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Dev tools · April 14, 2026

Drift - Ambient Sound Mixer

Mac Native. 99 Sounds, Spatial Audio, No Subscription

What it does

I got tired of paying $50/year to hear rain on my laptop. So I built Drift, a native macOS menu bar app with 99 ambient sounds, spatial audio with AirPods, and a built-in Pomodoro timer. No subscription. No account. No internet required. What makes it different: - Mix up to 4 sounds - Spatial audio with head tracking on AirPods - Built-in Pomodoro timer - Native SwiftUI. Uses ~50MB RAM - Save unlimited presets - Works 100% offline. No cloud, no tracking, no data collection

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