Nature Melodies Free app review: pretty and useful at the same time

Introduction

Nature Melodies - Relaxing and Soothing Sounds for Stress Reduction, Mindfulness, Meditation, Relaxation and Better Sleep – Free iPhone and iPod touch app is a simple play and listen app. It has a nice background for each sound, and 20 nature sounds.

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20 Nature Sounds to Lull You to Sleep

Nature Melodies Free has 20 nature sounds to lull you to sleep, including:

• Soothing Rain;
• Thunder and Rain;
• Thunder Light & Heavy Rain;
• Thunderstorm & Light Rain;
• Electrifying Thunderstorms;
• Rain Forest;
• Jungle River; Big River;
• Water Frogs; Bird Song;
• Waterfall;
• Crickets and Water;
• Streamside SongBirds;
• Twilight;
• Crackling Fire;
• Songbirds;
• Pleasant Beach;
• Turkey Talk;
• Ocean Relaxing Surf; and
• Sparkling River.

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Activate your chosen sound with a simple tap of the play button, then sit back and relax. The iTunes app description says that it will lull you to sleep in less than 20 minutes. It does not, however, tell you how long each track is.

 

Lack of Features

Nature Melodies - Relaxing and Soothing Sounds for Stress Reduction, Mindfulness, Meditation, Relaxation and Better Sleep – Free does have high-quality sounds, and does play in the background to save your battery life. This is great for use while doing yoga, attempting to get that fussy baby to calm or go to sleep, or stay asleep for that matter, and also for yourself.

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What I don’t see is a sleep timer. If I am putting myself to sleep, I want to know that it won’t be playing all night while I sleep, draining my battery for the morning. Even if there was a 20-minute, 40-minute, or 60-minute option, that would be a great asset. I did test the app with the iPod timer in the built-in clock features set to When Timer Ends: Stop Playing. This was effective to turn it off.

I played the Ocean Relaxing Surf through for 10 minutes. It is the most similar to the sound that my baby prefers for falling and staying asleep, so it allowed me to finish my review while she slept. It did the trick.

 

Pros & Cons

Pros

• 20 nature sounds of high quality
• Nice background to complement each title
• Bright and colorful so nice to look at
• Will turn off with the assistance of the built in timer under the clock features set to When Timer Ends: Stop Playing

 

Cons

• No in-app sleep timer option means you either have to turn it off manually or trust that it will eventually turn off on its own

 

Final Thoughts

Nature Melodies - Relaxing and Soothing Sounds for Stress Reduction, Mindfulness, Meditation, Relaxation and Better Sleep – Free is a great app for free. It has nice graphics in the title background, high-quality sound, and they thought of running in the background to minimize battery drain. It does not have an in-app timer, but will work with the built-in timer under the clock features.