Use cases
Find a starting point for your situation
Choose what you are trying to do. Each section pairs focused reading with a sound or mix you can open in the browser.
At night
Sleep
Find a sound that suits your room, with guidance on volume and timing.
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Practical guide
How to Use Brown Noise for Sleep: Volume, Timer & Setup
Set up brown noise for sleep in six steps: choose a speaker, start quietly, position it safely, set a timer, test rain layers, and review results over time.
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Practical guide
How to Create a Sleep Soundscape: 5 Simple Steps
Create a sleep soundscape in five steps: identify the noise problem, choose one steady base, add a quiet layer, balance volume, and test a timer for bedtime.
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Practical guide
How to Fall Asleep with Ambient Sounds: A Practical Setup
Use ambient sounds at bedtime with a simple process for choosing a track, setting volume and timers, avoiding common mistakes, and tracking results over time.
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Practical guide
How to sleep with a snoring partner: the setting that covers a snore
Masking a snore needs a different setting from a normal sleep sound: continuous, low-weighted, all night, held just above the snore floor. How to set it, and where it stops.
During the day
Focus & studying
Match the background to the task, then compare it with silence on the same kind of work.
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Sound comparison
7 Best Sounds for Focus and Concentration (2026)
Compare brown, pink and white noise, nature sounds, coffee-shop ambience, lo-fi and binaural beats, with a focus sound for every task.
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Sound comparison
Best Sounds for Studying — Play Free, No Signup
Brown, pink and white noise, rain and lo-fi, matched to reading, essays, problem sets and flashcards. Press play in the browser, no download, no account.
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Explanation
Nature Sounds Benefits: What the Research Shows
Nature sounds may reduce stress and annoyance and support recovery after demanding work. Learn what current evidence shows and which sounds to try first.
For the room they share
Pets
Read how background sound may mask outside noise, and when a frightened pet needs more help.
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Explanation
White noise for dogs: what it masks, and what it can't fix
Which noise colour covers which trigger, how loud to set it, where to put the speaker, and the point where a dog needs a vet rather than a louder speaker.
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Explanation
My dog is scared of fireworks: what to do tonight
Your dog panics at fireworks. What to do this afternoon, during the noise, after it ends, and when fear needs more than a quiet room.
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Explanation
White Noise for Cats: Does It Actually Help?
If visitors, fireworks or a new baby set your cat off, here's when white noise helps, which colour to use, and when a vet is the better call.
Quiet background sound
Tinnitus
Understand sound masking and compare quiet background sounds. The guides explain its limits as well as how to try it.
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Explanation
Sound masking for tinnitus: what it is and what it is not
Sound masking means playing a quiet background sound so the ringing has something to sit against. What people do, how to do it comfortably, and what the evidence stops short of.
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Explanation
Why tinnitus is more noticeable at night
Tinnitus is more noticeable at bedtime because the room is quieter and there is less to distract you. What two health authorities actually say, and what people do about the quiet.
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Practical guide
How to sleep with tinnitus: a bedtime routine you can test
A practical bedtime routine for people who use a background sound with tinnitus. Volume, timer settings, layering and the point where a doctor matters more than an app.
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Sound comparison
White noise vs brown noise for tinnitus: how the two sound
A descriptive comparison of white and brown noise for people who use a masking sound with tinnitus. Spectrum, comfort at low volume, and no efficacy claims.