Rain & Storms
Real rain, rolling thunder and distant storms.
Sleep sounds
Every sound, free to try right here
Tap any tile to listen to the free sounds in full. Every Lifetime sound below has its own page with a free preview. All of them are matched in loudness, so switching never jumps.
Tap to playWhite NoiseBright and even
Plays until you stop it. Phone browsers usually pause when the screen locks; the app doesn't. About white noise
Noise colors
White NoiseFreePress play for steady white noise generated live in your browser. Nothing repeats, nothing interrupts, and there's no ad waiting at the 40-minute mark.Brown NoiseFreeA deep, rumbling brown noise generated live as you listen. No ad breaks, no loop point and no autoplay into something else at 3 a.m.Pink NoiseFreeBalanced, gentle pink noise generated live. It sounds like steady rain on a roof, with none of the hiss that makes white noise tiring.Grey NoiseLifetimeNoise shaped so it sounds equally loud across the whole range: fuller lows than pink noise, a touch of air on top.Deep BrownLifetimeBrown noise with the top taken off. What's left is a low, distant rumble, like a ship's engine two decks down.
Nature
Gentle RainFreeGentle, steady rain with no thunder to jolt you awake. Every drop is generated as you listen, about 2,600 a minute, so the pattern never repeats.ThunderstormLifetimeHeavy rain with a low thunder roll every half minute to a minute. The thunder swells in slowly and rolls off long, so it reads as a storm, not an alarm.Ocean WavesFreeA five-minute recording of long, natural swells, blended into itself so you never hear where it starts over.Summer CricketsLifetimeA real recording of crickets on a warm night: steady, soft and far enough away that no single chirp stands out.Crackling FireLifetimeA fire burning low: a soft roar with small pops and shifts, recorded close enough to feel warm and far enough not to startle.Rainforest CanopyLifetimeA dense, bright jungle canopy: insects, distant birds and moving air, steady enough to fade into the background.Soft RainfallLifetimeLight, unhurried rain, recorded. Quieter and more varied than a downpour, with no thunder anywhere in it.Rain & Rolling ThunderLifetimeSteady, full rain with thunder that rolls low in the distance. A recording of the kind of storm that's better heard from bed.Distant StormLifetimeA storm that stays on the horizon. The thunder in this recording was softened so it rumbles rather than cracks.
Baby favorites
ShushFreeThe long, rhythmic "shhh" parents have used forever, without the dizzy spell. Each shush is a slightly different length, the way a real one is.HeartbeatFreeA muffled "lub-dub" at about 66 beats a minute, with the small variations of a real resting heart so it never sounds like a metronome.WombFreeDeep, muffled whooshing that swells with a soft heartbeat. A rough idea of what a baby heard for nine months.
Household
Box FanFreeA box fan on low: soft airflow, a gentle wobble and a faint motor hum. All the sound people grew up sleeping to, without the draft in January.DryerFreeThe warm, tumbling hum of a dryer, with soft thumps at an uneven pace. Plenty of babies have napped in a car seat next to one of these.VacuumFreeA bright rush of air with a steady motor whine. Loud, constant and strangely calming to a lot of babies.Car RideFreeRoad rumble, soft wind, slow changes in speed and the odd expansion-joint bump. For the baby who only falls asleep on the highway.Metal FanLifetimeA big metal-blade fan on high, recorded. Wide, steady and loud enough to bury a lot of the world.
Tones
Sounds for every situation
Nature sounds for sleep
Rain on the roof, waves on a beach, crickets on a warm night, a fire burning low. Pick the place you'd most like to fall asleep in and press play.
Water sounds for sleeping
Waves, rain, and the deep rush of a waterfall in the next room. Water is the oldest white noise there is.
White, brown and pink noise for studying and focus
Roommates, a coffee shop, a TV through the wall. A steady sound underneath makes every interruption smaller, and nothing here will break in with an ad.
White noise for dogs
Fireworks, thunder, a delivery van, the neighbors. A steady sound in the background can soften the noises that set a dog off.
Airplane white noise for sleep
Some people sleep better at 35,000 feet than at home. The secret is that deep, unbroken cabin roar, and you can get close to it on the ground.
White noise for the office and work
Open-plan chatter, a coworker's speakerphone, the leaf blower outside the home office. A steady sound takes the edge off all of it.
White noise for babies
Shush, womb and heartbeat sounds, how loud to play them, and where to put the phone.
Sleepy Noise Lifetime
Sound packs, included with Lifetime
One $9.99 purchase unlocks every pack, including the ones we add later. Free users see these in the Library, greyed out, so you know exactly what you’d get.
Night Outdoors
Crickets, a rainforest canopy and a crackling fire.
Deeper Nights
Darker noise and a loud metal fan for heavy sleepers.
Tuned to 432Hz
Soft tones tuned to A = 432Hz. Lovely under brown noise in a mix.
Sleepy Noise for iPhone and Android
Take it to bed with you
The browser player is good for trying sounds. For a whole night with the screen off, the app keeps playing through calls and alarms, starts from your lock screen in one tap, and never shows an ad.
- Free core sounds, no ads, ever
- Plays all night with the screen off
- Lifetime is $9.99 once, not a subscription
