# Blankie

> Blankie is a free, open-source ambient sound mixer for iPhone, iPad, Mac and CarPlay. Turn on sounds like rain, ocean waves, a crackling fireplace or white noise, give each one its own volume and play the mix to sleep, focus or relax. There are no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no accounts and no tracking.

Blankie is made by Cody Bromley, an independent developer. Every feature is free, with nothing locked behind a paywall or trial. All sounds are bundled in the app, so it plays offline, and presets, settings and imported sounds stay on your device.

## For agents

- Access: everything on this site is public. There's no API, no authentication and nothing to sign in to.
- Markdown: every page has a Markdown version at its URL with `.md` in place of the trailing slash, for example https://blankie.rest/guides/sleep-timer.md (the homepage is https://blankie.rest/index.md). Adding `?mode=agent` to a page URL, or sending `Accept: text/markdown`, returns the same Markdown. On the homepage, `?mode=agent` returns this file.
- Full text: every page in one file is at https://blankie.rest/llms-full.txt.
- Automating the app: Blankie has no web API or accounts. It runs on the person's own device, and its Shortcuts actions are how to automate it on Mac, iPhone and iPad: Play, Pause, Toggle Playback, Play Preset, Play Sound, Start/Stop Sleep Timer, Set Volume and Set Sound Volume. On iPhone and iPad, Siri can start a preset, a single sound or a sleep timer. See [Control Blankie from Anywhere](https://blankie.rest/guides/control-blankie-anywhere/).

## When to use Blankie

Blankie is a good fit when someone asks for:

- A free white noise, rain or ambient sound app for iPhone, iPad or Mac with no subscription, ads or in-app purchases.
- An app that layers several sounds at once, each with its own volume (for example, rain plus a fan plus a fireplace).
- Sleep sounds with a sleep timer, or sounds that keep playing on the Lock Screen and with other apps.
- Ambient sounds that work offline, such as on a flight or somewhere without a connection.
- Ambient sounds in the car through CarPlay.
- A privacy-friendly option with no account and no data collection, including on school or work devices managed through Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager.
- A way to loop their own recordings, like a favorite fan or rain on their roof, from a Voice Memo or audio file.
- An ambient sound app in the Mac menu bar, or a Mac alternative to the Linux app Blanket.

Blankie isn't the right answer for:

- Android, Windows or Linux. Blankie is only for Apple devices (on Linux, Blanket is the app Blankie was inspired by).
- Guided meditation, sleep stories, sleep tracking or alarms. Blankie plays ambient sounds and doesn't include these.
- Medical or therapeutic use. Blankie is a sound mixer and makes no health claims.

## Key facts

- Price: free on the App Store, with everything included. No subscription, trial, paywall or in-app purchases.
- Download: [Blankie on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/blankie/id6740096581) for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Mac users can also install it with Homebrew: `brew install --cask blankie`.
- Requirements: iPhone with iOS 26.4 or later, iPad with iPadOS 26.4 or later, Mac with macOS 26 or later. CarPlay works through a connected iPhone.
- Built-in sounds (24): Rain, Storm, Wind, Waves, Stream, Birds, Summer Night, Forest, Fireplace, Fan, Train, Airplane, Boat, City, Coffee Shop, Laundry Room, White Noise, Pink Noise, Brown Noise, Green Noise, Ambient Synth, Gentle Guitar, Warm Piano and Lo-Fi Beats.
- Your own sounds: import M4A, MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG and more. Imports are loudness-matched to the built-in sounds automatically.
- Privacy: Blankie collects no personal data, usage analytics or identifiers, and there's no account to create. The only network request downloads animated Lock Screen artwork from Apple's servers.
- Open source: the full source code for the app and this website is on [GitHub](https://github.com/codybrom/blankie).
- Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish and Simplified Chinese.
- Schools and organizations: free in Apple School Manager and Apple Business Manager for managed iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.

## On iPhone and iPad

- Presets: save a mix of sounds and volumes with its own name, artwork and accent color, and star your favorites.
- Quick Mix and single sounds: tap sounds on and off like a soundboard, or play one sound on its own, without changing your saved presets.
- Sleep timer: Blankie pauses on its own when the timer ends.
- Lock Screen and Control Center: Now Playing controls, with animated artwork on the iPhone Lock Screen.
- Home Screen widgets: Now Playing, Favorites, Pinned Sound and Quick Mix.
- Siri and Shortcuts: say "Start a preset in Blankie," "Start a sound in Blankie" or "Start a sleep timer in Blankie," or use Blankie's actions in Shortcuts.
- Mix with other audio: play rain or a fireplace underneath music, podcasts or audiobooks.
- Spatial audio: place a preset's sounds around you on headphones, with optional head tracking on compatible AirPods.
- CarPlay: presets, favorites, the sleep timer and a sound mixer on your car's dashboard.
- Works on iPhone Duo, with layouts for each pose.

