Drift: Sleep Sounds & Music
Rain & White Noise for Bedtime
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Drift 7 is a new sleep sound app: 34 sounds, each with its own moving scene, a new Instrumental collection, and a nightlight. Try Premium free for 7 days.
It's late, and you meant to be asleep an hour ago. Put on the rain, a box fan or a slow piano, set a timer, and let Drift play you to sleep.
Every sound in Drift has its own scene, drawn live and slow enough to fall asleep to: snow over a line of pines, embers lifting off a fire, moon jellies drifting up through dark water. Watch it, or hide the controls and let it fill the screen.
34 SOUNDS, SEVEN KINDS
Rain, Water, Noise, Nature, Night, Ambient and Instrumental. Thunderstorms and rain on leaves, ocean waves and a stream, a box fan and a deep drone, crickets and cicadas, a crackling fire, a singing bowl, a cat purring, even the clack of a mechanical keyboard.
INSTRUMENTAL
Eight calm tracks for the end of the day, from Night Piano and Violin Lullaby to Banjo Blues. Every sound in Drift loops without a seam, so there's no pause or jump to wake you.
A TIMER FOR FALLING ASLEEP
Choose 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or play until you stop it. The sound fades out over the last half minute, the screen dims while it plays, and it keeps going with your phone locked. Play and pause right from the lock screen.
MIX YOUR OWN
Layer up to four sounds, like rain over crickets with a fan underneath, and set each one's volume. Save the sounds and mixes you reach for and start them in one tap.
A NIGHTLIGHT
Turn your screen into a soft, even light in one of six colors, and dim it down to a faint glow. Your sound keeps playing underneath.
WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PREMIUM
Six sounds are free, with every timer and the mixer: Rainy Night, Ocean Waves, Forest Morning, Singing Bowl, Night Piano and Violin Lullaby.
Premium opens all 34 sounds, the nightlight, and new sounds as they land. Try it free for 7 days with the yearly plan. After that it's 29.99 a year, or 3.99 a month, and you can cancel anytime.
NOTHING TO SET UP
No sign-up and no account. Open Drift, tap a sound, and put the phone down.
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more I don’t have time for meditation apps, they ask for way too much. This is perfect! Love the soundscapes in particular.
I don’t have time for meditation apps, they ask for way too much. This is perfect! Love the soundscapes in particular.
What's New in Version 7.0
Drift is now a sleep sound app. 34 sounds, from rain and a box fan to ocean waves and a crackling fire, each playing under its own moving scene.
Instrumental, a new collection: eight calm tracks, from Night Piano to Violin Lullaby. Both of those are free.
A sleep timer that fades out at the end, a mixer for up to four sounds, and play and pause from your lock screen.
The nightlight turns your screen into a soft light in one of six colors.
We dropped the baggage and went hyper-focused on what you wanted most from Drift: sleep.
7.0 Sep 28
What's New in Version 6.0
The Current: every drift you finish now sinks you deeper. Start in the Sunlight a few meters down and watch the water carry you toward the Twilight, the Midnight, and eventually the Abyss.
A streak that can't break. Miss a day and a Still Water holds your current exactly where you left it. Your depth pauses instead of resetting, and nothing scolds you when you come back.
Small daily asks worth a little more glow: wind down after nine, try a sound you haven't heard, notice how you feel afterward.
Reach a vault every week or so and the water gives something back. Three new wallpapers and two new app icons, earned only by showing up. They can't be bought.
Weekly routes let you flavor the week, with a premium Deep Sleep run of nightly wind-downs.
Cicadas: a new night soundscape, a humid August wall of sound.
6.0 Sep 2
What's New v5.0
• Kelp Garden, a new Flow visual: drag through swaying strands that bend around your finger, then drift back.
• Box Fan, a new soundscape: a steady white-noise hum for sleep.
• Small Wins, a new Lift interlude: a reminder that the small things you did today still count.
• Drift Off, a new Sleep interlude: a slow body scan that softens you into sleep.
• Sleep Mode now includes Box Fan and Crackling Fire.
5.0 Jul 26
What's New in Version 4.9
Fireflies: a new memory puzzle. Watch the swarm, then remember how many you saw.
Ink Drop: a new touch visual. Press and drag to bloom ink that curls and dissolves in water.
Summit Breath: a new energizing breath with a long hold at the top to wake you up.
Nightfall: a new sleep breath that settles you at empty and sinks you toward sleep.
4.9 Jul 18
What's New in Version 4.8
• Favorites: tap the heart on any sound, breath, puzzle, interlude, or visual to save it, then launch it in one tap from your new Favorites grid.
