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Open Settings in the app and choose Restore purchases. Use the Apple Account that bought Pro and make sure your device is online. You can also restore from the Pro screen.

Check the app’s Volume control and your device volume. Confirm where audio is playing; Bluetooth headphones or speakers may still be connected. Pause other audio, then try playing OrangeNoise again.

Check whether the sleep timer has ended or another app has interrupted playback. The iOS app supports background and lock-screen listening. Choose a longer timer when you need a longer session.

Free timers go up to two hours. Pro adds longer durations up to ten hours and an Indefinite option. A new free session starts with a 30-minute timer; choose the duration that works for you.

Slide it sideways to change the value. Slide vertically to scroll the screen. Tap the dial to enter an exact value, then choose Apply.

With Pro, open Presets from the button beside Settings, or through Settings → Presets. There are six sound slots and two separate routine slots. Tap an empty sound slot to save your current sound, or a saved sound to play it. Drag a sound’s handle to move it into your preferred order.

Use its ••• menu to rename, replace, share, import, or clear. Your saved name appears while that sound matches the preset. Volume changes keep the name; changes to the sound’s character return to the sound name until saved again.

Nightly routines are included with Pro. First save the sounds you want to use, then open an empty routine slot in Presets. Name your routine and choose Durations or Clock times.

1. Add time windows to cover your evening, including the first sound.
2. Set each window’s duration or end time. Durations can be entered as hours and minutes, with a five-minute minimum.
3. Drag a saved sound into each window, or tap to choose one. You can use a sound more than once.
4. Choose the crossfade between sounds and a final fade out. The outgoing fade is part of the preceding window, so the whole-night timeline shows the actual duration.
5. Save, review, then explicitly tap Start to begin.

Opening or saving a routine does not start audio. Routines run inside a listening session you start; clock times do not set a background alarm to launch the app later. A running routine continues with the screen locked.

During a transition, the app shows which preset is becoming the next and gently changes the sound color. A Pro App color choice keeps your chosen palette throughout the routine. A running routine keeps the sound settings it started with. Editing a saved sound affects future nights, not the current run.

Use a routine’s ••• menu for Rename, Edit routine, Share routine, Import routine, or Clear. Clearing a routine leaves its sound presets and any currently running night intact.

In Presets, open a saved sound’s ••• menu and choose Share sound, or a routine’s menu and choose Share routine. The .orangenoise file contains the saved settings; complete routines include all the sounds they need.

On the receiving iPhone or iPad, save the file somewhere you can find it, such as Files. In OrangeNoise, use a sound slot’s ••• menu → Import sound, or a routine slot’s menu → Import routine. Empty slots have import menus too.

Review the file, choose where to save its contents, and confirm any replacements. Choosing a slot’s menu does not automatically overwrite it. Identical saved sounds can be reused; imports still use the six sound slots and two routine slots. Pro is required to save imported content.

Importing does not start playback. Use the explicit Listen action after a sound import, or review a routine and tap Start. Replacing a saved sound affects future routine starts; a night already playing keeps its starting sounds.

OrangeNoise files work between iPhone and iPad. Other apps control how shared attachments look; artwork in Messages or Files can vary.

Yes. Night Display is included free. Open Settings → Night display and choose 15 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour, two hours, or All night. Use Auto-Lock is the default.

Choose Normal color or Night red, then set When brightened and When dimmed separately. These levels soften the view relative to your device’s brightness; OrangeNoise does not change system brightness. Choose dimming after 30 seconds, one minute, or five minutes, or Never. The first tap on a dimmed view returns to your brightened level without operating playback or volume controls.

Keep OrangeNoise open in landscape Listen on an awake, unlocked device. Leaving the view or app, or reaching the selected duration, returns to normal appearance and iOS Auto-Lock. Night Display cannot wake a locked device. For a full night, keep the device connected to power.

Display and audio durations are separate. Free audio timers go up to two hours; Pro adds up to ten hours or Indefinite. By default, Night Display finishes when sound stops. Turn off Finish when sound stops to keep the view going for your chosen display duration.

Night Display uses your device’s screen brightness as an estimate of darkness. At low brightness, your chosen night color and levels apply. At higher brightness, normal app colors return without extra shading.

For the best match to changing room light, enable Auto-Brightness in your iPhone or iPad Settings app → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Auto-Brightness. It is a device setting, separate from OrangeNoise. Manual brightness changes also affect when the night appearance activates.

In OrangeNoise Settings → Night display → Night threshold, choose from 10% to 50%; the default is 20%. A higher threshold activates night appearance sooner. If the view stays normal in a dark room, check device brightness and try a higher threshold. The change settles briefly to avoid flickering as brightness moves near the threshold.

