Sleep Bug Pro vs Ambient Noise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sleep Bug Pro
This app offers a wide variety of ambient soundscapes and white noise to help users relax, concentrate, or fall asleep. It features a diverse collection of high-quality scenes and individual sound effect adjustments for a personalized experience.
- 24 high-quality sound scenes
- Over 300 individual sounds
- Customizable sound mixing
- Background playback
- Sleep timer
- Individual volume control
- No ads
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One of the best rated white noise machines on the market. Superior in sound contents: 24 scenes, 83 different sound effects and more than 300 different sounds ensure that everyone will find an ambience matching their needs. Sleep Bug Pro is an ambient sound mixer that produces a variety of scenes and music with random sound effects. The built-in sound generator creates a realistic listening experience to help calm a busy mind and is perfect for adults, children, and babies who are having trouble sleeping. You can also use Sleep Bug Pro in the office to mask out distracting noises, improve concentration, and increase privacy. So don’t delay, try Sleep Bug Pro today. Improve your mind and improve your life, through sound! More than 3.500.000 users worldwide! With a rating average of 4.75/5.00 Sleep Bug Pro is one of the best rated white noise machines in the App Store. Try it out today! ------------------------------------- -- FEATURES -- - 24 High quality scenes each with multiple sound effects. - Play scenes in the background while using other apps. - High quality retina graphics. - Clock and date display. - Sleep timer. - Individual volume adjustment for each sound effect. - Accessibility support. - No ads! - GREAT USER SUPPORT! ------------------------------------ -- 24 SCENES -- Available for iPhone, iPod and iPad. Sleep Bug Pro includes the following scenes: Beach – With birds, ship horn, chimes and waves Music Box – With bells, birds, guitar and piano Zen – With hok, bamboo, drum, strings and chants (zen scape without voices) Zen Garden – With hok, bamboo, drum and strings River – With birds, insects, frogs, lightning and wind Forest – With birds, wolves, eagles, bird wings and music beats Jungle – With tigers, parrots, drums, monkeys and frogs Classical – With violins, cello, drums and solo violin Fire – With birds, burning wood, crickets, lightning, wind and owls Waterfall – With streams, trees and birds Weather – With lightning, rain and wind Lullaby - With birds, chimes, wind and waves Horror – With ghosts, screams, chains, doors and owls City – With bicycles, birds, motorbikes and cars Clock - With chimes, mechanical and pound Dreams – With bass, bells, pad loop, pads and organ Train – With carriages, horns and passing trains Sci-fi – With static noises, voices, flares, U.F.O’s and space wind Airport – With planes taking off, music and announcements Outback – With snakes, didgeridoo and chimes Winter – With ice cracking, walking in the snow, bells, music and pads White Noise – With pads, 528Hz noise, wind and waves Underwater – With sonar, whales and bubbles Dark Drone – With storms, aggressive additions & mellow additions ------------------------------------- -- CUSTOMER REVIEWS -- In love! - Absolutely love this app!! Use it every night!! Great app! Very soothing for baby and parents! Such a great app, simple and easy to use. I was snoring 5 minutes after buying it. Wonderful sound machine to relax, sleep, meditate or just unwind. Highly recommended. ------------------------------------- To learn more, check out our webpage at: http://www.sleepbug.com
Ambient Noise
This app uses custom combinations of pink and brown noise to help you sleep, focus, and relax. It blocks unwanted sounds and creates a calming atmosphere, with a timer function for automatic shut-off.
- Blocks unwanted noises
- Forms sleep associations
- Promotes calm and relaxation
- Custom pink and brown noise mixes
- Background playback
- Timer function
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Ambient Noise helps you sleep, focus, study and work by: - Blocking out unwanted noises - Forming a sleep association that cues you to fall asleep - Helping you feel calm, relaxed and soothed. Ambient Noise contains custom combinations of pink and brown noise. Most sounds are both sounds mixed, with an emphasis on brown noise. Brown Noise has higher energy at lower frequencies and is deeper and stronger than white noise. However, brown noise and white noise sound similar to the human ear. Types of brown noise: strong Waterfalls, Low Roaring, Soft rumbling Thunder. Use it for Relaxation, as a Sleep aid, noise-blocking and improved focus. Pink Noise consists of all frequences that are audible to the human ear, but energy is not equally distributed across them. The energy is more intense at lower frequencies, which makes it deeper than white noise. Types of pink noise: Rainfall, Wind, Rustling Leaves, Heartbeats. Use pink noise for Falling asleep faster, staying Asleep longer, blocking Disruptive noises and improving Memory. White Noise is typically too harsh, so this app focus on the more calming Brown Noise. Full works in the background so you can lock your phone, it will still play until you turn it off. Use the timer function for turning app turn off after you've got to sleep.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ambient Noise at Free against Sleep Bug Pro's $1.99. Sleep Bug Pro's advantage is ratings volume (132 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Ambient Noise is free to download; Sleep Bug Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sleep Bug Pro against 5.0 for Ambient Noise. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sleep Bug Pro has 132 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Sleep Bug Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ambient Noise's.
Sleep Bug Pro ships an update monthly, Ambient Noise every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sleep Bug Pro | Ambient Noise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (132 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arnt-Henning Moberg | Peter McGowan |
Customer experience
Sleep Bug Pro
Ambient Noise
Bugs and requests
Sleep Bug Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sudden sound stopping wakes up users
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
- Unreliable background playback
Requested features
5 requests- Gradual volume fade-out before stopping
- Alarm clock integration
- More natural and ambient sound options
- Playlist or sequence of sounds
- Ability to save custom sound mixes
Ambient Noise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sleep Bug Pro
No in-app purchases
Ambient Noise
No in-app purchases
Questions
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