Message in the Wind vs Rainfall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Message in the Wind
Send messages that travel across a real map, carried by actual wind and weather data. Discover notes left by others nearby and keep those that resonate with you. It's a unique way to connect without traditional social media features.
- Send notes that drift on real wind
- Catch notes carried by weather
- View notes on a real map
- Minimalist design
- Sealed notes for long-distance travel
- Keepsakes to save found notes
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Promotional Text Notes drift on real wind. Catch one nearby if the weather carries it to you. Description Message in the Wind is a different kind of note app. Write something - a thought, a feeling, a fragment - and release it into the wind. It moves across a real map, carried by real weather data, until someone nearby catches it. You might catch something that started three towns away. You might release something that reaches someone else in a quiet moment. There’s no feed, no likes, and no follower counts - just notes moving through the world. HOW IT WORKS Write a note and release it. Your note drifts based on real wind speed and direction, moving when the weather moves. Open the map to see notes drifting nearby. Hold one to catch it. Read it. Keep it if it means something. Watch your own notes travel and see where the wind took them. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Notes drift using real Open-Meteo wind data, not random placement. Minimal by design. Seal a note so it can only be opened once it has traveled far enough. Leave a trace for the author - a quiet sign that someone found it. Keepsakes let you save notes that find you, like small things discovered and kept. WIND PATRON For those who want more, Wind Patron includes Brush Lab for drawn notes, postcard themes, unlimited reads, and map pin placement. Something may be drifting near you right now.
Rainfall
This app provides a simple, immersive rain sound experience to help you fall asleep. Adjust a single dial to control the intensity of the rain and accompanying visuals. It offers background playback and a sleep timer for uninterrupted rest.
- One-tap start
- Adjustable weather dial
- Background playback
- Sleep timer with fade-out
- Offline functionality
- No ads or tracking
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Rainfall is a quiet rain player built for bedtime. Tap once to begin. Move one weather dial from a soft drizzle through steady rain and storm to thunder. The sound, sky, falling rain, and lightning change together, so what you see is what you hear. Set the phone down and let Rainfall keep playing while the screen is locked. Choose a sleep timer for a gentle fade-out, or leave it running through the night. • One tap to start • One weather dial — no sound library or mixer • Drizzle, steady rain, steady storm, and thunder • Background and lock-screen playback • Sleep timer with a gentle fade • Works offline • No account, advertising, tracking, or purchases Rainfall is free and made for iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Message in the Wind at 5.0 against Rainfall's 4.7. Message in the Wind also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Rainfall's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Message in the Wind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rainfall has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Message in the Wind | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | cyk | Sky Foundry Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Message in the Wind
Rainfall
In-app purchases
Message in the Wind
No in-app purchases
Rainfall
No in-app purchases









