iPhone App: WhiteNoise
= 3 stars
App that plays pleasant background sounds to help you fall asleep or concentrate.
The Good
- A handful of truly relaxing sounds, that late at night made me drowsy almost immediately: Amazon jungle, beach waves crashing, crickets chirping.
- A timer that shuts off the sound after a certain period of time; hopefully you will have fallen asleep by then. The timer can be set to count down an amount of time (stopwatch) or at a particular time (clock). There’s also an alarm
- Some welcome settings for sound playback: volume, balance, pitch.
The Bad
- The lite version has about about ten sounds, of which only two I liked (rushing water and rain fall). The full version has forty sounds, but again, I’d say about half are a wash. Some of the sounds I have a hard time believing anyone would find relaxing (thunderstorm, oscillating fan, dish washer, hair dryer blowing, vacuum cleaner [!]).
Conclusion
Does as advertised, with the biggest negative the odd choice of sounds.
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