About the recording
It was recorded indoors, beside an open window, so you hear the rain outside and a little of the room around you.
We compared six clean rain recordings for the app and kept this one because its level changes least from minute to minute and it has no sudden knocks in it. A sound you mean to stop noticing shouldn’t keep catching your attention.
| Recorded by | BonnyOrbit on Freesound, “Rain recorded inside with open window” |
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| Licence | CC0, a public-domain dedication |
| Here | A 60-second loop, crossfaded so it turns without a seam |
| In Lalai | The full 4½-minute recording, with a subscription |
The app has rain on canvas, on a tin roof, a skylight, a porch, an umbrella and leaves, among others.
Pair it with
In the app you can layer up to five sounds and set each one’s level. These go well with rain on a window:
- An open fire. Rain outside and a fire inside: the classic cabin evening.
- Brown noise. A low bed of brown noise fills out the bottom end under the rain.
- Distant storm. The same weather with a storm somewhere far off.
In Lalai’s sleep stories
Lalai’s hour-long stories have their own sounds under the voice. You’ll hear this kind of sound in:
- Tea House in the Rain: fine rain on the tea terraces, then rain on the tiled roof heard from inside
- The Winter Glasshouse: snow on the glass that turns, late in the night, to soft rain
All night, with the screen off
A browser tab usually stops playing when your phone locks or the tab goes to sleep. In the Lalai app, the full 4½-minute recording keeps playing with the screen off and fades out on the timer. You can layer up to five sounds, put slow original music underneath, and keep everything on your phone for nights with no signal.
Free to try for seven nights. Rain on a window comes with a subscription, $24 a year or $3 a month, and new subscribers get seven nights free. The mixer, the timer and a free sound in every category are free for good. No ads, no account, no analytics.
Listening safely
- Start low. Set your device volume low before you press play, and turn it up only as far as you need. The loops here are mastered quietly on purpose.
- Not too close. A phone on the bedside table is closer to your ear than it seems. Avoid falling asleep in earphones at volume.
- Use the timer. It fades the sound out rather than stopping it dead, so the quiet arrives gradually.
Lalai is for relaxation and enjoyment. We don’t claim that this or any sound changes how you sleep, and if poor sleep goes on for weeks, please see a doctor. More on protecting your hearing.
