Ocean Sound vs Leaf Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ocean Sound
This app generates never-repeating ocean sounds for relaxation, sleep, study, or meditation. Enjoy high-quality audio and graphics with a built-in timer. It's designed to mimic the natural, ever-changing sound of the ocean.
- Generative random noise engine
- Never-repeating ocean sounds
- High-quality sound and graphics
- Built-in timer
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
- Easy to use interface
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Ocean Sound is a random noise generator based on the sound of the ocean with a nice graphical interface. Its generative engine makes it different from other relaxing sound apps: Its algorithm makes it never repeat like a real ocean. You can listen to it for hours that will always be different. Perfect for relaxing, sleeping, studying, meditation, yoga or tai chi. -Random algorithm to generate a real ocean effect. -Quality sound and graphics. -Timer to stop the sound. -Universal: use it on iPhone and iPad. -Easy to use. Tip: Use it with the lights off and you'll see how your room flickers to the rhythm of the waves. Ocean Sound: your real pocket ocean.
Leaf Light
This app offers a unique audio experience, simulating a lightfield lenticular ambiance machine with flanger, delay, and reverb effects. Control sound parameters through a simulated tree canopy, blending natural sights and sounds for relaxation or musical creativity.
- Lightfield lenticular ambiance machine
- Flanger, delay, and reverb effects
- Simulated tree canopy control
- Time of Day, Brightness, Wind parameters
- Camera Distance, Aperture Focus, Light Trails effects
- Standalone or AUv3 host compatibility
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Are you looking for a beautiful white noise machine to match your aesthetic and soothe your soul? Are you looking for a truly unique instrument effect for your music? What if we thought of your incoming instrument signal as the sun, split it through a tree canopy into dozens of copies, and then shifted the timing of those signals as the tree moved? Relax and invigorate with the natural sights and sounds of Leaf Light - the world's first lightfield lenticular ambiance machine and flanger/delay/reverb. With all parameters controlled by a simulated tree canopy, you'll be able to dial in the perfect sound with both your eyes and ears. Tune in the: - Time of Day (sound color) - Brightness (rays of sound, hi-freq) - Wind (motion of sounds) And for effect modes: - Camera Distance (Delay time and spread) - Aperture Focus (Lo-pass filter on repeats) - Light Trails (Delay feedback) Leaf Light is a new way to see and hear nature in unnatural environments. Enjoy the app in standalone or with AUv3 hosts. Headphones are recommended :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Leaf Light at every 6 weeks against Ocean Sound's every 64 months. On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ocean Sound against 5.0 for Leaf Light. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Ocean Sound ships an update every 64 months, Leaf Light every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ocean Sound | Leaf Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 64 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | pablo lopez | Radii Research |
Customer experience
Ocean Sound
Leaf Light
In-app purchases
Ocean Sound
No in-app purchases
Leaf Light
No in-app purchases









