Noice: Ad-free indefinite background noise

Relax, improve focus, and boost productivity with minimal background noise.

New in version 0.17.0

- Added app settings
- Added player style notifications and media button support
- Added option to share presets
- Added app shortcuts for saved presets
- Updated app appearance
- Fixed inability to pin home screen shortcuts below Android 8

We're continuously working to make Noice better. Please turn on updates to never miss a thing!
See detailed changelog at https://ashutoshgngwr.github.io/noice/CHANGELOG.

For a lot of people, a little background noise is helpful to calm down and focus. In some cases, it's also a boost to productivity. Background noise (ambience) can also help minimize the effects of stress.

Noice is an app that allows you to create a customised ambience using clips from environmental noise sources. Create your perfect surroundings by combining different sounds to drown out distractions so you can focus on your work, or generate serene, peaceful environments that encourage you to fall asleep.

Features
- 35 recorded noises
- Google Cast (Chromecast) enabled [Play Store release only]
- Auto sleep timer
- Wake-up timer (Alarm Clock)
- Generate random mixes
- Make a customised mix
- Save your favourite mixes
- Play alongside other music players
- Individual volume control for each noise source
- Offline playback
- Light and dark app theme variants

Noise library
- Life set (birds, crickets, wolf, human heartbeat, etc.)
- Forest set (bonfire, night, wind, palm trees, etc.)
- Monsoon set (rain, thunders)
- Teleportation set (coffee shop, library, office, seaside, riverbank, etc.)
- Vehicle set (moving train, in-flight, creaking ship, electric car, etc.)
- Raw noise (white, pink, brownian)

Permissions
- prevent device from sleeping: to keep device CPU awake during playback
- run foreground service: to run the player process (different than UI)
- run at startup: to ensure that wake-up timers persist across reboots
- full network access: to enable Chromecast and financial contributions
- view network connections: added by a dependency, currently not in use
- Google Play billing service: to enable financial contributions for supporting development

Noice is free and open-source software.
https://github.com/ashutoshgngwr/noice

Author: ashutoshgngwr@gmail.com

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Packages

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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Version 0.17.0 (40) suggested Added on 2021-05-11

This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- run foreground service
  
  Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
- prevent phone from sleeping
  
  Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
- run at startup
  
  Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
- change your audio settings
  
  Allows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.
- install shortcuts
  
  Allows an application to add Homescreen shortcuts without user intervention.
- view network connections
  
  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
Download APK 27 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log
Version 0.16.1 (39) - Added on 2021-04-26

This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- run foreground service
  
  Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
- prevent phone from sleeping
  
  Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
- run at startup
  
  Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
- change your audio settings
  
  Allows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.
- view network connections
  
  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
Download APK 27 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log
Version 0.16.0 (38) - Added on 2021-04-18

This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- run foreground service
  
  Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
- prevent phone from sleeping
  
  Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
- run at startup
  
  Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
- change your audio settings
  
  Allows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.
- view network connections
  
  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
Download APK 27 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log