Comparison

Lofi Rain vs Slate

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

Head to head
About

Lofi Rain

This app provides curated lofi music and ambient sounds to enhance focus, study, or sleep. It features a simple interface with mood-based track selection, customizable soundscapes, and an integrated timer that gently winds down playback. Track your focus sessions without pressure.

Highlights
  • Mood-based lofi track selection
  • Layered ambient soundscapes
  • Integrated focus timer
  • Offline listening with downloaded tracks
  • Background playback
  • Session tracking
Features
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Lofi Rain is a lofi player built around one idea: you shouldn’t have to DJ your own focus session. Press play and lofirain automatically builds a session from original lofi tracks, selected for the companion you’re listening with. No playlists to manage, no browsing rabbit hole, no decisions to make. Just start listening and settle in. BUILD YOUR SOUNDSCAPE Layer ambient sound over the music to create the room you wish you were in: - Rain — neon window drizzle, midnight downpour, vinyl-crackle rain - Fire — cozy campfire, dusty embers - Nature — birdsong, a sleepy creek - Urban — late-night city, a lively café A TIMER THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST Set a 15, 30, or 60 minute session and let the music carry you through it. When the timer ends, playback winds down so you can work, study, or fall asleep without leaving sound running all night. WATCH YOUR FOCUS ADD UP lofirain quietly counts your completed sessions and shows a weekly listening summary. No streak guilt. No gamification. Just a record that you showed up. MADE TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY - No ads - Download tracks for offline listening - Keep listening while using other apps - A calm, scenic interface that feels good left open on your desk Whether you’re writing late at night, studying, working, or winding down with rain, lofirain gives you the right sound for the moment—with none of the fiddling. Privacy Policy: https://www.lofirain.io/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.lofirain.io/terms Press play. Settle in. Get to work.

About

Slate

Combines your calendar events and reminders into a single, streamlined daily view. Includes a dedicated space for daily notes that can be exported. Available across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, syncing seamlessly with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Unified daily view of calendar events and reminders
  • Integrated daily note-taking
  • Exportable daily notes
  • iCloud syncing
  • Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
Features
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Why I built Slate: Apple’s Calendar and Reminders are great, but switching between them all day was a hassle. I just wanted one clean place for my day, with space for a daily note beside my plans. No extra features. No clutter. Just your day, kept simple. • Calendar events and reminders in one daily view • A daily note you can export anytime • Instant search across all events, reminders, and notes • iPhone, iPad, and Mac, synced with iCloud Slate uses the Calendar and Reminders you already have. No ads. No accounts. No tracking.

Screenshots

Lofi Rain4 screens
Slate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Lofi Rain at free against Slate's free with in-app purchases. Slate's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lofi Rain against 5.0 for Slate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lofi Rain ships an update every 9 days, Slate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lofi Rain versus Slate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLofi RainSlate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLofiRain文龙 吴

Customer experience

Lofi Rain

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Slate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lofi Rain

No in-app purchases

None

Slate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lofi Rain free?
Lofi Rain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slate free?
Slate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lofi Rain or Slate?
Lofi Rain and Slate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Lofi Rain or Slate have ads?
Neither Lofi Rain nor Slate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lofi Rain or Slate?
Lofi Rain ships an update every 9 days, and Slate every 4 days. Most recently, Lofi Rain was updated on September 30, 2026 and Slate on October 20, 2026.

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