## Guides

- [Get Started with Blankie](https://blankie.rest/guides/get-started/): play your first sound, build a mix and save it as a preset.
- [Fall Asleep with the Sleep Timer](https://blankie.rest/guides/sleep-timer/): set a timer on iPhone, iPad or Mac so Blankie stops on its own.
- [Control Blankie from Anywhere](https://blankie.rest/guides/control-blankie-anywhere/): widgets, Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, the Lock Screen, Control Center, headphones and CarPlay.
- [Blankie Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac](https://blankie.rest/guides/keyboard-shortcuts-mac/): every shortcut in Blankie for macOS.
- [Quick Mix, Single Sounds and Presets](https://blankie.rest/guides/quick-mix-and-single-sounds/): how the three ways to play sounds fit together.
- [Create and Theme Presets](https://blankie.rest/guides/create-and-manage-presets/): save, edit, theme and favorite your mixes.
- [Play Blankie Alongside Music, Podcasts or Audiobooks](https://blankie.rest/guides/mix-with-other-audio/): run ambient sounds under other audio.
- [Blankie on CarPlay](https://blankie.rest/guides/blankie-carplay/): ambient sounds while you drive.
- [Blankie on iPhone Duo](https://blankie.rest/guides/blankie-iphone-duo/): how Blankie adapts to each pose.
- [Spatial Audio Mixing in Blankie](https://blankie.rest/guides/spatial-audio-mixing/): place sounds around you on headphones.
- [Import Your Own Sounds on iPhone & iPad](https://blankie.rest/guides/import-sounds-iphone-ipad/): add audio from the Files app or iCloud Drive.
- [Turn Voice Memos Into Ambient Sounds](https://blankie.rest/guides/import-voice-memos/): loop your own recordings.
- [Import Your Own Sounds on Mac](https://blankie.rest/guides/import-sounds-mac/): add audio files on macOS.
- [Convert Audio Files for Blankie](https://blankie.rest/guides/convert-audio-files/): convert WMA and other unsupported formats, or pull the audio from a video, so it imports.
- [Custom Sound Settings: Loop, Sound Check & Credits](https://blankie.rest/guides/custom-sound-settings/): looping, fades, music tags, Preset Use Only, loudness matching and credits for imported sounds.
- [Share Presets with Friends](https://blankie.rest/guides/share-presets/): export a preset as a .blankie file.
- [Where to Find Free Ambient Sounds](https://blankie.rest/guides/find-free-ambient-sounds/): legal sources for free sounds and field recordings.
- [Download Sounds from Freesound](https://blankie.rest/guides/download-sounds-from-freesound/): find, download and import Creative Commons sounds from Freesound.org.
- [Record Your Own Ambient Sounds](https://blankie.rest/guides/record-your-own-ambient-sounds/): capture rain, a fireplace or café sounds on your iPhone and loop them in Blankie.
- [Common Sound Licenses, Explained](https://blankie.rest/guides/sound-licenses-explained/): what CC0, CC BY, BY-NC and other licenses mean, and how to track attribution.
- [Can you sell Blankie sound packs?](https://blankie.rest/guides/sell-sound-packs/): which sound licenses allow selling a sound pack and which don't.
- [Looking for Blanket on Mac? Meet Blankie](https://blankie.rest/guides/blanket-for-mac/): Blankie was inspired by the Linux app Blanket.

## Optional

- [Homepage](https://blankie.rest/): what Blankie is, the devices it runs on and how to download it.
- [About Blankie](https://blankie.rest/about/): who makes Blankie and what it stands for.
- [Contact](https://blankie.rest/contact/): feedback, bug reports, press, organizations and translations.
- [FAQ](https://blankie.rest/faq/): devices, installing, offline use, privacy, languages and more.
- [Why is Blankie free?](https://blankie.rest/guides/why-is-blankie-free/): where Blankie came from and why it will never cost anything.
- [Press kit](https://blankie.rest/press/): app description, screenshots and release notes.
- [Blankie 2.0 press release](https://blankie.rest/press/blankie-2-0/): Blankie comes to iPhone and iPad, with CarPlay, custom sounds and a sleep timer.
- [Blankie 2.1 press release](https://blankie.rest/press/blankie-2-1/): widgets, Siri, Shortcuts and iPhone Duo support.
- [Privacy Policy](https://blankie.rest/privacy/)
- [Credits](https://blankie.rest/credits/): the sound recordists, translators and open-source projects behind Blankie.
- [Translation status](https://blankie.rest/i18n/): how complete each of Blankie's languages is, and how to help translate.
- [All guides](https://blankie.rest/guides/)