Sounds to relax and sleep better
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50 HD Stereo stock sounds
Fall asleep faster, better & longer with our curated stock sounds
Access 25,000+ relaxing sounds
Download the Market companion app to access thousands of new sounds
Record your own sounds
Our recorder allows you to record and perfectly loop your own sounds
Mix multiple sounds together
The mix-pad allows you to design new soundscapes and adjust various audio properties
Set timers & alarms
Set alarms that slowly fade-in, waking you refreshed
Sleep mode to settle down
The perfect companion to your dock or night-stand
Create a custom playlist
Put together a list of sounds and set individual durations for each one
Save your favorites
Heart your most treasured sounds for quick audio playback
50 HD Stereo stock sounds
Fall asleep faster, better & longer with our curated stock sounds
Access 25,000+ relaxing sounds
Download the Market app & access thousands of new sounds
Record your own sounds
Our recorder allows you to record and perfectly loop your own sounds
Mix your favorite sounds together
The mix-pad allows you to create mixes and adjust various audio properties
Set Timers & alarms
Set alarms that slowly fade-in, waking you refreshed
Sleep mode to settle down
The Perfect companion to your dock or night-stand
Create a custom playlist
Put together a list of sounds and set individual timers for each one
Save your favorites
Heart your most treasured sounds and easily access them with just one tap
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Navigate the world map to find unique sounds or search by keyword to find the perfect sound.
Leave comments, likes and start a conversation about the sounds you enjoy the most.
Unlimited Downloads
Discover thousands of White Noise Market sounds and download them into White Noise for free
Browse thousands of relaxing sounds
Browse by featured sounds, recent sounds, or by sound category. Check out the latest chatter to see what sound everyone is talking about
Upload your amazing recordings
Share your own audio recordings and mixes from your unique part of the world with the entire White Noise community
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Navigate the world map to find unique sounds or search by keyword to find the perfect sound.
Leave comments, likes and start a conversation about the sounds you enjoy the most.
Unlimited Downloads
Discover thousands of White Noise Market sounds and download them into White Noise for free
Browse thousands of relaxing sounds
Browse by featured sounds, recent sounds, or by sound category. Check out the latest chatter to see what sound everyone is talking about
Upload your amazing recordings
Share your own audio recordings and mixes from your unique part of the world with the entire White Noise community
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Background audio was added to White Noise in version 7.6 which requires iOS 9.0. There are a few instances where additional steps need to be taken in order to use White Noise Lite in the background.
iOS users: If you have updated to iOS 13, but have not updated the White Noise Lite App to version 7.6 or newer, you will need to go to the Settings menu within the app, then manually enable Background Audio.
Android users: If you are running Android 9.0 or above and experiencing problems with audio while the screen is locked, while multitasking, or with the home screen widget controls please check that White Noise Lite is not being background restricted.
On most Android devices, you can find this setting by opening the Launcher and long pressing on the White Noise Lite app icon, and selecting App Info.
From the settings, expand Advanced and navigate to Battery to find the “Background Restriction” setting. If the setting says “Restricted,” please remove the restriction.
Samsung users: The Background Restriction setting is located on the Battery screen labeled as “Allow Background Activity.” If the switch is off, toggle it to ON to remove the Background Restrictions.
If you prefer to not update your device, you can find background audio in the Full and Pro versions of White Noise. Upgrading also gives you other benefits such as the removal of advertising. It only costs about a dollar to purchase the full version which is less than a cup of coffee. We also give you refills for free.
We have a detailed comparison chart above showing the differences between all three apps.
Please scroll up to see the differences!
No.
It’s a different store and a different platform. You can pick up a free copy of the Lite version or you can purchase it for the new platform. The good news is purchasing the full version doesn’t cost a lot of money.
There are a couple of ways:
Pick up a copy of our White Noise Creator for Mac OS X and Windows
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Use the Recorder feature in White Noise Pro, White Noise, or White Noise Lite for mobile devices. Tap the Add (+) button and Create Recording. This will allow you to record, loop, and share your own sound.
Visit our White Noise Market at https://whitenoisemarket.com/ or download the new White Noise Market app and start loading up on free sounds!
Adding new sounds is supported for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows.
Mobile Versions
White Noise 7.x requires iOS 8 or Android 4.4. White Noise 6.x of required iOS 7 or Android 4.0. White Noise 5.x required either iOS 5 or Android 2.3. It is now possible to download older versions of White Noise from iTunes and Google Play if your device operating system is less than what is required. Distribution is maintained by the app store you downloaded from and we do not have any way of installing a different version directly to your device.
Desktop Versions
White Noise for Mac requires 10.10 Yosemite which supports hardware dating back to 2007. White Noise for Windows requires a minimum of Windows 10 (Build 10240) which was the first public release. The Mac and Windows stores do not support the distribution of older versions of White Noise and there is no way for us to offer this functionality on top of their distribution platform.
