Nightwool
Illustration from the app: a lakeside cabin in the rain under the moon

Sleep sounds that never loop.

Real recordings of rain, surf, crickets and a bedroom fan, plus seven shades of noise. Mix them your way, set a timer that fades out gently, and let the screen go dark.

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Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Free to start.

33 sounds, most of them recorded.

Field recordings from licensed sound libraries: a stream over stones, waves on the Baltic coast, a train in motion, a cat purring up close. The noise colors and tones are generated on your phone. Every sound has its own painting.

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Rain that never hits the same bump twice.

Most sleep apps repeat a short clip. Once you notice the seam (a drip, a gust, a click) you start waiting for it, and that's the opposite of falling asleep.

Nightwool takes segments from random places in a longer recording and fades each one into the next. The order and length change every time, so the sound keeps moving the way real rain does.

How Nightwool plays a recording without loopingFour segments, A to D, are taken from random places in a two-minute recording and played one after another, each fading into the next.The recording, about 2 minutesAABBCCDDWhat you hear, for as long as you likeAABBCCDD
Each segment fades into the next over 4 seconds. The order and length change every time.

The picture follows the night.

Every sound has a full-screen painting in four versions. Nightwool shows the one that matches your clock and crossfades slowly when the hour turns. When the sleep timer is running, the artwork fades almost to black.

  1. Crickets scene at duskDusk6–9 pm
  2. Crickets scene at nightNight9 pm–midnight
  3. Crickets scene at deep nightDeep nightmidnight–4 am
  4. Crickets scene at pre-dawnPre-dawn4–7 am

Made for the last half hour of your day.

  1. Lay rain over brown noise and add a fan in the next room. Each sound has its own volume and tone, so rain can sound like it's outside the window instead of on the roof. Save the mixes you like.

  2. 15, 30 or 45 minutes, one or two hours, any length from 5 minutes to 10 hours, or until a time you pick. The sound fades out slowly over the last tenth of the timer (from 30 seconds up to 10 minutes) instead of stopping dead.

  3. One tap turns the screen black. The sound keeps playing and nothing glows on the nightstand.

  4. Recorded strikes arrive at random moments, but every one fades in. Choose how often the storm rumbles and how far away it is.

  5. A steady heartbeat that you can slow to 40 or speed up to 100 beats per minute.

The Nightwool player with rain, brown noise and a fan mixed, each with its own volume slider
The sleep timer menu: 15, 30 and 45 minutes, 1 and 2 hours, custom and wake-up alarm
Sleep mode: a black screen with only a dim pause button
Thunder settings in the player: storm rate and distance sliders
Heartbeat settings in the player with the speed set to 52 beats per minute
Real screens from the app
Illustration from the app: a cabin living room with a fire, deep at night

No account. No ads. Works offline.

Nightwool doesn't ask who you are. There's no sign-up, no advertising and no analytics in the app. Every sound is stored on your phone, so it plays in airplane mode and in a tent.

Purchases go through the App Store or Google Play, and RevenueCat confirms them using an anonymous ID. That's all the data that leaves your phone.

Read the privacy policy

Free to start.

8 sounds, the sleep timer and sleep mode are free for good. Premium adds the rest of the library and a gentle wake-up.

Free

for good
  • White
  • Pink
  • Brown
  • Rain
  • Ocean
  • Crickets
  • Fan
  • Heartbeat
  • Mix up to three sounds at once
  • Sleep timer and sleep mode
  • Saved mixes and favorites
Free
$0 for good
no trial to cancel, no card needed

Premium

all 33 sounds
  • Thunder, river, fireplace, airplane, train and 20 more
  • Mix as many sounds as you like
  • Gentle wake-up with birdsong that fades in
Yearly
$19.99 a year
7 days free, then $1.67 a month
Lifetime
$39.99 once
no subscription
Monthly
$3.99 a month
cancel anytime

Planned launch prices in US dollars. The App Store and Google Play show the final price in your currency.

Our promise: what's free stays free, and Lifetime stays yours. Bought through the App Store or Google Play, no account needed.

When is Nightwool coming out?

We're finishing the app now. It will come to iPhone and Android at the same time. Leave your e-mail below and we'll write once, on the day it's out.

Is Nightwool free?

It's free to start. 8 sounds are free for good (white, pink and brown noise, rain, ocean waves, crickets, a fan and a heartbeat), and so are the sleep timer, sleep mode and saved mixes. Premium unlocks all 33 sounds, mixes with more than three sounds at once and the gentle wake-up alarm. At launch it's planned at $19.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, $39.99 once for Lifetime, or $3.99 a month. Our promise: what's free stays free, and Lifetime stays yours. We won't move free sounds behind the paywall or turn a one-time purchase into a subscription.

Do I need an account or an internet connection?

No and no. There's no sign-up, and every sound is stored inside the app, so it plays in airplane mode. The app only goes online to check a purchase with Apple or Google.

Do the sounds loop?

The recordings don't loop the way a short clip does. Nightwool plays segments from random places in each recording and fades one into the next, so you won't hear the same seam every few seconds. The heartbeat and the music-box lullaby are rhythmic, so those two repeat on purpose.

Is it safe to sleep with sound on all night?

For most adults a quiet, steady sound is fine, but keep it low, not on full volume next to your ear. We wrote a careful guide with the sources: Is it safe to sleep with white noise every night?

Can I use it for my baby?

Many parents do, but follow the pediatric advice: keep the phone well away from the crib, the volume low, and never put a device inside the crib. Our guide covers the details: White noise for babies.

Does Nightwool collect my data?

As little as we could manage. No account, no ads, no analytics in the app. Your mixes stay on your phone. Purchases are handled by Apple or Google, and RevenueCat checks them using an anonymous ID. Details in the privacy policy.

Coming soon to iPhone and Android.

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