Soundworks vs Lullabyte
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soundworks
Enhance your meditation with unique, modern soundscapes crafted by electronic music artists. Explore auditory mindfulness techniques grounded in neuroscience and art. Features daily sounds, courses, extended sessions, and conversations.
- Daily sound meditations
- Apple Health integration
- Contemplative learning courses
- Extended sonic meditation sessions
- Artist and scientist conversations
- Customizable meditation timer
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LET'S CHANGE THE WAY WE HEAR THE WORLD. Soundworks provides access to unique and modern sounds designed by professional artists from the electronic music scene to deepen your daily meditation practice. Rediscover your sense of hearing from a biological and cultural perspective, using simple techniques for working with sound as an object of mindfulness. > Timeless techniques meet modern sound design. Soundworks combines various meditative disciplines with the precision and clarity of modern electronic sound design. Building on a decade of experimentation in immersive media experience and psychoacoustic research, Soundworks offers a uniquely honed sound palette to enhance the quality of your daily meditations. > Created by artists, grounded in neuroscience. Soundworks offers sound meditations and listening sessions designed to enable clarity, insight and calm. Our artists, experienced meditators in their own right, take cues from the neuroscience of sound and aesthetic perception to create unique experiences in auditory mindfulness. > Your space to cultivate inner and outer inquiry. The Soundworks app includes a new daily sound every day as well as courses, extended sessions and conversations. Courses touch upon scientific, artistic or philosophical themes with a contemplative spirit. In conversations, we involve artists, scientists or thinkers to discuss meditation, science, music and health. FEATURES - Daily Sounds: a new sound meditation every day, with the ability to add time at the end of the sound to continue meditating in silence. - Apple Health integration: keep track of your mindfulness activity by connecting your Health app. - Courses: from learning the mysteries of dreaming, to exploring time and space, or observing the nature of our perception and cognition, we offer a series of contemplative learning experiences using sound as a gateway towards insight. - Extended Sessions: purely sonic adventures for longer and hypnotic meditation sessions. - Conversations: talks or interviews with artists, scientists and thinkers about meditation, science, music and health. - Timer: a meditation timer including a choice of intro and interval sounds. ABOUT US We are a small team of producers, designers, and technologists with a fierce belief that the quality of our attention underpins our very notion of reality and influences every aspect of how we think, feel and communicate. Join the Soundworks community!
Lullabyte
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Lullabyte is the sleep sound mixer that helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. Mix ambient sounds together to create your perfect sleep environment -- every single night. MIX YOUR PERFECT SOUNDTRACK Choose from 18 beautifully crafted ambient sounds and layer them together. Rain over ocean waves? Campfire with distant thunder? Every combination is unique to you. SOUNDS INCLUDED: Nature: Rain, Ocean Waves, Thunder, Forest, Wind, River, Birds, Night Crickets, Campfire Noise: White Noise, Pink Noise, Brown Noise Household: Fan, Train, Cafe, Keyboard, Dryer, Airplane INDIVIDUAL VOLUME CONTROLS Fine-tune each sound independently. Turn up the rain, dial back the thunder -- you're in complete control of your mix. SLEEP TIMER Set a timer from 5 minutes to 2 hours. When time is up, your sounds gently fade out so you're never jolted awake. DESIGNED FOR BEDTIME Beautiful dark interface that won't strain your eyes at night. Launch the app, tap your sounds, and drift off. WORKS OFFLINE All sounds are stored on your device -- no internet connection needed. Perfect for flights, camping, or anywhere you need better sleep. PRIVACY FIRST Lullabyte collects zero personal data. No accounts, no tracking, no ads on the free tier. -- FREE FEATURES -- 6 ambient sounds (Rain, Ocean, White Noise, Fan, Campfire, Crickets) Mix up to 3 sounds together Volume controls Sleep timer -- PREMIUM FEATURES -- All 18 ambient sounds Unlimited sound mixing Future sounds included for free Support an indie developer Start sleeping better tonight. Download Lullabyte -- it's free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. https://kcunningham408.github.io/vibecmd-pages/lullabyte/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lullabyte at none against Soundworks's shown. Soundworks's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). 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. Soundworks sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Lullabyte sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Soundworks ships an update every 3 weeks, Lullabyte every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soundworks | Lullabyte |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soundworks Media Inc. | VibeCMD |
In-app purchases
Soundworks
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Bi-Yearly$24.996 Months
- Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly2 Months trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly3 Months trial$39.991 Year
Lullabyte
- Lullabyte Pro$2.99









