Sleep sounds

Ready to play: Rain on a tent, patter overhead and wind outside. Or mix your own below.

About Still Water

Still Water is a calm space for breathing exercises, guided meditation and sleep. Check in with your mood before and after each session, build a gentle streak, and keep a short journal of reflections.

Is Still Water free?

Yes. Every breathing exercise, four meditations including Anxiety SOS, a sleep story, the white noise and sleep sounds mixer (white, pink and brown noise, rain, ocean, fan, wind, fire and birdsong) and the silent timer are free, with no ads and no account. Still Water Pro is an optional one-time upgrade ($4.99) that unlocks the full meditation and story library and 10 to 20-minute sessions.

What breathing exercises are included?

Box breathing, 4-7-8, coherent breathing, the physiological sigh and Relax 4-6. A glowing orb grows as you breathe in and softens as you breathe out, with optional voice cues.

Who narrates the meditations and sleep stories?

Sessions and stories are original scripts read by your device's built-in voice, over a soundscape you choose. With Still Water Pro, many meditations also come in 10, 15 and 20-minute versions.

Can I mix my own background sounds?

Yes. The Sounds tab mixes white, pink and brown noise, rain, ocean, fan, wind, fire and birdsong, all made live in your browser. Save your mixes, play one under a meditation, and set a sleep timer that fades everything out gently. Still Water Pro adds a stream, distant thunder, crickets, a heartbeat, a soft hum and a night train, unlimited saved mixes and 90-minute and until-morning timers.

Does Still Water play white noise and brown noise for sleep?

Yes. White, pink and brown noise are free, along with rain, ocean waves and a fan. Each is generated live in your browser and loops without a gap, and the sleep timer (15 to 60 minutes free) fades it out gently.

Is there a plain meditation timer?

Yes. The silent timer is unguided, with bells to begin and end and optional interval bells along the way.

Is my data private?

Yes. Your mood check-ins, streaks, sessions and journal stay on this device with no account. You can back them up to a file and restore them later.

About Sleep sounds

Still Water's Sounds tab is a sleep sound mixer. Nine sounds are free: white, pink and brown noise, a fan, rain, ocean, wind, birds and a fireplace. Tap a tile to add it, set its slider, and combine as many as you like. Twelve ready-made mixes start in one tap, from Rain on a tent to Deep brown noise. Still Water Pro, a one-time upgrade, adds a stream, distant thunder, crickets, a heartbeat, a soft hum and a night train, unlimited saved mixes and 90-minute and until-morning timers.

How to use it

Press Play in the card above. Browsers only start sound after a tap, so nothing plays until you do.
Set the Volume, or tap other tiles to mix in more sounds. Each tile has its own slider.
Set a sleep timer (15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes) if you'd like it to fade out gently on its own.
Like the mix? Save mix keeps it on this device, and Share copies a link to it.

Keep this tab open while it plays. iPhone and iPad may pause web audio when the screen locks: tap the moon for Sleep mode, a dim, near-black screen that keeps the sound going, and keep the phone on charge.

Good for

Falling asleep with a timer that fades everything out
Saving your favourite mix (three saved mixes are free)
Sharing a mix: Share copies a link that opens it
Playing a mix under a guided meditation or sleep story

Questions

Which sleep sound is best?

There is no single best one. Steady noise (brown, pink or white) is best at covering other sounds; rain, ocean and wind feel more natural. Try a few: each is one tap.

How does the sleep timer work?

Pick 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes and the sound fades out gently over the last few minutes, then stops. Still Water Pro adds 90 minutes and until morning.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-up and no ads, and your saved mixes stay on this device.

More sounds

White noise Brown noise Pink noise Rain sounds Ocean sounds Fan noise Thunderstorm sounds Fireplace sounds Wind sounds Birds chirping Sleep sounds White noise for babies Brown noise for focus Sleep timer

Every sound is free to try in the full Still Water app, along with breathing exercises, guided meditations and sleep stories. About Still Water lists everything that is free and what Pro adds.