Review score: 74 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 27,329 ratings
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Rain Sounds HQ is loved for its audio quality and for actually putting people to sleep for years, it helps some with anxiety and the timer is a saver. Weak spots are the tiny free sound set (about six), constant upgrade prompts on every open, and a creepy find, some tracks have a human voice or chanting audible in the middle of the night. Newcomers struggle to find the timer or edit a mix.
Praised
Audio quality, puts people to sleep for years, timer that saves battery, helps with anxiety, the Cologne storm
Complaints
Few free sounds, constant upgrade prompts on open, a stray voice in some tracks, confusing for newcomers, low volume
Best for: People who want reliable rain all night and do not mind free-version limits
Review score: 74 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 1,356 ratings
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One of those apps people return to after trying dozens: basic sounds plus fine tuning within each, smooth crossfades, even a womb setting. It stumbles on small things: the white-noise loop is short so the ear catches the repeat, the sound is too quiet for some even at max, and the app eats a lot of memory. Some features are locked behind payment.
Praised
Rich choice and per-sound tuning, smooth crossfades between sounds, womb setting, keeps playing until you stop it
Complaints
Short white-noise loop that the ear notices repeating, sound too quiet even at full volume, heavy memory use, some features cost money
Best for: People who have tried many apps and want one reliable pick with fine control over the sound
Review score: 72 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 952 ratings
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People have fallen asleep to their own custom sound mixes for years and praise the loop quality and meditations. It breaks down where the developer stripped old features: removed some meditations, disabled per-sound volume in a mix, and switched to a subscription for people who once bought the app to own forever. Some report the music library not loading and the app crashing on iPad.
Praised
Sound quality and seamless loops, custom multi-sound mixes, top-notch meditations, beautiful interface, helps people sleep for years
Complaints
Removed some meditations and per-sound volume control, crashes on iPad, own music library does not load, old white noise is an 8-second loop, not updated in a long time
Best for: For people who like building their own sleep soundscape from several tracks and value quality loops.
Rank 4. Review score: 70 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 135,941 ratings
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One of the most loved and long-standing apps in the niche, people keep it for 8-10 years and praise mixing sounds with per-layer volume control. It breaks on the switch from a one-time purchase to a subscription, losing previously bought sounds when changing phones, and the annoying bluetooth auto-start in the car.
Praised: Mixing sounds with per-layer volume, never lets you down over the years, quality of outdoor sounds, washer dryer and clock combo, gets kids to sleep fast
Complaints: Switch to subscription and loss of bought sounds, bluetooth auto-start in the car each morning, mutes the alarm during fade-out, volume jumps and battery drain
Best for: People who want to build their own layered mixes and use it for years
Rank 5. Review score: 70 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 7,877 ratings
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People praise Nature Soundscapes for clean recording quality, no talking and no ads, and for letting you set the sound for a chosen number of hours so it softly fades out at the end instead of cutting off. The main complaint has been the same for years: too few sounds and they loop noticeably, people want more rain and thunderstorm options. Separate gripes about ads showing up recently and about faint background voices audible in some recordings.
Praised: Clean recording quality, gentle timer fade-out, no talking or ads, Apple TV mode, brown noise drowns out low tones
Complaints: Few sounds that repeat noticeably, wants more rain and thunderstorm types, background voices audible in some recordings, ads starting to appear, nagging review and purchase prompts
Best for: People who want clean nature sounds all night with a soft fade-out, including on Apple TV
Rank 6. Review score: 70 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 2,382 ratings
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What people love most: it's fully free, no ads, no sign-in, and no attempts to sell you anything, while the mixes and brown noise genuinely help you fall asleep fast. The weak spots are narrow: the advertised background playback doesn't work, the sound sometimes cuts off on its own and wakes you, and on newer iPhones you can't scroll to the two bottom sounds. Overall the sound set gets praise, though some want more options.
Praised: Fully free with no ads and no sign-in, sound mixes, brown noise for fast sleep, simple interface with no extra questions, timer
Complaints: Doesn't play in the background despite the description, sound sometimes cuts off and wakes you, can't scroll to the bottom sounds on newer iPhones, want more options
Best for: People who want a free mix of sounds with no ads or registration to fall asleep fast
Rank 7. Review score: 70 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 1,113 ratings
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The best at the fan sound specifically: people tried other fan apps and came back, take it traveling, and use it to mask snoring and noise. It breaks on newer iPhones where the sound stutters and it becomes useless as a sleep aid. Gripes: only three fans and little variation, no continuous mode without a timer, and an update brought a nagging Let's Flow ad.
Praised: Cleanest fan sound among fan apps, easy to travel with, masks snoring and background noise, fine tone tuning
Complaints: Sound stutters on newer iPhones making it useless, only three fans and little variation, no continuous mode without a timer, nagging Let's Flow ad after an update
Best for: People who fall asleep to a fan specifically and want the cleanest sound for travel and against snoring
Rank 8. Review score: 68 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 271,877 ratings
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For years it saved people for sleep and travel, it has lots of sounds, works offline and does not mute the alarm. But after recent updates the sound started shutting itself off in the middle of the night, ads and upgrade prompts appeared, and background mode began eating more than half the battery.
Praised: Lots of sounds, works offline, does not mute the clock or alarm, favorite rain on the lake, saves you while traveling
Complaints: Sound turns itself off mid-night, new ads and upgrade prompts, battery drain in background, sometimes plays loudly by itself in the car
Best for: People who fall asleep to white noise and often stay in hotels or travel
Rank 9. Review score: 68 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 3,031 ratings
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The core strength is a huge sound library and the ability to build your own soundscape by adjusting the level of each layer, with a loop stitched so you never hear it repeat. But the interface is confusing and unintuitive, and after reinstalling many people lose their saved mixes and can't rebuild them. Some complain you can't properly cancel billing and that support charges a dollar.
