Changelog

Feb. 26, 2024

v 3.7.4

Fixing an issue where the play/stop button could disappear.

Feb. 18, 2024

v 3.7.3

Fixed layout issue on playback screen on shorter devices

Fixed a rare crash when beginning playback

Feb. 11, 2024

v 3.7.2

Minor bug fixes

Jan. 10, 2024

v 3.7.1

Reducing app size.

Jan. 6, 2024

v 3.7

Added dolphin and whale sounds.

You can now control the volume directly from the playback screen (You can hide this control and switch between controling the app volume or the system volume in the settings).

If you select a custom sleep time whatever time you selected last will be available from the sleep times pop up menu.

You can now disable analytics collection from within the Settings.

Oct. 3, 2023

v 3.6

Favourites and Mixes now sync to the Apple Watch app for usage there.

Fixed an issue where when opening the app when the last selected sound was a mix and the mix wasn't created on that device the selection name wouldn't show the mix name.

Fixed an issues where audio playback wouldn't commence on the Apple Watch on the first attempt.

Added a What's New section for showing things such as this.

June 6, 2023

v 3.5.2

Minor bug fixes.

May 6, 2023

v 3.5.1

Minor bug fixes

April 25, 2023

v 3.5

Redesigned Welcome and Upsell screens.

Nov. 7, 2022

v 3.4.2

Minor bug fixes

Sept. 11, 2022

v 3.4.1

Fixed crash on Apple Watch app on Pre WatchOS 9 versions

Aug. 18, 2022

v 3.3

Added Widgets, for quickly playing your choice of sound
Added new onboarding flow
Added new Bubbles sound
Tweaked bass boost sound preset
Minor UI improvements

Aug. 1, 2022

v 3.2

This update improves the Sound Settings feature
* You can now select from a number of built in preset sound settings, for example: Bass Boost, High Pass.
* You can now see from the Sound Settings screen which settings have been adjusted with the option to reset individual adjustments
* Sound Setting sliders now show a line indicating the default value

July 23, 2022

v 3.1

You can now favourite sounds and save your custom mixes.
Everything you save is automatically synced between all your devices so mixes you create on your phone can be played on your Mac or Apple TV, for example.
Your own custom mixes can also be launched through Siri or Shortcuts.

Improved sleep selection so now when you select the sleep timer you're automatically given some common options to select from and you can select More options if you want to select something not listed.

Fixed an issue where playback would not start when launching sounds via Siri and Shortcuts.

June 29, 2022

v 3.0

This is a big 3.0 update of White Noise where the UI has been modernised and refined throughout.

UI Improvements:
New button designs with blurred backgrounds and vibrancy that let the background colours shine through
New, cleaner, iconography
Cells in tables that push other views now show a disclosure indicator
New fonts that better match the system styles
New animations on the play screen when showing and hiding the playback controls
The status bar is now hidden along with the controls giving you just the sea of dots to stare at
The play/stop button now animates as it changes states
Free and Premium sounds are now separated into their own sections
New transition animations when presenting views
View headings now shrink automatically as you scroll content up
On Mac the sleep timer is now just called the timer
Removed several superfluous labels
You can now present the sounds list by swiping up on the skip controls
The selected track is now more clearly displayed on the sounds list
The volume sliders for individual tracks now respond to larger thumbs better
The sounds list now opens with the currently playing sound in the center of the screen
On iPad and Mac the settings views and sounds list now display as popovers instead of covering the entire screen

New Features:
You can now long press, or right-click on macOS, the sleep timer button to bring up a list of sleep times for quicker selection
You can now manage your subscription from within the app's settings

Bug Fixes:
Improved the timing of sound crossfading when quickly skipping tracks
Fixed an issue where quickly toggling the same track on and off could cause it not to play
Fixed missing and incorrect colours on the dots when dark mode is overridden in the app's settings
Apple Health integration is no longer displayed in Settings if the device doesn't support it
The sleep timer is no longer cancelled if the audio is interrupted or stopped
Fixed incorrect animation on the colours of the dots when the app is launched with the interface style overridden in settings
Fixed various minor issues when using larger text sizes
Fixed an issue where the sleep picker wheel could fail to adjust the time on the initial spin

May 25, 2022

v 2.25

Minor tweaks and improvements

May 18, 2022

v 2.24

The app can now automatically record your listening habbits as either mindfulness minutes or time in bed in Apple Health.
Added a Delay sound effect, which can produce some rather abstract results.
Previous purchases now restore automatically when reinstalling the app.

