Dark Noise: Ambient Sounds

Name: Dark Noise: Ambient Sounds
Rating: 4.8 (3324 reviews)
Author: Dark Noise LLC

Green Brown Pink White Sleep

Free · In‑App Purchases

3.3K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Dark Noise LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

420
MB

Dark Noise is a simple yet powerful way to play ambient noise to help you sleep, focus, or relax. Each of the 50+ high quality sounds features a delightfully animated icon that brings the sound to life. Create custom mixes for an endless variety of soundscapes. Deep integrations with iOS and Shortcuts make it easier than ever to start an ambient noise with a tap or even your voice! • 50+ sounds • Create custom mixes • Set a timer to fade out noise before you wake up • Start a noise with your voice using Siri Shortcuts — even on your HomePod • 10 themes including True Black • AirPlay support • Many interactive widget to play your sounds with loads of customizations • Lock Screen interactive widgets with all customizations • Over 20 custom Home screen icons • More to come! For in-app purchases and subscriptions, see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

3.3K Ratings

Best single purchase app for soundscapes
11/02/2022

FrankP2491
Ok, so I have had several different apps. I hate subscription services so I try and avoid anything that is based on that platform. However, I am a student and do require noise to drown out my wife watching TV, company that comes over, people in the library, etc... I am constantly listening to white noise or other things. However, this app has the ability to create your own soudscapes which I absolutely need. I don't want to listen to TV static for 5 straight hours so I like to layer the sounds so that it reduces my listening fatigue. This app is awesome! One suggestion (not a complaint) is that I would like to have different enviornmental sounds. Such as wind whistling (more like the sound you hear when you are in a cabbin / snow boarding) and one other one which would be some bineural frequencies a few Studying: BETA (14-30 Hz), High Beta (40 Hz) & Meditation/ Sleep: (4-8 Hz) or (432 Hz)
Best single purchase app for soundscapes
11/02/2022

FrankP2491

Ok, so I have had several different apps. I hate subscription services so I try and avoid anything that is based on that platform. However, I am a student and do require noise to drown out my wife watching TV, company that comes over, people in the library, etc... I am constantly listening to white noise or other things. However, this app has the ability to create your own soudscapes which I absolutely need. I don't want to listen to TV static for 5 straight hours so I like to layer the sounds so that it reduces my listening fatigue. This app is awesome! One suggestion (not a complaint) is that I would like to have different enviornmental sounds. Such as wind whistling (more like the sound you hear when you are in a cabbin / snow boarding) and one other one which would be some bineural frequencies a few Studying: BETA (14-30 Hz), High Beta (40 Hz) & Meditation/ Sleep: (4-8 Hz) or (432 Hz)
Helps with Tinnitus!
May 10

EC ED
This is a praise and a frustration. I have Tinnitus and I discovered years ago that that the deep brown noise on a sound machine kept my Tinnitus at bay. But after several years of use, my sound machine broke. I searched many apps and I finally found this app and was able to mix some sounds to get that deep brown noise that I could only get here and it is about the only thing that helps me. That is a huge praise! So I have this app set to my favorite sound and it is on all the time while I’m at home. My only complaint is if I have it on and I get a text, call or an alert on my phone, the app CHANGES my sound to a real low and soft WHITE NOISE sound about 8-10 seconds after the alert, text or call. I have to unlock my phone, go to the app, and switch it back to my preferred sound. Imagine my frustration when I’m group texting!! EVERY SINGLE TIME! I don’t understand why they would make it change your sound about 8 seconds after you have laid your phone down! Now you have to go back, pick it back up and change it back. It’s just really frustrating. I really wish it didn’t do that!!
Helps with Tinnitus!
May 10

EC ED

This is a praise and a frustration. I have Tinnitus and I discovered years ago that that the deep brown noise on a sound machine kept my Tinnitus at bay. But after several years of use, my sound machine broke. I searched many apps and I finally found this app and was able to mix some sounds to get that deep brown noise that I could only get here and it is about the only thing that helps me. That is a huge praise! So I have this app set to my favorite sound and it is on all the time while I’m at home. My only complaint is if I have it on and I get a text, call or an alert on my phone, the app CHANGES my sound to a real low and soft WHITE NOISE sound about 8-10 seconds after the alert, text or call. I have to unlock my phone, go to the app, and switch it back to my preferred sound. Imagine my frustration when I’m group texting!! EVERY SINGLE TIME! I don’t understand why they would make it change your sound about 8 seconds after you have laid your phone down! Now you have to go back, pick it back up and change it back. It’s just really frustrating. I really wish it didn’t do that!!
Sound quality is off
09/08/2019

