Once you tap the image, the sound plays until you stop it. This app has a simple interface, and each sound option has its own image. The app Sleep Sounds by Sleep Pillow contains a variety of soothing sounds to help you fall asleep. We’ll discuss five of the best white noise apps available today, based on our testing. Many people find that listening to a constant soothing sound helps them relax and lessens the disruption from unexpected noises.įor those who don’t want to invest in a white noise machine, there are plenty of smartphone apps that provide a range of background sounds for sleep. Originally used to describe the staticky noise of a sound that includes all of the frequencies, the term white noise is often used to more generally refer to any steady background hum, such as the sound of an air conditioner, falling rain, or crashing waves. If you’re unable to ensure a completely quiet bedroom environment, one way to minimize the impact from outside sounds is by using white noise.
Thus, as part of your ideal bedroom setup, it’s a good idea to factor in some way to reduce unwanted disturbances. Not only does noise wake you up, but it can also affect your sleep quality once you do fall asleep. Spooky Night+Rain, Frightening Nature Sounds-crows, wolves, etc.It can be almost impossible to fall asleep when your partner is snoring, or when your upstairs neighbor decides to rearrange the furniture at midnight. Thunder 2 5h Low Rumbling, Wind Howls, Rain Thunder 1 8h Very Low Rumbling, Rain, Waves-Beach Rain (moderate) 5.2h on Trees-overcast day Rain 7 (Lightest) 8h Drips on Trees-no thunderĤ.5h+ Spilling Waterfall, RAIN, THUNDER (Storm), Nature Soundsīubbling River Falls (gentle), Birds, Insects, Animals-Daytime, South Rain 6 (Light) 10h on Tent Canvas (Medium Gentle)-no thunder (Med.-Light) 10h Low Gentle Thunder-Overcast Day (Lowest pitch+High Overtones) Rumble Roaring-Large Waterfallįalls 4 3h Splashing+Spilling Loud (Highest pitch) Waterfallįilm Projector+Old Film Sound 9h gentle v2Ĭrackling Campfire, Crickets, Rain or River-NightįIRE 3 4h Roaring Campfire-Crickets, Night Nature Sounds, LiteįROGS 6h Night Swamp Sounds, Rain Drips & Splashes River Rapids (High pitch), Lite Splashing Of audio files in this collection, in alphabetical order, with This setup is also desirable due to its low total energy usage, since using (for example) a 3-watt sound machine (like the Mifa C10) with a 5-watt pair of inexpensive desktop stereo computer or multimedia speakers will only use a total of 8 watts of power, which is about the same low energy usage as a nightlight. This will also provide greater definition resulting from better stereo separation of the 2 tracks of sound (by spreading the 2 powered speakers apart a fair distance), which also helps to make the sound richer and more realistic.
TIP: If you are planning on playing these sound files on a white noise sound machine, or on a phone, or portable MP3 player, or tablet, or laptop, or any other device that has small speakers that produce low-quality sound, I recommend plugging the sound machine or other device that you are using into an inexpensive set of stereo powered computer/multimedia speakers (low-powered) in order to improve the quality of the sound enough for the intended purpose. A number followed by the letter " h" in the file name indicates approximately how many hours long the audio file is (for example, 10h = approximately 10 hours long.) When multiple files of the same type of sound appear here, they are numbered in order to distinguish them from each other (for example: Rain 1, Rain 2, Rain 3, etc.), and brief descriptions and distinguishing characteristics are also sometimes given in the file names of these items. Included in this collection are sounds such as rain, falls (a category which includes waterfalls, rivers, streams, etc.), thunderstorms, wind, waves/ocean, snowfall, electric fans, fire, cicadas (also known as locusts), crickets, frogs, and more. This is a collection of long MP3 audio files of relaxing sounds ( white noise and nature sounds) that can be used for sleeping to, relaxing, meditating, reading to, drowning out or blocking out loud, unwanted noises from neighbors and your surrounding environment, blocking out your partner's snoring, and more.