Made for iPhone Duo: sōon now fits folded, open, and in Split View. Small layout refinements throughout.

3.0 reshaped how sōon looks and moves. 3.1 is the companion pass — reliability, feel, and a few surfaces that needed to finish cleanly. Heartbeat and Purring can use synced haptics on iPhone while sōon is open and playing (the display stays awake so they can continue). One control in Favorites covers both. Apple Watch stays pure playback — no track haptics on the wrist. Pauses settle for a short beat before the first phase counts. When another app takes audio, sōon yields and stays paused until you tap play. Cold install seeds Favorites as Purring, Heartbeat, then Heavy Rain. Small chrome and timer fixes throughout.

Until now, every update added something. This one is different. 3.0 is the first version built without a feature list to chase. Every surface that felt unfinished got finished. Every detail that felt off got fixed. The result is an app that looks and moves the way it always should have. The playback background is no longer a shape — soft, formless light now. The Favorites sheet is rebuilt from the ground up. When a Pause session ends, the comet trail settles into a quiet hanabi as the session closes. Everything else — toolbar, timer, Listening History, small interactions throughout — is steadier and cleaner than before. Same app. Finally itself.

• Catalog: Heartbeat joins the nine ambient tracks (Coffee Shop steps aside), with a BPM you can adjust while it plays. • Listening History can sync with your private iCloud — off by default. We never see it. • Lock Screen: circular widgets to play your first favorite or open Pauses — plus clearer artwork on Home Screen and Now Playing. • Polish for Pause, accessibility, and everyday listening.

• New: Take a Pause. Tap the toolbar button, choose a paced-breathing pattern — Even · 5–5 (1 min), Triangle · 5–5–5 (2 min), or Square · 4–4–4–4 (5 min) — then tap Start. • Optionally save completed Pauses to Apple Health (Mindfulness). Off by default. • About these patterns — reference copy and citations from the Pause sheet. • Home Screen quick actions — long-press the app icon for Pauses and Play. • Pause sheet — swipe between patterns; the picker stays in sync. • Updated toolbar and reorganised settings. • Fixes and improvements to the timer, Pause layout stability, and accessibility. Landscape favorites toolbar remains open.

• Listening History – Listening History is now easier to find and explore, with clearer structure and dedicated sub-pages for your usage details. We’ll continue refining this experience in upcoming updates. • Expanded language support – the app UI is now localized in 12 languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Thai, and Ukrainian. • Siri playback support (English only) – You can now start and control playback with Siri, including track-specific requests like “Play heavy rain on soon app” and controls like “Pause in soon app”. • How to Use Siri page – Added an in-app help page under Listening History with currently supported Siri commands and quick usage tips. • Watch experience refinements – Improved watch interaction smoothness and playback flow for a more consistent wrist experience.

• Apple Watch – Use sōon on your wrist. Sync up to three favorite sounds from your iPhone and play them on Apple Watch, even when your iPhone isn't nearby. Swipe or use the Digital Crown to switch between favorites and control playback from your watch. Headphones required — Apple Watch speakers are not suited for audio masking. • Favorites – When Apple Watch support is on, favorites stay in sync automatically. The Favorites screen shows a clear status for your watch connection. • Watch playback – If you're already listening and you switch to another sound, the new track starts playing automatically. • Refined Watch UI – The Watch player layout is more balanced and adapts naturally to all Apple Watch screen sizes. The playback indicator is calmer and less distracting.

Timer text fixed, Chinese translation updated.