The Sleep setting puts you in a tent at night with steady rain drumming on the fabric and a little soft noise underneath. The screen dims, the motion slows, and the sound fades to silence over 60 minutes, so it stops by itself once you are asleep.
Steady, even rain is one of the easiest sounds to fall asleep to. It has no sudden changes for your brain to notice, and it covers the small noises that wake light sleepers: traffic, a neighbour, a ticking radiator.
Because every drop is made live in your browser, the rain never loops. There is no seam every few minutes to pull you back awake.
Back to the window ↑Places that suit it
TentWellesley Island State Park, New York
Car at nightNew Jersey Turnpike, USA
CabinCamp Sherman, Oregon
RedwoodsRedwood City, California
BayouBy the water
MountainSnow
Northern lightsSkulsfjord, Norway
Rice terracesBali, IndonesiaQuestions
- How do I make the rain stop on its own?
- Pick 15, 30 or 60 minutes under Fade out. The Sleep setting starts a 60-minute fade for you.
- Can I keep my phone screen off?
- Most phones keep playing sound from an open browser tab when the screen locks, but some pause it to save battery. If yours does, keep the screen on with the brightness down; the Sleep setting already dims the picture.
- Which places are best for sleep?
- The tent, the car at night, the cabin by the river, the redwood forest and the bayou. Anything with steady rain and few sharp sounds.
Other ways to listen
StudyRain on a city window with soft brown noise and a built-in 25/5 focus timer.Coffee shopRain on a café window with quiet chatter, cups and a warm room behind you.ReadingRain on a window over a misty pine forest with a crackling fire inside.RelaxRain over a harbor at dusk, a candle in the window and slow music.ThunderstormHeavy rain, lightning and rolling thunder over a stormy beach.