Five stations
Rooms, not playlists
Focus for deep work, Rain for storms against the glass, Sleep for soft nights, Chill for lazy afternoons, Groove for jazzy chillhop. Pick the room; the room does the rest.
Lofi for studying and sleeping
A little night room you can carry in your pocket.
Original lofi and chillhop loops, playing endlessly, in five stations. Press play, put the phone down, and let it fade you out when you are done.
Free to listen. Background play, lock-screen controls, a sleep timer.
Now playing Rain
Storms against the glass
- Focus Deep work, warm keys
- Rain Storms against the glass
- Sleep Slow waves for soft nights
- Chill Lazy afternoons, golden light
- Groove Jazzy chillhop rhythms
Five stations, five moods
Pick the room. The room does the rest.
- FocusDeep work, warm keys
- RainStorms against the glass
- SleepSlow waves for soft nights
- ChillLazy afternoons, golden light
- GrooveJazzy chillhop rhythms
How it works
Press play. That is the whole interface.
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Pick a station
Focus, Rain, Sleep, Chill or Groove. Each one is a room with its own mood, and every track in it was made for the app.
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Press play, put the phone down
You join the track mid-stream, like tuning into a radio that never ends. Loops are seamless, so nothing stops or restarts to pull your attention.
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Let it fade you out
Set the sleep timer and the music lowers itself slowly once you are already gone. Lock-screen controls and background play the whole time.
What is in the app
Built to be left alone
Everything about Pocket Lofi is designed so you never have to touch it again once it is playing.
Original music
Every loop was made for this app
Warm tape hiss, soft piano, brushed drums, rain on glass. No licensed playlists, no repeats you recognize from somewhere else.
Sleep timer
A fade-out instead of a cut
Choose how long, and the music lowers itself gradually. You do not wake up to silence, and you do not wake up to a chorus.
Endless
Seamless loops, forever
Every track is built to loop without a seam. Join it mid-stream and leave it running for an hour or a night.
Background play
Lock the phone, keep the room
Full lock-screen controls and background audio, so the music keeps going while you write, read, or sleep.
Favorites
Keep the ones you cannot let go of
Star a loop and it waits for you. Hand-drawn artwork on every track makes the list a shelf, not a spreadsheet.
Guides
Sound, focus and study, explained without the hype
What the research actually says about noise colors, focus music and study techniques, with the studies cited. And a working 25 minute timer for when you just want to start.
- noiseBrown noise vs white noiseWhite noise carries equal power across every audible frequency, so it reads as a bright, even hiss.
- noiseNoise colors explained (white, pink, brown)Noise colors describe how a sound's energy is distributed across frequency.
- noiseBrown noiseBrown noise is broadband sound weighted heavily toward low frequencies, so it comes across as a deep rumble rather than a hiss.
- noisePink noisePink noise contains the full audible range with more power in the lower frequencies, stepping down about 3 decibels per octave.
- noisePink noise vs white noiseWhite noise holds every audible frequency at equal power, so it sounds higher-pitched, like a humming air conditioner.
- noisePink noise for sleepPink noise has several small sleep studies behind it, and the findings are promising rather than settled.
- lofiWhat is lofi?Lofi is a production aesthetic more than a strict genre: downtempo instrumental beats deliberately given the texture of imperfect recording, with vinyl hiss, filtering and soft, rolled-off highs.
- lofiThe lofi aestheticThe lofi aesthetic is deliberate imperfection used as comfort: tape hiss and vinyl crackle added to clean recordings, paired visually with looping hand-drawn scenes of someone working at a desk.
- focusFocus music and ADHDResearch on sound and attention in ADHD is genuinely mixed, and the effect appears to depend on who is listening.
- studyHow to build a study playlistBuild it once, make it instrumental, and make it long enough that it outlasts the session.
- focusHow to enter a flow stateFlow is full absorption in a task, and it is most likely when the challenge matches your skill.
- focusBinaural beats for studyingA binaural beat is an illusion: two slightly different tones, one per ear, that your brain resolves into a third pulsing tone.
- studyActive recallActive recall means retrieving information from memory rather than reviewing it.
- focusDeep workDeep work is Cal Newport's term for focusing without distraction on a cognitively demanding task.
- studySpaced repetitionSpaced repetition means reviewing material at increasing intervals rather than in one block.
Questions
Before you press play
What kind of music is in Pocket Lofi?
Original lofi and chillhop loops made for the app: warm keys, soft piano, brushed drums, tape hiss and rain, arranged into five stations. Nothing is licensed from elsewhere.
Does it play white noise or brown noise?
No. Pocket Lofi plays music. The Rain station is the closest thing to a sound bed, and the guides on this site explain noise colors honestly if that is what you are after.
Can I use it while I sleep?
Yes. The Sleep station is built for it, and the sleep timer fades the music out slowly at a time you choose. Background play keeps it running with the screen locked.
Is it free?
Free to listen, with a taste of every station. Premium unlocks the whole library, as a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Somewhere quiet, whenever you need it.
Free to listen on iPhone. Five stations, endless loops, a sleep timer.
Free to download