# White Noise ٞ — user reviews > 128 indexed App Store user reviews of White Noise ٞ by Matrix Software Co., rated 4.60/5 from 1,109 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/white-noise/id1447815848/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/white-noise/id1447815848.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 865 · 4★ 126 · 3★ 55 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 49 ## What do users think of White Noise ٞ? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Customizable sounds - 👍 Good for sleeping - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 👍 Helps with focus and relaxation - 👍 Great sound quality - 👍 Seamless sound loops **Cons** - 🐛 Ads - 🐛 Sound pauses when other audio plays - 🐛 App gets stuck on pause/stop - 🐛 Supports only portrait mode - 🐛 Timer doesn't work consistently - 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes - 🔋 Battery drain **Commonly reported bugs** - Timer not working as expected - App getting stuck on pause/stop - Screen rotation issues - Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - More sound options like rain, nature sounds - Bedtime stories or other relaxing audio - Landscape mode support - Option to remove ads with one-time purchase ## Newest reviews (18 of 128) ### 3/5 — Landscape mode *2026-06-13, version 1.18* Very well made app except it's locked in vertical. Landscape mode would make it perfect. ### 3/5 — Nice app, bad ads *2026-01-11, version 1.18* I’m all for free speech and personal liberty, but showing porn ads is classless. Do better. ### 3/5 — Good but flawed *2025-07-01* I got this app a while ago and really like it in a lot of ways. The sound quality is pretty good, and the interface is nice and simple, but there are a few things I really don’t like. * Ads. It doesn’t matter too much because I don’t spend time looking at the app, but given the option, I’d much rather pay a couple of dollars as a one-time purchase to get rid of the ads. * Sound pauses whenever other sound is played. I wish there were an option to override that. Sometimes I play the white noise on my iPad while browsing, and if I accidentally start playing a video, the white noise stops, and I have to reopen the app and start it playing again. That problem is made worse by the fact that… * It gets stuck on pause/stop. If the sound is stopped, it’s common to get into a state where it won’t start again. It doesn’t matter if it’s paused by me pressing the pause button or by another sound playing, it won’t start playing again until I completely close the app out. * It only supports portrait mode. Like I said, I have it on my iPad, and when I open the app, it’s always stuck in portrait mode. It won’t rotate the display if I’m using the iPad in landscape mode. This didn’t used to be the case, but the screen rotation seems to have been broken in a recent update. I have an iPad Pro M2 running the latest iPadOS. **Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed feedback on our sleep sound app! We’re thrilled you enjoy the sound quality and simple interface. We hear you on the issues, and here’s our response: • Ads: We appreciate your suggestion for a one-time purchase to remove ads. We’ll pass this along to our team for consideration in future updates. • Sound pauses: Sorry about the white noise stopping when other sounds play. We’re exploring options to add an override feature to keep the sound running seamlessly. • Stuck on pause/stop: Apologies for the frustration with the app getting stuck. Our team is investigating this issue to ensure smoother playback resumption. • Portrait mode only: Thanks for flagging the landscape mode issue on your iPad. It sounds like a bug from a recent update, and we’re working to restore screen rotation support ASAP. Could you share your iPad model and iOS version? This will help us troubleshoot further. Thanks for your patience and support! ### 5/5 — What a great K.I.S.S. App!! *2025-06-04* Used BetterSleep for years until they recently opted to price themselves out of my market. This app does exactly what I was looking for and does it simplistically well. Highly recommend it. **Developer response:** Thank you for the glowing review! We’re so glad to hear our sleep sound app meets your needs with its simplicity and effectiveness. Your recommendation means a lot to us! 