Who chooses these sounds???
After trying 3 day trial: there are a lot of sounds to choose from—at first glance. But after previewing most of them, the quality—or even the reason why they were added—gave this app a poor review.
A. For instance: the “walking in leaves” sound.
1. It sounds like the dev couldn’t find actual leaves, so instead dev just recorded the crinkling of tissue paper. Does not sound like leaves.
2. There are no footstep sounds. Just the tissue crinkle.
3. The time between supposed footsteps (e.g. crinkles) is wayyyyyy too long. Unless the dev’s legs are 15 feet long, or he lives in a low-gravity planet (with alien crinkle-sounding leaves).
B. Some of the sounds are poor digital sounds (like the signing bowl—does not sound real or pleasant.
C. The length of extended sound loops are not long enough (like, the loon sound just repeats too quickly to be immersive).
D. Many of the sounds are NOT relaxing. Who would want to fall asleep listening to a ear-splitting rainforest cicada (the North American cicadas are at least more of a pleasant drone—sadly they are not here).
HOWEVER: two things I appreciate: the spatial/3D sound settings are great.
And this is the ONLY sleep/meditation appt that has an actual Northern Ontario loon call—but sadly, tge sample size is just too short.
Out of all the sounds, I found 10 that I would use to help me sleep. So… not worth the $79 lifetime fee.
A. For instance: the “walking in leaves” sound.
1. It sounds like the dev couldn’t find actual leaves, so instead dev just recorded the crinkling of tissue paper. Does not sound like leaves.
2. There are no footstep sounds. Just the tissue crinkle.
3. The time between supposed footsteps (e.g. crinkles) is wayyyyyy too long. Unless the dev’s legs are 15 feet long, or he lives in a low-gravity planet (with alien crinkle-sounding leaves).
B. Some of the sounds are poor digital sounds (like the signing bowl—does not sound real or pleasant.
C. The length of extended sound loops are not long enough (like, the loon sound just repeats too quickly to be immersive).
D. Many of the sounds are NOT relaxing. Who would want to fall asleep listening to a ear-splitting rainforest cicada (the North American cicadas are at least more of a pleasant drone—sadly they are not here).
HOWEVER: two things I appreciate: the spatial/3D sound settings are great.
And this is the ONLY sleep/meditation appt that has an actual Northern Ontario loon call—but sadly, tge sample size is just too short.
Out of all the sounds, I found 10 that I would use to help me sleep. So… not worth the $79 lifetime fee.
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Response from developer
Dear user, thank you for your detailed feedback on TaoZen. We appreciate your insights on the sound quality and selection. We will take your comments into consideration for future updates to enhance the user experience. If you encounter any bugs or crashes, please contact us at support-taozen@mwmapps.com. We're glad you found some sounds helpful for sleep. Your input is valuable to us. Thank you for trying TaoZen. - Mau
