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Show HN: I built a simple ambient sound app with no ads or subscriptions

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313 points alpaca121 | 3 comments | 12 Oct 25 14:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.594s | source

I’ve always liked having background noise while working or falling asleep, but I got frustrated that most “white noise” or ambient sound apps are either paywalled, stuffed with ads, or try to upsell subscriptions for basic features.

So I made Ambi, a small iOS app with a clean interface and a set of freely available ambient sounds — rain, waves, wind, birds, that sort of thing. You can mix them, adjust volume levels, and just let it play all night or while you work. Everything works offline and there are no hidden catches.

It’s something I built for myself first, but I figured others might find it useful too. Feedback, bugs, and suggestions are all welcome.

https://apps.apple.com/app/ambi-white-noise-sleep-sounds/id6...

1. ssttoo ◴[12 Oct 25 20:46 UTC] No.45561742[source]▶
Lovely! Couple questions…

- where did you get the noises, are they your own recordings?

- how hard it is to support earlier iOS? For folks like me who are on older phones that cannot be upgraded anymore (iOS 16 personally)

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2. alpaca121 ◴[12 Oct 25 21:36 UTC] No.45562143[source]▶
- There are all curated from bunch of different online sources like pixabay that allow usage without any restrictions - Not too hard. I just need to test it thoroughly to make sure the experience is as good as the latest os
3. interloxia ◴[12 Oct 25 21:46 UTC] No.45562243[source]▶
Not the author. I built one of these years ago and had fun finding and using sounds from radio aporee.

https://archive.org/details/radio-aporee-maps

https://aporee.org/maps/info/