Comparison

Blankie vs Driftless

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

Head to head
About

Blankie

Create personalized ambient soundscapes by mixing a variety of high-quality sounds. This app helps you focus, relax, or sleep by masking distractions. It offers offline functionality, custom sound imports, and convenient playback controls.

Highlights
  • Customizable sound mixes
  • 24 high-quality ambient sounds
  • Sleep timer with fade-out
  • Lock screen playback controls
  • Import custom sounds
  • CarPlay support
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Mix rain, a fan, ocean waves and white noise into the sound you sleep or work to. Set each sound's volume, save the mix as a preset, and play it on your iPhone, iPad or in CarPlay. • 24 sounds built in Rain, distant thunder, wind, ocean waves and a bubbling stream. Birds, a pine forest and crickets on a summer night. A train, a sailboat, an airplane cabin and a busy street. A coffee shop, a crackling fireplace, a fan and a dryer in the laundry room. Warm piano, gentle guitar, lo-fi beats and an ambient synth. And the noise family: white, pink, green and deep brown. They all live on your device, so nothing streams. • Build your own mix Turn on any sounds you like and drag each slider until the mix feels right. Save it as a preset, give it artwork, and star your favorites. • Sleep timer Pick how long to listen. Blankie fades out and stops on its own, so nothing runs until morning. • Widgets, Siri and Shortcuts Start a favorite from your Home Screen, ask Siri to play a preset, or build Blankie into your own shortcuts. • Lock Screen, Control Center and AirPods Play, pause and step between presets from the Lock Screen, Control Center or your AirPods. • CarPlay Long drive with a sleeping kid in the back? Your presets and sounds come along, in a simple view made for the car. • Support for iPhone Duo Open it and Now Playing fills one page while your sounds fill the other. Stand it half open on your nightstand and the upright half shows what's playing, with your sounds in reach on the flat half. • Bring your own sounds Bring the fan you can't sleep without, a favorite rain recording, or anything else as MP3, WAV, FLAC and more. Blankie levels each import to match the built-in sounds, so a new sound never blasts over your mix. • Free, private, open source Actually free: no ads, no subscriptions, no accounts, no tracking. Blankie works offline, collects no data, and the code is open source on GitHub.

About

Driftless

This app generates unique, non-repeating sleep soundscapes using procedural audio. Customize your experience by blending different sound layers and utilize features like a sleep timer and log to track your rest.

Highlights
  • Endless procedural audio generation
  • Customizable sound mixing
  • Sleep timer with fade-out
  • Sleep log and favorites
  • iCloud sync
  • Siri shortcuts
Features
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Driftless plays endless, non-repeating sleep soundscapes that never loop or restart. Using procedural audio generation, every session sounds unique — just like real nature. SOUNDS Choose from 14 handcrafted soundscapes including Deep Rain, Ocean Drift, Forest Wind, Thunderstorm, Fall Rain, Marsh Wetland, Winter Wind, Thunder Night, Rain on Tent, Morning Birds, and more. Each sound features 3 independent mixer layers you can blend to your preference. FEATURES - Endless procedural audio — never repeats, never loops - Sleep timer with gentle fade-out - Mixer controls for layering sounds - Sleep log to track your rest history - Favorites to save your go-to sounds - iCloud sync across your Apple devices - Siri shortcuts to start sounds hands-free - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - No account required ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock all premium sounds with a single, one-time purchase. No subscription. No renewal. Yours forever. Driftless is designed to be simple, private, and distraction-free. No ads. No tracking. Just sleep.

Screenshots

Blankie4 screens
Driftless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blankie at none against Driftless's 5. Blankie also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Driftless's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). On price, rating, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Driftless sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Blankie asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blankie against 5.0 for Driftless. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blankie has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blankie ships an update weekly, Driftless every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blankie versus Driftless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlankieDriftless
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCody BromleyHrdlicka Apps LLC

Customer experience

Blankie

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Driftless

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Blankie

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Driftless

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Extra Large Tip$3.99
  • Premium Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Blankie free?
Blankie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Driftless free?
Driftless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blankie or Driftless?
Blankie and Driftless are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Blankie or Driftless have ads?
Neither Blankie nor Driftless shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blankie or Driftless?
Blankie ships an update weekly, and Driftless every 9 days. Most recently, Blankie was updated on October 28, 2026 and Driftless on October 16, 2026.

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