The myNoise Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about myNoise in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
myNoise
The Insider’s Guide
Adjustable background noise and soundscape generators
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among focus apps, read from myNoise’s own pages.
Made by myNoise BV · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from myNoise’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on myNoise’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.2
GPA, above 59 of the 65 other focus apps we grade
myNoise is a library of background noise and soundscape generators for focus, sleep and relaxation, built by signal-processing engineer and sound designer Stéphane Pigeon. Every generator has sliders that set the level of each layer, so a soundscape can be shaped to your hearing and your surroundings. The website is free, ad-free and funded by donations, and separate iOS and Android apps add offline listening.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about myNoise, taken from its own pages and our grades.
On the website you open a generator and move the sliders until it sounds right.
- 1
Best for background noise you can tune layer by layer
myNoise is background noise with a slider for every layer, so you turn the rain up and the wind down to suit your room.
- 2
Paid plans start at $5 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $10 one-time donation, or $5 / month (lifetime website access).
- 3
There is a free plan
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.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 3.2 GPA, above 59 of 65
That is against the other focus apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Your call
A focus timer at its plainest counts down 25 minutes and keeps a log.
myNoise at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $10 one-time donation, or $5 / month (lifetime website access)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- myNoise BV, since 2013
- Category
- Focus Apps
- Our grade
- 3.2 GPA, very good
- Store rating
- 4.7 on the App Store, 1,121 ratings
The report card
Best for background noise you can tune layer by layer
myNoise is background noise with a slider for every layer, so you turn the rain up and the wind down to suit your room. The website is free and ad-free, and a $10 donation opens all of it for life. But free shows a curated selection, the phone apps are sold separately with prices only in the stores, and the sounds are for personal use only.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | A 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 | B | The 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 | C | A 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 | A | 4.7 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 | B | Any 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. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who myNoise is for
- 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
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- People masking office chatter or household noise while they work
- Listeners who want to tune each layer of a soundscape themselves
- Sleep, tinnitus relief and meditation as well as focus
- Anyone who prefers a one-time payment to a subscription
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$5
A month to start. There is a free plan too
myNoise has a free plan. Paid plans start at $10 one-time donation, or $5 / month (lifetime website access).
The 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.
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.
The free plan
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.
Read from mynoise.net on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on mynoise.net
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Full Access”, against $19.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $24.99 | $17.57 | 12% less |
| Turkey | ₺999,99 | $20.34 | about the same |
| Philippines | ₱ 1,290.00 | $20.53 | about the same |
| India | ₹ 1,999 | $20.67 | about the same |
| South Africa | R399.99 | $24.19 | 21% more |
| Germany | 22,99 € | $25.76 | 29% more |
| Brazil | R$ 129,90 | $25.95 | 30% more |
| United Kingdom | £19.99 | $26.43 | 32% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
Adjustable background noise and soundscape generators. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: works offline, one-time purchase, focus music.
It does background sound completely, which is a smaller job than this category's: no blocking, nothing tracked.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
Its own pages name no integrations.
Who makes myNoise
myNoise is run by myNoise BV, a Belgian company with one person behind it, represented by Stéphane Pigeon. The website is free to use and the money comes from donations that buy lifetime access to every generator, from the paid iOS and Android apps and albums, and from Amazon affiliate links.
- Founded
- 2013mynoise.net
- Based
- Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgiummynoise.net
- Ownership
- Privately held. Privately held: the imprint says myNoise BV is the legal structure behind the project, a company incorporated and registered under the laws of Belgium, with its identification number given there, and represented by Stéphane Pigeon.mynoise.net
- Funding
- No funding is announced. The donate page asks for a one-off payment or $5 a month in return for lifetime access to the website, and says the mobile apps are bought separately; the imprint adds that some links on the site are Amazon affiliate links.mynoise.netmynoise.net
- Team
- One person, with help from what the FAQ calls myNoise friends; donations pay for part of his professional timemynoise.net
- Founders and leaders
- Stéphane Pigeon, Founder, and the person myNoise BV is represented bymynoise.net
- Lately
- Cát Tiên · Oct 6, 2026
- Pigeons of NYC · Sep 14, 2026
- Bronze Sanctuary · Aug 31, 2026
- Dry Storm · Aug 5, 2026
- Follow
Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
59/65
Other focus apps it is graded above
myNoise's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 59 of the 65 other focus apps we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on ease of use (A, above 45 of 65) and worst on features (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $2.82 for the category: 30 of the 45 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 66 focus apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. myNoise’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 40 of 65
- BFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 65
- CFeaturesAbove 3 of 65
- AEase of useAbove 45 of 65
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 39 of 65
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 56 focus apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. myNoise is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Your call
A focus timer at its plainest counts down 25 minutes and keeps a log.
myNoise sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $60 a year.
What you could not
- A library of sound you would have to license.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
What this rests on. myNoise’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Noisli, A Soft Murmur, Brain.fm, Endel and Dark Noise
The 5 tools myNoise is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
Noisli
Free plan · from $10/mo
Ambient sound mixer with a session timer and text editor.
- Only myNoise lists an Android app.
- myNoise can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Noisli also covers Markdown and Pomodoro timer.
- 3.0GPA
A Soft Murmur
Free plan · from $14.99/yr
Ambient sound mixer for the browser, iPhone and Android.
- myNoise can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 2.0GPA
Brain.fm
Free trial · from $99.99/yr
Functional music for focus, relaxation, sleep and meditation.
- myNoise has a free plan. Brain.fm does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Brain.fm lists macOS and Windows apps.
- myNoise can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 2.6GPA
Endel
Free plan · from $6.99/mo
Adaptive soundscapes for focus, relaxation and sleep.
- Only Endel lists macOS and Windows apps.
- 3.0GPA
Dark Noise
Free plan · from $2.99/mo
Ambient noise app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with custom mixes.
- Only myNoise lists a web app.
- Only myNoise lists an Android app.
- Only Dark Noise lists a macOS app.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is myNoise free?
myNoise has a free plan. 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.
How much does myNoise cost?
myNoise lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does myNoise work on?
myNoise is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does myNoise offer any discounts?
myNoise publicly lists the following: Any donation gives lifetime website access.
How is myNoise rated?
myNoise's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1,121 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Does myNoise have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. myNoise is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does myNoise have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. myNoise is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is myNoise open source?
myNoise is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Does myNoise work offline?
Yes, according to its own site. What works without a connection differs by plan and platform, so check the vendor's page for the detail.
Who makes myNoise?
myNoise is made by myNoise BV. Privately held: the imprint says myNoise BV is the legal structure behind the project, a company incorporated and registered under the laws of Belgium, with its identification number given there, and represented by Stéphane Pigeon.
What are the alternatives to myNoise?
The closest alternatives to myNoise in our directory are Noisli, A Soft Murmur, Brain.fm, Endel and Dark Noise.
How does myNoise compare with other focus apps?
myNoise's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 59 of the 65 other focus apps we grade, and level with 5.
Is myNoise good value for money?
ToolGPA grades myNoise A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $2.82 for the category: 30 of the 45 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of myNoise?
A focus timer at its plainest counts down 25 minutes and keeps a log. myNoise sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from myNoise’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from myNoise's own pages on 6 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-06-20.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by myNoise BV. Prices change, so check mynoise.net before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- myNoise, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/mynoise
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what myNoise’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. myNoise is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by myNoise BV. Prices and plans change: check mynoise.net before you buy.