iPhone App: WhiteNoise

September 30th, 2009

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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