ALPHA PLAY vs Backyard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ALPHA PLAY
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Backyard
Design a personalized soundscape using nature's sounds to foster focus, relaxation, or sleep. Place and customize over 70 biophilic audio icons on a canvas to shape your auditory environment. Enjoy a calming experience for your mind and brain.
- Design personalized soundscapes
- Use 70+ biophilic spatial audio icons
- Customize icon size for volume control
- Shape sound space with icon positioning
- Nature sounds for calm and rest
- Daily curated soundscapes
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Simply design your own peaceful soundscape and immerse yourself in creative work. Backyard is a sound gardening app where you create your own space using nature's sounds. Place 70+ biophilic spatial audio icons on your canvas. Adjust size to control volume. Move position to shape the space around you. Garden your own backyard, your way. Every icon is a sound library β carefully crafted, recorded, and designed by sound artists. Nature sounds calm the mind and rest the brain. Stay just 5 minutes in your sound garden. Free - 10 spatial audio icons with individual customization - 30-second preview of Today's Backyard β curated daily - Save up to 3 backyards Subscription - Full access to 70+ biophilic spatial audio icons with individual customization - Save unlimited backyards for focus, walk, sleep & meditation β with playback timer - Today's Backyard β curated fresh, every day - New icons added every month - Background playback Privacy Policy: https://www.my-backyard.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.my-backyard.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ALPHA PLAY at none against Backyard's 2. ALPHA PLAY also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Backyard's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Backyard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ALPHA PLAY asks for nothing beyond the download.
ALPHA PLAY ships an update every 3 weeks, Backyard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ALPHA PLAY | Backyard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | β | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks β better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Monetization | β | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NERDFRENZ Co.,Ltd. | Soundwolf Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
ALPHA PLAY
No in-app purchases
Backyard
- Backyard Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Backyard Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
