Comparison

Somnifox vs Braintunes

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

Head to head
About

Somnifox

Features
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Somnifox is a simple and elegant sound mixer for sleep, focus, relaxation, and tinnitus masking. Create your own background ambience with rain, white noise, brown noise, waves, wind, café sounds, cat purring, birds, fire, and more. No ads. Works offline. Use it for free with no subscription required, or unlock more with Premium. You can also choose to play Somnifox alongside your music or podcasts. • Mix rain, fire, wind, waves, café sounds, cat purring, birds, white noise, brown noise, and more • Create background sound for sleep, focus, study, work, reading, and quiet time • Place each sound in space and adjust the volume of every layer • Fine-tune your mix with volume, pan, pitch, and notch filter controls • Quickly play, pause, and set a clean sleep timer • Play alongside music or podcasts, with optional gentle ducking • Keeps playing in the background • No ads and offline support Free • 1 saved ambience • 3 sounds per ambience • 30-minute sleep timer • 3 Edit Mix sessions per day • 6 skins, including 1 skin with Day and Night modes Premium • Unlimited ambiences • Up to 6 sounds per ambience • Unlimited sleep timer • Unlimited Edit Mix sessions • All skins and themes Note: Somnifox is not a medical device and does not replace professional advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Braintunes

This app provides ambient soundscapes designed to enhance focus, relaxation, sleep, and meditation. It offers continuous background playback with no vocals or abrupt changes, allowing users to maintain their desired state without distractions.

Highlights
  • Focus, Relax, Sleep, and Meditate modes
  • Continuous background playback
  • Lock screen and native player controls
  • Sleep timer options
  • Favorites and disliked-track filtering
  • Daily reminders and listening streaks
Features
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Braintunes is a music app for work, study, sleep, and meditation. If you are looking for music for work, music for study, or calming soundscapes for sleep, Braintunes gives you focused ambient sessions designed to help you stay in the right state without distractions. Choose the mode that fits the moment: Focus for deep work and studying, Relax to unwind, Sleep to slow down at night, or Meditate for quieter sessions. Each session is built to stay in the background with smooth ambient soundscapes, no vocals, and no abrupt changes. Pick the intensity that feels right and let it play without interruptions. Features include: • Focus, Relax, Sleep, and Meditate modes • Three intensity levels • Continuous background playback • Lock screen and native player controls • Sleep timer options • Favorites and disliked-track filtering • Daily reminders and listening streaks • Multilingual support • No ads Built for people looking for study music, focus music, and a calmer alternative to binaural-beat apps.

Screenshots

Somnifox4 screens
Braintunes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Braintunes at none against Somnifox's 3. Braintunes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Somnifox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Braintunes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Somnifox versus Braintunes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSomnifoxBraintunes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnne Murielle LargerAleksandr Novikov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Somnifox

Subscriptions2
  • SomniFox Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • SomniFox Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • SomniFox Premium Lifetime$39.99
None

Braintunes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Somnifox free?
Somnifox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braintunes free?
Braintunes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Somnifox or Braintunes have ads?
Neither Somnifox nor Braintunes shows ads.

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