😊 ### 3/5 — Good but flawed *2025-05-18* I got this app a while ago and really like it in a lot of ways. The sound quality is pretty good, and the interface is nice and simple, but there are a few things I really don’t like. * Ads. It doesn’t matter too much because I don’t spend time looking at the app, but given the option, I’d much rather pay a couple of dollars as a one-time purchase to get rid of the ads. * Sound pauses whenever other sound is played. I wish there were an option to override that. Sometimes I play the white noise on my iPad while browsing, and if I accidentally start playing a video, the white noise stops, and I have to reopen the app and start it playing again. That problem is made worse by the fact that… * It gets stuck on pause/stop. If the sound is stopped, it’s common to get into a state where it won’t start again. It doesn’t matter if it’s paused by me pressing the pause button or by another sound playing, it won’t start playing again until I completely close the app out. * It only supports portrait mode. Like I said, I have it on my iPad, and when I open the app, it’s always stuck in portrait mode. It won’t rotate the display if I’m using the iPad in landscape mode. This didn’t used to be the case, but the screen rotation seems to have been broken in a recent update. **Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed feedback on our sleep sound app! We’re thrilled you enjoy the sound quality and simple interface. We hear you on the issues, and here’s our response: • Ads: We appreciate your suggestion for a one-time purchase to remove ads. We’ll pass this along to our team for consideration in future updates. • Sound pauses: Sorry about the white noise stopping when other sounds play. We’re exploring options to add an override feature to keep the sound running seamlessly. • Stuck on pause/stop: Apologies for the frustration with the app getting stuck. Our team is investigating this issue to ensure smoother playback resumption. • Portrait mode only: Thanks for flagging the landscape mode issue on your iPad. It sounds like a bug from a recent update, and we’re working to restore screen rotation support ASAP. Could you share your iPad model and iOS version? This will help us troubleshoot further. Thanks for your patience and support! ### 3/5 — Love on iPhone, hate on Watch *2025-05-14, version 1.18* Another recent reviewer also made a similar observation. It's only occupying memory space. ### 5/5 — Great little app *2025-04-22* Very non-intrusive ad, easy to use **Developer response:** Thank you for your kind feedback! We're happy to hear you find the app easy to use and the ads non-intrusive. Your support means a lot to us! ### 5/5 — wish there was more sounds *2025-03-05, version 1.18* love this app, only white noise app i’ve that doesn’t have a subscription or advertising, only wish they had more sounds but it’s free so i can’t complain too much, thank you white noise, i love y’all ### 5/5 — Ellerinize sağlık *2025-02-06, version 1.16* Sayısız uygulama kurup kaldırdım demekki illa oara indirmeden reklam kştlemedende insanların ihtiyaçlarına merhem olunabilşyormuş ### 4/5 — Merp *2025-01-13, version 1.16* Ambiguous returns in commands and somewhat unclear instructions. Otherwise perfect other than ios muting any audio in favour of any native application. Ngl I'm still trying to find an application in 2025 that will actually still run with pokemon sleep tracking. They all used to. Now none do, and most have changed to subscription models. Which would be cool if they actually worked. ### 2/5 — Timer doesn’t work *2024-12-22* The timer option doesn’t work 99% of the time. Plays all night long not just the 30 minutes it is set for. Tried all different ways and still wants to play all night. Did help with going to sleep but wakes me up in the middle of the night because it’s still playing. ### 4/5 — I like this app, but…. *2024-12-06* This app is pretty good except every 3-4 days it gets a little wonky. It will not play for the time you set for it, but it’ll play through the entire night. Then I have to d/c the app, wait a day then open it again. If they could fit that, they’d get a 5. 🙂 ### 5/5 — Not noise *2024-08-05, version 1.16* Times just what I needed sounds great ### 5/5 — ✨🍀 *2024-07-21* Хорошее приложение. Спасибо 🙏 ### 5/5 — 소리좋아요 *2024-05-26* 자연느낌그대로 ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2024-01-27* Best app on appstore ### 5/5 — Thank you. x *2024-01-24* Thank’s for making this so simple and usable. I love it and I’m sure I’ll be using it ever single night to help me get to sleep. I was using the Balance app for its white/brown noise features but the ones on this app are much better and free. XO ### 5/5 — the sound of stepping on snow, please *2023-12-21* the sound of stepping on snow, please ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-04-08, version 1.18* Brown noise doesn’t work! It was the only sound I liked on this app and now it is silent. ### 1/5 — Porn ads *2026-01-19, version 