Turn recorded nights into CSV reports and audio files you can keep, analyze, or hand to a doctor.
Everything Snore Timeline records stays on your device, and it's yours to do what you like with. The export tools are how you get it out. Pull weeks of sleep data into a spreadsheet, save the audio behind any episode, or package the lot into one report you can send anywhere. This page goes through each export path, what's in the files, and where to find them afterward.
The Export Report sheet is the main export tool. It bundles your data into CSV spreadsheet files inside one ZIP archive, with audio alongside if you want it. To open it, go to the night you want to anchor on, tap the download icon at the top of the Snoring Episodes list, and pick Export Report.
The sheet asks you two things:
One thing to know. Audio only covers the night you're currently viewing, even when you pick a wider date range for the CSV data. That keeps reports a manageable size, since a week of continuous audio would dwarf the spreadsheets. The app shows a size estimate before it generates anything.
While an export runs, the app shows progress from 0 to 100 percent with status messages like "Writing nightly summaries…," "Writing sleep stages…," "Preparing audio…," and "Packaging archive…" Data-only exports are quick. Audio is what adds the bulk. If the estimated audio size goes over 1 GB, the app warns you that the export may take several minutes and use a fair amount of temporary storage.
You can stop at any time. The button reads "Tap to cancel" while it's generating. Tap it and the export halts and the sheet goes back to idle.
If the range you picked has no recordings in it, the app shows "No data in selected range" and doesn't create a file. Usually that means you didn't record on any night in that window. Widen the range to Last 30 days or All time, or pick dates that cover nights you did record.
Every CSV opens in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets, or any other spreadsheet app. Timestamps are ISO 8601 with timezone, for example 2024-01-15T22:30:45-08:00, and night identifiers are plain ISO dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. Any text with commas, quotes, or line breaks in it is quoted so the files parse cleanly. The formatting is kept consistent on purpose, so you can sort, filter, and chart across months of nights without any cleanup.
One row per night, covering the whole night. The columns fall into four groups:
Units are in the column names. Durations in seconds, sizes in megabytes, respiratory rate in breaths per minute. Loudest Peak and Average Peak are the maximum and average decibel levels across all the detected episodes that night.
One row per stage segment, with columns: Night, Source, Stage, Start Time, End Time, Duration (s), Reason, Breathing Rate (bpm). Source tells you whether the stage came from Snore Timeline's audio analysis or from a watch or other Apple Health source, so you can compare the two side by side.
One row per detected sound, with columns: Type, Timestamp, End Time, Peak dB, Source, Silence Start, Silence Duration (s), Recovery Strength (dB). Type is the kind of event, like snoring, sleep talking, cough, gasp, or breathing disruption. The silence and recovery columns are filled in for breathing disruption events, where the silent gap and the strength of the recovery sound are the numbers that matter.
Including Watch Biometrics adds two CSV files:
All of this comes from a connected Apple Watch through Apple Health.
The CSV files describe your night. The audio is the proof. There are three ways to get recordings off your phone.
In the episode list, tap the download button next to an episode to save its audio clip. Each clip has 2 seconds of padding before and after, so you hear the sound in context instead of starting mid-snore. The icon tells you where the download is at:
When a clip is saved you'll see a message like "Saved episode '(10:42 PM)' to Files folder." After the first download the app keeps a copy ready, so sharing the same clip again is instant.
Tap the download icon at the top of the Snoring Episodes list and choose Export Full Night Audio to save one continuous file for the whole night. The file saves and a share sheet pops up. The same menu lets you download all of the night's episodes in one go instead of tapping each one.
The Export Report sheet has two audio options. Per-Episode Clips packages a separate clip for each detected episode of the night, and Full-Night Recording packages one continuous file. Either one lands in the ZIP next to the CSVs. Remember that this audio always comes from the night you're currently viewing, whatever date range you picked for the data.
Before exporting audio, check your recording quality setting. Higher quality tiers make larger files, which means bigger exports. Storage & Recording Quality explains the trade-offs.
On iPhone, everything you export goes into the Snore Timeline folder, which you can browse in the Files app:
Inside, files are sorted by type:
ZIP reports are named by their date range in YYYY-MM-DD format, like "SnoreTimeline Report 2024-01-15" for a single day or "SnoreTimeline Report 2024-01-08 to 2024-01-15" for a range, so a folder full of reports stays sorted and searchable. Each night's audio folder also holds a Nightly Summary.csv of overall stats and a Snoring Episodes.csv of per-episode metrics, so audio you download per night travels with its data.
You don't have to hunt for the folder. The export screen has a "View previous exports in Files app" link that opens it.
On Android, open the Files app, go to Downloads, then open Exported Recordings or Snoring Episodes. The Android page covers the other platform differences.
Once you've generated an export, tap Share Export to open the standard iOS Share Sheet. From there you can send the ZIP report by email, Messages, or AirDrop, or save it to another app. The report holds CSV spreadsheets of your nightly summaries, sleep stages, detected events, and watch biometrics, and can include audio recordings if you chose them.
A wider date range makes a stronger report. A single night could be an outlier. Last 30 days or All time shows a doctor the pattern, which is what they care about. If one night stands out, view that night before exporting so its audio comes along, since gasps and silent gaps are easier to talk about when the doctor can hear them. The Doctor-Ready Data guide walks through putting a report together for an appointment.
Treat the report as something to discuss. It isn't a diagnosis. Snore Timeline analyzes audio and sleep data for your own insight. It isn't a medical device and doesn't diagnose sleep apnea or any other condition. Your data never leaves your device until you choose to share it. The Privacy Policy covers the details.