We recommend upgrading your OS to the latest version in order to continue receiving free White Noise updates.
Download our White Noise Help Guide which is a PDF file and covers most of the features found in iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows.
The quick answer is you can disable this prompt in the settings if you have the full/pro version of White Noise.
But please know the rating prompt is very important to the success of our app because ratings/reviews are tied to specific versions, and when we update White Noise to add new features and improvements our ranking drops because we lose all your ratings/reviews.
This is why almost all apps will remind you after a few days of a version upgrade to repost your review. We understand why this can get annoying, but it’s really the best way you can help reward us for adding new features (along w/ sharing the app with friends).
If you still want to disable the prompt then you’ll need the full version of White Noise and tap settings, scroll to the bottom, and select “Disable Rating Prompt.”
They are an auditory illusion perceived when two different tones of slightly different frequency are presented to each ear.
Binaural beats, hypnosis, and meditation are all safe and healthy ways to change your state of mind. However we do not recommend using any of these sounds while driving or operating heavy machinery.
Hypnosis and meditation are voluntary processes and suggestions will have no effect unless you want them to. They rely on stereo and each ear is played a different tone so headphones are needed to listen.
Some binaural beats are too low in frequency for phones or other mobile devices to replicate, others will sound like a rhythmic pulse without headphones and may not work or be as effective.
We wrote a whole blog on the topic, found here.
Yes!
We have 1hr and 10hr versions of select recordings available on YouTube for streaming on a computer, Smart TV, or any device with YouTube.
As our skill has grown in popularity, the costs for us to provide this streaming service are far greater than expected. We tried to lower our costs with better compression, but even our best efforts couldn’t keep the costs from reaching thousands per month.
It was time for a tough decision–do we remove our skill or ask our customers for help? We decided to ask for your help and have introduced a Premium Subscription. It’s only $1.99 per month and will help pay for the massive bandwidth costs we are incurring from our cloud providers.
It’s also important to understand how our White Noise Alexa skill is different than our White Noise mobile apps. The Alexa skill is a streaming service whereas the mobile apps play sounds from local storage without using the network.
The Amazon Echo does not have local storage so we have to stream the sounds to you every time you ask to play a sound. One sound played for 10 hours is over 1/2 gigabyte (500,000,000 bytes) which is why our bandwidth costs are so high.
This is why a one-time fee wouldn’t be sustainable.
The best way is from within the application by tapping Settings / Report Problem. This will add your device model, app version, and a log file to the e-mail which will help us solve your problem quickly.
If you are unable to launch the application to use Report Problem then please e-mail us at support at tmsoft.com and include specific device information and a detailed description.
The White Noise Market app is the best way to download FREE sounds to White Noise, White Noise Pro, White Noise Lite, and White Noise Baby.
Upload your existing White Noise recordings and mixes to share your audio experiences with the entire White Noise community. Join us in helping others relax during the day and sleep great at night!
- Discover thousands of White Noise Market sounds and download them into White Noise for free.
- Browse by featured sounds, recent sounds, or by sound category.
- Check out the latest chatter to see what sound everyone is talking about.
- Upload your own audio recordings from your unique part of the world. Navigate the world map to find unique sounds or search by keyword to find the perfect sound.
- Leave comments and start a conversation about the sounds you enjoy the most.
Sounds will be quickly downloaded in the background and made available to all of our White Noise apps including White Noise, White Noise Lite, White Noise Pro, and White Noise Baby.
New sounds are posted daily so check back often and enable notifications to be the first to download our weekly featured sounds.
Yes!
Tap the “Download to White Noise” button on the sound detail page. This will download a White Noise Audio (WNA) file (ex: Sound.wna) which can be opened by any of the White Noise apps if installed on your device.
We highly recommend using Safari for iOS devices and Chrome for Android devices.
Yes!
Only with the latest White Noise Market App installed on your iOS or Android device along with the latest version of White Noise, White Noise Free, or White Noise Pro.
Specifically, you need the White Noise Market 5 (or later) app combined with either White Noise Pro 7, White Noise 7, or White Noise Free 7 (or later) apps for Android/iOS.
Once you have verified the versions you are running (available in settings), you will be able to upload your recordings and mixes to the Market by tapping the share button in any of the White Noise apps and selecting “Share to Market.” This will launch the Market app and your sound will start uploading.
If the upload is successful, your sound will be available to friends with whom you share the specific link that is provided by the app. You can also navigate to “My Uploads” on the Transfers tab, tap on a sound, and then tap the share button to get the URL.
Uploaded sounds are not be immediately made public and available to other Market users until it has been reviewed by the TMSOFT team. However, you can share your specific link to Facebook, Twitter, etc. And that brings us to the next question on how to get your sound featured on the Market.
We feature unique recordings with unique photos from unique places in the world.
