What is the best rain sound app for iPhone?

Rain Sounds HQ: sleep aid, S tier, ranked #1 of 24, rated 4.8 by 27,574 people.

Which rain sound apps are free?

24 of 24 are free to download: Rain Sounds HQ: sleep aid (S), Rain Sounds - Sleep Better (A), Raindrops: Rain Sounds BGM (A), Rain Sounds HQ : Rainy Mood (A) and more. 13 of them sell in-app purchases. 8 report no in-app purchases.

Which rain sound app has the best App Store rating?

Rain Rain Sleep Sounds at 4.8 from 137,241 ratings.

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Best Rain Sound Apps for iPhone (2026)

24 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Nature Sounds.

Rain Sounds HQ: sleep aid is the top-ranked of 24 rain sound apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 27,574 ratings.

1
Rain Sounds HQ: sleep aidS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 27,574 ratings · score 95
2
Rain Sounds - Sleep BetterA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,221 ratings · score 90
3
Raindrops: Rain Sounds BGMA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 247 ratings · score 88
4
Rain Sounds HQ : Rainy MoodA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 260 ratings · score 86
5
RainBytes: Offline Rain SoundsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 65 ratings · score 86

What belongs in this list

I want to play realistic rain sounds to relax, block noise or fall asleep.

Not here: A general nature sounds library alone; White noise alone; A sleep timer alone; Ocean or thunder sounds alone; A wallpaper or weather app alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Rain Sounds HQ: sleep aidS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 27,574 ratings · score 95 · best in class
2
Rain Sounds - Sleep BetterA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,221 ratings · score 90 · excellent
3
Raindrops: Rain Sounds BGMA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 247 ratings · score 88 · excellent
4
Rain Sounds HQ : Rainy MoodA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 260 ratings · score 86 · excellent
5
RainBytes: Offline Rain SoundsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 65 ratings · score 86 · excellent
6
Rainfall: Sleep SoundsA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 10 ratings · score 83 · excellent
7
Rain Rain Sleep SoundsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 137,241 ratings · score 75 · good
8
Rain Sounds: Deep SleepB
Free download · ★ 3.5 · 8 ratings · score 75 · good
9
Rain Sounds·B
Free · ★ 4.6 · 121 ratings · score 73 · good
10
Sleepmaker Rain 1C
Free download · ★ 2.6 · 30 ratings · score 70 · situational
11
Rain Sounds - Sleep SoundsC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,775 ratings · score 69 · situational
12
Sleep Sounds White Noise, RainC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 35,565 ratings · score 69 · situational
13
Sleep Sounds ..C
Free · ★ 4.8 · 2,566 ratings · score 66 · situational
14
Rain Sounds - Rain Music,Raining SoundC
Free · ★ 4.6 · 221 ratings · score 63 · situational
15
Rainscapes: the sounds of rainD
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,166 ratings · score 62 · weak
16
Infinite Storm: Rain & SleepD
Free download · ★ 2.6 · 15 ratings · score 62 · weak
17
RainSound: Focus, Relax, SleepD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,167 ratings · score 60 · weak
18
Rain Sounds FREED
Free · ★ 4.4 · 728 ratings · score 59 · weak
19
Just Rain: Sound & Sight RainD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18 ratings · score 58 · weak
20
Just RainD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 177 ratings · score 55 · weak
21
Relax Sounds AppD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 41 ratings · score 55 · weak · provisional
22
Mood: Rain Sounds & ThunderF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 20 ratings · score 52 · avoid
23
Relax Rain sounds - MeditationF
Free · ★ 2.5 · 15 ratings · score 32 · avoid
24
Rain Sounds*F
Free · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 20 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best rain sound app for iPhone?: Rain Sounds HQ: sleep aid, S tier, ranked #1 of 24, rated 4.8 by 27,574 people.
Which rain sound apps are free?: 24 of 24 are free to download: Rain Sounds HQ: sleep aid (S), Rain Sounds - Sleep Better (A), Raindrops: Rain Sounds BGM (A), Rain Sounds HQ : Rainy Mood (A) and more. 13 of them sell in-app purchases. 8 report no in-app purchases.
Which rain sound app has the best App Store rating?: Rain Rain Sleep Sounds at 4.8 from 137,241 ratings.
How many rain sound apps reach S or A tier?: 6 of 24. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.