# Sounds of the World — Hear a new instrument daily

> Hear a new instrument daily (iPhone/iPad app by Yiwen Luo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sounds-of-the-world/id6790924626 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Yiwen Luo](https://appshunter.io/developer/1721642278)
- Category: Music, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.1 · 14 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-31
- Data updated: 2026-08-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sounds-of-the-world/id6790924626/reviews.md

## What is Sounds of the World?

Hear the world, one instrument a day.

Every morning, Sounds of the World introduces one traditional instrument from somewhere on the planet - and lets you actually HEAR it. The Armenian duduk that sounds like a voice singing in its sleep. The West African kora, twenty-one strings plucked like a harp. The Chinese sheng, a bamboo mouth organ that breathes like a chorus. Real recordings shared by musicians under Creative Commons, never synthesized.

THE SOUND IS THE HERO
- Tap play and hear a real recording of each day's instrument
- A short, curiosity-first story: where it comes from, how it's played, the music it belongs to
- At-a-glance facts, a tactile waveform, and playback that works even on silent

PLAY, GUESS, AND EXPLORE
- Guess the Sound: a daily listening game. Hear a growing clip and name the instrument before your guesses run out, then share your spoiler-free score.
- Sound Mixer: blend instruments into a living soundscape for focus, sleep, or calm, with a sleep timer.
- Play it yourself: tap pads that play the real instrument, pitch-shifted across a scale.
- World Sound Atlas: every instrument you've met, pinned to a globe. Search, favourite, and follow themed listening journeys.

YOUR SOUND PASSPORT
- Build a streak each day you listen
- Collect instrument families and countries, and celebrate milestones
- Share any instrument as a beautiful card, or as a video reel that actually plays the sound

WIDGETS AND MORE
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with today's instrument, one tap to hear it
- A gentle morning reminder with tomorrow's curiosity hook
- Warm, quiet design in light and dark
- Free. No account, no ads, no tracking, ever

All recordings are from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licences, with author and licence shown beside every clip.

The world is full of instruments you've never heard. Here's one a day.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.6 — 2026-07-31

No release notes.

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