Portal - Escape Into Nature

Update: Everything said before still goes! A year (or more?) later and developers still staying true to their customers! And thankyou for update on new sounds coming, I can not wait!!! And thankyou for taking in customer feedback and adding more variety of sounds💛 Previous review: I just wanted to update review since last app update and say again, it was refreshing to see an app devoloper stay consitent, although they switched to a subscription model they did add a way to pay a 1 time fee, and although its more then the $4, still compared to other apps $30 for lifetime is far more reasonable. But most important thing to note is they allowed the users who previously paid the $4 to buy the app to keep the full version along with all the updates, so when you purchase from this devoloper you can be assured you will keep what you paid for regardless of any future changes in the pricing model, and that is hard thing to come by now a days in the apple world, so thankyou! Suggestions: I also would love to see some more light autumn/forest sounds, maybe without birds (or at least light bird sound in distance and spread out a bit) in future, there are lots of water ones wich are great but more like the barley field one (wich is PERFECTLY done!) I would love!

I’ve been waiting to review this app, since I wanted to spend a fair amount of time with it before I did. I remembered that I downloaded this app a while back when it was featured, but never used it. It came in clutch one night when I was at a friend’s house, couldn’t sleep at all, and all I could hear was the extremely loud crickets outside his door. It was not the nature sounds that I needed! Anyway, that night it saved me since I had a huge day the next day and was on a flight all the night before. I put on the fireplace sounds (I’m a sucker for the warm crackle of a fire) and I was OUT. I’ve since used it for everything from focusing on a really important deadline (ADHD is no friend of mine) or to escape when I’m feeling anxious. This app has been a beautifully designed, well curated panacea to many of my life’s ills. It’s tough for me to describe the impact that this simple ambient sounds app has had on my life. But I just want to say thank you to the wonderful humans who made this possible. I also upgraded to the premium version of the app, well worth the $. If you guys have other packs that you release, I would pay more happily. XO, John. Note for the devs: please please please make the place descriptions more accessibility after downloading the portal itself, maybe from the pop up menu where you can change from sleep, focus and escape in the portal itself? I love reading the descriptions, but it’s tough to find later when I’m really enjoying a particular portal since I have to navigate back to the collection to do so.

This app was a game changer for me. I’ve always struggled to go to sleep. I have tried music, sleeping masks, white noise, muscle relaxation, etc. This app was really helpful in transporting me to beautiful, serene locations, putting my mind at ease, and finally allowing me to sink into the depths of unconsciousness at night, It’s soundscapes are beautifully realized visually, with varied, 3D immersive sound. I discovered that some of the soundscapes, especially the barley field and the cloud rainforest, were great aids to helping me write and work without getting distracted. Overall, the app has been a great improvement to my quality of life, which I did not expect initially. I initially got the free version and was really satisfied with the included features, so I upgraded. I have to say the monetization model was really wonderful, encouraging me to support developers without making me feel like I had to pay for a good experience. Recently the app was updated with tons of new sounds from Scotland and Slovenia. It now includes a subscription model, but for the quantity and quality of content, it seems well worth it, especially because it will help the developers flesh out the app even more. On top of that, they gave everyone who had purchased the app free access to everything, which is incredibly generous! I look forward to great new content in the future. Thank you so much!