We do have to review all sounds/mixes before featuring them on the Market because we want the Market to be a safe place for all age groups. We do our best to keep the dark things on the Internet out of it. We can’t publish sounds with copyright material such as music or photos that are inappropriate for kids.
Here are tips to get your sound featured:
- Review how to create better recordings before you upload. We want sounds that are pure. No talking. No clicks. No wind in the mic.
- Make sure you really take a great photo of the location you recorded at.
- Specify the location of the recording on the map.
- Type a short distinctive title along with a longer description of the sounds that users will hear in the experience.
- Encourage your friends to download and heart your sound using the URL that is provided once you have uploaded it. You can get the URL from the sound details page of your upload, too. The more downloads and hearts your sound gets will put it higher up on our list of sounds to review.
Check out the User Recordings category for user contributed sounds that we have featured in the past.
Yes!
First, check if your sound already exists using the Search bar at the top of the website.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for then visit our sound request form to send us your idea.
Sound files are very large and it costs money to serve them up for free.
Our previous site was shutdown because it generated too much traffic. We found that sounds were getting downloaded by search engines, bots, crawlers, and users that didn’t even use our White Noise apps.
The old website was also getting spammed by bots leaving inappropriate comments. It was a mess. In order to scale to demand, stop the spam, and reduce costs we completely redesigned the website and now require a verified account to download free sounds and leave comments.
We now support creating an account with an e-mail address if you don’t want to login with Facebook or Google. After you signup, you’ll receive an e-mail to verify you are human. Once you click the link then you’ll have full access to the White Noise Market.
Yes!
Let’s first discuss what personal information we receive from logging in with Google and Facebook.
We get your name, e-mail address, and a URL to your public photo if you made one available. This information gets saved to a secure database.
The e-mail address is used as a unique identifier for our system and helps us recover your account if any problems occur. Your first name and avatar (an icon or image used to represent you) are displayed when you post comments or upload sounds.
The website and native app allow changing the name that is displayed and allows changing your avatar to a different image.
You can also sign up using an e-mail address if you don’t want to login using a social network. We never share your e-mail address with others.
Additional information about Social Networks:
Social networks do not give us your password when you log in.
We do not get a list of your friends. We do not have access to post on your wall.
We understand trust is hard to gain and easy to lose.
After 10 years, White Noise is still one of the highest-rated sleeping apps across all the app stores and we have thousands of awesome customer reviews.
We just want to create awesome sounds for you to enjoy and we hope you appreciate our hard work.
Yes!
We have launched a new feature allowing the purchase and download of mp3 files for select sounds for playback in your favorite media players.
Sounds that are available for purchase will have a “BUY MP3” button on the sound details page.
Alternatively, you can view a list of sounds available for purchase by browsing the mp3 category here.
More will be added regularly so check back often for your favorite sounds.
We have always had advertisements on the White Noise Market website and in the native app.
If you paid for a White Noise app, we really appreciate your support. The one-time fee for paid apps covers the included sounds, removal of ads from the paid app, additional features, and over 10 years of free updates and love. It doesn’t pay for the ongoing bandwidth costs required for this site and the native app.
Contact us from within the Market app by tapping Settings, scroll down, and tap “Send Feedback” or “Report Problem” if it’s a bug. This adds the device and operating system version you are using and attaches a log file if reporting a problem. Also, please let us know the issue you encountered and attach a screenshot if possible. We’ll do our best to help.
If you are using the website then please contact support at tmsoft.com and let us know the exact problem, operating system, and browser version you are using.
Zen is a single number that represents various contributions made by the user. Zen is the number used to rank users on the Top User leaderboard.
Every user profile page displays statistics of all their uploaded sounds which includes the total hearts, comments, downloads, and minutes listened.
The formula is secret but includes the sum of various stats and bonuses for things like earning badges.
Users can earn Achievement Badges for various accomplishments. Badges are displayed on every user profile page for others to see.
Visit the White Noise Market Badges page for a complete list that you can earn! Earning badges also gives you a Zen bonus!
Avatar Badges are displayed at the top right of a user’s avatar.
The blue checkmark badge is for White Noise Market admins.
The red ‘M’ badge is for moderators.
The gold star badge is for premium subscribers.
Visit the Subscription page from the side menu of the White Noise Market app for additional details about becoming a premium subscriber.
You need to enable cookies in your device settings in order to see sounds. Also, make sure Javascript is enabled and private browsing is off.
Go to White Noise -> Settings -> Background Audio (enable).
Yes!
There are two volumes that you can configure: device volume and sound volume.
The alarm goes as loud as the current device volume. The device volume is controlled on the main screen.
Regular sounds are played back according to both device volume and the sound volume specified in the settings screen.
Lowering the sound volume in the settings screen while keeping the device volume loud will play noise at a softer level and alarms will buzz much louder making sure you wake up.
