DreamWaves vs SonicCloud Personalized Sound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DreamWaves
Create personalized soundscapes for relaxation, meditation, yoga, and sleep. Mix ambient sounds like nature and weather with high-quality, professionally recorded audio loops. Features a sleep timer and background playback for uninterrupted tranquility.
- Customizable soundscapes
- High-quality audio recordings
- Sleep timer
- Background audio playback
- Mix with other media
- In-app help guide
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High quality recordings for ambience, meditation, yoga, relaxation, and sleep. You control soundscape such as birds, weather etc. Soundscapes including Ocean Surf Waterfall Hawaii, Brook Hawaii Rain Fall Hawaii Zen Garden Hot Tub Fireplace Train City Ambience Rowing on a lake + 23 more All audio professionally recorded at a high bit rate specifically for this app, minimum 15 minute loops. Virtually no distractions such as birds, pops, and other noises. Features: Sleep Timer Audio plays in background, mix with other media, works well with Bluetooth Speakers In app help guide
SonicCloud Personalized Sound
This app personalizes your audio experience by conducting a hearing test and creating a unique sound profile. It then enhances radio, podcasts, and phone calls to match your specific hearing needs, offering real-time adjustments for optimal clarity.
- Personalized sound profiles
- Hearing assessment test
- Enhanced audio for podcasts
- Enhanced audio for radio
- Enhanced audio for phone calls
- Real-time audio refinement
- HealthKit integration
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1. Take the SonicCloud hearing test on your phone 2. The app will analyze the results and create your sound profile 3. Then listen to radio stations and podcasts through SonicCloud that are perfectly tuned to your hearing You can even refine your results in real time to zero in on hard-to-hear syllables allowing even those with significant hearing loss to achieve beautiful sound enhancement through the SonicCloud app. Don’t forget to tell us what you want to listen to...we are adding new content all the time! HealthKit Compatibility: SonicCloud is compatible with HealthKit! With it, you can import your Health app audiogram in to SonicCloud as a basis for sound personalization. It also allows you to export your SonicCloud Assessment results to the Health App. About the Subscription: SonicCloud is free to download. You can also take the hearing assessment for free, view your hearing results for free, and listen to personalized sound for free for 30 days. After the 30 day free trial, the subscription cost is $9.99 per month. The subscription auto-renews every month unless canceled through iTunes settings. You must cancel your subscription at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period in order to not be charged for the next period. If you cancel in the middle of the subscription period, your subscription will be valid until the end of the period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of the purchase. Terms and Conditions: https://soniccloud.com/terms-and-conditions/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SonicCloud Personalized Sound at Free against DreamWaves's $0.99. SonicCloud Personalized Sound also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 125 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 2). DreamWaves's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads and device support 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
SonicCloud Personalized Sound is free to download; DreamWaves costs $0.99 up front. SonicCloud Personalized Sound sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. DreamWaves asks for nothing beyond the download.
DreamWaves holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SonicCloud Personalized Sound has 1.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of DreamWaves's written reviews are positive against 61% of SonicCloud Personalized Sound's.
DreamWaves ships an update every 125 months, SonicCloud Personalized Sound monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DreamWaves | SonicCloud Personalized Sound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 125 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 390 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agostino Calisi | Sonitum |
Customer experience
DreamWaves
SonicCloud Personalized Sound
Bugs and requests
DreamWaves
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SonicCloud Personalized Sound
Reported bugs
6 issues- Works in USA only
- Not compatible with Widex hearing aides
- Incompatible
- Phone calls not available in the UK
- Trouble with Test
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- Freezes
Requested features
3 requests- Wish you had more
- Ask for less
- I would like to know how I can set it up so I can use it for incoming calls as well
In-app purchases
DreamWaves
No in-app purchases
SonicCloud Personalized Sound
- SonicCloud1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- SonicCloud$9.991 Month
Questions
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