May 9, 2022

v 2.23

Added new coloured noise variations:
White Noise
Brown Noise
Pink Noise
Blue Noise
Violet Noise
Gray Noise

Note that the sound originally referred to as White Noise in the app has been renamed to Brown Noise and a new sound that is actually White Noise has been added now.

April 23, 2022

v 2.22.1

Minor bug fixes

April 19, 2022

v 2.22

Added French and German translations

April 5, 2022

v 2.21.1

When taking out your headphones the app no longer starts the audio playing out of your speakers (just incase it wakes up your spouse)

March 6, 2022

v 2.21

Added 4 new sounds: Beach, Cat Purring, Bathroom Shower and Forest.
You can now set the sleep timer to turn off the sound at a specific time instead of after a specific duration.

Feb. 20, 2022

v 2.20

Improved Siri integration. You can now ask Siri to "Open White Noise and play rain", for example.
The new Siri invocations no longer require the app to launch and are fully compatible with Apple Shortcuts, allowing you to create automations with them. This means you can now create an alarm clock that will wake you up to White Noise.
Added support for Handoff, meaning you can now automatically continue the sound that's playing on your iPhone on your Mac.
Using the new, more 3D, app icon as default now. If you prefer the previous one you can switch back to it by going into the app's settings.
Fixed looping artifacts in a number of sounds.
Brought back the Apple Watch app, which was inadvertantely lost in the previous update.

Feb. 9, 2022

v 2.19

Added the ability to oscillate sounds

Feb. 1, 2022

v 2.18

At the end of the sleep timer the volume now gradually fades out
You can now adjust various fade timings in the app including the fade out time for the sleep and the cross-fade timings
You can now turn off the playback control hiding
The settings screen has been tidied up with the settings options now all given relevant sections

Jan. 27, 2022

v 2.17

Added in app volume control allowing you to tweak the system volume or app volume inside of the app.
Added Background Audio mode, allowing you to play sounds from the app on top of other audio apps. For example, if you wanted to listen to an audio book and have white noise on in the background.
Added Batter Saver mode, which allows you to disable the animating dots if you want to conserve battery or you just hate dots.

Jan. 5, 2022

v 2.16

Added watchOS app
Fixed handling interruptions to audio playback
Improved performance on lower end devices
Added prompt to complete the new features survey
Improved onboarding

Dec. 9, 2021

v 2.13

It's now possible to listen to all the audio tracks in much higher, lossless audio, quality.
All sounds have been renormalised to make the volumes between them more even.
Each sound now has its own unique icon.

Dec. 7, 2021

v 2.12

Added new onboarding flow

Nov. 27, 2021

v 2.11

The app now includes premium subscriptions for additional sounds and for accessing the advanced audio manipulation controls.
Added 6 more sounds: Air Conditioner, Birds, Restaurant, Seismic Waves, Vacuum Cleaner and Wind
Added a new "Light" mode. This automatically matches your device settings. If you would prefer the app to stay dark then you can toggle Light mode off permanently in the app's settings.
Lots of small tweaks and refinements to the UI

Nov. 20, 2021

v 2.10

Replaced the basic tone control with a 10 band graphical equalizer
Your audio route's name is now displayed next to the airplay control button

Nov. 14, 2021

v 2.9

You can now control the volume of each sound in your mix
The app now displays the total number of play back sessions on the stats screen

Nov. 5, 2021

v 2.8

Added hair dryer sound
Sounds now appear in Spotlight search results
The visualisation now respect the reduce motion accessibility setting