Comparison

RainBytes vs Raining Rain

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

Head to head
About

RainBytes

Experience immersive rain sounds and animations for relaxation and sleep. This lightweight app offers offline listening, a countdown timer, and lock screen widget for instant ambiance. Perfect for naps or drowning out distractions.

Highlights
  • Offline rain sound playback
  • Natural rain sound variety
  • Adorable rain animations
  • Built-in countdown timer
  • Lock screen widget
  • Landscape mode support
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RainBytes is a minimalist sleep aid app that immerses you in the ambiance of rain. It features various natural rain sounds and adorable rain animations, making it the perfect companion for power naps. ◎ Offline rain sounds. ◎ Incredibly lightweight. ◎ Built-in countdown, which can start as soon as you launch the app. ◎ With a lock screen widget for a one-tap rain experience. ◎ Enjoy it in landscape mode too! ◎ And yes, it's fully compatible with iPad. Sound of Rain currently offers the following types of rain sounds: ◎ Gentle drizzle. ◎ Heavy rain. ◎ Thunderstorm. ◎ Rain on roof. ◎ Raincoat rustling. In addition, accompanied by the soothing rain sounds, you can: ◎ Drown out noise distractions. ◎ Relax and calm your mind. ◎ Recall stories from rainy days gone by... If you have any fun ideas, feel free to email the developer at kiiiidd@duck.com. Replies are guaranteed. Want more rain sounds? Ideas are welcome!

About

Raining Rain

Immerse yourself in a calming rainy environment with a variety of rain sounds and over 200 auxiliary white noise options. Create personalized soundscapes for sleep, focus, or relaxation with customizable mixing and a smart timer.

Highlights
  • Over 50 hand-drawn rain animation scenes
  • Mix over 200 auxiliary white noise sounds
  • Customizable volume for each sound
  • Set timer with gradual volume dimming
  • Cross-device member information synchronization
Features
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Monsoon is a white noise app that helps you fall asleep, heal your body and mind, and allow you to focus and relax. Rain is the core element of the application, and you can listen to various types of rain sounds and experience various rainy weather atmospheres. Whether you're sleeping, studying, working, meditating, or relaxing, you can turn on Monsoon and immerse yourself in a rainy environment to achieve your goals faster and better. Application Features -Animation: Monsoon's designer is a passionate fan of hand drawn animation, and she likes to express rain through animation, so she has designed over 50 rain animation scenes. Beautiful animation+pleasant rain sounds=harmonious and comfortable rainy atmosphere. -Mixing: In addition to the sound of rain, the application also provides 200+auxiliary white noise, including sounds from various dimensions such as village, forest, animals, traffic, indoor, flowing water, birds, machines, etc. There are a wide variety of sounds, and you can find all the sounds you want here. You can choose multiple sounds simultaneously and control the volume of each sound separately to create a unique blend of white noise that suits your taste. -Timer Off and Volume Dimming: You can set the white noise timer off, and during the countdown phase, you can gradually make the sound faint until there is no sound. This setting is very suitable for sleep aid scenarios. Product Planning We plan to continue providing more animations and sounds. About Subscription Monsoon offers weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, and lifetime membership purchase options for you to purchase as needed. After the purchase confirmation, your iTunes account will be charged. Unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual subscriptions will be automatically renewed. You can go to your iTunes account settings to manage your subscriptions and turn off auto renewal. As long as the same App Store account is logged in, cross device member information synchronization can be achieved. In addition, lifetime membership is a one-time purchase, paid once, valid for life, with no secondary charges. Apple Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RainBytes3 screens
Raining Rain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Raining Rain at 5.0 against RainBytes's 4.6. Raining Rain also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). RainBytes's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 1) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. RainBytes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Raining Rain sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Raining Rain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RainBytes has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of RainBytes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Raining Rain's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RainBytes ships an update every 11 days, Raining Rain every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RainBytes versus Raining Rain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainBytesRaining Rain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (63 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings63 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer炜东 黄Shanghai Xiaochuang Technology Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

RainBytes

All ratings63 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Raining Rain

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RainBytes

One-time2
  • Lifetime$2.99
  • Lifetime +$5.99
5 purchases

Raining Rain

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Membership$0.497 Days
  • Monthly Membership$0.991 Month
  • Quarterly Membership$1.993 Months
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  • Annual Membership$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$12.99

Questions

Is RainBytes free?
RainBytes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Raining Rain free?
Raining Rain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RainBytes or Raining Rain?
Raining Rain is rated higher. RainBytes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Raining Rain averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RainBytes or Raining Rain have ads?
Neither RainBytes nor Raining Rain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RainBytes or Raining Rain?
RainBytes ships an update every 11 days, and Raining Rain every 6 weeks. Most recently, RainBytes was updated on September 20, 2026 and Raining Rain on September 10, 2026.

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