White, brown and rain noise genuinely help many people sleep or focus — but sound apps are one of the most aggressively monetized categories, often gating the good sounds or the sleep timer behind a subscription.
What a good sound app needs
- A rich library you can mix (rain over brown noise, etc.).
- A reliable sleep timer with fade-out.
- Offline playback (no streaming, no data use overnight).
- A one-time price for something you use nightly.
I built Sereno as a pay-once sound machine: mixable sounds, timers, fully offline — no ads, no subscription.
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