Praised: Huge sound library, custom mixes with per-layer level control, seamless loop point, helps with tinnitus, saved presets
Complaints: Confusing interface, lost mixes after reinstall, can't rename a new mix, low volume for some, hard to cancel billing and paid support
Best for: People who want a big library and fine control over building their own soundscapes for sleep or tinnitus
Rank 10. Review score: 68 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 1,343 ratings
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Its main draw is being a sound-sharing marketplace: people record and share their own, the choice is huge, and you can find almost anything and build a collection. It breaks on usability: search across sounds is missing or buried, ads intrude even into previews and sometimes won't close, and login only via Facebook or Google puts many off. Accounts occasionally get lost along with downloads.
Praised: Sound-sharing marketplace with user recordings, huge selection, build and sort your own collection, upload your own sounds
Complaints: No easy search across sounds, intrusive ads even in previews that won't close, login only via Facebook or Google, account sometimes lost with downloads
Best for: People who want more than white noise and like hunting for rare sounds, sharing their own, and building a collection
Rank 11. Review score: 66 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 23,544 ratings
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Fan Noise is loved for its realistic fan sound and because many simply cannot fall asleep without it, some even carry it while traveling as a stand-in for a real fan. The main pain is that the free version plays only one hour and needs a purchase for all-night continuity, plus complaints that the sound sometimes cuts off after a few minutes and stops in the background when the screen goes dark. Some want a second sound and separate volume for ringer versus fan.
Praised: Realistic fan sound, cannot sleep without it, adjustable oscillator, a travel replacement for a real fan, plays in background
Complaints: Only one free hour, sound cuts off on its own, stops when screen goes dark, only one sound, no separate volume, odd background knocking
Best for: People who sleep to fan noise and want it in their phone instead of a real fan
Rank 12. Review score: 66 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.9★ · 2,792 ratings
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People run it every night for years for high-quality brown noise that masks snoring and helps with tinnitus and misophonia, and they take it on trips instead of a sound machine. The weak spots are specific: it plays only one sound at a time with no mixing, drains nearly 90 percent of battery overnight, and after updates the sound stops when the screen is off. Some feel the sound set is small for the price.
Praised: High-quality brown noise, masks snoring, helps with tinnitus and misophonia, a travel replacement for a machine, years of daily use
Complaints: Only one sound at a time with no mixing, drains almost all battery overnight, sound dies when the screen is off after updates, few sounds for the price
Best for: People who want one clean brown noise all night for tinnitus, snoring, or misophonia
Rank 13. Review score: 66 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.2★ · 1,329 ratings
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Simple and loved for years: colored noises, masks hotel noise through a Bluetooth speaker, taken on trips instead of a bulky machine. The main trouble was that the app went unupdated for new iOS and stopped working in the middle of the night, until the developers fixed it. Minor gripes: you can't pause it from the lock screen and it drains the battery fast.
Praised: Simple interface, pink and red colored noises, easy to travel with, masks hotel noise via a Bluetooth speaker, settles babies
Complaints: Went unupdated for new iOS and stopped working, can't be paused from the lock screen, drains battery fast, stray traffic sounds in the river track
Best for: People who want a simple no-frills white-noise box for travel, including settling little ones
Rank 14. Review score: 64 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 45,534 ratings
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A reliable classic for sleep and focus, people keep it for ten years and value that the sound is complex enough that the brain does not pick out a repeat. It breaks on a recent update that broke the volume and forces you to crank the phone to near max, plus the sound periodically cuts out and only a reinstall fixes it.
Praised: Reliability and simplicity, complex sound with no noticeable loop, helps you sleep and concentrate, favorite airplane sound, used for ten years
Complaints: Update broke the volume levels, sound periodically cuts out and only reinstall fixes it, does not play in background, the display takes over the whole lock screen, the alarm glitches at night
Best for: People who want reliable familiar white noise for sleep and work for years
Rank 15. Review score: 64 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 13,553 ratings
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Guva is loved by parents of babies for its large sound set, custom mixes and recording your own tunes, many kids fall asleep in minutes. The sore point is that old paid purchases now demand money again, about 84 percent of the 100 sounds are locked with only about 16 free, and there is no proper family sharing for a second parent device. People are also annoyed by a loud ad that wakes a just-asleep baby and a stray squeak in some tracks.
Praised: Large sound choice, custom mixes, recording your own tunes, baby asleep in minutes, runs all night on little battery
Complaints: Old purchases charged again, most sounds locked, no family sharing to a second device, loud ad wakes the baby, stray squeak in some tracks
Best for: Parents of babies who need a customizable sound mix that runs all night
Rank 16. Review score: 64 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 1,066 ratings
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Valued for pretty visuals and pleasant sounds, easy to pick an atmosphere and drown out noise, with some falling asleep to Stormy Serenade. Several weak spots: there's no sleep timer so it plays all night, the loops are short and quickly grow tiring, and some people recoiled on learning the images and sounds are made with generative AI. A separate worry: recurring charges for subscriptions people can't cancel.
Praised: Pretty visuals, pleasant ambient sounds, easy to pick a mood and mask noise, integration with the Fabulous app
Complaints: No sleep timer so it plays all night, short loops that quickly grow tiring, images and sounds made with generative AI which puts people off, recurring subscription charges that are hard to cancel
Best for: People who want beautiful ambience for relaxation and focus and already use the Fabulous app
Rank 17. Review score: 62 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 205,250 ratings
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The sounds are genuinely good, high quality with no audible loop seams, and mixes like fan plus airplane cabin really land. It breaks on the fact that almost everything worthwhile is locked behind a 40 dollar a year subscription, and the app itself heats the phone and drains the battery unless kept on the charger.
