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Depending on what you need, iOS does have a background noise generator.

Settings -> accessibility -> audio / visual -> background sounds

You can even add them to the quick control panel or whatever it's called.

I did try that out and it's better than nothing, but I like Noisli's selection of sounds, and that you can create little blends of them— like bonfire + running water + crickets for a camping scene, or train tracks + rain + cafe for a journey scene.

It also being on my homepage vs buried in a settings menu was worth a few dollars to me.

This is a great tip! On vacation I just went through the hell of looking for white noise apps that were all subscription. I ended up using a spotify track on loop. I sure wish I knew this existed already on my phone. Thank you.

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