Comparison

DreamWaves vs Dreamscape

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

Dreamscape

Create personalized soundscapes with over 40 ambient sounds to aid sleep, focus, or relaxation. Enjoy a calming visual experience and a gentle sleep timer. The app works offline and in the background, even with other apps playing.

Highlights
  • 40+ ambient sounds
  • Customizable sound mixing
  • Gentle sleep timer
  • Background audio playback
  • Offline functionality
  • Calming visualizer
  • Screen dimming mode
Features
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Dreamscape turns your phone into a private night sky. Drift through procedurally-animated space while you layer the exact sounds that send you to sleep — rain on a tent, a distant storm, brown noise, a box fan, or a cinematic sci-fi hum. It's a calm, cockpit-inspired world built for one thing: helping you fall asleep, focus, or simply unwind. Mix up to five sounds at once to build a soundscape that's truly yours. Pair ocean waves with a crackling fire, or stack white noise under gentle rain. When you're ready to drift off, set the sleep timer and Dreamscape fades everything out gently over time — no jarring cut, just a slow, quiet descent into silence. Dim the screen with Goodnight mode so nothing glows while you sleep. Most sleep apps go silent the second you switch apps. Dreamscape keeps playing under music, podcasts & TikTok. Build your mix, set the timer and drift off! With 40+ high-quality ambient sounds across Colors (noise), Nature, Meditation, and Dreamscapes, there's a sound for every mood — from rainforests and waterfalls to meditation tones, brainwave frequencies, and lo-fi, cyberpunk, and retro game atmospheres. Unlock Dreamscape Pro for the full library and the unlimited mixer. Your privacy is part of our core design, not an afterthought. Dreamscape has no ads, no cross-app tracking, and no account to create. Your settings live on your device. We never watch what you play. All sounds are stored local, so Dreamscape works flawlessly when offline with no internet connection. Dreamscape Pro unlocks the full sound library and the unlimited mixer. It's available as a weekly, monthly, or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. (Detailed pricing, billing period, and any free-trial terms are always shown in the app before you buy.) Features - 40+ high-quality ambient sounds across 4 categories: Colors (white, brown, pink, green noise), Nature, Meditation, and Dreamscapes - White noise, rain, ocean, fire, forest, storm, wind, fans, and more — everything a sleep-sound listener needs - Mixer: layer up to 5 sounds into your own custom soundscape - Sleep timer with a gentle, gradual fade-out — never an abrupt stop - Goodnight mode dims the screen for restful, glow-free nights - Background audio keeps playing with the screen locked or another app is using audio - Plays alongside your other apps' audio (great over videos on silent) - A living cosmic backdrop: animated stars, nebulae, and dreamy waves with a real-time audio visualizer - Meditation tones and brainwave frequencies (Alpha, Delta, Gamma, Theta, 432 Hz, 528 Hz) - Cinematic premium soundscapes: lo-fi, cyberpunk, sci-fi, medieval, and retro game atmospheres - No ads. No cross-app tracking. No account required. Dreamscape Pro unlocks the full premium sound library and the unlimited mixer. It's available as an auto-renewable subscription — weekly, monthly, or yearly — or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before purchase and vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://dreamscapeprivacy.netlify.app/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DreamWaves2 screens
Dreamscape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dreamscape at Free against DreamWaves's $0.99. DreamWaves's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dreamscape is free to download; DreamWaves costs $0.99 up front. Dreamscape sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. DreamWaves asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Dreamscape. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DreamWaves versus Dreamscape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamWavesDreamscape
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 125 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size390 MB267 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgostino CalisiJoseph Cardillo

Customer experience

DreamWaves

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

Dreamscape

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DreamWaves

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Dreamscape

Subscriptions3
  • Dreamscape Pro - Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Dreamscape Pro - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Dreamscape Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dreamscape Pro - Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is DreamWaves free?
DreamWaves costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dreamscape free?
Dreamscape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DreamWaves or Dreamscape?
DreamWaves and Dreamscape are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do DreamWaves or Dreamscape have ads?
Neither DreamWaves nor Dreamscape shows ads.

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