Praised: Sound quality and depth, custom mixes, distant thunderstorm on the plains, helps get babies to sleep, better sound than free rivals
Complaints: Almost everything behind a subscription, few free sounds, overheating and battery drain, sounds cut when you switch to another app, no way to queue sounds
Best for: People willing to pay for good sound quality who like building their own mixes
Rank 18. Review score: 62 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 10,237 ratings
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Rain Sounds puts people to sleep simply and fast, many like the rain sound itself and falling asleep in a couple of minutes. Weak spots are quiet audio with no way to make it louder, no sleep timer, and you cannot play music from another app at the same time. The most annoying part is the flood of do-you-like-the-app, leave-a-review and allow-notifications pop-ups in the first minutes.
Praised: Pleasant rain sound, fast sleep onset, simplicity, free, different rain variations
Complaints: Quiet audio, no sleep timer, cannot play over other music, flood of rating and notification prompts
Best for: People who want simple free rain with no settings and do not mind pushy pop-ups
Rank 19. Review score: 62 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 8,299 ratings
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People value TIDE for its minimalism and the fact that for years it covered several jobs at once: focus timer, sleep sounds, alarm, breathing, quote of the day. A recent update angered many: some free features were moved behind a subscription, the interface was bloated to look like other meditation apps, and the alarm and breathing via iOS Shortcuts broke. Plus complaints about crashes and the app not opening after the update.
Praised: Minimalist design, focus sessions for work, sleep sounds, alarm and breathing, quote of the day, years of loyalty
Complaints: Some free features moved to subscription, update bloated the interface, alarm sometimes fails to fire, crashes and won't open after update, no standalone Apple Watch app
Best for: People who want one calm app for focus, sleep and breathing at once and love minimalism
Rank 20. Review score: 62 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 3,021 ratings
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People spend years tuning their own mix of white and brown noise to exact frequencies and value the library where users add their own recordings. The main pain after updates: sound cuts off a minute after the screen turns off with no setting to fix it, and keeping the screen on lights up the whole room. It's also annoying that the link to White Noise Market pulls in ads even in the paid version.
Praised: Precise white and brown noise frequency tuning, custom mixes, large library with community recordings, masks household noise while working from home, timer
Complaints: Sound shuts off a minute after the screen goes dark, ads via White Noise Market even in the paid version, lost sounds and settings after updates, can't start on a timer, silent support
Best for: People who want to hand-tune noise frequencies and mask background noise at home or work
Rank 21. Review score: 62 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 1,954 ratings
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People mix storms with piano or fire with ocean for years and cannot sleep without it, for some it is a lifeline on the hardest nights. What angers them most is the ads: loud clips hit on launch and exit of an app meant to put you to sleep. The second blow is the shift to a subscription and locking sounds that were free for years, plus people who made a one-time purchase are forced to pay again after an update. They often ask for a way to save the mixes they create.
Praised: Storm-plus-piano and fire-plus-ocean mixes, masks noise inside your head and outside, saves the hardest nights, a faithful app for years
Complaints: Loud ads on launch and exit, paywalled sounds that used to be free, re-charging a one-time purchase after an update, no way to save your mixes, loops sometimes sloppy
Best for: For those who fall asleep to their own mix of nature sounds and value a rich library
Rank 22. Review score: 62 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 1,406 ratings
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Praised for a huge library and the ability to build your own mix, with some people falling asleep in minutes. The weak spot is that only a small slice is free and the timer is capped at one hour without a subscription. Some report harsh stray noises in the middle of the night, as if metal clattering was layered onto a beach loop.
Praised: Large sound library, build and blend your own mix, green noise as a fresh option, genuinely helps fall asleep fast
Complaints: Very little available for free, one-hour timer cap without subscription, price not shown before download, occasional stray noises intrude at night
Best for: People who like building their own mix of nature sounds and are willing to pay for the full set
Rank 23. Review score: 62 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 932 ratings
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The core fanbase adores the immersive soundscapes and praises how the sounds mask tinnitus and help them sleep to rain without a monthly fee. The main pain is that the new version dropped the ability to mix several sounds together that existed in the old app and on the website, and previously purchased sounds had to be bought again. There are also complaints about glitches: audio freezes, the loop gets stuck, the left channel drops out, playback fails through AirPods.
Praised: Immersive soundscapes, realistic rain for sleep, masks tinnitus, no monthly fee, quality even of the free sounds
Complaints: Removed the ability to mix several sounds, previously purchased sounds had to be rebought, freezes and gets stuck in loops, left channel drops out, does not play through AirPods
Best for: For longtime fans of the myNoise website and anyone who wants a realistic soundscape without a subscription.
Rank 24. Review score: 60 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.9★ · 89,494 ratings
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A long-standing crutch for people who stay in hotels a lot, a saved mix of rain wind and thunder masks outside noise and lulls you to sleep. It breaks on the fact that after updates some bought sounds disappeared, the timer was cut to a couple of hours, and restoring purchases and reaching the developers barely work.
Praised: Masks noise in hotels, saved rain wind and thunder mix, sounds like a real white noise machine, used for 15 years
Complaints: Previously bought sounds vanish when changing phones, timer cut to a couple of hours, purchases do not restore, developers do not respond, much is now paid
Best for: People who often sleep in hotels and want their familiar mix on hand
Rank 25. Review score: 60 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 17,134 ratings
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ColorSleep is praised for its green, brown and binaural sounds, some layer a river under green noise for meditation, and it helps with anxiety, ADHD and insomnia. It is spoiled by a long entry with dozens of question screens before any sound, an odd volume curve (the first half of the slider is nearly silent), and complaints that even at 50 dollars a year there are still few sounds. It also nags for a rating constantly and the sound dies when the phone goes to sleep.
Praised: Green and brown noise, binaural beats, layering a river under noise, helps with anxiety and insomnia, adjustable off timer
Complaints: Long entry with many screens, odd volume curve, few sounds for 50 dollars, pushy rating requests, sound dies when phone sleeps
Best for: People who specifically want colored and binaural noise and can sit through a long entry flow
Rank 26. Review score: 60 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 3,604 ratings
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People praise Dark Noise for a pleasant, natural sound set, a neat clean interface and easy mixing, and for some it saved their sleep during tinnitus and insomnia after a sound machine broke. It breaks in two places: business and repair. People are angry that on launch they're immediately trapped in a paid-plan screen and can't close the app without force-quitting, and that restore purchase doesn't work so they're dragged back into subscribing. Technically one complaint repeats: an audible jump in the brown noise loop.
