Stops Playing on iphone hibernate

Updated review 8/26/14: Awesome app worked flawlessly for month, but now every time I play it & hibernate my screen or it hibernates automatically, the app stops (despite time left on the timer). I used to could play the app despite no "picture" on my screen (while the iphone was hibernating), but now I cant. I dont want to waste excessive battery power using the app. Please fix this asap!

Old 2011 Review: Ambiance USED to be my favorite & most used app. I used it every night. Finally quit crashing after 5 minutes of sound a few months ago but since I updated to iOS 5.0.1 yesterday (12/17/11), it crashes everytime I open it, before even getting past the initial load / icon screen. EVERY time I try to open the app, it crashes immediately. It does this both on my iPhone 4G & my iPad 2.
I reinstalled the app & it worked great for a few minutes. It gave me enough time to set my settings, preview a bunch of songs & download 20 or so, then it got locked up on the preview of a sound. All I could do was exit the program hoping this would work & then thereafter it would crash again at the initial icon load screen. I cant reinstall every night I want to listen to it. According to the develop website, a few others have had the same problem since the Ambiance 12/13/11 update.

I gave it a few weeks for the developer to work out any kinks & I emailed them, but no response & no update to fix it. Unfortunately, my problem seems to be in the minority or they might would have offered some tech support or fix suggestions. I paid for the full version & I expect it to work accordingly. I have never had such a constant & terrible problem with an app. If i could, i would give it zero stars because of this. If it isnt fixed or I dont receive a helpful response soon, I will demand a refund.

poetmom about Ambiance, v3.5.1