Coffitivity vs Noisli (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Coffitivity and Noisli share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and Coffitivity starts cheaper, at $2.99 a month against $10 a month.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Coffitivity grades higher on value for money. Noisli grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
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
Noisli
Ambient sound mixer with a session timer and text editor
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 Noisli if
- Fits if you need to drown out an office, traffic or the rest of the house
- Works for writers who want background sound, a timer and an editor in one tab
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if all you want is noise, at $10 a month billed yearly for Pro, or $12 monthly
- Tight if you're staying free, with 1.5 hours of streaming a day and 16 of the 28 sounds
- Skip it if you're on Android, as the site's Google Play link returned Not Found
- Watch out: Oscillation, Shuffle and the advanced timer and editor need Pro, and the iPhone app is a separate $1.99
- Pricey if you're a team, as Business is $24 a month for 2 users, billed yearly
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACoffitivityFair | 2.2GPANoisliFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | DPro is $10 a month billed yearly ($120), or $12 monthly, when this category's middle is $3.99 and its dear quarter starts at $8.33. Everything you'd want is up there: unlimited streaming, all 28 sounds, the better timer and editor. The iPhone app is a separate $1.99, paid once. |
| 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. | C16 of the 28 sounds, 3 curated Playlists and up to 5 Favorites. Then the cap: 1.5 hours of streaming a day, nowhere near a working day. |
| 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 mixer with a volume slider per sound, saved Combos, curated Playlists, a session timer and a Markdown editor. It does background noise fully, and that's a smaller job here. Its own site's Android and Chrome extension links are dead, and Noisli says the plan features are meant for desktop browsers. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Open the site and press play, with nothing to set up. | BNo store rating on record for it. Nothing to set up either: open a tab, pick a sound, set its volume, add another. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only. No phone or desktop app was found, and nothing connects to anything else. | BWeb, plus a separate iPhone and iPad app, with the editor able to send text to Dropbox or Google Drive. Its site names an Android app and a Chrome extension, but the Google Play link returned Not Found and the Chrome Web Store showed the item as unavailable. |
| Best for | cafe background noise while you write | mixing your own background noise in a browser tab |
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 Noisli. 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. Noisli starts at $10 a month and scores 2.7.
Noisli scores higher, and starts $7.01 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 16 score higher than Noisli 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
- Coffitivity can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Noisli also covers Markdown and Pomodoro timer.
At a glance
| Coffitivity | Noisli | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $2.99 per month, billed yearly ($35.99) | $10 / month billed yearly (Pro); the iOS app is $1.99 once |
| Free plan | 1 hour of streaming per day and limited track access. | Free plan for 1 user: 16 sounds, 1.5 hours of streaming a day, 3 curated Playlists, up to 5 Favorites, and the simple Timer and Text Editor. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on every subscription plan, cancel during it for a full refund | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Coffitivity | Noisli Labs UG (haftungsbeschränkt) |
| Price read from | coffitivity.com | noisli.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 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.
Noisli
- The Free plan limits streaming to 1.5 hours a day and includes 16 of the 28 sounds.
- Oscillation, Shuffle, the advanced Timer and the advanced Text Editor need Pro or Business.
- Noisli says plan features are intended for desktop browsers on Mac or Windows; the iPhone and iPad app is a separate $1.99 purchase.
- The site also names an Android app and a Chrome extension, but its Google Play link returned Not Found and its Chrome Web Store link showed the item as not available.
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.
Noisli
- Sound mixer
- 28 background sounds, each with its own volume control, can be layered into a mix that Noisli calls a Combo. The Free plan includes 16 of them.
- Curated Playlists
- Playlists group suggested Combos for situations such as focus, study, writing and sleep. Free accounts get 3 Playlists and paid plans 10.
- Favorites
- Save your own Combos to replay later and share them with other people. The Free plan stores up to 5 and paid plans up to 10.
- Session Timer
- Set the length of work sessions and breaks, with optional auto-start and a daily count of finished sessions. Sounds stop when the time is up.
- Text Editor
- A minimal writing space with Markdown formatting and a word counter. Text is saved to the account and can be downloaded or sent to Dropbox or Google Drive.
- Oscillation and Shuffle
- On paid plans, Oscillation slowly varies the volume of sounds within a Combo, and Shuffle moves between Combos at a frequency you set.
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.
Noisli
Free$0
1 user, 16 sounds, 1.5 hours of streaming a day, 3 curated Playlists, up to 5 Favorites, simple Timer and Text Editor.
iOS app$1.99
one-time purchase, US App Store
The iPhone and iPad app, bought separately from the web plans: offline sounds, saved Combos and a timer with fade-out.
Pro$10
per month, billed yearly ($120)
1 user, 28 sounds, unlimited streaming, 10 Playlists, advanced Timer and Text Editor, Oscillation and Shuffle. $12 if billed monthly.
Business$24
per month for 2 users, billed yearly
Pro features plus team management and centralised billing. The page's plan data prices it at $144 per user a year, or $14 per user monthly.
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.
Noisli
- Annual discount
Yearly Pro billing costs about 17% less
The pricing page's plan data lists Pro at $120 billed yearly against $12 billed monthly, which comes to $144 over twelve months.
- Education
Discount for students and teachers
Noisli offers students, teachers and educational institutions a special discount on its yearly plan. The page does not state the amount.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Coffitivity or Noisli?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Coffitivity is cheaper to start with: $2.99 a month, against $10 a month for Noisli. Coffitivity starts at $2.99 per month, billed yearly ($35.99), and Noisli starts at $10 / month billed yearly (Pro); the iOS app is $1.99 once.
Which has a free plan, Coffitivity or Noisli?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Coffitivity and Noisli have a free plan.
Which platforms do Coffitivity and Noisli run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Noisli lists an iOS app. 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.