Praised: Natural pleasant sounds, clean simple interface, easy mixing, helps with tinnitus and insomnia, works through HomePod
Complaints: Launch immediately pushes a paid plan and can't close without force-quit, restore purchase doesn't work, audible jump in the brown noise loop, silent support, missing menu-bar feature that was promised
Best for: People who want natural sounds with a clean interface and easy mixing, including against tinnitus
Rank 27. Review score: 60 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,980 ratings
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For decades people come back for the ability to run up to four sounds at once and build their own rain-and-thunder mix, which is a lifesaver in noisy hotels while traveling. After a recent update the main pain is that you have to re-pick your sounds every night because settings don't save, and the app also crashes on its own. Separately, people criticize the old iPhone 5 layout, a clunky alarm, and blue light that hurts falling asleep.
Praised: Up to four sounds at once, custom rain-and-thunder mixes, lifesaver while traveling and in noisy hotels, timer, years of steady use
Complaints: Update loses settings so you re-pick sounds every time, crashes, dated iPhone 5 layout, clunky alarm, blue light hurts sleep
Best for: People who want to run several sounds at once and take a familiar mix on trips
Rank 28. Review score: 60 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 1,733 ratings
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An app with specific baby sounds that many families keep for 6-14 years: a conch shell or a car ride knocks the child out, and parents later cannot sleep without Fan themselves. A recent update angered everyone: they reworked the menu and look and removed sounds like red noise that people used for years. Practical failures bite: the sound goes quiet when you switch to another app, it is too quiet for daytime naps, and it crashes with the timer. There is a disturbing note too, stray sounds bleed into the recordings, like another baby crying.
Praised: Specific baby sounds like conch shell and car ride, puts kids and adults to sleep for years, simple and reliable, travels well
Complaints: New menu reworked and removed long-used sounds, sound goes quiet when switching apps, too quiet for daytime naps, crashes with the timer, stray sounds in recordings
Best for: For parents of little ones who want specific proven baby sounds for years
Rank 29. Review score: 60 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 1,088 ratings
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Valued for letting you blend sounds and save your own combinations with per-sound volume, and it helps with tinnitus. After one update a lot broke: the timer fails to turn off and plays all night, waking people, an annoying click appeared, scrolling broke, and names got misspelled. Also grating: a porn ad at the bottom, and the Watch version stops the moment the screen sleeps.
Praised: Blend sounds and save your own combinations, per-sound volume control, helps with tinnitus, simple interface
Complaints: Timer fails to turn off and plays all night waking people, an update added a click and broke scrolling, porn ad at the bottom, Watch version stops when the screen sleeps
Best for: People who want to build and save their own sound mix with per-sound volume, including for tinnitus
Rank 30. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 34,282 ratings
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It is good that you can mix sounds and add your own music for free, and favorite crickets and owls really help you fall asleep fast. It breaks on the player starting to shut off hours before the timer ends and waking you mid-night, the editor muting sound when you try to adjust volume, and the app tracking the user for no clear reason.
Praised: Mixing sounds and your own music for free, favorite crickets and owls, gets you to sleep fast, improved sleep quality within a couple of weeks
Complaints: Timer cuts off hours early and wakes you at night, editor cannot adjust volume without muting, user tracking, few free sounds, dark interface
Best for: People who want to build their own mixes for free and add their own tracks
Rank 31. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 11,847 ratings
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White Noise HQ is valued for its powerful sound blender (rain, rapids, wind, brown noise) and the ability to run it over music from another app, many sleep to it for years. A creepy defect hurts it seriously, some tracks have stray voices, laughter or a scream, and ads and pop-ups cut the sound and wake children. The sound also sometimes shuts off on its own in the middle of the night, even while the phone is charging.
Praised: Powerful sound blender, runs over other music, helps with tinnitus, sleep to it for years, masks outside noise
Complaints: Stray voices and laughter in tracks, ads and pop-ups cut the sound, sound shuts off at night, unclear instructions
Best for: People who want to build their own noise blend and layer it over other music
Rank 32. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 6,430 ratings
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People love Relax Melodies for deep customization: you can mix your own sets of noises, binaural beats and melodies for sleep, work or reading, and many have stayed loyal for 10-13 years. But the old joy turned to anger: the app now crashes at night and wakes you, sounds stop saving and need re-downloading, and the price for newcomers jumped to a hundred dollars after being a couple bucks one-time before. People also ask for AirPlay support and a sound search.
Praised: Deep mixing of your own sound sets, binaural beats, years of loyalty, good for sleep work and reading
Complaints: Crashes at night and wakes you, sounds don't save and need re-downloading, price jumped sharply for newcomers, no AirPlay, no sound search
Best for: People who want to build their own sound mixes for sleep and work and don't mind fiddling with settings
Rank 33. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 3,371 ratings
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People keep it for years for their own sound mixes and lifelike scenes like ocean and rain, running it all night for sleep and travel. It breaks on the ad strip at the bottom (which has shown obscene Temu images) and on freezes: the app pauses itself or shuts down mid-night and wakes you. After the move to subscription some old purchases stopped restoring.
Praised: Custom sound mixes, realistic ocean and rain, all-night timer, helps while traveling
Complaints: Obscene ads at the bottom of the screen, app pauses itself and shuts off at night, phone overheating, lost old purchases after subscription, narrow sound selection
Best for: People who want to build their own mix of sounds and run it all night, especially while traveling
Rank 34. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,204 ratings
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People fall asleep to rain layered with piano for years and keep coming back to that exact mix, for many it became a ritual. It breaks on ads: clips pop up even minutes after start and wake someone already dozing off, plus aggressive pricing screens like 6.99 a week. They ask for a way to save their mixes and to tame the musical layers that blast too loud over the rain.
