Comparison

Documentary Channel vs Dormio Scenes

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

Head to head
About

Documentary Channel

This app is a streaming service dedicated to independent documentaries, offering a curated selection of films with added context and community features. Discover new voices and perspectives from around the world, anytime, on any device.

Highlights
  • Home of independent documentaries
  • Curated film selection
  • Filmmaker interviews and context
  • Over 1000 new documentaries annually
  • 31 different documentary categories
  • Community discussion features
  • Available on multiple devices
Features
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Documentary Channel: Home of the Independent Documentary. LIFE. CAMERA. ACTION. Documentary Channel™ is the home of the independent documentary, showcasing new voices, new visions, and new perspectives. Documentary Channel will stream the best documentaries, curated by the best documentary filmmakers… and invite the world to join the discussion. Each year, thousands of high-quality documentaries are produced. The Academy of Motion Pictures routinely gets hundreds of submissions every year. Sundance and other film festivals get thousands of submissions, but they only show on average 3%. The others disappear because there is no place for them to be seen. There is no “home” for documentaries anywhere. There are “homes” for news, movies, original scripted content, nostalgia, food, travel, and every other genre, but not for documentaries. Until now. Documentary Channel™ is a new streaming service that will find the world’s best documentaries, organize them, provide context, and allow viewers to see them anywhere, anytime, on any device for a very low cost. If you like documentaries, Documentary Channel is a must-have. Top documentary filmmakers, historians, and aficionados in the industry will sift through the thousands of documentaries in the market to present the most interesting, engaging and groundbreaking documentaries, both recent and classic. Documentary Channel™ will offer valuable context for the films with brief interviews by the filmmakers and producers, critics, and others. Each year, the Documentary Channel will offer over 1000 new documentaries, with 31 different categories featuring every genre and length, ranging from rare classics to the latest cutting-edge films you hear about but can never see. The catch words for the Documentary Channel™ are ENGAGEMENT and COMMUNITY. Documentary Channel™ will engage the viewers with great films, context, discussions, town halls, premieres, DocClubs, DocNews, and many other features no other streaming service of any kind offers. There will be a documentary for everyone. We let the audience decide what they want to watch, and we have a simple requirement: each documentary has to be the best. Truth takes a front seat at the Documentary Channel. Documentary Channel: LIFE. CAMERA. ACTION.

About

Dormio Scenes

Features
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Sleep Better Tonight with Dormio Discover a complete sleep experience with calming sounds, narrated sleep stories, and guided meditations. Dormio combines beautifully crafted audio with smart features to create your perfect bedtime companion. SLEEP STORIES Drift off to soothing narrated stories designed to quiet your mind. Each story uses calming voices and gentle pacing to guide you into restful sleep. GUIDED MEDITATIONS Relax with guided meditation sessions for sleep, anxiety relief, and relaxation. Choose what plays next or let Dormio seamlessly continue with calming sounds. CURATED SOUND LIBRARY Explore a growing collection of professionally produced sounds across seven categories: • Sleep - Deep, immersive ambient tones for restful nights • Sleep Stories - Narrated tales to quiet your mind • Guided Meditation - Sessions for sleep and relaxation • Nature - Ocean waves, forest rain, gentle streams, crickets, and more • Relax - Calming soundscapes for unwinding • Noise - White, pink, and brown noise for focus and sleep • Lullaby - Gentle melodies for all ages CONTINUE WITH After a sleep story or meditation ends, Dormio can automatically continue with your choice of sleep sounds, nature ambiance, or relaxing music—creating a seamless bedtime experience. LOOP MODE Love a category? Use Loop mode to shuffle through all sounds in Sleep, Relax, or Lullaby categories for hours of variety. CREATE YOUR PERFECT MIX Layer any two sounds together for a personalized experience. Combine rain with gentle melodies, or ocean waves with white noise. Adjust individual volumes and save your favorite combinations. FLOW MODE Experience our unique oscillating volume feature that creates a natural breathing rhythm in your soundscapes. Perfect for meditation and deep relaxation. SMART SLEEP TIMER Set a timer from 5 minutes to 8 hours. Fall asleep knowing your device won't play all night. Choose a default scene that plays automatically when you open the app. DESIGNED FOR NIGHTTIME Our AMOLED-optimized dark theme is easy on your eyes in low light. True black backgrounds save battery on OLED screens while providing a calming visual experience. YOUR PERSONAL SOUND COLLECTION Import your own audio files to create a truly personalized library. Add voice memos, downloaded sounds, or any audio that helps you relax. WORKS OFFLINE Download scenes once and enjoy them anytime, anywhere—no internet required. NO SUBSCRIPTION NEEDED

Screenshots

Documentary Channel4 screens
Dormio Scenes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Documentary Channel and Dormio Scenes are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Documentary Channel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Dormio Scenes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Documentary Channel ships an update fortnightly, Dormio Scenes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Documentary Channel versus Dormio Scenes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocumentary ChannelDormio Scenes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1313.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKatapyRoger Castells

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Documentary Channel

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Subscription1 Year trial$1.991 Year
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
1 purchases

Dormio Scenes

One-time1
  • Full Access$1.99

Questions

Is Documentary Channel free?
Documentary Channel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dormio Scenes free?
Dormio Scenes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Documentary Channel or Dormio Scenes have ads?
Neither Documentary Channel nor Dormio Scenes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Documentary Channel or Dormio Scenes?
Documentary Channel ships an update fortnightly, and Dormio Scenes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Documentary Channel was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dormio Scenes on October 9, 2026.

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