• Your favorites, settings, and session history now sync across your devices and carry over to a new phone.
• Start a 7-day free trial to unlock every experience, the longer 90 and 120 second sessions, all wallpapers, and custom reminders.
• Small fixes and polish.
4.8 Jul 9
What's New in Version 4.7
• New Focus puzzle: Shuffle. One orb glows, the pack mixes, tap where it lands.
• New Touch visual: Supernova. Press to charge, release to set it loose.
• Two new soundscapes: Summer Storm and Mechanical Keyboard.
• Two new interludes: Double Sigh for calm, The Night Train for sleep.
• Sleep Mode: pick a sleep soundscape, set a fade-out timer, and rest. Keeps playing while your phone is locked.
• Soundscapes now play inside beautiful full-screen ambient visuals.
• New Rhythm puzzle: Ping Pong.
• Small fixes and polish.
4.7 Jul 6
What's New in Version 4.6
• Sleep Mode: drift off to seamless, looping sleep sounds with a timer that fades out, or plays until you stop.
• Soundscapes now play beautiful full-screen visuals while you listen, with a fresh look each time.
• New Ping Pong: a calming little rally for the Rhythm puzzles.
• Smoother, gap-free audio loops across several soundscapes.
4.6 Jun 27
What's New in Version 4.5
A new Interlude category
Sleep. Two new narrations for the end of the day, "The Last Tab" with Theo and "Nothing Left to Do" with Mina.
Breathwork has a new look.
The breathing circle is now made of hundreds of drifting light particles—they gather into a crisp circle as you exhale and loosen into a soft cloud as you breathe in. A thin ring of light traces each phase so you always know where you are in the breath.
Two new soundscapes
Binaural Clock (Ambient) a steady tick in binaural space and Bumblebees (Resonant), a warm close hum.
4.5 Jun 11
What's New (v4.4)
Share your drift.
After a touch-visual session, you can now turn your moment into a short animated video, your scene in motion with a quiet line over it, and send it straight to Stories, Messages, or save it to Photos. No streaks, no counters. Just a beautiful little thing to leave behind if you want to.
Reminders can speak now.
Turn on the new Voice Cue in Settings to hear a gentle Drift sound with each reminder. Off any time you like.
New touch visual: Comet Shower.
Tap to send comets streaking across the sky with glowing tails. Find it in the Sky collection.
Spent some time under the hood. Drives better now.
4.4 Jun 5
What's New (v4.3)
Share your drift.
After a touch-visual session, you can now turn your moment into a short animated video, your scene in motion with a quiet line over it, and send it straight to Stories, Messages, or save it to Photos. No streaks, no counters. Just a beautiful little thing to leave behind if you want to.
Reminders can speak now.
Turn on the new Voice Cue in Settings to hear a gentle Drift sound with each reminder. Off any time you like.
New touch visual: Comet Shower.
Tap to send comets streaking across the sky with glowing tails. Find it in the Sky collection.
4.3 Jun 4
What's New (v4.2)
• New touch visual: Star Pop. Tap to detonate a starburst of light rays. Tucked into Sky.
• New puzzle: Mirror Flip. A grid of arrows pointing in random directions, tap each one to rotate it. Solve it by getting them all to face the same way.
• New breathing technique: Charge Breath (6·2·4). Slow inhale, hold full, short exhale. Oxygenates without aggression. Find it at the top of Energizing.
• Newton's Cradle: the marble click is now properly audible. No more cranking your volume to hear it.
• Nothing flashy, just better.
4.2 May 30
What's New (v4.1)
• Newton's Cradle: a quiet new fidget tool in the top nav. Drag a marble, release, listen to the clicks.
• Moment of Quiet got a friend. Tap the hourglass for 60 seconds; tap the cradle when you need to watch something move instead.
• New touch visual: Spark Cascade. Tap to launch a burst of warm sparks that fall under gravity. Lives in Drop.
• New soundscape: Birds. Plus a new Night category, Rainy Night, Crickets, and Summer Night moved here so the bedtime sounds are easier to find.
• Two new breathing techniques: Lullaby Breath (Sleep) for the 1:2 sleep-onset rhythm, and Quick Coherence (Reset) for clearing the baseline.
• A quiet affirmation now greets you on the home screen and dissolves away shortly after.
4.1 May 25
A fresh look, and a new way to pause.
Moment of Quiet
Tap the hourglass at the top of any screen for a simple 60-second countdown. No animations, no audio, no choices, just a big number and a breath.
New Touch Visual: Sand Pour
Drag your finger and streams of gold, sky, and teal grains pour from your touch, falling like sand. Tucked into the Trail category.