The Nickname Review
I agree with scampercom about the sound quality being off. The sounds sound thinned out. I use in-ear headphones (not Apple’s) to help blocked out co-workers when trying to concentrate. I usually listen to music but sometimes that can get tiresome and I prefer white noise. This app, though I really like the selection, probably wouldn’t help. The sound quality from other apps like Noisli and Noizio are better, with Wildfulness being the absolute best with 3D sound. I can mix sounds with Noisli but the app hasn’t been updated in a year or so and you can hear the looping. Noizio is updated, has more sounds than Noisli, but you can hear the looping and it requires so many in app purchases to expand the library. Wildfulness, Wildfulness 2, and it’s 3rd counterpart Sonas Island (or something like that) has beyond amazing sound quality. You can hear the looping with a few sounds but it’s biggest flaw for me is the lack of variety. It’s ALL nature sounds. There are other apps I have tried but most were unnecessarily complicated or not worth mentioning. This app is good for it’s simplicity, ease of use, features, and variety, but unfortunately not it’s sound quality.
Sound quality is off
09/08/2019

The Nickname Review

I agree with scampercom about the sound quality being off. The sounds sound thinned out. I use in-ear headphones (not Apple’s) to help blocked out co-workers when trying to concentrate. I usually listen to music but sometimes that can get tiresome and I prefer white noise. This app, though I really like the selection, probably wouldn’t help. The sound quality from other apps like Noisli and Noizio are better, with Wildfulness being the absolute best with 3D sound. I can mix sounds with Noisli but the app hasn’t been updated in a year or so and you can hear the looping. Noizio is updated, has more sounds than Noisli, but you can hear the looping and it requires so many in app purchases to expand the library. Wildfulness, Wildfulness 2, and it’s 3rd counterpart Sonas Island (or something like that) has beyond amazing sound quality. You can hear the looping with a few sounds but it’s biggest flaw for me is the lack of variety. It’s ALL nature sounds. There are other apps I have tried but most were unnecessarily complicated or not worth mentioning. This app is good for it’s simplicity, ease of use, features, and variety, but unfortunately not it’s sound quality.
Great Premium Noise App
10/12/2020

Joshua D.
I really like the selection of sleep or relaxation sounds in this program a lot. If I need something to listen to, to be able to sleep or just to de-stress, Dark Noise, is what I inevitably choose almost every time.Also, I cannot thank the developer enough for offering this app as a premium program. The fact that Dark Noise doesn't contain any greedy micro-transactions or stupid subscriptions and is just sold for one fair price is the main reason I took a chance and purchased this application. I only buy premium programs and I'm very glad to add this one to my collection.I own more than a two handfuls of these types of noise applications and Dark Noise is easily among the best in my opinion. Thanks, again, for being a rad developer and selling Dark Noise ethically and morally as a premium program and God bless.
Great Premium Noise App
10/12/2020

Joshua D.

I really like the selection of sleep or relaxation sounds in this program a lot. If I need something to listen to, to be able to sleep or just to de-stress, Dark Noise, is what I inevitably choose almost every time.Also, I cannot thank the developer enough for offering this app as a premium program. The fact that Dark Noise doesn't contain any greedy micro-transactions or stupid subscriptions and is just sold for one fair price is the main reason I took a chance and purchased this application. I only buy premium programs and I'm very glad to add this one to my collection.I own more than a two handfuls of these types of noise applications and Dark Noise is easily among the best in my opinion. Thanks, again, for being a rad developer and selling Dark Noise ethically and morally as a premium program and God bless.

3.5.2 includes some minor bug fixes related to liquid glass. In 3.5, Dark Noise was updated for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass! - You can now create custom "Magic Mixes" with AI! We're taking advantage of Apple Intelligence and the new Apple Foundation Model to automatically generate a relaxing soundscape based on a simple prompt. - We've updated every view on Dark Noise to follow the new, beautiful design aesthetic from iOS 26.

Version 3.5.2

2d ago

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