Praised: Rain paired with piano, helps sleep in a noisy place, works reliably for years, good sound quality
Complaints: Ads pop up even after launch and wake you, loud musical layers over the rain, crashes and freezes on iPad, no way to save your mixes, pushy pricing screens
Best for: For those who fall asleep to steady rain and can tolerate ads for a familiar sound
Rank 35. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 1,473 ratings
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For years it was people's favorite fan-sound sleep app: dozens of fan types from a rusty desk fan to an industrial one, a timer, and it puts people to sleep in minutes. It breaks on two things: after an update the sound cuts off within about five minutes, and features that used to be free are now locked behind a subscription. People who paid back in 2021 are angry at being asked to pay again for what they bought.
Praised: Many fan types from desk to industrial, auto-off timer, simple interface, no tracking or data selling, genuinely helps with tinnitus
Complaints: Sound shuts off after a few minutes since an update, once-free features locked behind a pricey subscription, some users get an error on the pay button
Best for: People who can only fall asleep to a fan and want to pick the exact fan type and speed, especially with tinnitus or while traveling
Rank 36. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 915 ratings
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Simple white and brown noise with a timer that many have used for years to sleep and to drown out the house. The main trouble is its behavior: the sound turns on by itself when connecting to a car or AirPods, blasts thunder mid-drive and will not turn off, and after an alarm or another app you have to fully restart it for audio to come back. Also, everything beyond the basic white noise is sold separately.
Praised: Simple white and brown noise with a timer, works even on old iPads, plays through HomePod, drowns out household noise for sleep and work
Complaints: Turns on by itself in the car and through AirPods and only stops when deleted, sound does not come back after an alarm or another app without a restart, keeps playing in the background at the wrong times, everything beyond the basic noise is paid
Best for: For anyone who wants minimalist white or brown noise with a timer and no extra frills.
Rank 37. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 48,296 ratings
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A good fan replacement, for many the only way to fall asleep without a real one, it helps while traveling and when sick. It breaks on a fresh wave of ads you have to close 30-40 times or cannot close at all, plus the sound cuts out when the screen locks and turns itself off.
Praised: Fan sound for sleep, saves you on the road and when sick, masks disturbing noise, simple and it works
Complaints: Intrusive ads that are nearly impossible to close, sound does not play when the screen locks, turns itself off, heats the phone and drains the battery, only one type of sound
Best for: People who fall asleep strictly to a fan and want that same sound on the road
Rank 38. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 17,908 ratings
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Avrora is valued for its nightly ritual, sleep and snoring tracking, breathing exercises and bedtime stories, many fall asleep fast and wake up rested. It breaks on two things, the app crashes mid-story or mid-breathing, and what used to be free is now locked behind payment while a purchased lifetime unlock will not restore on a new phone. People also note the iPhone version is thinner than the Android one and content updates are rare.
Praised: Nightly ritual, sleep and snoring tracking, breathing exercises, bedtime stories, fast sleep onset
Complaints: Crashes during stories and breathing, lifetime purchase will not restore, once-free features now locked, iPhone version is thinner, rare content updates
Best for: People who want a full evening ritual of sleep, breathing and stories and can tolerate crashes
Rank 39. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 4,643 ratings
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People value TaoMix 2 for the unique ability to record and import their own sounds and build whole atmospheres in layers, which some say saves them during migraines and insomnia. What hurts is that the record and import feature was simply removed for many, and sounds bought earlier are now locked behind a yearly subscription instead of a one-time payment. Plus complaints about slow loading, freezing on the startup screen and silent support.
Praised: Recording and importing your own sounds, layered atmosphere building, layers with lo-fi beats, helps with migraines insomnia and sensory sensitivity, years of loyalty
Complaints: Record and import feature removed, purchased sounds moved to subscription, slow loading and freezing on startup, no search among your own sounds, support doesn't respond
Best for: People who want to record and mix their own sounds into complex atmospheres for sleep and focus
Rank 40. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 2,210 ratings
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Parents keep it for 8 and even 11 years because the rain or mountain-river sound genuinely puts the child to sleep, and they value the night light with brightness and continuous play. Right now there are two big pains: after an update the app crashes on open on iPad and doesn't recognize the old one-time purchase, demanding a subscription for what was already paid. Plus the night light is gone, for some playback cuts off after 30 minutes, and restore-purchase and support don't work.
Praised: Rain and mountain river put the child to sleep, night light with brightness and timer, continuous play, years of use from baby to adult, saves trips
Complaints: Crashes on open on iPad after update, doesn't recognize the old purchase and pushes a subscription, night light removed, playback cuts off after 30 minutes, restore-purchase and support don't work
Best for: Parents who need a reliable sleep-inducing sound and night light for a baby at home and on trips
Rank 41. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 1,719 ratings
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The strength is layering and mixing sounds: people drag sources around a board and tune it to themselves, and one person with high-frequency hearing loss found here the only way to mask the ringing in their ears. The weakness is a thin set, only about twenty sounds with no variations, and the paid unlock adds disappointingly little. Technical glitches separately annoy: the widget fails to load, AirPlay playback cuts off at exactly twenty minutes, and after the app sleeps a loud clip interrupts the noise.
Praised: Layering and mixing sounds your way, masks tinnitus with hearing loss, convenient interface, one-time purchase instead of subscription
Complaints: Only about twenty sounds with no variations, paid unlock adds little, widget fails to load, AirPlay cuts off at twenty minutes, loud clip after the app sleeps
Best for: For those who want to stack their own sound layers, including to mask tinnitus
Rank 42. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 850 ratings
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Those already inside like the soft soundscapes and the tie-in with a Pzizz subscription, and it helps them fall asleep and focus on studying. But almost everything is locked: people complain that after the first launch or the trial the app fully blocks and demands payment, and the 60 dollars a year feels overpriced for this set of sounds. Some report surprise charges and that no new sounds or stories have been added in a long time.