Earlier versions of iOS had bugs in the music player and we’ve tried our best to work around these issues so make sure you are running the latest version of White Noise.
If a music alarm doesn’t play then there is a possibility that the song is corrupt. Always make sure the iPod music player can actually play the song that you select before using it as an alarm in White Noise.
If you try playing the song and it quickly jumps to the next one then that is the problem. The only solution we have seen is deleting and re-adding all songs to your device. Contact Apple if your music continues to not play.
Make sure you pick music that has already been downloaded to your device (not in iCloud).
White Noise will fallback to playing the default buzzer if your music fails to play.
We recommend creating a backup alarm using the iOS Alarm Clock app which runs at a higher priority than 3rd party apps. Just set the iOS alarm to play a few minutes after the White Noise scheduled alarm.
Make sure the device volume is loud enough to hear your music.
You can always lower the sound volume of White Noise in the settings so that alarm playback is louder than the White Noise sounds.
Swiping left/right on the sleep clock will cycle through all the different colors.
Dragging up/down on the screen will adjust the brightness of the clock itself. A single tap of the screen dismisses the clock.
If it is still too bright because of the backlight (ie–the black portion of the screen is emitting light) you will have to change the phone brightness in your general phone settings.
White Noise v6 now includes a setting that allows you to adjust screen brightness instead of the brightness of the clock.
Stock sounds cannot be deleted as they are part of the application binary.
Downloaded sounds from the market can be deleted by tapping the right arrow and selecting delete.
You can also use the Favorites view to filter out sounds you don’t want. Just star your favorites in the catalog and then switch to that view (top left button).
If you are using Android then open the White Noise settings and enable “Prevent Interruptions.”
This sets the ringer or notification volumes to silent while White Noise is running.
If you are using iOS then you need to open the iOS Settings for your device and enable the “Do Not Disturb” feature.
We find it best to set a schedule so the device will not interrupt White Noise while you are sleeping but will allow for calls and texts after waking up. Do Not Disturb also can be configured to allow specific phone numbers to interrupt audio playback.
The quickest way is to just e-mail the mix or sound (WNA file) to yourself and open it in the new application.
On Android just long press on the sound in the catalog and then select E-mail.
You can also export to SD card on Android and use a file manager to import into the full version.
On iOS tap the share button on the recording or mix in the catalog.
iOS users can export to iTunes File Sharing and then use iTunes to transfer the file to your computer and then back to another device or the full version of the app.
We also support uploading and downloading your sounds using the White Noise Market app.
The White Noise app is designed to play audio all night, however, when connected to a docking station it yields control to the docking station.
The docking station can decide to turn off the audio at any time (typically for energy-saving purposes).
We recommend that you check with the dock station manufacture to see if a firmware upgrade exists and if there is a device setting that can keep it from sleeping or automatically turning off.
We have confirmed that the JBL OnBeat Micro is designed to turn itself off after 10 minutes if audio is not detected. However, there appears to be a bug in the way they detect audio because it can still occur while playing constant noise through our application.
We have found a workaround by creating a playlist with a couple of sounds (it can be the same one), configure each playlist item to a duration of 9 minutes, and in the White Noise settings enable the Loop Playlist option so playback never stops.
This seems to keep the docking station from turning off the sound.
White Noise Pro for mobile and White Noise for desktop replaced the original 40 sounds with 50 all-new HD quality sounds.
These new sounds are superior in every way especially if you use headphones because they are in full stereo. If you still prefer the original stock sounds then you can download them from the White Noise Market app or website.
Inside the catalog just tap the Info button on any of the original 40 sounds and then select “Download Original” which will take you to the download page in the market app or website.
Use these custom URLs for launching our mobile apps:
White Noise Full Version (Blue icon) – com.tmsoft.whitenoise://
White Noise Lite Version (Pink icon) – com.tmsoft.whitenoiselite://
White Noise Pro Version (Green icon) – com.tmsoft.whitenoisepro://
White Noise Market – com.tmsoft.whitenoisemarket://
White Noise Baby – com.tmsoft.whitenoisebaby://
The White Noise apps for Android can currently cast to televisions from within the app by tapping the Chromecast button.
If you want to cast White Noise to audio-only devices then you’ll need to download and use the Google Home app.
Just follow the directions here to add a Chromecast button to your notification drawer so you can quickly mirror your audio to any Chromecast audio device including Google Home.
Have you come across an inappropriate ad while using White Noise Lite?
Our team can resolve this with the help of your report. The best way to quickly send all the needed information is to create your report within the app. How to start?
- Open the app on your device
- Tap settings
- Tap Report Problem
Note: This will automatically include accurate and specific date that will speed up our investigation into the ad networks with which we partner.
In your report, please provide the following:
- Date and time when you first viewed the ad.
