TechCrunch review says Dreamie alarm clock helped a longtime bedside-phone user sleep without their phone

A TechCrunch writer reported that they have stopped keeping their phone at their bedside and have been able to sleep through the night without it, attributing the change to using the Dreamie alarm clock. The author said they had kept a phone by the bed for more than a decade, describing the shift as significant after “tens of thousands of nights” of relying on a handset in bed.

In the article, the writer linked the decision to broader concerns about sleep quality, saying phone use in bed interfered with rest and that poor sleep affected their mental and physical health. The author described a pre-bed routine developed over recent years—reading to relax—while also noting that reaching for a phone at night to play audio could trigger notification-driven distractions.

Dreamie’s appeal, the author wrote, is a multi-step sleep routine built into the device. Its modes include ambience, wind down, noise mask, sunrise, and a “back to sleep” feature. As described, wind down mode combines a soft orange light with fireplace-like ambience for about 25 minutes before transitioning to a noise-masking mode.

The author highlighted Dreamie’s ability to play podcasts and other media without requiring a phone. The device is Wi-Fi enabled and can download podcasts from the internet via RSS feeds, using what the writer characterized as a custom RSS app approach; the article also claimed Spotify has sought to diminish RSS in favor of a more closed ecosystem. For shared bedrooms, the author said Dreamie can be paired with Bluetooth headphones to avoid disturbing a bed partner.

TechCrunch published the account on May 24, 2026, framing the device as a way to keep phones out of bed while still providing audio-based sleep aids, including breathing routines, soundscapes and podcasts that can be accessed through Dreamie’s “back to sleep” mode in the middle of the night.