Praised: Soft enveloping soundscapes, helps with falling asleep and focusing on studying, works with a Pzizz subscription, quick to build a sleep soundtrack
Complaints: Almost everything is locked, the app blocks after the first launch or the trial, the roughly 60 dollars a year feels overpriced, surprise charges, the narrator voice is monotonous, no new sounds added in a long time
Best for: For Pzizz fans and people willing to pay for soft soundscapes for sleep and study.
Rank 43. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 198,643 ratings
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It nicely replaces a familiar fan when one is not around, the box fan sound genuinely lulls people to sleep in hotels and on the road. It breaks on the ads with explicit images at the bottom of the screen, which many call unacceptable for a kids app, plus a confusing subscription and sound that cuts off after a couple of minutes.
Praised: Fan replacement while traveling, box fan sound, helps you fall asleep in hotels, responsive support
Complaints: Explicit images in bottom ads, hard to close ads, confusing subscription and charges, sound cuts off after a couple of minutes, quiet at max volume
Best for: People used to sleeping with a fan who want the same steady hum on the road
Rank 44. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 33,251 ratings
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People value Endel for its beautiful art, generative soundscapes and real help with migraines, ADHD and daytime naps, some fall asleep in minutes. But the product is hurt badly by relentless upsells and merch pushed even at paying members, a pricey subscription around 200 dollars a year, confusing and extra charges, and the 8D sounds promised in ads that people cannot find inside. The interface has grown cluttered and less usable over time.
Praised: Generative soundscapes, beautiful art, helps with migraines and ADHD, fast sleep onset, short daytime naps
Complaints: Aggressive upsells even to paying members, expensive, confusing and extra charges, promised 8D sounds missing, cluttered interface, delay before sound starts
Best for: People willing to pay for generative sound for focus and sleep, especially those with migraines or ADHD
Rank 45. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.9★ · 4,056 ratings
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Soundscape is sold as an app blocker with music for focus and sleep, and for people who finally managed to put the phone down for study and earlier bedtimes it genuinely helped. But the review set is tainted: people openly leave stars to earn free points and premium. On substance they complain it doesn't block some apps like Instagram, glitches and confuses the block status, and without a music subscription ads intrude right into focus sessions.
Praised: Actually blocks distracting apps, music for focus and study, helps go to bed earlier and put the phone down, tracks sleep
Complaints: Doesn't block all apps such as Instagram, block status glitches and needs reinstalling, ads in focus sessions without a subscription, too easy to end a session early
Best for: Students and people who want to lock their phone for study and go to bed on time
Rank 46. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,371 ratings
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People get it for one job, pink noise that does its thing, helping with tinnitus and in a noisy apartment, and they praise it for being simple and free. The main recurring pain is that the sound is too quiet even at max through earbuds, which makes the app nearly useless for some. There's also no timer, you can't pause it from the lock screen, and only one sound is free.
Praised: Pink noise helps with tinnitus and in a noisy apartment, simplicity, free, does one job well
Complaints: Sound too quiet even at max, no timer, can't pause from the lock screen, sound cuts off after a minute, one sound without subscription
Best for: People who want simple pink noise for tinnitus or noisy neighbors and don't need high volume
Rank 47. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 1,211 ratings
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It genuinely works on babies: the womb sound settles a screaming infant in minutes, and the mix also helps with colic. It breaks on two things: the sound cuts off almost right after you start it, and after an update the free sounds people had used since 2020 got locked behind a yearly subscription with no warning. Hence the wave of angry one-stars from people who relied on it.
Praised: Womb sound settles a screaming infant in minutes, helps with colic and gas, variety of sounds babies like, realistic shush
Complaints: Sound cuts off almost immediately after starting, free sounds locked behind a yearly subscription with no warning, no sample previews, confusing subscription cancellation
Best for: Parents of infants who need to calm and settle a baby fast, especially through colic
Rank 48. Review score: 50 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 1,871 ratings
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A free simple noise generator with no time limit, for many brown noise is literally a hug when overstimulated and the only thing that drowns out a partner's snoring. Ads kill it all: full-screen clips with loud sound pop up in the middle of the night and wake you, when the app should be doing the opposite. The ad quality is separately alarming, with fake banners about 72 viruses and a full iCloud. Tellingly, several people openly ask for a way to pay just to remove the ads.
Praised: Brown noise soothes overstimulation, drowns out nearby snoring, free with no time limit, simple and clear
Complaints: Loud full-screen clips wake you at night, ads stop playback, fake virus banners, no way to pay to remove ads, quiet volume
Best for: For those who want free brown noise with no time limit and can tolerate ads
Rank 49. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 57,470 ratings
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The binaural beats genuinely help some people, some went from two hours of sleep to six or seven, and for tinnitus sufferers the beats distract the brain from the ringing. It breaks on the fact that the app asks for a rating before the first use, many find the sounds cheap AI knockoffs, the connection drops often, and the price and charges cause anger.
Praised: Binaural beats for sleep and focus, help with tinnitus, sleeping longer, works alongside other apps
Complaints: Asks for a rating before first use, sounds like cheap AI, connection drops often, expensive and unexpected charges, too many onboarding questions
Best for: People who believe in binaural beats and are willing to listen with headphones, especially with tinnitus
Rank 50. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 9,782 ratings
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Sleep is valued for its bedtime stories, pleasant narrator voices and the ability to build your own sound, kids and adults fall asleep in three to four minutes. One thing cripples it, an update removed background playback so the sound stops the moment the screen goes dark or you open another app, which is fatal for a sleep app. Stories also cut off every three to five minutes and some kids content is paid.