- Your location (City/State/Country)
- Where exactly does the ad appear? (partial screen, full screen, or below the app)
- Did you see the ad on the device you are using to contact us? If not, what device, OS, and version of the app are you using?
- Did you see the ad after any unusual activity such as being prompted to enter credentials or execute some sort of upgrade?
- Can you please let us know why this ad is inappropriate or offensive?
- If you are reporting multiple ads, please make sure to include screenshots and approximate times for when you saw these ads.
- If you were able to capture a screenshot, please provide this in your report as this helps us with our investigation.
We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us.
Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name and email address. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.
We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, subscribe to newsletters, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site.
We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site.
Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer, and technical information about Users’ means of connection to our Sites, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.
Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance the User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users’ personal identification information to others.
We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined below.
TMSOFT, LLC collects and uses Users personal information for the following purposes:
- To personalize user experience
We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
- To improve our Site
We continually strive to improve our website and app offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
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The email address Users provide for order processing, will only be used to send them information and updates pertaining to their order. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, and/or other requests or questions. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
- To sync information between your devices (Playapod Users only)
We store information about your podcasts, episodes, and listening progress to sync this information between your devices. We also collect anonymous statistics about which podcasts are most popular to help create our Popular List.
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.
If you would like your information deleted you may email privacy [at] tmsoft.com. White Noise and White Noise Market Users may download sounds they have created prior to requesting deletion of their information.
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This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.
To serve ads in services where cookie technology may not be available (for example, in mobile applications), ad networks may use technologies that perform similar functions to cookies.
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Yes!
Background audio was added to White Noise in version 7.6 which requires iOS 9.0. There are a few instances where additional steps need to be taken in order to use White Noise Lite in the background.
iOS users: If you have updated to iOS 13, but have not updated the White Noise Lite App to version 7.6 or newer, you will need to go to the Settings menu within the app, then manually enable Background Audio.
Android users: If you are running Android 9.0 or above and experiencing problems with audio while the screen is locked, while multitasking, or with the home screen widget controls please check that White Noise Lite is not being background restricted.
On most Android devices, you can find this setting by opening the Launcher and long pressing on the White Noise Lite app icon, and selecting App Info.
From the settings, expand Advanced and navigate to Battery to find the “Background Restriction” setting. If the setting says “Restricted,” please remove the restriction.
Samsung users: The Background Restriction setting is located on the Battery screen labeled as “Allow Background Activity.” If the switch is off, toggle it to ON to remove the Background Restrictions.
If you prefer to not update your device, you can find background audio in the Full and Pro versions of White Noise. Upgrading also gives you other benefits such as the removal of advertising. It only costs about a dollar to purchase the full version which is less than a cup of coffee. We also give you refills for free.
We have a detailed comparison chart above showing the differences between all three apps.
Please scroll up to see the differences!
No.
It’s a different store and a different platform. You can pick up a free copy of the Lite version or you can purchase it for the new platform. The good news is purchasing the full version doesn’t cost a lot of money.
There are a couple of ways:
Pick up a copy of our White Noise Creator for Mac OS X and Windows
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Use the Recorder feature in White Noise Pro, White Noise, or White Noise Lite for mobile devices. Tap the Add (+) button and Create Recording. This will allow you to record, loop, and share your own sound.
Visit our White Noise Market at https://whitenoisemarket.com/ or download the new White Noise Market app and start loading up on free sounds!
Adding new sounds is supported for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows.
Mobile Versions
White Noise 7.x requires iOS 8 or Android 4.4. White Noise 6.x of required iOS 7 or Android 4.0. White Noise 5.x required either iOS 5 or Android 2.3. It is now possible to download older versions of White Noise from iTunes and Google Play if your device operating system is less than what is required. Distribution is maintained by the app store you downloaded from and we do not have any way of installing a different version directly to your device.
Desktop Versions
White Noise for Mac requires 10.10 Yosemite which supports hardware dating back to 2007. White Noise for Windows requires a minimum of Windows 10 (Build 10240) which was the first public release. The Mac and Windows stores do not support the distribution of older versions of White Noise and there is no way for us to offer this functionality on top of their distribution platform.
We recommend upgrading your OS to the latest version in order to continue receiving free White Noise updates.
Download our White Noise Help Guide which is a PDF file and covers most of the features found in iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows.
The quick answer is you can disable this prompt in the settings if you have the full/pro version of White Noise.
But please know the rating prompt is very important to the success of our app because ratings/reviews are tied to specific versions, and when we update White Noise to add new features and improvements our ranking drops because we lose all your ratings/reviews.
This is why almost all apps will remind you after a few days of a version upgrade to repost your review. We understand why this can get annoying, but it’s really the best way you can help reward us for adding new features (along w/ sharing the app with friends).
If you still want to disable the prompt then you’ll need the full version of White Noise and tap settings, scroll to the bottom, and select “Disable Rating Prompt.”
