Lightning Simulator vs Make It Rain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightning Simulator
Simulate a lightning storm with visual effects using your device's backlight and LED flash, accompanied by realistic thunder audio. Customize storm distance and set sleep timers for a unique ambiance.
- Backlight and LED flash simulation
- Realistic thunder audio
- 5 unique storm types
- Customizable storm distance
- Adjustable sleep timers
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This is for all the lightning lovers out there. Turn your room into a thunderstorm. Lightning plays immersive thunderstorm soundscapes and syncs the light to the thunder: the screen dims to black, then pulses and flashes with every rumble — and on the loudest strikes, fires the camera flash like real lightning. Set the storm's distance and the thunder trails the flash, just as it does in a real storm. Best experienced in a dark room, with the screen and camera flash exposed and the audio through speakers or headphones. Made to fall asleep to. A sleep timer gently fades the audio and light to black instead of cutting out, so it never jolts you awake. FREE • The Starter Storm, full flash + thunder experience • Storm distance (flash-to-thunder delay) • Sleep timer with a gentle fade-out LIGHTNING PRO — one-time purchase, yours forever • Every storm — all six soundscapes • Immersion modes — screen-only, soft ambient glow, and warm-to-cool lightning color • Haptic thunder — feel every strike • Storm control — strike intensity and an approaching-storm mode • Gapless playlists with seamless crossfade • A StandBy / Lock Screen storm clock widget • Longer overnight sleep timers • Save custom presets No accounts, no tracking, no ads. Everything runs on-device. Already bought the old Storm Expansion? Tap Restore, you're upgraded to Lightning Pro for free. Relax and unwind, Go ahead, Enjoy the Storm.
Make It Rain
This app provides a variety of high-quality, real rain sound recordings to help users fall asleep faster and enjoy a better night's rest. It features long recordings, looping options, and a sleep timer, all without ads or tracking.
- 10-hour real rain recordings
- Looping rain sound options
- Sleep timer
- No ads or tracking
- High-quality sound recordings
- AirPlay and headphone remote support
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Trouble falling asleep? Make It Rain! We offer multiple calming and relaxing sounds for you to fall asleep and have a great night's sleep! Our app doesn't track you, offer advertisements, or interrupt you or your sleep in any way. Here are our 10 hours long real rain recordings: - Classic Rain - Rain in Nature with Thunderstorms - Rain on Window with Thunders - Rain on Foggy Mountain with Thunders - And others! Want to hear the same perfect rain sound in a loop? Pick from multiple loop Rain sounds: - Light Rain in Nature - Medium Rain with Thunderstorms - Rain with Loud Thunders - Rain Aftermath with Distant Thunders - Rain with Drips and Close Thunders - Moderate Rain in City - Rain on Car Window - And others! All sounds are actual real rains, storms, or thunderstorms recorded with high-quality microphones. We don't use computer-generated 'white noise'. We're also adding new sounds constantly! Other features of the app: - Great user interface - Sleep timer: Stop the sounds after a predefined time - No ads, popups, or other nagging alerts Make It Rain supports AirPlay playback and play/pause via headphones remote. You can also find Apple TV & macOS apps and all sounds will unlock on all devices once you buy the premium package. NOTE: An internet connection is required to play any sound. Make sure you're not bandwidth-limited by your provider or ISP. Download Make It Rain today and get a better night's sleep tonight!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lightning Simulator at 4.8 against Make It Rain's 4.4. Lightning Simulator also leads on ratings volume (101 vs 11). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Lightning Simulator sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Make It Rain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lightning Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightning Simulator has 101 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Lightning Simulator's written reviews are positive against 90% of Make It Rain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Lightning Simulator | Make It Rain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (101 ratings) — better | 4.4 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foxbit Software Ltd. | RanduSoft SRL |
Customer experience
Lightning Simulator
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In-app purchases
Lightning Simulator
- Storm Expansion Pack$1.99
- Lightning Pro$1.99
Make It Rain
- Unlock All Sounds$1.99
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