Best Sound Wave Sleep Apps

230+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.7 avg rating
19 free apps
Updated May 2026

Ocean Wave Sounds for Sleep is the household name in sound wave sleep, but it's far from the only option. We track 230+ alternatives and competitors on iOS — many free, many higher-rated than you'd expect.

Top Picks for Sound Wave Sleep

Ocean Wave Sounds for Sleep#1

Ocean Wave Sounds for Sleep by Ultabit, LLC

Ocean Waves, Sleep, Relaxation
Editor's Choice
🌟 Lifestyle
4.7😞(6.5K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Experience high-quality ambient ocean wave sounds from various global locations. Enhance your sleep, meditation, or relaxation routines with natural soundscapes.

What We Love

  • 🌊 Realistic ocean sounds
  • 💤 Helps with sleep
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🌴 Variety of beach locations

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Timer issues (resets to 15 mins, doesn't work)
  • 🔋 App drains battery when not in use
  • 🔇 Sound cuts out when phone is locked
White Noise Deep Sleep Sounds#2

White Noise Deep Sleep Sounds by Slumber Studios, LLC

Fan. Rain. Better Baby Sleeper
Strong Contender
💪 Health & Fitness
4.8😊(203K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app provides a variety of calming sounds to help adults and children fall asleep faster. It also aids in focus and meditation by blocking distractions and creating a relaxing atmosphere. Enjoy a wide selection of free and premium ambient audio for better rest and concentration.

What We Love

  • 🌊 Relaxing and soothing sounds
  • 🛌 Helps with sleep and relaxation
  • 🔊 Wide variety of sound options
  • 👶 Useful for babies and children

Room to Improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Paywall for many sound options
  • 🔁 Repetitive sound loops
Ocean Waves - Sleep Sounds#3

Ocean Waves - Sleep Sounds by Codepaint Inc.

Healing Beach Mindfulness
Worth Considering
💪 Health & Fitness
4.7😐(2K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Immerse yourself in calming ocean wave sounds for relaxation, focus, or sleep. Control playback, set timers, and enjoy stereo and spatial audio. Unlock advanced features like extended timers and night mode with a premium upgrade.

What We Love

  • 🌊 Relaxing ocean sounds
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🌙 Helps with sleep and relaxation
  • 🆓 Free basic version available

Room to Improve

  • 🚫 Ads disrupt the experience
  • ⏱️ Timer issues or lack of timer
  • 🔈 Repetitive or unnatural sound quality

More Sound Wave Sleep apps to explore

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Sleep Sounds White Noise, Rain
Sleep Sounds White Noise, Rain
Sleep Sounds White Noise, Rain
Fall Asleep: Sounds & Stories
Free

This app offers a variety of relaxing sounds, guided meditations, and bedtime stories to help users fall asleep, reduce stress, and improve mindfulness. It features a noise-mixer for custom soundscapes and daily content updates.

Noise-mixer for custom soundscapes100+ relaxing sounds and musicGuided sleep meditations
💪 Health & Fitness
(34K)
subscription
5
Rain Sounds - Sleep Sounds
Rain Sounds - Sleep Sounds
Rain Sounds - Sleep Sounds
Nature sounds, Noise Machine
Free

This app offers a collection of realistic rain and nature soundscapes designed to aid relaxation, improve sleep quality, and boost concentration. It features a variety of ambient noises to help users de-stress and enhance their daily productivity.

Realistic rain soundscapesNature sounds collectionSleep and relaxation aid
💪 Health & Fitness
(8.2K)
free with in-app purchases
6
Slumber Wave: Sleep Sounds
Slumber Wave: Sleep Sounds
Slumber Wave: Sleep Sounds
White Noise & Binaural Beats
Free

Create personalized soundscapes for better sleep. Blend brainwave frequencies with nature sounds to fall asleep faster and wake up refreshed. Save custom mixes and use the battery-saving sleep timer.

Neuro-Acoustic PowerUltimate Mix ModeBrown Noise Advantage
🌟 Lifestyle
(1)
free with in-app purchases
7
Sleep Sounds: Rainy Wave Noise
Sleep Sounds: Rainy Wave Noise
Sleep Sounds: Rainy Wave Noise
Soundscape for Sound Sleeper
Free
💪 Health & Fitness
(2)
8
TaoZen - Relax & Sleep Sounds
TaoZen - Relax & Sleep Sounds
TaoZen - Relax & Sleep Sounds
Calm Meditation & White Noise
Free

Create immersive soundscapes for relaxation, sleep, and focus. Mix and customize ambient sounds or choose from curated moods. Experience high-quality audio with Spatial Audio for deep immersion.

Immersive soundscapesCustomizable sound scenesCurated calming moods
💪 Health & Fitness
(806)
free with in-app purchases
9
Sleep Sounds ..
Sleep Sounds ..
Sleep Sounds ..
HD Relaxing sounds
Free

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 collectionMixable soundscapesCustomizable ambiences
💪 Health & Fitness
(1.6K)
ad-supported
10
WaveMix Sleep Sound Soundscape
WaveMix Sleep Sound Soundscape
WaveMix Sleep Sound Soundscape
Sleeping & focus noise mixer
Free

Create personalized soundscapes for sleep, focus, and relaxation. Mix nature sounds, white noise, and melodies with a customizable timer. Share and discover mixes from the community.