They are an auditory illusion perceived when two different tones of slightly different frequency are presented to each ear.
Binaural beats, hypnosis, and meditation are all safe and healthy ways to change your state of mind. However we do not recommend using any of these sounds while driving or operating heavy machinery.
Hypnosis and meditation are voluntary processes and suggestions will have no effect unless you want them to. They rely on stereo and each ear is played a different tone so headphones are needed to listen.
Some binaural beats are too low in frequency for phones or other mobile devices to replicate, others will sound like a rhythmic pulse without headphones and may not work or be as effective.
We wrote a whole blog on the topic, found here.
Yes!
We have 1hr and 10hr versions of select recordings available on YouTube for streaming on a computer, Smart TV, or any device with YouTube.
As our skill has grown in popularity, the costs for us to provide this streaming service are far greater than expected. We tried to lower our costs with better compression, but even our best efforts couldn’t keep the costs from reaching thousands per month.
It was time for a tough decision–do we remove our skill or ask our customers for help? We decided to ask for your help and have introduced a Premium Subscription. It’s only $1.99 per month and will help pay for the massive bandwidth costs we are incurring from our cloud providers.
It’s also important to understand how our White Noise Alexa skill is different than our White Noise mobile apps. The Alexa skill is a streaming service whereas the mobile apps play sounds from local storage without using the network.
The Amazon Echo does not have local storage so we have to stream the sounds to you every time you ask to play a sound. One sound played for 10 hours is over 1/2 gigabyte (500,000,000 bytes) which is why our bandwidth costs are so high.
This is why a one-time fee wouldn’t be sustainable.
The best way is from within the application by tapping Settings / Report Problem. This will add your device model, app version, and a log file to the e-mail which will help us solve your problem quickly.
If you are unable to launch the application to use Report Problem then please e-mail us at support at tmsoft.com and include specific device information and a detailed description.
The White Noise Market app is the best way to download FREE sounds to White Noise, White Noise Pro, White Noise Lite, and White Noise Baby.
Upload your existing White Noise recordings and mixes to share your audio experiences with the entire White Noise community. Join us in helping others relax during the day and sleep great at night!
- Discover thousands of White Noise Market sounds and download them into White Noise for free.
- Browse by featured sounds, recent sounds, or by sound category.
- Check out the latest chatter to see what sound everyone is talking about.
- Upload your own audio recordings from your unique part of the world. Navigate the world map to find unique sounds or search by keyword to find the perfect sound.
- Leave comments and start a conversation about the sounds you enjoy the most.
Sounds will be quickly downloaded in the background and made available to all of our White Noise apps including White Noise, White Noise Lite, White Noise Pro, and White Noise Baby.
New sounds are posted daily so check back often and enable notifications to be the first to download our weekly featured sounds.
Yes!
Tap the “Download to White Noise” button on the sound detail page. This will download a White Noise Audio (WNA) file (ex: Sound.wna) which can be opened by any of the White Noise apps if installed on your device.
We highly recommend using Safari for iOS devices and Chrome for Android devices.
Yes!
Only with the latest White Noise Market App installed on your iOS or Android device along with the latest version of White Noise, White Noise Free, or White Noise Pro.
Specifically, you need the White Noise Market 5 (or later) app combined with either White Noise Pro 7, White Noise 7, or White Noise Free 7 (or later) apps for Android/iOS.
Once you have verified the versions you are running (available in settings), you will be able to upload your recordings and mixes to the Market by tapping the share button in any of the White Noise apps and selecting “Share to Market.” This will launch the Market app and your sound will start uploading.
If the upload is successful, your sound will be available to friends with whom you share the specific link that is provided by the app. You can also navigate to “My Uploads” on the Transfers tab, tap on a sound, and then tap the share button to get the URL.
Uploaded sounds are not be immediately made public and available to other Market users until it has been reviewed by the TMSOFT team. However, you can share your specific link to Facebook, Twitter, etc. And that brings us to the next question on how to get your sound featured on the Market.
We feature unique recordings with unique photos from unique places in the world.
We do have to review all sounds/mixes before featuring them on the Market because we want the Market to be a safe place for all age groups. We do our best to keep the dark things on the Internet out of it. We can’t publish sounds with copyright material such as music or photos that are inappropriate for kids.
Here are tips to get your sound featured:
- Review how to create better recordings before you upload. We want sounds that are pure. No talking. No clicks. No wind in the mic.
- Make sure you really take a great photo of the location you recorded at.
- Specify the location of the recording on the map.
- Type a short distinctive title along with a longer description of the sounds that users will hear in the experience.
- Encourage your friends to download and heart your sound using the URL that is provided once you have uploaded it. You can get the URL from the sound details page of your upload, too. The more downloads and hearts your sound gets will put it higher up on our list of sounds to review.
Check out the User Recordings category for user contributed sounds that we have featured in the past.