New Interlude: Weather Passes
A new acceptance-themed narration from Lyndsay. "What's heavy now will move through."
A New App Icon (with the old one as a backup)
Drift's app icon got a refresh. Prefer the original? Settings → Home Screen Icon lets you switch between the new Drift icon and Classic any time.
Polish
• Interlude progress bar now follows the actual narration length, no more empty bar with audio still playing.
• Singing Bowl is now free.
• Stability and bug fixes.
4.0 May 20
New Touch Visual: Glow Worm
A glowing chain trails your finger with a soft cascading lag, drag and watch it follow.
Three New Soundscapes
• Fly Fishing: Hydrophone beneath a slow river. Deep, watery, immersive.
• Desert Wind: Wind howling through an empty desert. Dry and vast.
• Waterfall: Cascading water and a steady pour. Constant and full.
Singing Bowl is now free
The resonant tone for stillness is available to everyone.
New-Content Hints
A subtle pulsing dot now marks experiences you haven't tried yet, so it's easy to spot what's been added in each update.
Smoother Picker
The "Choose" pickers feel cleaner: a "Done" pill returns you to the intro without ending your session, and stray taps on the touch-visual picker no longer leak through to the wallpaper underneath.
The usual: bugs squashed, things sped up, vibes maintained.
3.84 May 15
Polished a few rough edges.
3.83 May 12
What's New for v3.82
Two New Puzzles
• Fade Match: A color flashes briefly. Find the matching swatch from the options before it slips your mind.
• Heartbeat: Tap on the peak as a pulse fills toward a target ring. The tempo gradually slows over each session — like syncing with your own breath.
Three New Interludes
• A Little Softer, narrated by Lorena
• Keep Going, narrated by Solomon
• Quiet Room, narrated by Lyndsay
Reorganized Interlude Categories
Browse by intent: Calm, Ground, Accept, or Lift. Easier to find the meditation that fits how you actually feel.
Discover Ink.
A new card in Settings, Ink. is our newest app for turning your voice into clean notes and to-do lists.
Polished Details
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.82 May 12
What's New for v3.81
Two New Puzzles
• Fade Match: A color flashes briefly. Find the matching swatch from the options before it slips your mind.
• Heartbeat: Tap on the peak as a pulse fills toward a target ring. The tempo gradually slows over each session — like syncing with your own breath.
Three New Interludes
• A Little Softer, narrated by Lorena
• Keep Going, narrated by Solomon
• Quiet Room, narrated by Lyndsay
Reorganized Interlude Categories
Browse by intent: Calm, Ground, Accept, or Lift. Easier to find the meditation that fits how you actually feel.
Discover Ink.
A new card in Settings, Ink. is our newest app for turning your voice into clean notes and to-do lists.
Polished Details
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.81 May 11
Three New Touch Experiences
• Constellation: press and release to spark a cluster of stars connected by glowing threads
• Firefly Burst: press and release to release glowing fireflies that drift and blink
• Aurora Brush: drag to paint flowing aurora-borealis curtains across the screen
New Guided Meditation
• Comfortable Here, narrated by Theo, settle in and feel at ease right where you are
New Touch Categories
Browse touch visuals by Sky, Trail, Drop, Energy, and Flow.
Four New Puzzles
• Out of Sync: find the cell pulsing differently from the rest
• Pulse Tap: Guitar Hero-style rhythm taps as notes fall down lanes
• Flow Connect: connect colored dots without crossing, fill every square
• Pathfinder: drag a single line through every cell from start to end
Two New Wallpapers
• Aurora: soft color curtains slowly drifting across the screen
• Pulse Lattice: concentric pulses radiating through a dot grid
Polished Details
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.8 May 5
What's New in 3.7:
Four New Puzzles
• Out of Sync: Find the cell pulsing differently from the rest
• Pulse Tap: Rhythmic taps as circles fall down lanes
• Flow Connect: Connect colored dots without crossing, fill every square
• Pathfinder: Drag a single line through every cell from start to end
New Puzzle Categories
Browse by mood: Memory, Focus, Rhythm, Logic, and Motion.
Two New Wallpapers
• Aurora, soft color curtains slowly drifting across the screen
• Pulse Lattice, concentric pulses radiating through a dot grid
8 New Soundscapes
Crickets, Summer Night, Forest Edge, Rain on Leaves, Cat Purring, Night City, Thunderstorm, Day Storm.
Browse Soundscapes by Mood
New Water, Nature, and Weather categories — easier to find the right vibe.
