# Rainy Mood review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Rain sounds for studying, sleeping and relaxing Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Rainy Mood plays looping rain and thunder for background noise while you work, study or sleep. The web version is free and plays one rain recording. A paid iPhone and iPad app adds four rain scenes with a sound mixer and a sleep timer. - **Category:** Focus Apps - **Made by:** Plain Theory - **Website:** https://www.rainymood.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Android, Mac or Windows apps, as only the web page and an iOS app exist. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Rainy Mood has a free plan, and paid plans start at $4.99 one-time, iOS app. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** The web version at rainymood.com is free to use. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Web | $0 | Free rain sounds in the browser. | | iOS app | $4.99 one-time, no subscription | Four customizable rain scenes (Classic, Ocean, Countryside, Cafe), sound mixer, sleep timer and free lifetime updates. | Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rainy-mood/id566752651 on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Rainy Mood before buying. ## Key features - **Free web player:** Open the site and rain starts playing in the browser, with no account. - **Four rain scenes in the app:** The iOS app has Classic, Ocean, Countryside and Cafe scenes that can each be adjusted. - **Sound mixer and sleep timer:** The app lists a sound mixer and a sleep timer, and it can play alongside your music apps. - **Large sample library:** The App Store listing cites 400+ thunder claps, cricket chirps, ocean waves and effects, with a randomizer so the sound does not loop obviously. - **Mixes with YouTube videos:** The site lists mixes of songs over rain, and says swapping youtube.com for rainymood.com in a video link makes your own mix. ## Good for - People who want one simple rain sound, free, in a browser tab - iPhone users who want a one-time purchase instead of a subscription - Masking office or household noise while studying or sleeping ## Worth knowing - No Android, Mac or Windows app is listed; the App Store entry says it is designed for iPad and not verified for macOS. - It plays rain only, with no timer or task features beyond a sleep timer in the iOS app. - The iOS app needs a recent iOS version (the listing says iOS 26.1 or later). ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Rainy Mood plays looping rain and thunder, free on the web. The iPhone and iPad app is $4.99 once and adds four scenes, a mixer and a sleep timer, but it is rain only, and there is nothing for Android, Mac or Windows. - **Value for money: A.** $4.99 once for the iOS app, with no subscription, which is under a year of the $3.99 monthly middle for focus apps. The web version costs nothing. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The web player is free for good with no account, and one person could live on it. The scenes, mixer and sleep timer sit in the paid app. - **Features: C.** It plays rain and does that fully: four scenes in the app, a mixer, a sleep timer and a randomiser so the loop is hard to spot. It is the narrowest kind of focus tool, with no timer or tasks. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. Open the page and the rain starts. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iPhone and iPad, so it spans a computer and a phone. No Android app and no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Rainy Mood's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among focus apps - Rainy Mood's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 53 of the 69 other focus apps we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 42 of 69) and worst on features (C, above 3). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/focus ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** A focus timer at its plainest counts down 25 minutes and keeps a log. Rainy Mood 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. At $4.99, paid once, it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it. - You could not: A library of sound you would have to license. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Focus music, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [Noisli](https://toolgpa.com/tools/noisli): Ambient sound mixer with a session timer and text editor. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/noisli-vs-rainy-mood) - [myNoise](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mynoise): Adjustable background noise and soundscape generators. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mynoise-vs-rainy-mood) - [A Soft Murmur](https://toolgpa.com/tools/a-soft-murmur): Ambient sound mixer for the browser, iPhone and Android. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/a-soft-murmur-vs-rainy-mood) - [Dark Noise](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dark-noise): Ambient noise app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with custom mixes. 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