It can, while the view is dimmed and OrangeNoise is open. Turn on Brighten when device moves in Night display, then choose Low, Medium, or High sensitivity. High may respond to a light nudge transmitted through a table or stand; use a lower level if nearby vibration brightens it too often.

Movement brightening is optional and off by default. It responds to physical movement of the device, not motion across the room, and cannot wake a locked device. Like a tap, it returns to your chosen brightened level.

App color · Pro. Requires OrangeNoise 2.2.1 or later.

Open Settings → App color. Follow sound is the free default: the app’s appearance follows the sound you select.

With Pro, choose one of 15 single colors—Orange, Amber, Copper, Coral, Rose, Pink, Lavender, Violet, Blue, Sky, Cyan, Teal, Mint, Green, or Pearl—or four color blends: Rainbow, Twilight, Ocean, and Sunset. Your choice applies across visuals, playback controls, and the landscape clock, including when you change sounds or a nightly routine moves to another preset.

Color blends give a visual several complementary colors. Playback controls carry the palette, while labels and the clock use a readable accent. App color does not change your sound or mix noise colors; use the separate Blend controls to change the audio.

Sound tiles, saved-sound markers, and individual Blend dials keep their original sound colors so you can identify them. App color is saved on this device, separate from sound presets and shared OrangeNoise files. Return to Follow sound whenever you prefer the automatic appearance.

Open Settings → Listen visuals. There are four categories: Silk, Light & flow, Atmospheres, and Clouds. Open a category, then tap a type to use it in Listen. Browsing a category does not change your current visual.

Free: Suspended silk, Open cocoon, and Folded light, plus their movement controls. Pro: Aurora veil, Tidal glass, Moonlit water, Opal bloom, Cloud chamber, Cloud tide, Silver lining, Nebula bloom, and Wind clouds, plus those categories’ controls and Aurora glow.

Sound response sets how strongly the visual reacts: Subtle, Balanced, or Expressive. Travel speed controls how quickly it moves across the screen, from Almost still to Fast. Silk, Atmospheres, and Clouds also have a separate Morph speed, from Almost still to Steady, for how quickly the shapes evolve.

Every category remembers its own type and movement. Newly configured categories start with Balanced response and Gentle speeds. Choose Restore balanced defaults to reset the current category’s controls while keeping its type, other categories, and Aurora choice. Existing saved choices are preserved when you update.

In landscape Listen, use the visual chooser on the control bar to change the type without leaving the view. Return to Settings for movement and appearance controls.

Visuals follow the audio generated by OrangeNoise, without using your microphone. They settle when playback stops and respect Reduce Motion. These choices do not change your sound and are not stored in sound presets. Pro’s audio Motion is separate: it changes the sound itself with adjustable speed and depth.

Both require Pro. In Settings → Listen visuals → Clouds, move Clarity from Soft to Clear for a hazier or more defined cloud shape. It applies across all five cloud types, and starts at 50% for a newly configured category. Tap the control to enter an exact percentage.

Wind clouds sends distinct clouds drifting to the right and reshaping as they move. Choose Expressive sound response for stronger deformation, then adjust Travel speed and Morph speed independently.

Aurora glow is a separate switch under Lighting on the main Listen visuals page. It adds light over any visual, including Silk. It follows you when you switch categories; it does not change audio Motion or your sound.

Yes. Open the Blend preview in the app and adjust the five colors before or during a free 60-second preview. Compare Original and My blend to hear the difference. Pro lets you keep listening to the mix and save it.

On iPhone, turn the Listen screen sideways for an immersive view with Play/Stop, Volume, and a visual chooser. Turn upright to reach the other screens and settings. Sounds, Signal, and editors stay in portrait on iPhone. iPad supports the full app layout in portrait and landscape.

Open Settings → Landscape clock under Appearance & display. Choose Small, Medium, or Large. The clock stays at the top right. Small is the default.

The clock appears in landscape Listen and uses your device’s local time and 12/24-hour preference. Its color follows your sound, and it stays in front while the visual flows behind it. It also follows your Pro App color choice. Clock preferences are included free and do not change saved sounds.

Both are included free. Look for the action named Start or Stop OrangeNoise. It starts the current sound when playback is stopped, and stops it when it is playing.

Control Center: On iOS or iPadOS 18 and later, open Control Center, enter edit mode, and choose Add a Control. Search for OrangeNoise and add its control. On iPhone, you can also choose this control when customizing the bottom controls on your Lock Screen.

Shortcuts: Create or edit a shortcut in Apple’s Shortcuts app. Search for OrangeNoise in the action list, then add Start or Stop OrangeNoise. You can combine it with other actions in your shortcut.

The action toggles playback; it does not select a preset or start a nightly routine. Configure your sound in OrangeNoise first. Pro is still required for Pro sound features.

Signal shows the audio generated inside the app. It does not listen through your microphone or measure the loudness of your room. Signal is included with Pro.