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24 alternatives to Improve focus and sleep with mixable soundscapes for your Mac, and iPhone

I began learning Swift by building something I wanted, a soundscape mixer that stayed out of the way on OS X and iOS. A few weeks ago I saw others were wanting the same thing based off the feedback in the Noisli thread, so now that the base features are done I wanted to share it. I'd love any feedback, and I hope it's useful to someone else: https://github.com/lukeheuer/soundescape-osx https://github.com/lukeheuer/soundescape-ios

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Improve focus and sleep with mixable soundscapes for your Mac, and iPhone launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Blankie▲181

    Open-source ambient sound mixer now on iOS, CarPlay and Mac

    2025 · blankie.rest · its alternatives →

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    The New Endel for Mac▲125

    Personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax & sleep

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a simple ambient sound app with no ads or subscriptions▲314

    I’ve always liked having background noise while working or falling asleep, but I got frustrated that most “white noise” or ambient sound apps are either paywalled, stuffed with ads, or try to upsell subscriptions for basic features. So I made Ambi, a small iOS app with a clean interface and a set of freely available ambient sounds — rain, waves, wind, birds, that sort of thing. You can mix them, adjust volume levels, and just let it play all night or while you work. Everything works offline and there are no hidden catches. It’s something I built for myself first, but I figured others might…

    2025 · ambisounds.app · its alternatives →

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    Daft Music▲276

    Some time ago I moved from Spotify to Apple Music for a few reasons. As someone who builds iOS and macOS apps, I quickly noticed how rough the Apple Music experience felt on Mac. It just wasn’t fun to use. So I decided to challenge myself and see if it was possible to build a full, complex, and performant Apple Music client using SwiftUI. At first, it went surprisingly well. SwiftUI made it easy to build out the main structure and experiment quickly. The UI came together nicely, and it was exciting to see how modern and flexible the framework could be. But the deeper I went, the more cracks…

    2025 · daftmusic.app · its alternatives →

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    Noize▲90

    Your personal ambience sound mixer

    2023 · mynoize.app · its alternatives →

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    Chill N' Sound▲256

    Play and mix ambient sounds to boost productivity

    2017 · chillnsound.petrovicstefan.rs · its alternatives →

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    Relax in the Fantasy▲138

    Relieve stress through mixing ambient sounds

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Soundscape for Focus▲28

    Unlock Focus with Immersive Soundscapes for Deep Work.

    2024 · soundscapemusic.se · its alternatives →

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    Fluya▲74

    Mix your own relaxing nature sounds to create soundscape

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Serene▲82

    Binaural ambient sounds to relax, focus and sleep

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Brain.fm for iOS▲346

    Music for the brain to improve focus, meditation & sleep

    2016 · brainfm.com · its alternatives →

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    Soundscape▲66

    An audio and visual experience to help you focus and sleep.

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    prostir zvuku▲290

    A spatial nature sound mixer for Mac

    Jun 2026 · prostirzvuku.app · its alternatives →

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    Hear▲234

    Unlimited control over real-world sounds

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Ambiently▲68

    Ambient Soundscapes for iPhone, iPad and Mac

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Yu▲127

    A Mac app for soothing background sounds

    2015 · yu.hackplan.com · its alternatives →

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    Noise App▲94

    Create your optimal acoustic environment on the go.

    2020 · apps.frhlch.at · its alternatives →

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    SoundDrown▲80

    Ambient sounds to help you focus, relax, and escape

    2014 · soundrown.com · its alternatives →

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    Soundscape▲88

    Sync your music with the open source community

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Snoozy▲116

    Create relaxing compositions, sleep better every night

    2023 · snoozy.app · its alternatives →

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    Timbre – An app that finds the best sounds for your sleep▲83

    Hey all, I'm currently a solo iOS developer who just released my first app, Timbre, onto the App Store (iPhone only for now). Here's a demo to show you how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALoPAFb31Bk. Timbre originally came about because I wanted to build a sleep sounds & sleep tracker app. I had used Headspace, Calm, Pillow, etc. and figured that instead of paying $70 / year I could just build my own app and pay $100 / year (not a great plan in retrospect). As I started building Timbre, I realized that one of the biggest issues I had with these other apps…

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Focusli▲126

    Background sounds to help you focus and relax

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    SoundSource 3.0▲102

    The sound control that should be built into MacOS

    2017 · rogueamoeba.com · its alternatives →

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    Dark Noise▲131

    Powerful way to play ambient noise to help you sleep

    2019 · darknoise.app · its alternatives →

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