Comparison

White Noise vs Soft Challenge

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

Head to head
About

White Noise

This app provides a variety of ambient sounds to help users fall asleep, relax, and focus. It masks distracting noises, soothes babies, and can even help alleviate headaches and tinnitus. Users can create custom soundscapes and record their own sounds.

Highlights
  • 50+ looped ambient sounds
  • Custom soundscape creation
  • Sound recording and looping
  • Alarm and timer system
  • Background audio support
  • Full screen digital clock
Features
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Do you have trouble going to sleep? Are you traveling on a plane and need a quick power nap? Does your newborn baby wake up in the middle of the night? There are numerous benefits to using White Noise: • Helps you sleep by blocking distractions • Relaxes and reduces stress • Pacifies fussy and crying babies • Increases focus while enhancing privacy • Soothes headaches and migraines • Masks tinnitus (ringing of the ears) Even when you’re asleep, your brain is constantly scanning and listening for sounds. If it’s too quiet, unwanted noises such as faucet drips or police sirens can interrupt your sleep. White Noise generates sounds over a wide range of frequencies, masking those noise interruptions, so you can not only fall asleep, but stay asleep. SOUND CATALOG Air Conditioner, Airplane Travel, Amazon Jungle, Beach Waves Crashing, Blowing Wind, Blue Noise, Boat Swaying in Water, Brown Noise, Camp Fire, Cars Driving, Cat Purring, Chimes Chiming, City Streets, Clothes Dryer, Crickets Chirping, Crowded Room, Dishwasher Rinsing, Extreme Rain Pouring, Frogs at Night, Grandfather Clock, Hair Dryer Blowing, Heartbeat, Heavy Rain Pouring, Light Rain Pouring, Ocean Waves Crashing, Oscillating Fan, Pink Noise, Rain on Car Roof, Rain Storm, Running Shower, Running Water, Stream Water Flowing, Thunder Storm, Tibetan Singing Bowl, Train Ride, Vacuum Cleaner, Violet Noise, Water Dripping, Water Sprinkler, White Noise APP FEATURES (FULL VERSION) • FULL: 50+ perfectly looped sounds with additional free sounds from the White Noise Market at https://whitenoisemarket.com/ • FULL: Apple TV and Apple Watch App • FULL: Over 20 Alarm Sounds that slowly fade in so you wake refreshed. • FULL: No Advertisements. Disable Market & Rating Prompts in Settings. • Background audio support so you can use other apps while listening. • Revolutionary Mix Pad editor for creating new soundscapes like a DJ with support for adjusting sound position, sound variance, volume, and pitch of each individual sound in the mix. • Record and professionally loop sounds without being an audio engineer! • Upload and Share your recordings and mixes with the White Noise Market app. • Full screen digital clock with multiple colors and brightness controls makes it the perfect companion for any nightstand. • Advanced alarm and timer system that slowly fades audio in and out so you awake naturally feeling more refreshed • Retina display support with Portrait/Landscape orientations. • On-screen media player and volume controls with swipe gesture support for navigating sound collection • Heart favorite sounds and mixes in the sound catalog for quick access using the Favorites view • Use iPod Music as alarms that slowly fade in so you wake refreshed • Remote media controls with bluetooth, lock screen, and headphones • Advanced controls for volume, balance, pitch, mixing with iPod music, looping the playlist, custom alarm snooze times, and more • Generate custom color noises, binaural beats, and tones with Generator In-App Purchase Website: https://www.tmsoft.com/white-noise/ White Noise Market: https://whitenoisemarket.com Thanks for using White Noise by TMSOFT!

About

Soft Challenge

This app guides users in building healthy habits through a customizable daily routine. It offers recommended rules for fitness, diet, hydration, and reading, allowing users to adapt the duration and tasks to their personal goals and lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Customizable habit rules
  • Personalized goals and lifestyle adaptation
  • Recommended daily workout routine
  • Healthy diet tracking
  • Hydration goals
  • Reading habit tracking
Features
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The Soft Challenge has its own recommended set of rules and guidelines that are all about creating healthy habits at a steady daily pace.  The Soft Challenge is completely configurable to your personal goals and lifestyle, you can modify the tasks and or the duration as needed! The recommended rules for The Soft Challenge are as follows: - One 45-minute workout per day, with one day for active recovery every week. - Eat a Healthy Diet, of your choosing - Only Drink Alcohol socially, if any at all - Drink 3 liters of water per day - Read 10 pages of any book

Screenshots

White Noise4 screens
Soft Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soft Challenge at none against White Noise's 1. Soft Challenge also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). White Noise's advantage is ratings volume (46K vs 286) and review sentiment (84% vs 64%). On rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

White Noise costs $0.99 and Soft Challenge $1.99 up front. White Noise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Soft Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for White Noise against 4.8 for Soft Challenge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: White Noise has 46K ratings behind it against 286, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of White Noise's written reviews are positive against 64% of Soft Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

White Noise ships an update monthly, Soft Challenge fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
White Noise versus Soft Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhite NoiseSoft Challenge
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (46K ratings) — better4.8 (286 ratings)
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews — better64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46K — better286
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#4 — better#28
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTMSOFTWhite Belt Development LLC

Customer experience

White Noise

All ratings46,058 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews793 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative9.6%

Soft Challenge

All ratings283 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative24.0%

User reviews

White Noise

From 46K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌙 Helps with sleep
  • 👍 Variety of sounds
  • 🎨 Customizable mixes
  • ⏰ Timer and clock features
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🔊 Loud pop-up sounds
  • 📱 Accessibility issues
  • 🔍 Outdated UI

Soft Challenge

From 286 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable and flexible
  • 👍 Great for tracking 75 Soft
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 One-time purchase, not subscription
  • 👍 Helpful reminders

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App gets stuck on Day 1
  • 🐛 Navigation can be tricky
  • 🐛 Cannot edit/disable certain features
  • 🐛 Weight unit change not saving
  • 🐛 Cannot go back to fix missed tasks

Bugs and requests

White Noise

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sounds stopping unexpectedly
  • Volume issues and inconsistencies
  • Playlist and mix creation problems
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Fade in/out for sounds
  • Ability to use custom sounds as alarms
  • Improved accessibility for visually impaired users
  • More advanced mixing and customization options

Soft Challenge

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App stuck on Day 1 congratulation screen
  • Water consumption not saving
  • App won't allow moving forward without checking all tasks
  • Cannot save changes to weight units
  • App stuck on 'great job keep on crushing it' screen
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  • Cannot go back and fix missed tasks

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to share progress with others
  • Option to edit/disable certain features
  • Photo option for tracking
  • Extend the number of days for challenges

In-app purchases

1 purchases

White Noise

One-time1
  • Generator$0.99
None

Soft Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is White Noise free?
White Noise costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Soft Challenge free?
Soft Challenge costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, White Noise or Soft Challenge?
White Noise is rated higher. White Noise averages 4.8 out of 5 from 46K ratings, while Soft Challenge averages 4.8 from 286 ratings.
Do White Noise or Soft Challenge have ads?
Neither White Noise nor Soft Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, White Noise or Soft Challenge?
White Noise ships an update monthly, and Soft Challenge fortnightly. Most recently, White Noise was updated on October 23, 2026 and Soft Challenge on October 21, 2026.
Which is more popular, White Noise or Soft Challenge?
White Noise currently peaks at #4 in the App Store charts, and Soft Challenge at #28. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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