Polished Details
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.7 May 3
8 New Soundscapes
• Crickets, Summer Night, Forest Edge — fresh nature sounds
• Rain on Leaves — soft rain on forest foliage
• Thunderstorm, Day Storm — atmospheric weather, our new category
• Cat Purring — warm low resonance
• Night City — quiet residential streets at night
Browse by Mood
All four experience pickers — Touch Visuals, Puzzles, Soundscapes, and Interludes — now group content by mood. Tap a category chip at the top, scroll detail cards below. Way easier to find what fits how you're feeling.
New Soundscape Categories
Water, Nature, Weather, Resonant, and Ambient — split out for easier discovery.
Polished Details
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.6 Apr 29
Here's the What's New in 3.5
Four New Breathing Techniques
• Coherent Breathing (5.5 · 5.5) — clinical sweet spot for HRV
• Ocean Breath (6 · 2 · 8) — long exhale-dominant wind-down
• Bellows Breath (2 · 2) — quick, energizing rhythm
• Stair Step (4 · 4 · 6 · 2) — focused, building energy
Reorganized Breathwork Picker
Browse techniques by mood — Calming, Sleep, Reset, or Energizing — instead of scrolling one long list.
Two New Touch Experiences
• Moonpool — press and release to drop interfering waves
• Lanterns — press and release to send glowing lanterns drifting upward
Two New Interludes
• Already Enough — narrated by Anvi
• Zoom Out — narrated by Sean
Custom Session Length for Soundscapes
Pick 60, 90, or 120 seconds right from the Soundscape intro — independent of your global setting.
New Content Indicators
Soft teal dots on the nav bar show you which sections got fresh content since your last update.
Polished Details
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.5 Apr 27
Two New Touch Experiences
• Moonpool — press and release to drop waves that interfere and overlap
• Lanterns — press and release to send glowing lanterns drifting upward
Two New Interludes
• Already Enough — narrated by Anvi
• Zoom Out — narrated by Sean
Custom Session Length for Soundscapes
Pick 60, 90, or 120 seconds right from the Soundscape intro — independent of your global setting, just like Interludes.
New Content Indicators
Soft teal dots on the nav bar show you which sections got fresh content since your last update.
Improved Trace Puzzles
• Paths now always fit fully on screen
• Clear start indicator shows you where to begin
• Direction cue points the way
Polished Details
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.3 Apr 18
Improved Trace Puzzles
• Paths now always fit fully on screen — no more unreachable sections
• Clear start indicator shows you which dot to begin on
• Direction cue points the way so you always know where to go
New: Untangle Puzzle
A brand new micro puzzle — drag nodes to untangle crossing lines. Zen, no wrong moves, just satisfying flow.
Improved Puzzles
• Trace requires completing the full path — no more early finishes
• Pattern shows each cell one at a time so you can follow the sequence
• Pattern requires tapping in the correct order — it's a real memory game now
Polished Details
• Larger, more tappable navigation icons
• Interludes finish naturally instead of cutting off mid-word
• Updated navigation bar spacing
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.2 Apr 15
What's New in Drift 3.1.1
New: Untangle Puzzle
A brand new micro puzzle — drag nodes to untangle crossing lines. Zen, no wrong moves, just satisfying flow.
Improved Puzzles
• Trace now requires completing the full path — no more early finishes
• Pattern now shows each cell one at a time so you can follow the sequence
• Pattern requires tapping in the correct order — it's a real memory game now
Polished Details
• Interludes now finish naturally instead of cutting off mid-word
• Updated navigation bar spacing
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
• Larger navigation icons for easier tapping.
3.1.1 Apr 13
What's New in Drift 3.1
New: Untangle Puzzle
A brand new micro puzzle — drag nodes to untangle crossing lines. Zen, no wrong moves, just satisfying flow.
Improved Puzzles
• Trace now requires completing the full path — no more early finishes
• Pattern now shows each cell one at a time so you can follow the sequence
• Pattern requires tapping in the correct order — it's a real memory game now
Polished Details
• Interludes now finish naturally instead of cutting off mid-word
• Updated navigation bar spacing
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
3.1 Apr 13
What's New in Version 7.0
Drift is now a sleep sound app. 34 sounds, from rain and a box fan to ocean waves and a crackling fire, each playing under its own moving scene.
Instrumental, a new collection: eight calm tracks, from Night Piano to Violin Lullaby. Both of those are free.
A sleep timer that fades out at the end, a mixer for up to four sounds, and play and pause from your lock screen.
The nightlight turns your screen into a soft light in one of six colors.
We dropped the baggage and went hyper-focused on what you wanted most from Drift: sleep.
more Version 7.0 Sep 28
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