Rain Sounds vs NeoFocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 7 curated ambient soundscapes
- Focus session timer
- Background playback
- Daily and weekly focus charts
- Streak building
- Offline functionality
- Distraction-free interface
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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.
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.
- 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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Rain Sounds | NeoFocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hen Debi | Neoco Studio |
Customer experience
Rain Sounds
NeoFocus
In-app purchases
Rain Sounds
No in-app purchases
NeoFocus
No in-app purchases









