Black Noise vs Sleeper Sounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Black Noise
Drift off to sleep with a curated collection of spaceship and airplane ambient sounds. Enjoy up to four hours of immersive audio designed to promote relaxation and deeper sleep.
- Eight unique ambient sounds
- Up to 4 hours of continuous playback
- Spacecraft sounds
- Airplane sounds
- Portable on iPhone and iPad
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Sleep Tight with Relaxing Spacecraft and Airplane Sounds. Black Noise includes eight different sounds with up to 4 Hours of listening. Sounds Include: Spacecraft, Space Cruiser, Space Plane, Space Quarters, Planetary Rain Shelter, Turboprop Plane, Jet Engine and Ambient Space. Take these sounds anywhere on your iPhone or iPad.
Sleeper Sounds
Create personalized soundscapes for sleep, relaxation, and focus by mixing multiple ambient sounds. Block distractions, fall asleep faster, and wake up refreshed with a vast library of high-quality audio.
- Mix multiple ambient sounds
- Adjust individual volume levels
- Library of rain, nature, and frequency sounds
- Create custom soundscapes
- Save favorite sound combinations
- Sleep stories and calm narration
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Sleeper Sounds — White Noise, Sleep Sounds & Relaxing Sound Mixer Sleeper Sounds is a powerful white noise app and sound mixer designed to help you sleep, relax, and focus by creating your own custom soundscapes. Unlike other sleep apps that limit you to one sound, Sleeper Sounds lets you mix multiple sleep sounds, rain sounds, and ambient noise together to build the perfect environment for any moment—whether you're falling asleep, studying, meditating, or reducing stress. Sleep Better with White Noise Block distractions and fall asleep faster using calming white noise, rain sounds, and soothing ambient audio. Create a peaceful nighttime environment that helps you stay asleep longer and wake up refreshed. Powerful Sound Mixer Take full control of your audio: Mix multiple ambient sounds at once Adjust volume levels individually Combine rain, storms, frequencies, and more Build your perfect custom soundscape in seconds. Huge Library of Relaxing Sounds Explore a growing collection of high-quality sounds: Rain and thunderstorms Ocean waves and water sounds Wind, forest, and nature ambience Deep tones and frequency sounds Focus, Study & Relax Improve productivity and reduce stress with consistent background noise: Stay focused while working or studying Calm your mind during stressful moments Create a distraction-free environment anywhere Sleep Stories & Calm Audio Unwind with immersive audio experiences: Relaxing sleep stories Calm narration to quiet your mind Perfect for bedtime or meditation Save Your Mixes Create and save your favorite sound combinations: Quickly access your custom mixes Build a personal library of relaxation Reuse your favorite sleep or focus setups
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sleeper Sounds at none against Black Noise's shown. Sleeper Sounds also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Black Noise's advantage is ratings volume (286 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sleeper Sounds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Noise has 286 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Black Noise ships an update every 7 months, Sleeper Sounds every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Noise | Sleeper Sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (286 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 286 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 307 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Bevins | Dante Little |
Bugs and requests
Black Noise
Reported bugs
6 issues- Sound cuts out after 1-2 seconds
- Goes silent every ten minutes
- Randomly stopping and starting
- Cuts in and out every 7 minutes
- App crashes on open in iOS 13
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- No longer compatible with version 13.1.3
Requested features
7 requests- Return timer to 12 hours
- Fix the break in the loop
- Increase volume for some sounds
- Allow playback with other apps
- Add fade out option
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- Fix the pause in 'space quarters'
- Bring back 15 min timer option
Sleeper Sounds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Black Noise
No in-app purchases
Sleeper Sounds
No in-app purchases
Questions
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