WNRN vs Shwssh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WNRN
Listen to Charlottesville's non-commercial radio station, WNRN, live from any location. Enjoy the station's programming directly on your iPhone or iPod.
- Live radio streaming
- Non-commercial station
- Global accessibility
- iPhone and iPod compatibility
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Stream Charlottesville's non-commercial station, WNRN, from anywhere in the world to your iPhone or iPod.
Shwssh
Create personalized sleep soundscapes by mixing included sounds or recording your own. Features a gentle fade-out timer and an interactive animated night scene. Plays in the background, offline, and without ads or tracking.
- Mix and match 19 included sleep sounds
- Record and add your own custom sounds
- Adjustable fade-out timer
- Interactive animated night scene
- Plays in background and offline
- Lock screen and control center integration
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Shwssh is a sleep sound app for the small hours. Pick one sound or build a mix. Thirty-five are included, sixteen sounds and nineteen songs, and each keeps its own level, so the rain can sit under the lullaby instead of on top of it. Four starter mixes are there for when you would rather not decide at 3am. RECORD YOUR OWN Hold the microphone, or tap once to start and again to stop, and shush, hum or sing. Whatever settles your baby lands at the top of My Sounds, plays straight away and mixes with everything else exactly the same way. A TIMER THAT FADES Set it and the mix winds down rather than cutting off. Add ten more minutes without getting up. A PASTURE THAT LISTENS Behind it all is a hand-felted night scene, animated and slow. Play the rain and it rains. Play the storm and it rolls in over the hills. Play the train and one crosses the viaduct. Sheep jump the fence and count themselves. Turn the whole scene off and the app uses noticeably less battery overnight. WHAT IS INCLUDED White noise: shwssh, light rain, thunderstorm, ocean waves, ocean storm, lake waves, whale song, winding stream, windy night, forest walk, jungle safari, warm fireplace, heartbeat, train ride, vacuum cleaner, sailboat Songs: Wool and Lamplight, The Long Field, Milk and Moon, Down the Lane, The Little Boat, Counting Slowly, Under the Hill at Dusk, Sailor's Call Home, Siren's Song, Brahms Lullaby, Für Elise, Greensleeves, Moonlight Sonata, Ode to Joy; and for October: The Friendly Dark, Tiptoe, Pumpkin Light, The Cobweb Waltz, Something in the Hedgerow Your own recordings, as many as you like BUILT FOR HOW IT GETS USED Plays in the background and all night Lock screen and Control Center controls Works with the screen off and with no connection at all Your recordings on every iPhone and iPad through iCloud Sounds that come back on for a cry, if you want them to A dim night light for feeds One price, no subscription No account, no ads, no tracking and nothing collected Siri, Shortcuts and a Control Center button Widgets, StandBy and Apple Watch Spooky Time through October, only if you want it A nursery volume limit that keeps every sound at half volume iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WNRN at Free against Shwssh's $4.99. WNRN also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Shwssh's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (5.0 vs 3.5). On 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
WNRN is free to download; Shwssh costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shwssh holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WNRN has 31 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of WNRN's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shwssh's.
WNRN ships an update every 13 months, Shwssh every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WNRN | Shwssh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stu-Comm Inc. | Joey Chappel |
Customer experience
WNRN
Shwssh
In-app purchases
WNRN
No in-app purchases
Shwssh
No in-app purchases









