Comparison

A Soft Murmur vs MeditWait

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

Head to head
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.

About

MeditWait

Features
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Meditation apps want you calm. This one wants you off your phone. You spend too long scrolling. You already know this. MeditWait makes you pay for it, in stillness. Set a daily screen-time budget, then earn every minute through guided breathing, meditation and mindfulness practice. Want more? Earn more. Scrolling has never cost you anything. Now it does. HOW IT WORKS • Set your screen-time goal and mindfulness target • Complete sessions to earn minutes • Build a streak. Feel the mental benefits WAYS TO EARN • Box breathing and guided breathing, with voice cues • Focus, stress release and body scan sessions • Sleep wind-down and bedtime meditations • Mindful walks, reading and journaling NO INCENSE REQUIRED No gurus. No crystals. No talk of energy or alignment. MeditWait is a screen-time tool that happens to use breathing as the mechanism, direct, and built for people who scroll too much. It doesn't block your apps. Not yet, that's coming. You set the budget, you keep the deal. It works because you decide it does, which is the only way a habit ever sticks. MeditWait Premium unlocks everything. Monthly, or yearly with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://meditwait.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: hello@meditwait.app

Screenshots

A Soft Murmur4 screens
MeditWait4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MeditWait at daily against A Soft Murmur's every 39 months. A Soft Murmur's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. A Soft Murmur sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and MeditWait sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A Soft Murmur ships an update every 39 months, MeditWait daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
A Soft Murmur versus MeditWait: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Soft MurmurMeditWait
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (254 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings254 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB21 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSleepy Rabbit LLCTavis Brown

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

MeditWait

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
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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
2 purchases

MeditWait

Subscriptions2
  • MeditWait Monthly$9.991 Month
  • MeditWait Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is A Soft Murmur free?
A Soft Murmur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MeditWait free?
MeditWait is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do A Soft Murmur or MeditWait have ads?
Neither A Soft Murmur nor MeditWait shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A Soft Murmur or MeditWait?
A Soft Murmur ships an update every 39 months, and MeditWait daily. Most recently, A Soft Murmur was updated on October 24, 2026 and MeditWait on October 6, 2026.

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