Comparison

Travelear vs Nature SFX

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

Head to head
About

Travelear

Experience virtual wellness travel with immersive 3D soundscapes. Explore diverse destinations and environments from your home, feeling like you are truly there. Enjoy nature, cityscapes, and more with high-definition binaural audio.

Highlights
  • 3D Soundscapes
  • Organic wellness recordings
  • High Definition 3D Binaural Audio
  • Nature, rain, and city recordings
  • Map View destination selection
  • Personalized itinerary creation
  • Offline listening (subscription)
Features
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Explore the world through sound. Travelear brings you ambient field recordings captured in real locations across the globe — from bustling Tokyo markets and Parisian rain to tranquil Costa Rican forests and Arctic wind. DISCOVER SOUNDS FROM EVERYWHERE Browse hundreds of ambient recordings organized by location, category, and trending popularity. Search by place, tag, or creator to find exactly the right atmosphere. Explore Nature, Urban, and Weather categories or dive into what's trending today. LISTEN FOR HOURS Many recordings are designed to loop seamlessly for hours of uninterrupted ambience. Use Travelear for deep focus while working, winding down before bed, or escaping to a faraway place without leaving your room. BUILT-IN SLEEP TIMER Set a sleep timer with a gentle 10-second fade-out so sounds ease away naturally as you drift off. Choose any duration with hour, minute, and second precision. The dark ambient interface is designed for nighttime use. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Create personal playlists and organize your favorite sounds. Drag and drop to arrange tracks in the perfect order. Follow your favorite creators and discover their new uploads in your home feed. A GLOBAL CREATOR COMMUNITY Travelear is powered by creators who record and share ambient sounds from their travels and everyday surroundings. Every track is captured on location and tagged with its real-world coordinates. TRAVELEAR PRO Subscribe to unlock unlimited listening across the full library. Free listeners get a short daily preview so you can explore before subscribing. Pro members enjoy unlimited access and directly support the creators behind every recording. https://thetravelear.com/terms

About

Nature SFX

Enhance your well-being with high-fidelity nature soundscapes. Experience pure white noise and a vast catalog of immersive environmental audio samples designed for relaxation and better sleep.

Highlights
  • Pure white noise generation
  • High-fidelity 24bit/96kHz audio samples
  • Extensive catalog of nature effects
  • Sounds for mental health and sleep
  • Binaural beats for relaxation
Features
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Nature SFX is better for your mental health and well sleep. Did you know? You never experienced pure White noise.Because to generate it is so difficult,and at last we found out the best condition true White noise. This App, we also provide more super nature effect sounds. Of course they are sampled with 24bit/96kHz. Yes,they are also true super nature effect sound you've never heared. Sound Catalog -------------------- 01.Taylor's beach 02.Lucy and waves 03.Catherine and sea 04.Olivia feels water splash 05.Emily and the river 06.Miracle water drop 07.Mary on the water 08.Sophia and rainy day 09.Chloe in the forest 10.Isabella getting wet 11.Emily and rainy day 12.Ellie feels the shower 13.Great thunder 14.Rain with thunder 15.The wiper 16.Airport terminal 17.The airplane 18.Altitude 3000 feet 19.Ava hijacking the bus 20.The subway 21.A moment of the NYC 22.Uncles's ship 23.Lonely winds 24.Evelyn in winter 25.Insect harmony 26.Camp fire 27.Anna's dinner 28.Alice and dryer 29.Laundry and Mila 30.Natalie is house keeper 31.Air compressor 32.Nora takes MRI 33.Beat of Samantha 34.Pink Noise 35.White Noise 36.Brown Noise 37.Blue Noise 38.Violet Noise 39.Binaural Alpha 40.Binaural Theta Hope it make you everything better.

Screenshots

Travelear4 screens
Nature SFX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nature SFX at none against Travelear's 2. Nature SFX also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). Travelear's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Travelear sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Nature SFX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Travelear holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 60 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Travelear's written reviews are positive against 81% of Nature SFX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Travelear ships an update every 2 weeks, Nature SFX every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Travelear versus Nature SFX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTravelearNature SFX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (66 ratings) — better4.2 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews — better81.5% of reviews
Number of ratings66 — better60
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.18.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB65 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerkaimo, LLCRyuichi Tanaka

Customer experience

Travelear

All ratings66 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.1%

Nature SFX

All ratings60 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.5%

Bugs and requests

Travelear

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after a few minutes
  • Screen turns completely black
  • App is incompatible with iPhone 6s

Requested features

18 requests
  • Longer track durations
  • More real-life/urban tracks
  • Sleep timer
  • Playlist creation
  • Lock screen controls (skip/back song)
Show 13 more
  • Option to download tracks
  • User-submitted clips/recordings
  • More variations in microphone position suggestions
  • Random track button
  • Ability for users to add their own recordings
  • More winter sounds
  • Halloween-themed sounds
  • Star Wars themed sounds
  • Virtual walking feature
  • Games for the blind
  • More vacation/travel sounds
  • Add more content
  • Improve app monetization transparency

Nature SFX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Travelear

Subscriptions2
  • Scout$4.991 Month
  • Trailblazer$39.991 Year
None

Nature SFX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Travelear free?
Travelear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nature SFX free?
Nature SFX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Travelear or Nature SFX?
Travelear is rated higher. Travelear averages 4.6 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Nature SFX averages 4.2 from 60 ratings.
Do Travelear or Nature SFX have ads?
Neither Travelear nor Nature SFX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Travelear or Nature SFX?
Travelear ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nature SFX every 3 days. Most recently, Travelear was updated on November 2, 2026 and Nature SFX on November 2, 2026.

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