Comparison

Braintunes vs Calm Sounds

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

Head to head
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.

About

Calm Sounds

Features
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Calm Sounds is a tiny sanctuary for your ears. Tap the glowing orb and sink into deep, seamless relaxation audio: rich brown noise, a low 60 Hz drone that swells like slow breathing, or both layered together. - Endless, truly gapless sound - no loops, no seams, no interruptions - Three moods: Brown Noise (dark and cozy), Drone (deep and meditative), or Both - Sleep timer (15, 30, or 60 minutes) with a gentle minute-long fade-out - Keeps playing with your screen locked, with lock screen controls - No account, no ads, no tracking - just sound Made with love for anxiety relief, focus, and falling asleep.

Screenshots

Braintunes4 screens
Calm Sounds3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Braintunes at 3 against Calm Sounds's 1. Braintunes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Braintunes versus Calm Sounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBraintunesCalm Sounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB0 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAleksandr Novikovkrystina athanasiadis

In-app purchases

None

Braintunes

No in-app purchases

None

Calm Sounds

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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