Comparison

Ambient Sounds vs A Soft Murmur

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ambient Sounds

Escape the everyday with a diverse collection of high-quality ambient sounds. Find calm, focus, or relaxation by immersing yourself in various environments, from bustling train stations to serene coastlines. Perfect for stress management, sleep, or blocking out distracting noises.

Highlights
  • Wide range of high-quality sounds
  • Stress management and relaxation
  • Noise blocking for public places
  • Aid for sleep, meditation, and concentration
  • Tinnitus overshadowing
  • Over 25 unique place soundscapes
Features
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The world can be overwhelming. It can be noisy, and sometimes painfully silent. Ambience offers a wide range of high quality sounds, for you to visit calm, vibrant or remote places within a second, for as long as you choose. How have people used the app? - Stress management and relaxation - Blocking of surrounding noises in public places (busses, metro, ..) - Calming when trying to sleep, relax or meditate - Subtle ambient noises help to concentrate when studying, reading or just contemplating - Also helps to overshadow tinnitus With our app you can visit over 25 unique places, such as: - Train Station Stuttgart (Germany) - Waterloo Train Station, London (United Kingdom) - Krakow Glowny Train Station (Poland) - Sunday Market, Bruere Allichamps (France) - Sydney Airport (Australia) - Amsterdam Airport (Netherlands) - Chicago Airport (United States) - Cafe (United States or Korea) - Playground (Netherlands) - Coastline - River - Church - Ocean waves - Birds - Waterfall - Rain - Storm

About

A Soft Murmur

Craft your ideal soundscape for sleep, relaxation, study, or work. Mix ambient sounds, play them offline, and save your favorite combinations. Enjoy seamless, uninterrupted audio that helps you focus or drift off peacefully.

Highlights
  • Customizable sound mixes
  • Offline playback
  • Background audio support
  • Adjustable timer and fade-out
  • Save and share favorite mixes
  • Seamless, uninterrupted audio
Features
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Create your perfect mix of relaxing sounds to help you sleep, relax, study or work! Play sounds in the background while you listen to podcasts or music. Play calm nature sounds to help you drift off to sleep. You can easily set a timer to stop playing after a certain length of time, or set sounds to gradually fade out. Download once, listen whenever and wherever you like. All sounds are stored locally on your device, and once installed you can listen without using any data and without an internet connection. A Soft Murmur plays seamless, uninterrupted audio so it never interrupts your focus. Listen to four free sounds - gentle rain, rolling thunder, ocean waves and gusting wind. And for a one-off purchase, enjoy six additional sounds - crackling fire, morning bird song, chirping crickets, bustling coffee shop, meditation singing bowl and zen white noise. When Meander is active, the volume of each active sound increases and decreases at random, creating rolling waves of sound that are never the same twice. Save your favorite mixes and give them names. Switch easily between mixes or share them with your friends. The modern world is full of distractions, so we've made this app incredibly simple and easy to use. With a few taps you can enjoy seamless, relaxing nature sounds with A Soft Murmur.

Screenshots

Ambient Sounds4 screens
A Soft Murmur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ambient Sounds at 4.7 against A Soft Murmur's 4.4. Ambient Sounds also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 77%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). A Soft Murmur's advantage is ratings volume (254 vs 32). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ambient Sounds sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and A Soft Murmur sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ambient Sounds holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A Soft Murmur has 254 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Ambient Sounds's written reviews are positive against 77% of A Soft Murmur's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ambient Sounds versus A Soft Murmur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmbient SoundsA Soft Murmur
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (32 ratings) — better4.4 (254 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better76.9% of reviews
Number of ratings32254 — better
Update frequency—Every 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFAT FIRE APPSSleepy Rabbit LLC

Customer experience

Ambient Sounds

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

A Soft Murmur

All ratings252 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews182 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative18.1%

Bugs and requests

Ambient Sounds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

A Soft Murmur

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer stops working after app updates
  • Purchased sounds disappear after restoring from backup
  • Sounds fade in and out randomly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free sound options
  • Separate volume controls for each sound
  • Dark mode
  • Green noise sound
  • Additional nature sounds like water streams

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Ambient Sounds

One-time10
  • Track 'rainfall and birds'$3.99
  • Track 'Korean cafe'$3.99
  • Track 'American Cafe'$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Track 'River'$3.99
  • Track 'Cathedral'$3.99
  • Track 'Jungle'$3.99
  • Track 'Coastline'$3.99
  • Track 'Construction Site'$3.99
  • Timer$4.99
  • Full Unlock$5.99
7 purchases

A Soft Murmur

One-time7
  • Unlock water sounds 1$1.99
  • Unlock animal sounds 1$1.99
  • Unlock musical sounds 1$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Unlock rain sounds 1$2.99
  • Unlock synthesized sounds 1$2.99
  • Unlock all default sounds$3.99
  • Unlock mechanical sounds 1$3.99

Questions

Is Ambient Sounds free?
Ambient Sounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A Soft Murmur free?
A Soft Murmur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ambient Sounds or A Soft Murmur?
Ambient Sounds is rated higher. Ambient Sounds averages 4.7 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while A Soft Murmur averages 4.4 from 254 ratings.
Do Ambient Sounds or A Soft Murmur have ads?
Neither Ambient Sounds nor A Soft Murmur shows ads.

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