Comparison

DreamWaves vs Blankie

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable soundscapes
  • High-quality audio recordings
  • Sleep timer
  • Background audio playback
  • Mix with other media
  • In-app help guide
Features
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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

About

Blankie

Create personalized ambient soundscapes by mixing a variety of high-quality sounds. This app helps you focus, relax, or sleep by masking distractions. It offers offline functionality, custom sound imports, and convenient playback controls.

Highlights
  • Customizable sound mixes
  • 24 high-quality ambient sounds
  • Sleep timer with fade-out
  • Lock screen playback controls
  • Import custom sounds
  • CarPlay support
  • Offline functionality
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Blankie is your personal ambient sound companion. Mix soothing rain with a crackling fireplace, or combine whistling winds of a forest with a warm piano. Blankie helps you tune out distractions to sleep, relax or get to your flow state. • 24 High-Quality Sounds Rain, storms, wind, ocean waves, a running stream. Birds, a forest, crickets on a summer night. A train, a boat, an airplane, the hum of a city. Coffee shop, fireplace, a fan, the laundry room. Warm piano, lo-fi beats, gentle guitar, ambient synth. And the full noise family: white, pink, green and deep brown. All ready to go without downloading or streaming. • Customizable Mixes Choose your sounds and dial in your ideal volume levels to craft the perfect balance for work, study, relaxation, or sleep. Keep it subtle or turn it up, it’s your Blankie. • Set a Sleep Timer Pick how long you want to listen and Blankie fades out and stops on its own. Drift off without leaving sound running until morning. • Quick Playback Controls Play or pause Blankie easily from your lock screen, Control Center, or even AirPod controls. • Bring Your Own Sounds Already know what you like? Import custom sounds from files and your voice notes. Every import is loudness-matched to your library automatically so nothing jumps out of the mix. • CarPlay Support Long drive with a sleeping kid in the back? Take Blankie on the road with your presets and sounds in a streamlined view. • Offline & Privacy-First Blankie is fully functional offline, collects no personal data and is completely open source. No ads or subscriptions. Ever. Experience deeper relaxation, sharper focus, and a calmer mindset with your own blend of ambient sound. Whether you need white noise to block out distractions, or a peaceful drizzle of rain to help you unwind, Blankie has all the options you need to soothe your environment and elevate your day. Download Blankie today and start creating your perfect soundscape.

Screenshots

DreamWaves2 screens
Blankie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Blankie at Free against DreamWaves's $0.99. Blankie also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 125 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). DreamWaves's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On rating, review sentiment, ads and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Blankie is free to download; DreamWaves costs $0.99 up front. 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 DreamWaves against 5.0 for Blankie. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DreamWaves ships an update every 125 months, Blankie every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DreamWaves versus Blankie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamWavesBlankie
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 125 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size390 MB176 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgostino CalisiCody Bromley

Customer experience

DreamWaves

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blankie

Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DreamWaves

No in-app purchases

None

Blankie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DreamWaves free?
DreamWaves costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blankie free?
Blankie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DreamWaves or Blankie?
DreamWaves and Blankie are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do DreamWaves or Blankie have ads?
Neither DreamWaves nor Blankie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DreamWaves or Blankie?
DreamWaves ships an update every 125 months, and Blankie every 10 days. Most recently, DreamWaves was updated on October 17, 2026 and Blankie on October 5, 2026.

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