Coffitivity vs myNoise (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, myNoise grades higher than Coffitivity: 3.2 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
myNoise grades higher on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Coffitivity
Cafe and ambient background sounds for writing and study
myNoise
Adjustable background noise and soundscape generators
Which one is for you
Pick Coffitivity if
- Fits if a cafe hum helps you write and an hour a day is enough
- Works for people who would rather pay $239.99 once than subscribe
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you listen all day, because the free plan stops at 1 hour
- Pricey if you want the whole library: Plus unlocks unlimited time but only some of the tracks
- Skip it if you want an app, as it is a browser page only
- Watch out: the monthly-billing prices were not readable on the pricing page, only the yearly ones
Pick myNoise if
- Fits if you need to drown out office chatter or a noisy house while you work
- Works for people who want to tune each layer of a soundscape themselves
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you expect one payment to cover everything, as the website and the phone apps are sold separately
- Tight if you're staying free, because you only see a curated selection of generators
- Not for you if you want it playing in a shop or a video, since the sounds are for personal use only
- Watch out: the iPhone app lists two unlocks, at $14.99 and $19.99, without saying how they differ
- Too light for blocking or tracking, as it only plays sound, and there's no desktop app
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACoffitivityFair | 3.2GPAmyNoiseVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPlus is $2.99 a month billed yearly and Premium $3.99, where the middle for focus apps is $3.99. Plus keeps the track list limited, and Lifetime Premium is $239.99, well past the $10 middle for one-time prices. | AA one-time $10 donation buys lifetime access to every generator on the website, where this category's typical subscription runs about $48 a year. Give $5 a month instead and you keep the access after cancelling. The iPhone app is a separate unlock at $14.99 or $19.99. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with 1 hour of streaming a day and limited tracks, which you will hit within a working afternoon. Paid plans carry a 7-day trial with a full refund if you cancel during it. | BThe website is free and ad-free, sliders and all, and the apps come with free soundscapes, so one person could sit on this for good. The limit: free visitors see a curated selection and the full index needs a donation. |
| Features | CCafe tracks, soundscapes, sound colors and brain waves. It plays sound and nothing more: no timer, no tasks. The full library needs Premium. | CA slider for every layer of every soundscape, white, pink, brown and grey noise, a Speech Blocker tuned to cover chatter, and generators sorted by use from focus to tinnitus. It does background sound completely, which is a smaller job than this category's: no blocking, nothing tracked. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Open the site and press play, with nothing to set up. | A4.7 from about 1,100 App Store ratings. On the website you open a generator and move the sliders until it sounds right. No account, no setup. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only. No phone or desktop app was found, and nothing connects to anything else. | BAny browser on any computer, plus iPhone and Android apps with offline listening. No desktop app and no integrations are listed, and a website donation doesn't unlock the phone apps. |
| Best for | cafe background noise while you write | background noise you can tune layer by layer |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Coffitivity and myNoise. How we grade
Price against what you get
Coffitivity starts at $2.99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. myNoise starts at $5 a month and scores 3.0.
myNoise scores higher, and starts $2.01 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other focus apps on the chart, 20 score higher than Coffitivity for less, and 2 score higher than myNoise for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| Coffitivity | myNoise | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $2.99 per month, billed yearly ($35.99) | $10 one-time donation, or $5 / month (lifetime website access) |
| Free plan | 1 hour of streaming per day and limited track access. | The website is free and ad-free with a curated selection of generators, and the mobile apps are free downloads with a selection of free soundscapes. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on every subscription plan, cancel during it for a full refund | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Coffitivity | myNoise BV |
| Price read from | coffitivity.com | mynoise.net |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Coffitivity
- The free plan caps streaming at 1 hour per day and offers a limited track set.
- Plus removes the daily cap but keeps the limited tracks; the full library needs Premium.
- Only the yearly prices were readable: the pricing page has a Monthly toggle whose figures were not captured, and the page says yearly saves 40%.