Yes!
First, check if your sound already exists using the Search bar at the top of the website.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for then visit our sound request form to send us your idea.
Sound files are very large and it costs money to serve them up for free.
Our previous site was shutdown because it generated too much traffic. We found that sounds were getting downloaded by search engines, bots, crawlers, and users that didn’t even use our White Noise apps.
The old website was also getting spammed by bots leaving inappropriate comments. It was a mess. In order to scale to demand, stop the spam, and reduce costs we completely redesigned the website and now require a verified account to download free sounds and leave comments.
We now support creating an account with an e-mail address if you don’t want to login with Facebook or Google. After you signup, you’ll receive an e-mail to verify you are human. Once you click the link then you’ll have full access to the White Noise Market.
Yes!
Let’s first discuss what personal information we receive from logging in with Google and Facebook.
We get your name, e-mail address, and a URL to your public photo if you made one available. This information gets saved to a secure database.
The e-mail address is used as a unique identifier for our system and helps us recover your account if any problems occur. Your first name and avatar (an icon or image used to represent you) are displayed when you post comments or upload sounds.
The website and native app allow changing the name that is displayed and allows changing your avatar to a different image.
You can also sign up using an e-mail address if you don’t want to login using a social network. We never share your e-mail address with others.
Additional information about Social Networks:
Social networks do not give us your password when you log in.
We do not get a list of your friends. We do not have access to post on your wall.
We understand trust is hard to gain and easy to lose.
After 10 years, White Noise is still one of the highest-rated sleeping apps across all the app stores and we have thousands of awesome customer reviews.
We just want to create awesome sounds for you to enjoy and we hope you appreciate our hard work.
Yes!
We have launched a new feature allowing the purchase and download of mp3 files for select sounds for playback in your favorite media players.
Sounds that are available for purchase will have a “BUY MP3” button on the sound details page.
Alternatively, you can view a list of sounds available for purchase by browsing the mp3 category here.
More will be added regularly so check back often for your favorite sounds.
We have always had advertisements on the White Noise Market website and in the native app.
If you paid for a White Noise app, we really appreciate your support. The one-time fee for paid apps covers the included sounds, removal of ads from the paid app, additional features, and over 10 years of free updates and love. It doesn’t pay for the ongoing bandwidth costs required for this site and the native app.
Contact us from within the Market app by tapping Settings, scroll down, and tap “Send Feedback” or “Report Problem” if it’s a bug. This adds the device and operating system version you are using and attaches a log file if reporting a problem. Also, please let us know the issue you encountered and attach a screenshot if possible. We’ll do our best to help.
If you are using the website then please contact support at tmsoft.com and let us know the exact problem, operating system, and browser version you are using.
Zen is a single number that represents various contributions made by the user. Zen is the number used to rank users on the Top User leaderboard.
Every user profile page displays statistics of all their uploaded sounds which includes the total hearts, comments, downloads, and minutes listened.
The formula is secret but includes the sum of various stats and bonuses for things like earning badges.
Users can earn Achievement Badges for various accomplishments. Badges are displayed on every user profile page for others to see.
Visit the White Noise Market Badges page for a complete list that you can earn! Earning badges also gives you a Zen bonus!
Avatar Badges are displayed at the top right of a user’s avatar.
The blue checkmark badge is for White Noise Market admins.
The red ‘M’ badge is for moderators.
The gold star badge is for premium subscribers.
Visit the Subscription page from the side menu of the White Noise Market app for additional details about becoming a premium subscriber.
You need to enable cookies in your device settings in order to see sounds. Also, make sure Javascript is enabled and private browsing is off.
Go to White Noise -> Settings -> Background Audio (enable).
Yes!
There are two volumes that you can configure: device volume and sound volume.
The alarm goes as loud as the current device volume. The device volume is controlled on the main screen.
Regular sounds are played back according to both device volume and the sound volume specified in the settings screen.
Lowering the sound volume in the settings screen while keeping the device volume loud will play noise at a softer level and alarms will buzz much louder making sure you wake up.
Earlier versions of iOS had bugs in the music player and we’ve tried our best to work around these issues so make sure you are running the latest version of White Noise.
If a music alarm doesn’t play then there is a possibility that the song is corrupt. Always make sure the iPod music player can actually play the song that you select before using it as an alarm in White Noise.
If you try playing the song and it quickly jumps to the next one then that is the problem. The only solution we have seen is deleting and re-adding all songs to your device. Contact Apple if your music continues to not play.
Make sure you pick music that has already been downloaded to your device (not in iCloud).
White Noise will fallback to playing the default buzzer if your music fails to play.
We recommend creating a backup alarm using the iOS Alarm Clock app which runs at a higher priority than 3rd party apps. Just set the iOS alarm to play a few minutes after the White Noise scheduled alarm.
Make sure the device volume is loud enough to hear your music.
