# White Noise Lite review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Free ad-supported sleep and focus sound app Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. White Noise Lite is the free edition of TMSOFT's White Noise app. It includes 50 standard-definition sounds, alarms, a mix pad and background audio. Paid editions remove ads for a one-time fee, and sounds play from the device without a network connection. - **Category:** Focus Apps - **Made by:** TMSOFT - **Website:** https://www.tmsoft.com - **Runs on:** iOS, Android, macOS, Windows - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you cannot stand ads, as Lite shows them. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, White Noise Lite has a free plan, and paid plans start at $0.99 one-time (Full edition). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Lite is free with ads: 50 SD sounds, advanced recorder, 5 alarms, mix pad, background audio and full stereo. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Lite | $0 | Free with ads; 50 SD sounds and 5 alarms. | | Full | $0.99 one-time | 20+ alarms, no ads, Watch, TV and widget support; generator tools are an in-app purchase. | | Pro | $2.99 one-time | Adds 50 HD sounds, generator tools included, 20+ alarms and no ads. | Read from https://www.tmsoft.com/white-noise/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with White Noise Lite before buying. ## Key features - **50 bundled sounds:** Rain, ocean, fan and other sounds ship with the app. - **Mix pad:** Mix several sounds into one soundscape. - **Timers and alarms:** Timers fade sounds out; Lite has 5 alarms, paid editions 20+. - **Recorder:** Record and loop your own sounds. - **Offline playback:** Sounds play locally without a connection. ## Good for - Masking background noise while working or studying - People who want a one-time fee instead of a subscription ## Worth knowing - The Lite edition shows ads; Full and Pro remove them. - The site's table does not say which editions exist on each platform. - Only the Pro edition includes HD sounds and bundled generator tools. - The page's pricing is the US list; Watch and TV support are in the paid editions. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. White Noise Lite is a free sleep and focus sound app, with 50 sounds, a mix pad and alarms, supported by ads. Full is $0.99 and Pro is $2.99, both one-time, and the HD sounds only come with Pro. - **Value for money: A.** Free with ads, with one-time upgrades at $0.99 and $2.99, far less than a year of what focus apps charge. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Lite is free with 50 sounds, a recorder, 5 alarms, mix pad and background audio, with ads, and you can live on it. - **Features: C.** Bundled sounds, mix pad, timers, alarms, recorder and offline playback. HD sounds and generators only come in Pro. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but it is an app you install and play. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows apps, but no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TMSOFT's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among focus apps - White Noise Lite's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 60 of the 83 other focus apps we grade, and level with 15. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 47 of 83) and worst on features (C, above 5). 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. White Noise Lite 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 $0.99, 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: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 279,191 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id292987597 **Tags:** Focus music, Works offline, 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-white-noise-lite) - [myNoise](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mynoise): Adjustable background noise and soundscape generators. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mynoise-vs-white-noise-lite) - [Dark Noise](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dark-noise): Ambient noise app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with custom mixes. 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