A Soft Murmur vs Rainy Mood Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable sound mixes
- Offline playback
- Background audio support
- Adjustable timer and fade-out
- Save and share favorite mixes
- Seamless, uninterrupted audio
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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.
Rainy Mood Lite
Experience the calming sound of rain to aid sleep, focus, and relaxation. This app offers high-definition 3D audio with a randomizer for a unique soundscape every time. Mix sounds, set a sleep timer, and even play your own music alongside the rain.
- HD/48kHz 3D audio
- Algorithmic randomizer
- Sound mixer
- Sleep timer
- Energy efficient
- Play music simultaneously
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Rainy Mood is the internet's most popular rain experience. Join millions of people who use Rainy Mood to help them sleep, study, and relax. With stunning HD/48kHz 3D audio and algorithmic randomizer, your brain will naturally relax and focus. FEATURES + 3D audio, works with standard headphones + Algorithmic randomizer and massive sound library for always-fresh sound that never repeats + Sound mixer + Sleep timer + Energy efficient + Play your music simultaneously. Works with your music apps. + AirPlay (NEW!) + Includes free lifetime updates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rainy Mood Lite at none against A Soft Murmur's 7. Rainy Mood Lite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (88% vs 77%). A Soft Murmur's advantage is update cadence (every 39 months vs every 100 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. A Soft Murmur sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Rainy Mood Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rainy Mood Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 254 and 305 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of A Soft Murmur's written reviews are positive against 88% of Rainy Mood Lite's.
A Soft Murmur ships an update every 39 months, Rainy Mood Lite every 100 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Soft Murmur | Rainy Mood Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (254 ratings) | 4.7 (305 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 254 | 305 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months — better | Every 100 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sleepy Rabbit LLC | Plain Theory, Inc. |
Customer experience
A Soft Murmur
Rainy Mood Lite
User reviews
A Soft Murmur
From 254 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌳 Relaxing ambient sounds
- 🕰 Useful timer feature
- 🎨 Ability to customize sound mixes
- 🔊 High-quality audio
- 💤 Helps with sleep and focus
Room to improve
- 🔒 Many sounds locked behind paywall
- 🔁 Issues with sound resetting on app close
- 🔋 Battery drain reported
- 🐛 Bugs with timer and sound playback
Rainy Mood Lite
From 305 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌧️ Relaxing rain sounds
- 🕰️ Useful sleep timer
- 🔊 Ability to adjust sound levels
- 🎶 Plays well with other audio
- 💤 Helps with sleep and relaxation
Room to improve
- 🔒 Limited free features
- 🔇 Occasional volume fluctuations
- 🐦 Unwanted bird sounds
- 🔌 Stops playing when app is closed
Bugs and 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
Rainy Mood Lite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Airplay functionality not working
- Occasional crashing or freezing
Requested features
3 requests- Add more ambient sound options
- Implement a persistent playback mode
- Add a customizable sleep timer
In-app purchases
A Soft Murmur
- Unlock water sounds 1$1.99
- Unlock animal sounds 1$1.99
- Unlock musical sounds 1$1.99
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- Unlock rain sounds 1$2.99
- Unlock synthesized sounds 1$2.99
- Unlock all default sounds$3.99
- Unlock mechanical sounds 1$3.99
Rainy Mood Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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