Zen Mode: Nature Sounds
Zachary Perdue Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Zen Mode: Nature Sounds is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Zachary Perdue. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated September 19, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 328 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 19
- 2026 · v1.2.1
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About Zen Mode: Nature Sounds
Close your eyes. Hear more. Listen to birdsong, rain, streams, and waves. Zen Mode brings nature soundscapes to your iPhone, with simple controls to make each one your own. More birds. Less wind. Adjust the sounds in each environment. Turn a layer down, bring another closer in the mix, or listen to just the water. Individual calls vary, with pauses between them. Find your favorite. Explore Forest, Rain Garden, Shoreline, Night Garden, Meadow, Mountain Stream, Campfire, Wetland Dusk, Desert Sunrise, Canyon Dawn, and more. Save your favorite scenes and mixes so they are ready when you return. Sound around you. Individual calls, guide voices, and instruments have positions in space. With compatible AirPods, head tracking keeps these sounds in place as you turn. Share your mix. Send a soundscape link to someone else. They can review your settings and choose to try them in Zen Mode. Listen together. Browse scheduled live sessions and listen with a guide while keeping the background sounds you like. An account and internet connection are required for live sessions. Host from your iPhone. Create your guide profile, plan a session, and host in the app. Use a private sound check before going live, or organize a free in-person gathering. Your guide workspace keeps sessions and your public profile together. Keep listening. Ambient soundscapes work offline and without signing in. Listening continues when you lock your screen. Pause or resume from the app or Lock Screen. Requires iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Head tracking requires compatible AirPods. Ordinary headphones and speakers also support listening.
What’s new
Version 1.2.1 · Updated September 19, 2026
Find the sounds you love with new sound-type filters and a refreshed Custom Mix. - Browse nature scenes by rain, birds, water, fire, snow, and more. - Shape your own soundscape with 15 individual sound controls, and save your favorite mixes. - Enjoy updated nature recordings and more varied wildlife calls. - Improved playback recovery after interruptions and returning to the app. - Fixed taps on the lower sound filters and preserved saved mixes when updating.
App privacy
The developer, Zachary Perdue, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Other User Content
- Other Data: Other Data Types
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zen Mode: Nature Sounds | – | Free | September 19, 2026 | |
| DriftOff — Sleep Sounds | – | Free | May 20, 2026 | Compare |
| Focus & White Noise | – | Free | Apr 6, 2026 | Compare |
| Quietus: Sleep & Focus Sounds | – | Free | Jun 28, 2026 | Compare |
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