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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 | 2 comments | 12 Oct 25 14:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | 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. skopje ◴[13 Oct 25 01:56 UTC] No.45563967[source]▶
Back in 2008 I downloaded an app similar to this and then during one update 6 or 7 years later it vanished from the app store... and my phone! Been looking for a replacement since. I even studied Swift to write my own.

Thanks for writing the app, and not collecting any data! Reminds me of the glory days of the first app store before it all went to crap.

Also, I searched for the exact search string name of your app and you were STILL the third app down.

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2. alpaca121 ◴[14 Oct 25 18:54 UTC] No.45583467[source]▶
Yeah..the goal is to keep the app as minimal as possible while offering useful functionality to users without charge. Glad it's useful for you.

You're right about the low app store ranking on search. I need to look into optimizing those results.