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313 points alpaca121 | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0s | 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. rbalicki ◴[] No.45563313[source]
Fantastic. Love it. Love the collection of so many sounds.

One request I have: please play the white noise on the "other" track, so that one can also listen to music and white noise simultaneously. See how "White noise by sleep pillow" does it.

There are some formatting issues (i.e. stuff is off screen), but nbd, still usable. Perhaps that prevents me from layering multiple sounds, though.

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2. alpaca121 ◴[] No.45563795[source]
Great suggestion! Will get these sounds to play with other music. Regarding the formatting issues- what phone and os version are you on? Would love to fix it asap
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3. rbalicki ◴[] No.45573576[source]
iOS 18.5, iPhone 15 Pro

I have some accessibility settings on, like button shapes on, on/off labels on, reduce transparency on, increase contrast on, differentiate without color on. But surprisingly no changes to default font size or something that might be expected to cause that.