Update after 8 years!?
I’ve used rainy mood since it was a website. Good to see that it’s still getting love from the developers.
ACAllison CA
Updates, but broke a feature I use
After eight years of already being everything I needed, the app has been blessed with a modern refresh, but sadly broke a hidden feature at the same time. I use rain sounds to fall asleep every night, and I don’t use the sleep timer, so I just have quiet gentle rain sounds every night helping me get to sleep and stay asleep.
Previously, the app had sliders for the relative volumes of the soundscapes but also a button to switch them on and off. Unfortunately by moving to only a slider, with no switch, it breaks one hidden feature I use nearly every day!
If you had the Birds slider set to a decent amount of volume, but the button switched off, then I wouldn’t hear bird sounds when I opened the app and started playing sound, nor throughout the night until morning. However, if iOS took control of audio and then handed it back, for example to play an alarm or to talk to Siri, the unchecked Birds effect would start playing sound based on the slider volume, even though it was still unchecked. In hindsight this might have been an unintended effect, but personally I used it nearly every day — if I still hear the rain sounds but without any bird effects, that means my morning alarm hasn’t gone off yet, but if I can hear the birds then it means my alarm has gone off (and maybe I’ve gone back to sleep or snoozed the alarm).
It’s a great way to check whether I should be getting up or not without having to open my eyes to check the time, and I can do it with really low brainpower and don’t have to properly wake up just to check the time or check if my alarm has gone off or not.
Previously, the app had sliders for the relative volumes of the soundscapes but also a button to switch them on and off. Unfortunately by moving to only a slider, with no switch, it breaks one hidden feature I use nearly every day!
If you had the Birds slider set to a decent amount of volume, but the button switched off, then I wouldn’t hear bird sounds when I opened the app and started playing sound, nor throughout the night until morning. However, if iOS took control of audio and then handed it back, for example to play an alarm or to talk to Siri, the unchecked Birds effect would start playing sound based on the slider volume, even though it was still unchecked. In hindsight this might have been an unintended effect, but personally I used it nearly every day — if I still hear the rain sounds but without any bird effects, that means my morning alarm hasn’t gone off yet, but if I can hear the birds then it means my alarm has gone off (and maybe I’ve gone back to sleep or snoozed the alarm).
It’s a great way to check whether I should be getting up or not without having to open my eyes to check the time, and I can do it with really low brainpower and don’t have to properly wake up just to check the time or check if my alarm has gone off or not.
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MNMarto - unique nickname
YAY
I am so happy you are finally updating this app again, I have been using it for YEARS to fall asleep and it’s the best thing ever !! I can’t wait to see what you do next!
Mmadbaddo
Simple and easy
Good sounds!
LLicht:-))
amazing app
Provides the most realistic and enjoyable rain sound!
SSheyysheyy
