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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: 0.46s | 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...

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accrual ◴[13 Oct 25 05:16 UTC] No.45564896[source]▶
Very high quality app, thank you! It's simple, looks nice, and does everything it needs to. I love that it automatically allows playing in the background and appears on the lock screen, etc.

The only thing I noticed was there's another app also called Ambi that generates background sound which I mistakenly downloaded first. It popped up a message to buy premium, then I knew I had the wrong app. ;)

For fun, play train + airplane at the same time. Train in the sky.

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1. alpaca121 ◴[14 Oct 25 02:24 UTC] No.45575603[source]▶
Thanks for the kind words and yeah there's another app with the same name that ranks higher. I need to work on my app store seo.
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2. accrual ◴[14 Oct 25 23:01 UTC] No.45586032[source]▶
Of course! And thank you for the great app.

A lot of people use "noise apps" as a form of relief, either from sleep disorders, tinnitus (ringing of the ears), general wellbeing, etc. So having a nice quality app for free like this is likely to make a positive impact on someone's life, somewhere. Thank you.