Fan Noise - white noise app

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praise 17% · mixed 10% · complain 73%

2.1

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★★★★★app stops playing
Bug keeps it from staying on. This used to be my favorite app for falling asleep while traveling. Since the latest update it keeps shutting off within minutes. Last night I had terrible sleep because of it. Please fix this bug and I will update my review!
★★★★★app stops playing
Used to love this app. I have used this app to sleep for a several years. They just did an update a few years ago and now it will shut off after a few minutes. It is the most frustrating thing because you get really used to it for sleeping and to have it not work properly is so annoying. Please fix the issue!
★★★★★no sound or broken controls
No sounds even when updated. Doesnt work at all
★★★★★other
DiStUrBinG!!. I used the normal fan on high. About 5 hours into the recording, there was a high pitched chanting while someone whispered creepy unrecognizable words. It was EXTREMELY disturbing! :0
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
flop. charging $5 a week for a noise app that used to be free when we can just get the same noise off spotify is so crazy and greedy
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Rip off. This was one of my favorite apps and I used it all the time to help me sleep. The app was free when I downloaded it over a year ago and I had full access to all content. I recently logged in and 90% of my options now require payment?!? I get one fan choice, which was the fan I normally used but now I can’t set the timer to shut it off after a few hours. That was one of my favorite perks! If they charged a one time price of $5.99 I may have considered purchase because I loved it that much. However, for it start as a free app and then try to charge $5.99 A WEEK is absolutely ridiculous. Sadly, I will be uninstalling this app and will find something else.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Bait and Switch. I paid for this app back in 2021, and now I see that they have locked features that I paid for behind a subscription model.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
No worth it anymore. This was great but now they want you to pay weekly. It’s a hassle to get the free fan .. no good anymore find another app that’s better
★★★★★excessive ads block usage
Do NOT update. This used to be great but now the devs think they're clever by "upgrading" the app, which really means they added a ton of ads you have to click through (if you're lucky) before anything works. Or you can waste money every month or yearly on literally a noise app. It ain't that special of an app. It's definitely not worth spending money on.
★★★★★excessive ads block usage
Garbage app. I've had this app for over a year. Was great with unobtrusive ads. After a recent update, the fan noise can only be started after playing a video ad. For a week, it required playing one ad. Tried to start it tonight and gave up after it prompted me to watch a fourth one. What a joke. Uninstalled.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Shame. I purchased this long ago and it was always great, one of the best. Now, the greedy developer wants $5.99 a week to use it, many other equal alternative apps out there, some actually better. So, deleted.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
$6 weekly=$312 per year now. Deleted app. Used to be free. Developers got greedy. Now costs $312 per year for total access. 1 fan noise isn’t enough, and the ads are ridiculous.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Now a subscription needed. Come on guys, $5.99 a week, I would even have to think about it if it was a .99 cent app. Plenty of alternatives out there that are free. To bad… I liked this one….. DELETE
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
App has become trash. The app used to be good and well worth it. But they have decided the original sales weren’t enough and voided all old sales and now require a weekly subscription for the simplest feature that has not updated in years. Run very far away and show these money grabbers what excess greed gets them.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Switched to a subscription model. This was a simple no nonsense app. Now they switched to an ad supported, weekly?! subscription model. There are literally dozens of other apps available for free. Or I can pay a one time fee and buy an actual fan that also keeps me cool. The app developer is delusional.
★★★★★excessive ads block usage
Adds. Latest update included adds. Never had them before. Deleted app
★★★★★excessive ads block usage
Drop in quality. Used to be good. Now too many ads make it unusable. I don't mind a few ads but this is out of hand
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Use to be great. Now $5.99 per WEEK?! WAS the perfect app till update. They used to help people with sleep problems, now they just want to bleed us dry. Developers, shame on you.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Was great, now ruined with ads. App was simple and straight forward. Now most of the previously free features are paid. Each “fan” is now locked behind a paid upgrade, again, previously all free. So it’s become a pay for what you had instead of pay for enhanced features. Worst of all it’s subscription based. You’re better off using the iPhones built in white noise in accessibility to settings.
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Another One Down. They are trying to charge a subscription now, but the link doesn't work anyway. Why would I keep paying for the same individual product over and over again?
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
DO NOT UPDATE!!!. Do NOT update your app! This developer just locked everything behind a subscription paywall. Not cool, shame on the developer and shame on Apple for letting devs do stuff like this to their customers. Don’t update your app!
★★★★★no sound or broken controls
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME. Downloading thjs was a waste of my time. I tried to play different fan sounds and none of them actually had sound. The buttons didnt even work 9/10 tje only thing that actually semi did anything was the timer. My fault for trying the app should have noticed the 1 review on it first. WASTE OF YOUR TIME!!
★★★★★no sound or broken controls
No Sound. Totally bizarre, the fan was moving but there wasn’t any sound. My other fan apps work but this one had no sound at all. There were no FAQs to help. I deleted it. Waste of time
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
DON’T UPDATE IT!!. If you update it you’ll have to buy it 🙄 Very very Disappointing 😔
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Update ruined everything. Ive been using this app for almost a year now but the sudden update last week made everything cost money or have to view a 1 minute ad to use… I actually tried to pay and it didn’t even work. Horrific. Revert the update please there’s no need to be greedy about FAN NOISES
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
5.99 per month. Are the developers insane?
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Bait and switch - freemium. This app was great, tons of options and customizability. For someone with tinnitus that struggles to sleep without white noise, this app was a godsend. After using it for several months for free, all of a sudden they want to lock the customization options behind an obscenely high subscription fee. It’s a fan app, not the cure for cancer. Nobody needs a reoccurring payment for a white noise app. Ridiculous.
★★★★★no sound or broken controls
Don’t work on silent mode on iPhone. The only drawback.
★★★★★privacy and no trackers
Good app, but privacy?. Probably one of the better white noise apps, but need more control over tracking and privacy
★★★★★subscription bait-and-switch
Ruined. I got this app a couple of weeks ago but as of today everything costs money, I was planning to use this to help me sleep but as I was going to set a timer it just said that I need the pay, but when I pressed the pay button to see the price, it didn’t even work, it just said that an error occurred. Please remove the feature to pay for a timer, the app is ruined now.