Noisli vs Noizio

Noisli

• Masking office, traffic or household noise while working
• People who prefer mixing their own ambient sound to playing music
• Writers who want background sound, a timer and an editor in one tab

Noizio

• People who want ambient sound without a subscription or account
• Masking office or street noise while working or studying
• Falling asleep to rain or waves with a fade-out timer

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.

Noizio

• Each platform is bought separately: $2.99 on iPhone and iPad, $9.99 on Mac and a $4.99 unlock on Android, at US store prices.
• No Windows app yet: the site says Noizio for Windows is on the way and takes email addresses for a launch notice.
• Noizio Lite for Mac and the free Android app each include 5 sounds; the rest of the library needs the paid version or the web mixer.
• The Pomodoro timer and alarm are listed for the Mac apps only; the iPhone and Android listings describe a sleep timer.

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.

Noizio

Sound mixer

More than 40 looping sounds, from October Rain and Sea Waves to Paris Cafe, white, pink and brown noise and brainwave tones. Several can play at once, each with its own volume slider.

Saved mixtures

Save a combination as a mixture and load it again later. The iPhone app can share a mixture with a friend or import theirs, and Mac mixtures sync through your own iCloud account.

Sleep timer, Pomodoro and alarm

A sleep timer fades the sound out and stops it. The Mac apps add a Pomodoro timer, with sessions of up to 180 minutes, an auto-pause timer and an alarm.

Free web mixer

Noizio Play mixes more than 40 of the sounds in a browser tab, free and without a download or an account.

Offline and background playback

The apps play their sounds without an internet connection and keep going behind other apps. On phones, playback continues with the screen locked and shows lock screen controls.

Noizio Lite for Mac

A free edition that lives in the Mac menu bar with five sounds, saved combinations, a Pomodoro timer, a sleep timer and a choice of output device.

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.

Noizio

• Web mixer$0

  Noizio Play mixes more than 40 sounds in the browser with no download or sign-up.

• Noizio Lite (Mac)$0

  Menu bar app with 5 sounds: rain, thunderstorm, sea waves, campfire and a sunny day. Includes saved mixes, a Pomodoro timer and a sleep timer.

• Noizio for iPhone and iPad$2.99

  one-time purchase, US App Store

  41 sounds, saved and shareable mixtures and a sleep timer. The listing says no subscription, ads, account or internet connection is needed.

• Noizio for Android$4.99

  one-time in-app purchase, Google Play (US)

  Free to install with 5 sounds; a single purchase unlocks all 40+ sounds for good, with no subscription or ads.

• Noizio for Mac$9.99

  one-time purchase, Mac App Store (US)

  40+ sounds, saved mixtures synced through iCloud, a timer, a Pomodoro timer and an alarm. The privacy policy says it is also in Setapp.

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.

Noizio

No public discounts listed.