You can always lower the sound volume of White Noise in the settings so that alarm playback is louder than the White Noise sounds.
Swiping left/right on the sleep clock will cycle through all the different colors.
Dragging up/down on the screen will adjust the brightness of the clock itself. A single tap of the screen dismisses the clock.
If it is still too bright because of the backlight (ie–the black portion of the screen is emitting light) you will have to change the phone brightness in your general phone settings.
White Noise v6 now includes a setting that allows you to adjust screen brightness instead of the brightness of the clock.
Stock sounds cannot be deleted as they are part of the application binary.
Downloaded sounds from the market can be deleted by tapping the right arrow and selecting delete.
You can also use the Favorites view to filter out sounds you don’t want. Just star your favorites in the catalog and then switch to that view (top left button).
If you are using Android then open the White Noise settings and enable “Prevent Interruptions.”
This sets the ringer or notification volumes to silent while White Noise is running.
If you are using iOS then you need to open the iOS Settings for your device and enable the “Do Not Disturb” feature.
We find it best to set a schedule so the device will not interrupt White Noise while you are sleeping but will allow for calls and texts after waking up. Do Not Disturb also can be configured to allow specific phone numbers to interrupt audio playback.
The quickest way is to just e-mail the mix or sound (WNA file) to yourself and open it in the new application.
On Android just long press on the sound in the catalog and then select E-mail.
You can also export to SD card on Android and use a file manager to import into the full version.
On iOS tap the share button on the recording or mix in the catalog.
iOS users can export to iTunes File Sharing and then use iTunes to transfer the file to your computer and then back to another device or the full version of the app.
We also support uploading and downloading your sounds using the White Noise Market app.
The White Noise app is designed to play audio all night, however, when connected to a docking station it yields control to the docking station.
The docking station can decide to turn off the audio at any time (typically for energy-saving purposes).
We recommend that you check with the dock station manufacture to see if a firmware upgrade exists and if there is a device setting that can keep it from sleeping or automatically turning off.
We have confirmed that the JBL OnBeat Micro is designed to turn itself off after 10 minutes if audio is not detected. However, there appears to be a bug in the way they detect audio because it can still occur while playing constant noise through our application.
We have found a workaround by creating a playlist with a couple of sounds (it can be the same one), configure each playlist item to a duration of 9 minutes, and in the White Noise settings enable the Loop Playlist option so playback never stops.
This seems to keep the docking station from turning off the sound.
White Noise Pro for mobile and White Noise for desktop replaced the original 40 sounds with 50 all-new HD quality sounds.
These new sounds are superior in every way especially if you use headphones because they are in full stereo. If you still prefer the original stock sounds then you can download them from the White Noise Market app or website.
Inside the catalog just tap the Info button on any of the original 40 sounds and then select “Download Original” which will take you to the download page in the market app or website.
Use these custom URLs for launching our mobile apps:
White Noise Full Version (Blue icon) – com.tmsoft.whitenoise://
White Noise Lite Version (Pink icon) – com.tmsoft.whitenoiselite://
White Noise Pro Version (Green icon) – com.tmsoft.whitenoisepro://
White Noise Market – com.tmsoft.whitenoisemarket://
White Noise Baby – com.tmsoft.whitenoisebaby://
The White Noise apps for Android can currently cast to televisions from within the app by tapping the Chromecast button.
If you want to cast White Noise to audio-only devices then you’ll need to download and use the Google Home app.
Just follow the directions here to add a Chromecast button to your notification drawer so you can quickly mirror your audio to any Chromecast audio device including Google Home.
Have you come across an inappropriate ad while using White Noise Lite?
Our team can resolve this with the help of your report. The best way to quickly send all the needed information is to create your report within the app. How to start?
- Open the app on your device
- Tap settings
- Tap Report Problem
Note: This will automatically include accurate and specific date that will speed up our investigation into the ad networks with which we partner.
In your report, please provide the following:
- Date and time when you first viewed the ad.
- Your location (City/State/Country)
- Where exactly does the ad appear? (partial screen, full screen, or below the app)
- Did you see the ad on the device you are using to contact us? If not, what device, OS, and version of the app are you using?
- Did you see the ad after any unusual activity such as being prompted to enter credentials or execute some sort of upgrade?
- Can you please let us know why this ad is inappropriate or offensive?
- If you are reporting multiple ads, please make sure to include screenshots and approximate times for when you saw these ads.
- If you were able to capture a screenshot, please provide this in your report as this helps us with our investigation.
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- To sync information between your devices (Playapod Users only)
We store information about your podcasts, episodes, and listening progress to sync this information between your devices. We also collect anonymous statistics about which podcasts are most popular to help create our Popular List.
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.
If you would like your information deleted you may email privacy [at] tmsoft.com. White Noise and White Noise Market Users may download sounds they have created prior to requesting deletion of their information.
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