Compared
Veil vs myNoise:
two customizable white noise apps
Veil is the recommendation if you want extensive sound customization in a modern noise machine for nightly use. Every sound is synthesized on your phone, with no prerecorded tracks and no loops, and you shape its character while you listen. Precision volume, a refined dark interface and saved premium mixes make it easy to return to the sound that works for you, and it costs $19.99 to own.
myNoise is worth considering if recorded environments, musical soundscapes or hearing calibration are central to your choice. Both apps offer real sound control. The useful comparison is how you want to shape your sound and how you want the app to fit into your routine.
Veil and myNoise side by side
| Veil | myNoise | |
|---|---|---|
| How the sound is made | Synthesized on the device from filtered noise and slow modulation. No recordings, no loops. | Field recordings and real instruments, varied by each soundscape's generator as it plays. |
| Starting sounds | Six noise colors, seven fans, eight mechanical sounds, two rains, each adjustable | 300+ soundscapes: nature, environments, drones, voices, instruments, machines |
| Sound controls | Per sound: cutoff, treble blend, depth; fan oscillation speed, depth, tone and width; rain density, closeness, patter, puddles, rumble; mechanical cycle, tone and motor warmth | Ten sliders per soundscape over its frequency bands or scene elements; hearing calibration; Creation Mode combines sliders across soundscapes |
| Interface and daily use | Dark, spacious sound cards, one-tap play, bedside clock, precision volume, fading sleep timer | Dense control surface built for exploring and shaping; sleep timer |
| Mixing | Up to three sounds with independent levels, saved mixes (premium) | Creation Mode and layered soundscapes |
| Offline | Always; nothing is downloaded | Once a soundscape is downloaded |
| Free tier | White, pink, brown, slow fan, with their controls, timer and clock; no ads | A selection of soundscapes; no ads |
| Price by platform | $1.99/mo, $9.99/yr, or $19.99 once, on iOS and Android | iOS: Full Access $19.99 once. Android app and website sold separately |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Android | iPhone, iPad, Android, web |
Where Veil is the better fit
Shape the sound to your ear. Change a fan's oscillation speed, depth, tone and width. Lower the cutoff on white noise until the hiss softens, blend treble into pink, or add depth to brown. Adjust rain's density, closeness and texture, or a dryer's cycle and tone. Each source is a different starting point, and premium mixing with saved mixes extends the possibilities further.
A modern interface for nightly use. Veil's spacious dark sound cards put playback first. Clear controls, precision volume and a fading sleep timer make it straightforward to find your sound and settle in. It feels like a dedicated piece of audio equipment rather than a catalog.
Sound created on your phone. Veil synthesizes its audio on the device, with no sound packs to download. Nothing repeats, it works offline from the first launch, and its seven fan styles can be shaped far beyond their default settings.
Try the controls free. White, pink and brown noise and the slow fan include their sound shaping, without ads. Premium adds the full collection, three-source mixing and saved mixes, as a subscription or a $19.99 lifetime purchase.
Where myNoise is the better fit
Recorded environments and musical scenes. If you want ocean, a cathedral, a Tibetan bowl, a thunderstorm, a spaceship or a choir, myNoise has recorded and built it. Veil focuses on noise, fans, mechanical sounds and rain.
Calibration and scene-level control. Each soundscape's ten sliders can be calibrated to your hearing so a flat sound is flat for you, and Creation Mode lets you combine sliders from different soundscapes. It is a different kind of control from Veil's synthesis parameters: finer over a recorded scene, rather than reaching inside how the sound is generated.
The desktop browser. myNoise's website runs fully in a browser, which suits a desk. Veil's browser players are previews of the noise colors and fans; the app is the everyday tool.
Choose Veil for a modern noise machine with extensive sound shaping, adjustable fans, precision volume and straightforward bedtime controls.
Choose myNoise if its recorded environments, calibration or scene-building tools match a specific need.
If you want to start with Veil, its core noise colors and slow fan are free to customize without ads.
Your sound, shaped to your ear
Try white, pink and brown noise and the slow fan free, with their sound controls, precision volume and a fading sleep timer. No ads, no account. Premium unlocks the full collection, mixing and saved mixes: subscribe if you want, or pay $19.99 once.
Or preview Veil's sounds in your browser firstFrequently asked questions
Can I customize sounds in Veil as well as in myNoise?
Yes. Every Veil sound has its own controls: cutoff, treble blend and depth on the noise colors; oscillation speed, oscillation depth, tone and tone width on the fans; density, closeness, patter, puddles and rumble on rain; cycle speed, cycle depth, tone and motor warmth on the mechanical sounds. Premium adds three-source mixing with saved mixes. myNoise's controls are ten sliders per soundscape with hearing calibration, which suits shaping a recorded scene.
Does myNoise loop?
myNoise builds each soundscape from recorded material that its generator varies as it plays, so it is designed to avoid a fixed repeating track. Veil takes a different route: nothing is recorded, so there is no track to repeat at all.
Is myNoise a one-time purchase?
On iOS, yes: Full Access is $19.99 once. The Android app and the website are sold separately, so one purchase does not cover every platform. Veil's lifetime unlock is $19.99 on both iOS and Android, with $1.99 monthly and $9.99 yearly options if you want to try it first.
Which is better for sleeping?
Veil, if you want a noise machine: a dark interface usable with one eye open, a bedside clock, a sleep timer that fades, precision volume, and fans and noise colors you can shape to your ear. myNoise is the better choice if a specific recorded environment, hearing calibration or scene-level control is what helps you sleep.
Sources
- myNoise: The Soundscape App, App Store, checked September 8, 2026.
- myNoise FAQ, on separate website and app purchases.
- Veil: White Noise Sleep Sounds, App Store, checked September 8, 2026.
- The 8 best white noise apps in 2026, the full comparison.