Praised: Bedtime stories, pleasant narrator voices, build your own sound, fast sleep onset, meditations
Complaints: Sound stops when the screen goes dark, stories cut off every few minutes, no background playback, some kids content is paid, nagging notifications after deletion
Best for: People who fall asleep to stories and a voice and are willing to keep the screen on
Rank 51. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 4,309 ratings
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People praise Noise Machine for excellent brown and green noise that genuinely helps them fall asleep, read in noisy places and cope with sensory overload and tinnitus. But the app breaks systematically: for many it hangs on loading for minutes, forcing you to close and reopen or reinstall every few days, and the yearly price recently jumped to 8.99 per month. One person showed that even after a lifetime purchase it keeps pinging ad networks in the background.
Praised: Excellent brown and green noise, helps with tinnitus and sensory overload, simple interface, helps you sleep and read amid noise
Complaints: Hangs on loading for minutes, must close and reopen or reinstall every few days, price jumped sharply, pings ad networks in background even after purchase, nagging review prompts
Best for: People who need quality brown or green noise against tinnitus, sensory overload and for sleep
Rank 52. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,001 ratings
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The sound of ocean waves is a real anchor for many: it helps with tinnitus, brings people back to childhood by the sea, puts little ones to sleep. It breaks on three things: the promised timer does not shut the sound off even after paying, an update started cutting playback the moment the screen sleeps, and ads intrude right where a person is relaxing before bed. People also complain there are really only one or two wave recordings, not the promised variety.
Praised: Realistic wave sound for sleep and tinnitus, the feeling of returning to the sea, puts kids to sleep, simplicity
Complaints: Timer does not shut the sound off even after paying, update cuts sound when the screen sleeps, ads before bed, really only one or two wave recordings, charges on cancellation
Best for: For those who specifically want ocean wave sound for sleep or to mask tinnitus
Rank 53. Review score: 47 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 1,953 ratings
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Lots of sounds, a clear simple interface, a one-time purchase instead of a subscription, and a developer who actually replies to reviews. The main trouble is loop quality: there is an audible pause and click between repeats, and right as you start drifting off your mind latches onto that seam. The second failure is broken features: the alarm is stuck at midnight, and you cannot wake up to the app's own sounds even though that is the obvious ask. Some people hear no sound at all until they find a hidden volume slider.
Praised: Big choice of sounds, clear simple interface, one-time purchase without subscription, developer replies to reviews
Complaints: Audible pause and click between loop repeats, alarm stuck at midnight, cannot wake up to your own sounds, some hear no sound without a hidden slider, long load times
Best for: For those who want a big sound library for a one-time price and are not picky about perfect loops
Rank 54. Review score: 46 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 9,689 ratings
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White Noise Deluxe is praised for its soothing sound, good station choice and sleeping through local noise, some make stations together with a sibling. But the app drowns in money complaints, a hidden 4.99 weekly subscription without clear consent, no way to unsubscribe, shifting prices and a seven-day trial many call deceptive. It is also annoying that it opens on For You instead of your own follows and you cannot reach a human.
Praised: Soothing sound, station choice, shared stations, sleep through local noise, simplicity
Complaints: Hidden 4.99 weekly subscription, cannot unsubscribe, shifting prices, deceptive trial, opens on For You instead of your follows
Best for: People who want white noise stations and watch subscription terms very closely
Rank 55. Review score: 45 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 851 ratings
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For some it genuinely helps put a child to sleep and ease anxiety, with the campfire story as the favorite. But almost all content is behind a subscription and there is little for free, and many are furious that you cannot try anything: the promised three-day trial will not start without signing up for a subscription. On top of that the story narrators sound like amateurs rather than professionals.
Praised: Puts children to sleep and calms them, campfire story, eases anxiety and stress, pleasant sounds for falling asleep
Complaints: Almost everything is behind a subscription, little free content, the trial will not start without subscribing, story narrators sound unprofessional, unclear how to cancel the subscription
Best for: For parents who need to get a child to sleep and for people who like short bedtime stories and are willing to pay for a subscription.
Rank 56. Review score: 44 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 3,381 ratings
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People take Sleep Sounds to fall asleep at someone's place or on a trip, and they like the wide selection and the ability to customize sounds. But two flaws recur in almost every thoughtful review: nearly every sound has an audible pause of silence every 30 seconds when the loop restarts, and without the paid version ads intrude right before sleep and even wake you with an ad in the middle of the night. Plus crashes and complaints that the ads aren't accessible to screen readers.
Praised: Wide sound selection, customizable sounds, helps you fall asleep at someone's place or on a trip, pleasant design
Complaints: Audible pause of silence in the loop every 30 seconds, ads before sleep that wake you at night, crashes and sound dropouts, ads inaccessible to screen readers, limited timer
Best for: People who want a big selection of sleep sounds on the road and will pay to remove ads
Rank 57. Review score: 44 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 1,139 ratings
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The sounds themselves are good: brown and pink noise genuinely help, one person slept through the night for the first time in a year, and it's especially valued for tinnitus, hyperacusis, and ADHD. One behavior wrecks it all: an hour or two into the night a loud voice ad kicks in and wakes you, sometimes several times a night. People unanimously beg for a paid ad-free version, because it's unusable for sleep as is.
Praised: Brown and pink noise genuinely help sleep, a lifesaver for tinnitus, hyperacusis, and ADHD, runs all night to the alarm, nice choice of sounds
Complaints: A loud voice ad blasts in the middle of the night and wakes you, sometimes several times a night, some get a click every five minutes, gaps in the ocean track
Best for: People who need noise for tinnitus or sleep and are willing to endure ads or find a way to mute them
Rank 58. Review score: 42 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 35,338 ratings
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It calms you and helps you fall asleep, there are bedtime stories and a few decent free sounds. It breaks on the fact that many describe the same pattern, the promised seven-day trial immediately charges the full 60 dollar price with no refund, and only six sounds and a couple of stories are free.
