DreamWaves vs Sleep Sounds ..
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
Sleep Sounds ..
Create personalized soundscapes with a wide variety of high-definition nature sounds, rain, and white noise. Save your favorite mixes and use the built-in timer to automatically stop playback. Enjoy offline functionality and background mode for uninterrupted relaxation.
- HD sound collection
- Mixable soundscapes
- Customizable ambiences
- Favorite sound mixes
- Automatic timer
- Offline functionality
- Background mode
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This app brings great collection of HD sounds that can be mixed into the perfect relaxing ambiences. You can choose from different types of rain, nature sounds, white noise . Save your favorite sound mixes so they are always by hand with you. You can schedule the timer that will automatically stop the application. It does not require internet connection so you can use it anywhere without worrying about the data. It can work in background mode. You can also use with your apple watch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sleep Sounds .. at Free against DreamWaves's $0.99. Sleep Sounds .. also leads on ratings volume (2.6K vs 2) and update cadence (every 38 months vs every 125 months). DreamWaves's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On 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
Sleep Sounds .. is free to download; DreamWaves costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DreamWaves holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sleep Sounds .. has 2.6K 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 92% of Sleep Sounds ..'s.
DreamWaves ships an update every 125 months, Sleep Sounds .. every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DreamWaves | Sleep Sounds .. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 91.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 125 months | Every 38 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 390 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agostino Calisi | UniCom Technology |
Customer experience
DreamWaves
Sleep Sounds ..
Bugs and requests
DreamWaves
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sleep Sounds ..
Reported bugs
2 issues- Randomly shuts off
- Incompatible with some devices
Requested features
2 requests- More sound options
- Improved background playback
In-app purchases
DreamWaves
No in-app purchases
Sleep Sounds ..
No in-app purchases
Questions
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