1.18* Very disappointed that a porn ad came up at the bottom of the app page. Deleting for that purpose. ### 1/5 — Watch app is useless *2023-12-14* Not sure what the point of shipping an Apple Watch version of this app is. You start playing a soundtrack, and it immediately stops when you put your wrist down. Doesn’t play in the background over connected headphones as one would expect. ### 1/5 — Apple Watch bug? *2022-03-04* I got this app for my Apple Watch (Watch OS 8.4), but it turns stops playing every time the screen turns off! This doesn’t happen with any other Watch apps or with this app on my phone. The developer website doesn’t work to get support. It’s a shame because it sounds amazing but it doesn’t do what I need it too. ### 1/5 — New design doesn’t work please fix it *2021-09-20, version 1.15* Used to be the best app for white noise now it keeps crashing, buttons are way to big it’s impossible to scroll down. Please fix the design. ### 1/5 — Used to love this app *2021-09-03, version 1.15* I used to use this app everyday to meditate with brown/white noise. They spelled brown wrong and added an annoying clicking sound to it. Way to mess it all up just to change the colors of the interface. ### 1/5 — New design is horrible *2021-09-01, version 1.15* I liked the old design much better. This new design doesn’t work properly. Brown noise has ticking in the background which is super annoying and can’t use anymore which was my go too. Have to get a new app now… ### 1/5 — Bad update. *2021-08-29, version 1.15* The new update is not very good. The old version worked better. Also, it’s BROWN not brawn. ### 1/5 — New update made app unusable *2021-08-29, version 1.15* Odd clicking and rattling noises disrupt the sounds. Why would you think people want to hear extra random noises? Fan noise is different now and awful. Baffling. Please revert back to the old sounds. ### 1/5 — Warning- no more pink noise *2021-08-28, version 1.15* The latest update deletes pink noise as an option- so odd, since pink noise is widely viewed as best for sleep. If you use pink noise, update at your own risk. Update: there is a terrible clicking in the loop for “brawn” noise as well. Deleted. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-07-31* Super good like it when you can do multiple you can save it and name it **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your great review! We're happy to hear that you enjoy creating multiple sound mixes and that the save and naming features are useful for you. We appreciate your support and hope the app continues to help you relax and sleep well. ### 5/5 — Great app😊😊 *2026-07-18* I mainly used this white noise app at night to help me get to sleep and stay asleep. The only thing that I would love to see on this white noise app is bedroom ceiling fan because I still have to have my one on as well as this app Thank you so much for who ever design this app I hope this white noise app can help lots more people **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your thoughtful review! We're delighted to hear that the app helps you fall asleep and stay asleep. We also appreciate your suggestion for a bedroom ceiling fan sound and will consider it for a future update. Thank you for your kind words and support—we hope the app continues to help you and many others enjoy a better night's sleep. ### 5/5 — What *2026-06-26, version 1.18* It’s good it help me fall asleep. Thanks for letting me use the app. ### 5/5 — Song *2026-06-16, version 1.18* Vim ### 5/5 — Best app in years! *2026-04-16, version 1.18* Don’t hesitate to download! Seriously, it’s that good A+++ ### 5/5 — Holy god app *2026-04-12, version 1.18* Me and my mom got a full 10 hours of sleep and that dose not normally happen so w app and good ### 5/5 — Customizable Sounds *2025-09-23* Possibly the best soothing sounds app because it allows you to combine sounds and adjust individual sound volumes for a customizable experience. **Developer response:** Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We’re glad you enjoy the customizable sound experience. ### 5/5 — Fab app *2025-08-25* Good app for sleeping **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad the app helps you sleep well. ### 5/5 — En iyisi *2025-08-06, version 1.18* Ücretsiz olması ve seslerin cok gerçekçi olması mükemmel olmuş ### 5/5 — Underrated 💛 *2025-06-29, version 1.18* Love this app so much! Using it for years. How to donate a few bucks for your coffee? Thank you for this! 😊 Follow up review: I have been recently maximizing the use of my iPad, can you add an option to use it horizontally? Thank you! 😊 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*