Customizable sound mixesSleep timerOffline listening
💪 Health & Fitness
(161)
free with in-app purchases
11
Moongate: Binaural Beats
Moongate: Binaural Beats
Moongate: Binaural Beats
Sleep Frequency Healing Sounds
Free

Experience science-backed sound therapy to fall asleep faster, reduce anxiety, and improve focus. Explore a variety of verified binaural beats, Solfeggio frequencies, and ambient sounds. Customize your experience with adjustable intensity and create playlists for sleep, meditation, or work.

Verified binaural beatsAdjustable frequency intensitySolfeggio music
🎵 Music
(57K)
free with in-app purchases
12
Binaural Beats Healing Sleep
Binaural Beats Healing Sleep
Binaural Beats Healing Sleep
Sleep Sounds & ADHD Brainwaves
Free

Enhance sleep quality and focus with scientifically designed brainwave soundscapes. Explore a library of premium audio tracks and healing frequencies to quiet your mind, reduce anxiety, and promote relaxation.

Brainwave soundscapes for sleep and focusPremium sound libraryHealing frequencies
🎵 Music
(2.9K)
subscription
13
Sleep Sounds by Sleep Pillow
Sleep Sounds by Sleep Pillow
Sleep Sounds by Sleep Pillow
White Noise Machine Sounds
Free

This app provides high-quality, naturally recorded sleep sounds and mixes to help users fall asleep quickly and stay asleep. It features a sleep timer, alarm clock, and background playback for a seamless sleep experience.

High-quality, naturally recorded soundsCustomizable sound mixesSleep timer with fade-out
💪 Health & Fitness
(86K)
free with in-app purchases
14
Sleep Tracker: Recorder, Sound
Sleep Tracker: Recorder, Sound
Sleep Tracker: Recorder, Sound
Sleep Cycle & Snore Recorder
Free

This intelligent sleep assistant helps you understand your sleep patterns with detailed analysis and recordings of snoring or sleep talking. It offers a library of relaxation tools, including meditation and sleep stories, to improve sleep quality and features a smart alarm to help you wake up refreshed.

Sleep cycle analysisSnore and sleep talk recordingMeditation and sleep stories
💪 Health & Fitness
(7.6K)
free with in-app purchases
15
White Noise
White Noise
White Noise
Relaxing Sleep Sounds
$0.99

This app provides a variety of ambient sounds to help users fall asleep, relax, and focus. It masks distracting noises, soothes babies, and can even help alleviate headaches and tinnitus. Users can create custom soundscapes and record their own sounds.

50+ looped ambient soundsCustom soundscape creationSound recording and looping
💪 Health & Fitness
(45K)
free with in-app purchases
16
White Noise: Sound Machine
White Noise: Sound Machine
White Noise: Sound Machine
Sleep to Fans & Thunderstorms
Free

Create personalized soundscapes for relaxation, sleep, or focus. Mix and adjust a wide variety of ambient sounds with advanced audio controls. Works offline and integrates with Siri.

Extensive library of relaxing sleep soundsCombine and customize soundsAdvanced audio adjustment (reverb, EQ, speed)
💪 Health & Fitness
(1.3K)
free with in-app purchases
17
Sleep Worlds: Sounds & Stories
Sleep Worlds: Sounds & Stories
Sleep Worlds: Sounds & Stories
Dynamic storytelling for sleep
Free

Drift off to sleep with unique, dynamic audio journeys that change nightly. This app offers richly detailed storytelling with immersive 3D audio and literary-quality narration, designed to engage your mind and soothe you into slumber.

Dynamic, evolving audio storiesImmersive 3D spatial audioLiterary-quality narration
💪 Health & Fitness
(320)
free with in-app purchases
18
Avrora Sleep Sounds & Stories
Avrora Sleep Sounds & Stories
Avrora Sleep Sounds & Stories
Mindfulness music, track snore
Free

This app helps you fall asleep easily and wake up refreshed with guided breathing, mindfulness sessions, and calming sounds. It also tracks your sleep and snores to help you understand and improve your sleep habits.

Guided breathing techniquesMindfulness and meditation sessionsCalming sleep sounds (white noise, nature)
💪 Health & Fitness
(18K)
free with in-app purchases
19
Sleep Sounds - Sleepmix
Sleep Sounds - Sleepmix
Sleep Sounds - Sleepmix
Calm, Fan, Rain Sleep Sounds
Free

Create personalized soundscapes by mixing various calming sounds like rain, ocean waves, and fan noise. This app helps you fall asleep faster, focus during study sessions, or relax with custom audio blends. Enjoy offline listening with a smart timer and save your favorite mixes.

Mix multiple relaxing soundsCustomizable soundscapesSmart sleep timer
💪 Health & Fitness
(1.3K)
subscription
20
Binaural Beats: Sleep & Heal
Binaural Beats: Sleep & Heal
Binaural Beats: Sleep & Heal
Healing Frequencies & Sounds
Free

This app generates binaural beats to aid relaxation, meditation, sleep, and concentration. It offers customizable frequencies, a timer, and the option to mix in rain sounds. Integration with Apple Health and extensive device controls enhance the user experience.

Binaural beat generationCustomizable frequenciesSleep timer
💪 Health & Fitness
(1.5K)
freemium