Ambiphone
Creative
ambient sound and white noise
SHOW HN2024
357points
129comments
#140of 3,515 in 2024
Top 4%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
36 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 65 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.
Idea: 8 for, 3 againstDesign: 8 for, 2 againstExecution: 6 for, 3 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, beautiful design
From 4 comments
Fantastic! The design is just great; so simple and no-nonsense. Honestly, I don't really use white-noise generators so I didn't plan on using it, myself, but after realizing it…
catapart on HNWow this is beautifully done for mobile. Gorgeous design/brand. Brilliantly simple UX. Well done. Best site I've seen all year.
whycome on HNThe ticking clock being an actual clock is a nice touch.
abroadwin on HNSimple and clean, thank you!
mcbishop on HN
Good selection of sounds and ability to layer them
From 3 comments
This is very nicely presented. I wasn't expecting to activate multiple sounds and mix them to my liking. Currently listening to Strong Wind 5% + Fire 10% + PCIII 8% + Wind Chimes…
wdfx on HNThe fact that we can put these things over top of each other is awesome.
stevenking86 on HNThat's the best app on terms of combining ambient sounds! Well done!
maxiwer on HN
No subscriptions, ads or logins
From 2 comments
I love it! I hate that most of these apps are subscription based for no good reason. This is so clean and nice... One thing that would be awesome would be an option to preload…
charles_f on HNThanks I've wanted something like this for a long time. No idea why all of them are subscriptions or have tons of ads and such.
KenArrari on HN
Objections
Does not keep playing with screen off unless installed as an app
From 1 comment
Found similar thing other day [0] but thing is.. If this is not an App it's not usable. People tend to listen this while resting (in bed for example) so makes no sense have this…
amar0c on HN
Volume sliders too easy to toggle accidentally
From 1 comment
Very clean! By the way, I find the volume sliders a bit tricky to use, as it's way too easy to accidentally toggle the sound instead of just moving the slider.
DreamGen on HN
Sounds load with a delay and no loading indicator
From 1 comment
Would be really nice if there was some sort of intermediate state / loading indicator, as there a bit of a delay when clicking each option and it's a little unsettling trying to…
fowl2 on HN
Requests
Save and sync mixes, presets via URL or deep links
From 3 comments
Fantastic! The design is just great; so simple and no-nonsense. Honestly, I don't really use white-noise generators so I didn't plan on using it, myself, but after realizing it…
catapart on HNThis is perfect. I've tried many noise apps in the past and I'll be using this for a long time I'm sure. Feature request: Deep-links so I can share or bookmark a 'preset'.
zdwolfe on HNGreat collection of sounds for a release! Couple of suggestions I'd need before using properly: - Reset button - Save to URL so I can quickly reload with same presets
nullandvoid on HN
Offline caching of sounds
From 1 comment
I love it! I hate that most of these apps are subscription based for no good reason. This is so clean and nice... One thing that would be awesome would be an option to preload…
charles_f on HN
PWA install to home screen
From 2 comments
Love this, really well designed. I like how you can combine sounds and customise volumes. You should add a manifest.json and make it a PWA so people can add to their homescreen…
spacec0wb0y on HNReally good. Love the clean design. Would be nice if you upgrade it to a PWA
sidkris on HN
More sounds such as Apollo chatter and more ambient music
From 2 comments
This is really cool. Can we maybe have apollo mission chatter?
entropie on HNIf you have police scanner audio, then you should definitely include archival NASA radio recordings as another option.
bravura on HN
Questions
Where the base sounds and music come from
From 1 comment
This is great! I've bookmarked it on my phone. I'm really curious where do you get the base sounds from? For example where are the coffee shop or different rain sounds from. The…
idk1 on HN
Whether the source code will be made available
From 1 comment
This is quite cool, would you be open to making the source available? I'm afraid of such things disappearing in future years/decades and always prefer to be able to host a…
t09i209ba893 on HN
Alternatives named
mynoise.net
From 2 comments
> I wanted to make something beautiful and easy-to-use, without logins or ads or in-app purchases or any of the other stuff a lot of them have. mynoise.net
MollyRealized on HNSee also: https://mynoise.net/
rngname22 on HN
Atmosphere
From 1 comment
I have been using Atmosphere for years now. Its main advantage is that it's an app (at least on Android) and that it works perfectly even when offline. It has a wide variety of…
ahmedfromtunis on HN
Chroma Doze
From 1 comment
I use Chroma Doze https://f-droid.org/packages/net.pmarks.chromadoze/
password4321 on HN
Moodist
From 1 comment
Found similar thing other day [0] but thing is.. If this is not an App it's not usable. People tend to listen this while resting (in bed for example) so makes no sense have this…
amar0c on HN
A Soft Murmur
From 1 comment
I believe this is adjacent, but I quite like https://asoftmurmur.com/. I’m not sure if it’s able to run offline.
michaelmdresser on HN