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Ambiance vs aSleep
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I don't think any of us realized that MP3 play sounds .
The nice think about Asleep is it has a timer and the sounds continue on until the designated time is up, and for .99 cents you get lots of different sounds and the automation. It was a well spent .99 cents!
The nice think about Asleep is it has a timer and the sounds continue on until the designated time is up, and for .99 cents you get lots of different sounds and the automation. It was a well spent .99 cents!
That is some fuzzy logic there considering just how many noises that most people would never use that aSleep has...
Well you would be happy to know the latest update of Ambiance includes an option to hide those static noises.
You do know though a lot of offices play those (usually white or pink I think) in the background? You think that is the A/C you're hearing? Think again!
The reason for those noise is that new born babies find them soothing. They are however annoying for the rest of us so I love that they made possible to hide the static noises in the new version. Even better still would be to categorize the sounds.
I'm going to give aSleep a try nice everybody seems to prefer this. Now that my iPhone has stopped app-crashing after going back to iTunes 7.7.0.
All and all, the competition of both apps has made BOTH of them get better and better. I think for $2 (for both) they are probably one of the better AppStore deals. They could easily charge $9.99 for each and would probably sell well. Heck, the sound CDs and clocks are a lot more than that!
Well you would be happy to know the latest update of Ambiance includes an option to hide those static noises.
You do know though a lot of offices play those (usually white or pink I think) in the background? You think that is the A/C you're hearing? Think again!
Oh but yes! I do know this!
My office sounds like I'm on a plane, minus the lower rumblings of the engine.
It's maddening.
Oh but yes! I do know this!
My office sounds like I'm on a plane, minus the lower rumblings of the engine.
It's maddening.
When I was younger and I would go with my dad to work on bring your kid to work day it would drive me crazy too. I thought it was the A/C but he told me it was a sound they played and I thought that was the nuttiest thing I'd ever heard. I'm so glad Ambiance now has the update to turn off those annoying sounds.
They do need a way to categorize sounds and remove the ones you never use. Or maybe make a favorites button or have all your favorites on the main screen where you have to select from a big list in the options. Eventually it will take forever to scroll through them all.
So far, Ambiance is my favorite because 1.) It has a simple interface 2.) It has a nicer icon and 3.) I like several of the sounds, especially nature ones, better. Asleep does have some better non-nature sounds. I do think the thunderstorm ones need to be improved on both versions though. They sound like someone taking sheet metal and wobbling it through the air...which is probably how the sound file was made. Record a real thunderstorm!! I love noisy thunderstorms with rolling thunder and crashes mixed in along with howling wind. Best sleeping conditions IMO.
Have both, Ambiance for travel, drown out kids.
But prefer asleep as it has the timer. Always thought rain or wind would send me off, but find that flight cabin does it everytime.
Would like to see a hoover sound on asleep - dont know why, but that just soothes me off, weird!
But prefer asleep as it has the timer. Always thought rain or wind would send me off, but find that flight cabin does it everytime.
Would like to see a hoover sound on asleep - dont know why, but that just soothes me off, weird!
The best sound to add would be a live recording of an Evening Mountain Campfire WITH Crickets/Frogs/Brook in the Background...That is the most perfect relaxing sound ever!!! Those that have been camping know what I mean...those that don't would love it.
The loops for crickets and frogs needs to be increased on both versions! The cricket loop i use is 62 min long and I am asleep long before it completes oh...and its natural, not synthesized.
The loops for crickets and frogs needs to be increased on both versions! The cricket loop i use is 62 min long and I am asleep long before it completes oh...and its natural, not synthesized.
Well I have Ambiance, aSleep and iChillout (I'm not actually an insomniac, just kind of interested in doing the comparison, and as they were 59p each, it hardly broke the bank.
The winner is...Ambiance, by a country mile. The sounds are better, you can (now) remove and categorise sounds and most importantly of all, it has options to fade the sound gently to silent, so you are not woken up by the sudden cut off of sound. (aSleep has a "fade" too, but it is pretty poorly done - it seems to fade from full to zero in four steps over 4 seconds, as opposed to the slow fade in Ambiance).
iChillout looks pretty with a different picture but some of the sounds are just bad. The "Scottish Highlands" (where I live...) is just a mess of wind-distortion on the microphone. I have no idea why on earth they let that into the app...
The winner is...Ambiance, by a country mile. The sounds are better, you can (now) remove and categorise sounds and most importantly of all, it has options to fade the sound gently to silent, so you are not woken up by the sudden cut off of sound. (aSleep has a "fade" too, but it is pretty poorly done - it seems to fade from full to zero in four steps over 4 seconds, as opposed to the slow fade in Ambiance).
iChillout looks pretty with a different picture but some of the sounds are just bad. The "Scottish Highlands" (where I live...) is just a mess of wind-distortion on the microphone. I have no idea why on earth they let that into the app...
