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Awesome, with a suggestion

Awesome app! I do have a suggestion though: I’m not a fan of how the article title cuts off in a bubble. For example, “ Is it possible you could add a text size adjustment thing in the settings? The native iOS text size thing doesn’t work with it.

Thank you!

Thanks for maintaining your classic app. I thought it was mothballed, and was pleasantly surprised to find you updated it. I really like how you reflect changes in Wikipedia with tones. Happy holidays!

Update

Loved this app but it needs an update to work with a newer ios.

Response from developer

Glad to hear you’re enjoying the app! I recently published a new version that is optimized for iOS 16.1.

Long time user

I found this program online back in 2012-13ish, and still have it bookmarked but the app is such a great thing!! There are a few thing that are a little wonky, but I still love this app and use it a few times a week. It’s a great tool for when I’m writing papers, great ‘flow-state’ sound.

Lovely but no longer compatible

It's like listening to a wind chime, interesting and abstract. I hope the developer can update it to work on ios 14 & 15.

Response from developer

Hey there! Sorry for the trouble you ran into. I recently published a new version of the app that is optimized for the latest version of iOS (16.1). Check it out and let me know what you think!

Needs support on newer devices

I had this on my old phone but now it doesn’t work anymore :(

Response from developer

Hey there! Sorry for the trouble you ran into. I recently published a new version of the app that is optimized for the latest version of iOS (16.1). Check it out and let me know what you think!

No longer works

IPadOS 14.5.1 will no longer start this app. In fact I think it has been deleted. When you try to open it from the App Store you get a message that the app is incompatible with the current version of the OS and needs to be updated by its maker. In fact it has been warning me about this for awhile, I just didn’t know which update was going to kill it. So sad! I was just about to show it to someone too. Please update! Thanks!
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Response from developer

Hey there! Sorry for the trouble you ran into. I recently published a new version of the app that is optimized for the latest version of iOS (16.1). Check it out and let me know what you think!

Calming

This is incredibly calming to have on my headphones while filtering out other noises. The sound is not quite as pleasant as it was when you could stream it through your Internet browser, but that function no longer works. This is a good replacement for now. I turned all of the languages on so that I would get a more vibrant stream of sounds. I would pay for this. It keeps me sane.
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Nothing like the web version

When listening to the side by side to the website the instruments in the app sound like a smaller instrument with a higher pitch and less length to the note. Short, quick, pitchy, sporadic and clustered is the best way to describe it.

Great, but

don’t use this to fall asleep to if you use your phone’s alarm to wake up. Your alarm won’t make sound. Good for background noise during the day though.

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