Comparison

Rain Sounds vs NeoFocus

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

Head to head
About

Rain Sounds

Enhance concentration with immersive ambient soundscapes. Track your focus sessions, build consistency streaks, and visualize your progress with detailed charts. Designed for deep work, it offers a distraction-free experience that works offline and in the background.

Highlights
  • 7 curated ambient soundscapes
  • Focus session timer
  • Background playback
  • Daily and weekly focus charts
  • Streak building
  • Offline functionality
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Rain on a window. A fire crackling. Waves rolling in. Focusly surrounds you with immersive, high-quality soundscapes that quiet the world down, so you can finally get into deep work — or drift off to sleep. 7 IMMERSIVE SOUNDSCAPES - Rain — gentle rainfall with distant thunder - Jungle — chirping birds, monkey calls, rustling leaves - Underwater — ocean depths, bubbling currents, distant whale song - Beach — tranquil waves from French Polynesia - Fireplace — crackling wood and popping embers - Waterfall — a roaring cascade with birds nearby - Aircraft — the steady hum of a cabin at altitude Every sound is a long, seamless loop, chosen to stay pleasant for hours — no jarring restarts, no repetition fatigue. BUILD A FOCUS HABIT Start a session and the timer tracks how long you stay with it. Every session is saved, so your effort turns into something you can actually see: - Daily and weekly focus charts - A streak that grows every day you show up - Total hours, total sessions, and your average session length - Shareable stat cards to keep yourself accountable PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND Lock your phone, switch apps, put it in your pocket — the sound keeps going and the session keeps counting. Works fully offline, so it is just as reliable on a plane as it is at your desk. BUILT FOR CONCENTRATION - A calm, dark interface that stays out of the way - No ads and no interruptions, ever - No account, no sign-up, no data collection - Nothing to learn — pick a sound, press play WHO IT IS FOR Students revising for exams. Developers deep in a debugging session. Writers chasing a deadline. Anyone in an open-plan office, a noisy apartment, or a cafe that is just a little too loud. Anyone who lies awake because the room is too quiet. Pick a sound. Press play. Get to work.

About

NeoFocus

This app offers a minimalist focus timer with a unique, dynamically generated ambient soundscape. Customize focus and break intervals, adjust the soundscape's mood, and enjoy an ad-free, offline experience.

Highlights
  • Adjustable focus and break cycles
  • Dynamically generated ambient soundscapes
  • Interactive soundscape mood control
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or data collection
  • End-of-session notifications
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NeoFocus is a minimal focus timer with a soundscape that is generated live, note by note — never looped, never streamed. TIMER • Classic focus/break cycles (25/5/15 by default, fully adjustable) • Four-dot cycle indicator with automatic long breaks • End-of-session notification, haptics and chime • Keeps exact time in the background and after relaunch SOUNDSCAPE • Five tones synthesized in real time: Warm Marimba, Glass Bells, E-Piano, Deep Drone, Soft Rain • Touch to shape the mood: drag inside the ring — left/right moves the harmony darker or brighter, up/down changes energy and density • Tap inside the ring to place your own notes on a repeating loop • Plays during focus, breaks, or both — your choice PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no account, no analytics, no data collection • Works completely offline • Asks for one permission only: notifications, to tell you when a session ends

Screenshots

Rain Sounds4 screens
NeoFocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Rain Sounds and NeoFocus are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rain Sounds against 5.0 for NeoFocus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Rain Sounds versus NeoFocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRain SoundsNeoFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHen DebiNeoco Studio

Customer experience

Rain Sounds

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

NeoFocus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rain Sounds

No in-app purchases

None

NeoFocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rain Sounds free?
Rain Sounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NeoFocus free?
NeoFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rain Sounds or NeoFocus?
Rain Sounds and NeoFocus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Rain Sounds or NeoFocus have ads?
Neither Rain Sounds nor NeoFocus shows ads.

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