How Hum compares with other focus music apps
Four well-known apps, one table. Hum is wordless music for focus and sleep, and it ticks every row below.
Every app, feature by feature
| Feature | Hum | Brain.fm | Endel | focus.music | Noisli |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hear the real sound with no account or email | Yes | Not found | Not found | Yes | Yes |
| A reason and the strength of the evidence for each setting | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| A coach that reads your own ratings | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| A pulse you can set by hand, with the rate shown in Hz | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Music written live as it plays | Yes | Not found | Yes | Not found | Not found |
| Nature sounds and noise you can mix yourself | Yes | Yes | Not found | Not found | Yes |
| Focus, relax, meditate and sleep in one place | Yes | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| In English, French, German, Spanish and Italian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not found | Not found |
| Money back within 14 days even after listening, on monthly and yearly | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Cancel from your own account | Yes | Yes | Not found | Yes | Yes |
| No analytics, ad or third-party scripts | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Price | $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year, with $1 for your first 14 days | $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, with a free trial | App Store: $2.99 to $19.99 for a month, $34.99 to $119.99 for 12 months, and a free Classic mode | $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial | Free plan with limits, and Pro at €8 a month billed yearly |
Compare them one by one
Questions
Which focus music app should I choose?
It depends on what you want. Brain.fm and Endel have their own mobile apps, focus.music costs less, and Noisli has a free plan for background sound. Choose Hum if you want a reason for each setting, a pulse you control and a coach that reads your own ratings, and hear it free before you decide.
Will Hum help me focus or sleep?
That’s what it’s built for, and you can judge it by ear before you pay. Its settings draw on research into music, noise and breathing, and the science page has the numbers. Then test it on yourself: Hum’s blind test plays your next 16 focus sessions with the pulse or without it, in an order it keeps from you, and shows you how the two compared.
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