# White Noise — user reviews > 783 indexed App Store user reviews of White Noise by TMSOFT, rated 4.80/5 from 45,876 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/white-noise/id289894882/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/white-noise/id289894882.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 41,113 · 4★ 3,319 · 3★ 767 · 2★ 262 · 1★ 415 ## What do users think of White Noise? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌙 Helps with sleep - 👍 Variety of sounds - 🎨 Customizable mixes - ⏰ Timer and clock features - 💰 Good value for money **Cons** - 🔋 Battery drain issues - 🐛 Bugs and crashes - 🔊 Loud pop-up sounds - 📱 Accessibility issues - 🔍 Outdated UI **Commonly reported bugs** - Sounds stopping unexpectedly - Volume issues and inconsistencies - Playlist and mix creation problems - Compatibility issues with newer devices **Most requested features** - Fade in/out for sounds - Ability to use custom sounds as alarms - Improved accessibility for visually impaired users - More advanced mixing and customization options ## Newest reviews (17 of 783) ### 5/5 — Remembering *2026-08-15, version 8.7* I love and benefit from white noise. It helps fill in the space around me so that I’m not drawn off into the tiny miscellaneous sounds around me that make fractions of my attention. So, for years, that’s what I used this app for. Increasingly, though, I use it to capture a memory: sound as a portal to a specific time and place, evoking the felt sense of it in the way that sounds do. This isn’t so much as about documenting extraordinary moments so much as the opposite - an evocation of beautiful ordinary moments. A form of time travel. ### 3/5 — Just get the free one *2026-08-15, version 8.7* After using this for a bit (not to its full potential) I can’t really tell any major difference between the free lite version besides it works on an Apple Watch. Of course if you’re buying it for the extra features that’s fine but when if you just use it for sound, it doesn’t really change anything. ### 5/5 — Physical and mental health! *2026-08-03, version 8.5* This app is enabled me to fine-tune just the right white noise composition to drown out my partner’s range of loud breathing noises. 3 years so far of at least 95% uninterrupted sleep nights 👍🏽🤩 ### 2/5 — Please stop these announcements *2026-07-29, version 8.5* Half the time when I open this app I am forced through a series of announcements. I am a designer. I understand the excitement of new features and the desire for users to know about them. But you've got to see this from the user's perspective. When I launch this app it because I need some white noise right now. That is not the time to force me through a non-optional lesson in all the ways you, you, you have improved this app. The improvement in the experience most needed from you is respect for your users. This app is like a waiter at a restaurant who wants to be the center of attention, who wants to be noticed and watched like an actor on a stage. Instead of quietly keeping the water glass full he wants to interrupt the conversation to call attention to how he pours the water without adding too much ice. How the water glass is never left empty, because he is here to refill it. Perhaps he sins a song about his career as a waiter, and all the lessons he has learned about excellent service experiences. ### 5/5 — I need this app *2026-07-27, version 8.5* The interface is so wacky, so stupid. … But you I need this app. It does what needs to be done ### 5/5 — Great for those of us who read in busy places like comfortable coffee Shop. *2026-07-27, version 8.5* Would recommend it to anyone working in an open environment that has too many conversations that distract you!! I'm a Brown Noise kind a guy, but there are a great many cool sounds at your fingertips. ### 5/5 — Tinnitus relief *2026-07-25, version 8.5* White noise gives some relief for my 24/7 ear problem. Mostly the Cricket noises. ### 4/5 — iPadのウィジェットに不具合 *2026-07-23* iPad Air M2でウィジェットを配置するとウィジェット内部が表示されません。 修正を希望します。 このアプリ自体はとても気に入っていて、2011年くらいから愛用しています。 人の声が入っていないシンプルな自然音だけの構成が心地よいです。 **Developer response:** Thank you for the 4 stars! We’re happy you’re enjoying the app. It’s always such a joy to hear from one of our long-time customers! We've forwarded your feedback to our developers. Thank you for taking the time to send us your suggestion! ### 5/5 — It’s worth the money i’ve had the normal one, but this one enhances it by a bunch amazing sounds😴🤤 *2026-07-21, version 8.5* And the fact that it’s only one dollar like it’s so good and that’s only one dollar I thought this would be the same as the normal White Noise shirt has the same sounds But you can make your own noises to post and so much more other stuff ### 4/5 — Does not get along with Alexa+ *2026-07-20, version 8.4.1* Great app. I’ve been Brown Noise for years to sleep. I set it from my Echo Dot before I go to bed. The new Alexa+ does not recognize this app audibly, however. I’ve tried wording it many different ways. I can get it to work manually by disabling the skill in the Alexa app, then enabling it again. But this has to be repeated each time I want to turn on the White Noise app. Alexa+ defaults to Alexa Ambient Sounds, which does not loop like the White Noise app does. I’ve gone back to the original Alexa which still works for this. Please fix the issue with Alexa+. ### 5/5 — Incredible *2026-07-20, version 8.4.1* When I was in college in 2009, I searched for “white noise” in the App store. There this app was, and throughout the years and dozens of apps, this is still my most used. I have recorded different showers and vent noises over the years and I mix them together for some great sleeping. I can’t sleep without this app. I have downloaded many sounds from the devs market app; here community members upload sounds from all over the world. I appreciate everyone that participates there. This has had great updates over the years. I will be spending my next ten years with this app. I’d even bet that I will use this until my final days. Nothing has been able to replace it, and I have owned many different white noise machines. I love you devs, thank you. ### 5/5 — I hate paying for app but this one is worth it *2026-07-19, version 8.4.1* I don’t even write reviews. I don’t pay for things like this. I’ve been using this app for a decade. One of the best purchase I’ve made. ### 5/5 — Hi *2026-07-19, version 8.4.1* My brother took my phone and I think he liked it because he fell asleep ### 5/5 — I love that it’s easy *2026-07-18, version 8.4.1* it’s varied it’s encouraging creativity and community I just love it!!! ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2026-07-06, version 8.4.1* I’ve been using this app for year to fall asleep ### 5/5 — Dependable & Easy To Use *2026-07-05, version 8.4.1* Dependable Always Available! And Always Easy To Use !! ### 4/5 — iPadのウィジェットに不具合 *2026-07-05* iPad Air M2でウィジェットを配置するとウィジェット内部が表示されません。 修正を希望します。 このアプリ自体はとても気に入っていて、2011年くらいから愛用しています。 人の声が入っていないシンプルな自然音だけの構成が心地よいです。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don't Change My Settings *2026-08-23* When app's Update **Developer response:** It looks like you're using an older version. Please let us know if you need any assistance. ### 1/5 — Used to be great *2026-08-11, version 8.5* Previously would’ve given this app a 5 star review. Absolutely loved it. Now after the recent app update it no longer works for me. I will click play and it just doesn’t play any sound anymore. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2026-08-01, version 8.5* No longer works at all. Wants you to buy a different, more expensive one. ### 1/5 — Undo the last change to the volume *2026-06-22, version 8.4.1* I used to have this play on the same Bluetooth speaker from my iPhone at 50% volume. After the update 2 days ago my iPhone now has to be at about 99% to hear it and it just suddenly jumped to blaring loud. Like the volume control is now broken. Please fix it. ### 1/5 — Incompetent programming *2026-05-19, version 8.3* Stops working (emitting sound) periodically, and the only way to fix it is to uninstall the app and reinstall it. Has been this way for years. ### 1/5 — WN takes all lock screen place! *2026-05-13, version 8.3* I don’t know why but lately when I lock my phone, instead of seeing my custom locked screen with background image of my girlfriend, all I see is White Noise taking all screen, this really sucks! ### 1/5 — アップデートのついでに *2026-05-13* 人の設定をいじるな！ **Developer response:** It looks like you're using an older version. Please let us know if you need any assistance. ### 1/5 — Stopped Working *2026-03-08, version 8.2.1* Sucks I can no longer set an alarm between 2AM and 3AM. Stupid thing defaults to 3AM so it has become useless on those days I have to get up at 2:30 for work. Of to find an app that actually works. ### 1/5 — Can’t purchase! It’s broken. *2026-03-05, version 8.2.1* Upgrade takes you to the App Store to get it, not buy it. Dah! iPhone 12. ### 1/5 — Latest Update Annoying *2026-02-25, version 8.2.1* In the latest update, the lock screen you get a large image of the sound you’re listening to, which means the clock Is no longer the same large font it normally is and instead it’s tiny and at the top of the screen. This means you have to squint to see it - not great when you’ve just woken up and want to see the time. Change it back please! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It’s worth the one dollar especially because then you can make sounds that cut out the background so *2026-09-07, version 8.7.2* You can make sounds on the marketplace that don’t suck👍🏻👍🏻 the best sleeping app ever ### 5/5 — Gloriously Peaceful *2026-09-07, version 8.7.2* Without ‘White Noise’ I’d struggle to get to sleep thanks to the chaos out in the world. The editability of the sounds makes for perfect combinations for one’s individual needs ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2026-09-07, version 8.7.2* I used this app for over five years. I think it’s just wonderful. It has everything you need to relax or sleep or meditate. If you need more, you can download more and you can even make your own. ### 5/5 — Deeper sleep cycles *2026-09-05, version 8.7.2* I sleep with an APAP for the simple fact that I snore. Now that I don’t snore any more, I feel better in the mornings. But my wife noticed that since I have been using this app (crickets & campfire) my breathing pattern has been very deep and consistent. From an internal observation, I have been dreaming more. Or at least I have retained more of what I have been dreaming ### 5/5 — ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS APP!!!! *2026-09-02, version 8.7.1* I’ve been using original sounds from Siri ambient noise and Alexa and Google Home but they’ve just been kind of outdated lately so I’ve been starting to use this app on one of my speakers and it is absolutely WONDERFUL I highly recommend if you wanna try something new or just need White Noise on the go download this app or White Noise lite! ### 5/5 — Never sleep without it *2026-08-25, version 8.7.1* Good sleep ### 5/5 — So many years of perfection *2026-08-23, version 8.7.1* It’s hard to believe that I downloaded this app years and years ago and have never thought twice about it yet, it’s given me hundreds of nights of perfect sleep. Thank you for sticking with it and keeping the product sharp. ### 5/5 — User uploads makes this the no1 best white noise app there is *2026-08-20, version 8.7.1* Off the bat this app has a huge range of sounds, all of which you can already customise and mix. However with the addition of user uploads there are literally infinite sounds to play around with. I have about 20 fan sounds and 20 shower sounds each and no other white noise app could do that for me. Been using this app for over 5 years now and truly have no complaint ### 5/5 — My Favorite White Noise App *2026-08-19, version 8.7.1* I love this app and have used it for years. The sound I play the most to sleep doesn’t have any background sounds that repeat, or irritating sounds. This is a great high quality white noise app. ### 5/5 — It’s worth the one dollar especially because then you can make sounds that cut out the background so *2026-08-15, version 8.7* You can make sounds on the marketplace that don’t suck👍🏻👍🏻 the best sleeping app ever --- *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 2026-09-12.*