Praised: Calms you and helps you fall asleep, bedtime stories, a few decent free sounds, works for studying too
Complaints: Trial immediately charges 60 dollars with no refund, only six free sounds, sound does not play in silent mode, audible seam at the end of the loop, few free stories
Best for: People looking for bedtime stories and sleep sounds who are ready to pay for a subscription knowingly
Rank 59. Review score: 42 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 3,800 ratings
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People take BedTime Sleep Fan as a substitute for a real fan on trips, and they like the choice of different fans, speed control and a timer. But the main problem kills the very point of a nighttime app: ads cut the sound and wake you in the middle of the night, and the recordings loop with a noticeable click at the end. People also complain the timer is fixed at 60 minutes with no adjustment, and the sound cuts off abruptly at the end instead of fading out.
Praised: Choice of different fans, speed control, timer, helps you sleep on trips and mask noise
Complaints: Ads cut the sound and wake you at night, click at the end of the loop, timer fixed at 60 minutes with no adjustment, sound cuts off abruptly at the end, crashes when changing fan type
Best for: People who want a fan sound instead of a real one on trips and don't mind ads
Rank 60. Review score: 42 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,829 ratings
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Parents like it when a hair-dryer or fan sound genuinely soothes the baby without running the real appliances, and they take it on trips instead of a bulky machine. But the app literally makes you write a review to unlock half the sounds you already paid for, and it's nearly unusable for free. Plus complaints that after payment the sound plays only 30 seconds instead of the promised hours and cuts off at night, waking the baby.
Praised: Hair-dryer and fan sounds soothe the baby, a travel replacement for a bulky machine, varied options for the child
Complaints: Forced to write a review to unlock paid sounds, barely works without paying, sound cuts off after 30 seconds or at night after purchase, murky subscription cancellation
Best for: Parents of babies who need household white noise on the go instead of a separate machine
Rank 61. Review score: 40 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 2,130 ratings
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Under the hood a strong product from the Pzizz and Soundly studio: you can mix sounds with stories and music, devoted fans pay 60 a year for quality sleep and listen to stories until they knock out. What ruins it is the access model: the trial is hidden, people think it is free, and after a few days a screen hard-locks demanding a subscription with no way to close it. On top of that after an update the app stops opening and hangs on the launch screen.
Praised: Rich library of sounds, stories and music, free mixing, stories that put you to sleep, the Pzizz and Soundly heritage
Complaints: Hidden trial and sudden charges, subscription screen blocks everything with no exit, app fails to open after an update, short sound loops repeat noticeably
Best for: For those willing to pay for a deep mix of sounds with stories and not scared of a subscription
Rank 62. Review score: 34 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 8,434 ratings
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People come for a simple background hum to fall asleep on the road or drown out someone else's noise, and the basic fan sound genuinely helps a few of them. But most substantive reviews land on one thing: to listen longer than a couple of minutes or open a second sound you have to sit through ad after ad, and the sound set is thin and feels too flat and artificial. Several people just tell you to open YouTube instead.
Praised: Calming and helps you fall asleep while traveling, simple fan sound, timer
Complaints: Ads at every step, few sounds in the free version, sound too flat and unnatural, shuts off at night forcing a restart
Best for: People who want the simplest background noise on the road and will tolerate ads or pay
Rank 63. Review score: 34 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 2,194 ratings
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A simple fan noise app, one parent gets a child asleep in half a minute, others take it on trips instead of a separate noise machine. The main pain is that it used to be a one-time 99 cent purchase and now asks 1.99 a month for a single sound, and long-time users feel cheated. On top of that an overnight update removed a favorite sound and left only white noise, and there is no timer or speed control.
Praised: Puts a child to sleep fast, handy for travel instead of a noise machine, simple soft background noise
Complaints: Sound does not always resemble a fan, no timer or speed control, an update removed a favorite sound, cuts out too early, subscription replaced the old one-time purchase
Best for: For parents who want simple fan noise for travel, if a subscription does not bother them
Rank 64. Review score: 32 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 814 ratings
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Some people like the sounds and genuinely fall asleep, but the app breaks constantly: a white screen and crashes on launch, glitches, sound not playing on a locked screen unlike TaoZen 2. There is a separate wave of complaints that the ad promises sleep in ten seconds and it does not work, while a subscription is pushed immediately, including cases where children signed up. In essence the ad promises diverge sharply from what is inside.
Praised: Some of the sounds are liked and induce sleep, helps fall asleep fast when it works, pleasant to tap the sounds
Complaints: White screen and crashes on launch, constant glitches and errors, sound does not play on a locked screen, cannot add duplicates of one sound and little customization, the ad promises sleep in 10 seconds and misleads, subscription is pushed immediately including on children
Best for: Only for those willing to tolerate glitches for a few sounds, but a more stable app is the better choice.
Rank 65. Review score: 30 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,468 ratings
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In substance people only note that the sounds put someone to sleep fast and that you can mix different noises. Beyond that it's all problems: almost everything is paid or requires watching an ad for a sound, and for some the watch-video offer doesn't work at all, and the sound dies the moment you leave the app. Many gushing 5-star reviews with zero specifics look inflated.
Praised: You fall asleep fast to the sounds, you can mix different noises
Complaints: Almost everything is paid or ad-gated, unlocking a sound via video fails, sound dies when you leave the app, only static wallpaper images
Best for: Only for people who want to mix a couple of sounds for free and tolerate ads
Rank 66. Review score: 30 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,147 ratings
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In essence this is a single screen with a few sounds pretending to be a Calm replacement with meditations and stories, but people pay and never find what was promised. The app blocks access and demands a five star rating to continue, so the high score is artificial. Real complaints are harsh: charges after cancellation, impossible to cancel the trial, ads popping up every ten seconds.
Praised: Helps fall asleep faster, pleasant calm sounds, presented as a free Calm alternative
Complaints: A screen demanding five stars locks the app, charges after cancellation, impossible to cancel the trial, ads every ten seconds, in reality one sound instead of the promised meditations and stories
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