Comparison

Nocturne vs CosyHours

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

Head to head
About

Nocturne

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Nocturneは、環境音とLofiを自分好みに組み合わせられる、睡眠・集中・作業用のサウンドミキサーです。 【好きな音を自由にミックス】 雨、焚き火、カフェ、波、森、夜の虫から3つの環境音と、Lofi曲1曲を選び、それぞれの音量を調整できます。 【オフラインで再生】 6つの環境音と12曲のLofiをアプリに収録しています。インターネットに接続していない場所でも再生できます。 【画面を消しても再生】 バックグラウンド再生に対応。ロック画面やコントロールセンターから再生・停止できます。 【やさしいスリープタイマー】 15・30・60・90分から選べます。終了30秒前から音量をゆっくり下げ、眠りを妨げずに停止します。 【お気に入りを保存】 気に入った音の組み合わせはプリセットとして保存し、いつでも呼び出せます。 アカウント登録は不要です。保存した配合やプリセットは端末内だけに保存されます。

About

CosyHours

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Cosy Hours plays music that is being made as you listen. Nothing in it is a recording — no samples, no loops, no audio files anywhere in the app. Every note is synthesised on your device as it is played, so it will not repeat for as long as you leave it running. Put it on to work to, to study to, or to fall asleep to. THE SHELF Lofi records, each a different band rather than a different filter: a Rhodes on a balcony, brushes and vibraphone in the rain, nylon guitar over an upright bass, a koto, a choir. Chiptune sides for an arcade. And beds with no notes in them at all — ocean, forest wind, rain on glass, noise, a singing bowl, temple bells. Nothing loops, so nothing wears out. THE CHILL BAR One slider, AWAKE to ASLEEP. Tempo, swing, tone, reverb, density and even the lead instrument move together, and the tempo glides rather than jumps — so it sounds like the track settling rather than a track being changed. THE ROOM Behind the music is a hand-drawn pixel room: a woman on a sofa with a mug of coffee, a record turning, a tabby asleep at her feet, rain on the window and a city beyond it. She breathes, she blinks, her fingers tap, the coffee steams. Nothing is interpolated; every frame is a drawing somebody made. The room follows your clock from dawn to night, and the clock on the wall tells the actual time. THE POMODORO Focus and break lengths you choose, and a chime with no strike anywhere in it, so there is nothing to flinch at. The record can stop for your break and start again afterwards. The countdown sits on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, counted by the system's own clock, so it stays right even while the app is asleep. QUIET BY DEFAULT Everything runs on your device. No account, no subscription, no ads, no tracking and no network connection of any kind — there is nothing to collect, because nothing is ever sent. It keeps playing with the screen off, and it works with no signal at all.

Screenshots

Nocturne4 screens
CosyHours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nocturne at Free against CosyHours's $0.99. CosyHours's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Nocturne is free to download; CosyHours costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Nocturne versus CosyHours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNocturneCosyHours
PriceFree — better$0.99
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkeitaro nishimuraJunki Omura

In-app purchases

None

Nocturne

No in-app purchases

None

CosyHours

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nocturne free?
Nocturne is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CosyHours free?
CosyHours costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nocturne or CosyHours have ads?
Nocturne shows ads; CosyHours does not.

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