is not reading my Sami SD card. It’s taking forever for it to recognize it. Please stop doing updates on it. I depend on my Sami app a lot! I monitor my special needs son on it everyday. Thank you .
My app was working perfectly fine before 11/29/22. I was so happy with the Sami app. Now I’m irritated because your new update is not reading my Sami SD card. It’s taking forever for it to recognize it. Please stop doing updates on it. I depend on my Sami app a lot! I monitor my special needs son on it everyday. Thank you .
2022-09-26	An*****	We have been using SAMi for about 7 years now! It provides peace of mind so we can rest assured it will wake us in the event our daughter has a seizure. It also alerts when she gets out of bed! Thank you SAMi!
We have been using SAMi for about 7 years now! It provides peace of mind so we can rest assured it will wake us in the event our daughter has a seizure. It also alerts when she gets out of bed! Thank you SAMi!
2022-09-14	St*****	When you are the parent of a child with epilepsy, you are always on alert. This epilepsy monitor has helped me be able to get a decent night of sleep for the past three years. I love that you can add the app to any phone or tablet so that caregivers can monitor our son. It has captured several seizures for us over the years. We are so thankful for this.
When you are the parent of a child with epilepsy, you are always on alert. This epilepsy monitor has helped me be able to get a decent night of sleep for the past three years. I love that you can add the app to any phone or tablet so that caregivers can monitor our son. It has captured several seizures for us over the years. We are so thankful for this.