Lofi Girl vs Noisli (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lofi Girl and Noisli share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about value for money and the free plan, where Lofi Girl grades higher, or features and platforms, where Noisli does.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Lofi Girl
Lofi radio live streams for studying, including a Pomodoro stream
Noisli
Ambient sound mixer with a session timer and text editor
Which one is for you
Pick Lofi Girl if
- Fits if you want background music while you work
- Works for people who follow a Study With Me stream as a timer
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a timer you can set, because the Pomodoro element is a stream
- Not for you if you decline YouTube cookies; the Lofi Desk page reports needing them accepted
- Watch out: Lofi Desk is labelled a beta
- Watch out: its pages state no prices or plans, so pricing is unverified
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
| 2.2GPALofi GirlFair | 2.2GPANoisliFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CThe pages we read state no prices or plans, so there is nothing to grade against. | 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 | BListed as free, with the streams watched on YouTube. No paid plan or trial appears on its pages. | 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 | DLive lofi streams, a Study With Me Pomodoro stream, a sleep stream and the Lofi Desk player. The Pomodoro part is a stream you watch, not a tool you control. | 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 a stream and press play; there is 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, through YouTube and the Lofi Desk page. No app of its own and no integrations. | 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 | lofi radio streams to work or study to | 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: Lofi Girl and Noisli. How we grade
Price against what you get
Lofi Girl has no paid plan and scores 2.0 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 $10 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other focus apps on the chart, none scores higher than Lofi Girl 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
- Noisli also covers Markdown.
At a glance
| Lofi Girl | Noisli | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | $10 / month billed yearly (Pro); the iOS app is $1.99 once |
| Free plan | None | 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 | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Lofi Girl, Inc. | Noisli Labs UG (haftungsbeschränkt) |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | noisli.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Lofi Girl
- The pages we read state no prices or plans, so pricing is unverified.
- The streams are watched on YouTube, and the Lofi Desk page reports needing YouTube cookies to be accepted.
- It is a music channel, not a timer: the Pomodoro element is a stream, not a tool you control.
- Lofi Desk is labeled a beta.
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
Lofi Girl
- Live lofi radio streams
- Streams include lofi hip hop, synthwave and jazz lofi stations.
- Study With Me Pomodoro stream
- A stream built around Pomodoro-style study sessions.
- Sleep stream
- A separate lofi stream aimed at sleeping and relaxing.
- Lofi Desk web player
- A beta site with stations and soundscapes, a live chat and a login.
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
Lofi Girl
Pricing could not be confirmed. See lofigirl.com.
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
Lofi Girl
No public discounts listed.
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, Lofi Girl or Noisli?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lofi Girl has no price we could confirm, and Noisli starts at $10 / month billed yearly (Pro); the iOS app is $1.99 once.
Which has a free plan, Lofi Girl or Noisli?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Lofi Girl and Noisli have a free plan.
Which platforms do Lofi Girl and Noisli run on?
As of Nov 13, 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.