Bubblo Bubblo vs Backyard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubblo Bubblo
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Mix your calm. Bubblo Bubblo lets you create your own soothing soundscape with just a few taps. Perfect for focus, sleep, or relaxation.
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 — 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 — 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 — with playback timer - Today's Backyard — 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 update cadence: Bubblo Bubblo at every 2 months against Backyard's every 4 months. Backyard's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Bubblo Bubblo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backyard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bubblo Bubblo ships an update every 2 months, Backyard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubblo Bubblo | Backyard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XIAOYING DING | Soundwolf Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
Bubblo Bubblo
- Full Access$4.99
Backyard
- Backyard Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Backyard Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