- No mobile or desktop app was found; it is used in the browser.
myNoise
- Free visitors see only a curated selection of generators; the full index needs a donation.
- A website donation does not unlock the mobile apps, which are sold separately through the app stores.
- App pricing is not on the website: the US App Store lists unlocks at $14.99 and $19.99, and Google Play lists in-app items from $0.99 to $24.99.
- The sounds are for personal use only; commercial or public use needs a license from myNoise.
Key features
Coffitivity
- Cafe ambience
- Free tracks such as Morning Murmur, Lunchtime Lounge and University Undertones are named on the homepage.
- Soundscapes, sound colors and brain waves
- Premium unlocks all soundscapes, sound colors and brain-wave tracks, beyond the cafe recordings.
- Free daily allowance
- The free plan allows 1 hour of streaming per day, without an account purchase.
- Use-case pages
- The site has pages aimed at writers, students, remote workers, developers and teachers.
myNoise
- Adjustable sound generators
- Each soundscape has its own sliders, so you set the level of every layer, such as waves, wind and rain, instead of playing a fixed recording.
- Noise colors and speech masking
- White Noise & Co plays white, pink, brown and gray noise, and the Speech Blocker generator is set to the average speech spectrum to cover background chatter.
- Generators grouped by purpose
- The index sorts sounds by use, including focus, sleep, tinnitus relief, ADHD, open-plan offices, baby sleep, relaxing music and binaural beats.
- Animation and advanced controls
- Patrons get Animation Control, which moves the sliders over time, plus slider randomization and tape speed control on every generator.
- Community sound combinations
- Patrons can browse thousands of user-made combinations on the Community page, and post, vote and comment on them.
- Mobile apps with offline listening
- The app's store listing describes 300+ soundscapes, a Creation Mode that combines up to 10 sliders from any soundscape, a meditation bell and offline listening.
Plans
Coffitivity
Free$0
per month
1 hour of streaming a day and a limited set of tracks.
Plus$2.99
per month, billed yearly ($35.99)
Unlimited daily streaming, but still a limited set of tracks.
Premium$3.99
per month, billed yearly ($47.99)
Unlimited streaming plus all cafe tracks, soundscapes, sound colors and brain waves.
Lifetime Premium$239.99
one-time
Everything in Premium with a single payment and no recurring charges.
myNoise
Free$0
The ad-free website with a curated selection of sound generators, and the mobile apps with a selection of free soundscapes.
Patron (recurring)$5
per month, donation; cancel anytime
Lifetime privileged access to the website, kept after canceling, plus the private Slack discussion board for monthly donors.
Patron (one time)$10 to $30
one-time donation
Lifetime website access: all generators, advanced controls, favorites, cloud sync of settings, and MP3 downloads that scale with the donation.
Mobile app unlock$14.99 or $19.99
one-time purchase, US App Store
Unlocks the whole catalog in the iOS app for life. The listing shows All You Can Hear at $14.99 and Full Access at $19.99 without explaining the difference.
Ways to pay less
Coffitivity
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 40%
Coffitivity's pricing page marks yearly billing as a 40% saving over monthly.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime Premium
A one-time payment of $239.99 gives Premium access with no recurring charges.
myNoise
- Lifetime license
Any donation gives lifetime website access
A one-time donation of $10 to $30, or a $5 monthly contribution that can be canceled at any time, gives lifetime privileged access to myNoise.net.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Coffitivity or myNoise?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Coffitivity is cheaper to start with: $2.99 a month, against $5 a month for myNoise. Coffitivity starts at $2.99 per month, billed yearly ($35.99), and myNoise starts at $10 one-time donation, or $5 / month (lifetime website access).
Which has a free plan, Coffitivity or myNoise?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Coffitivity and myNoise have a free plan.
Which platforms do Coffitivity and myNoise run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only myNoise lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.