Brain.fm: Music for the Brain 4+

I discovered this app when I began using a Muse headband to train myself to relax and to calm my active brain. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how quickly I’ve been able to get to a calm state. My ultimate goal was to hear the voice of GOD speaking to me. I know HE is always communicating with us but we have to learn to still and quiet our mind to hear HIS Still Small Voice. When we learn to listen and actually have an experience with HIM, we are truly blessed with an experience that is indescribable. Words cannot begin to describe the euphoric feeling I’ve experienced in feeling the presence of GOD. I wish the whole entire human civilization could experience this peace that “surpasses all understanding”.

I’ve rated this app 5 stars because I have used it for sleep which was very effective and for Focus also. In using the sounds and music, I have been able to tune out the world (with use of headphones) and use the the app as it was intended, i.e. sleep, meditation, focus, etc. I have found it very useful and effective. I highly recommend this app along with using the app to monitor brain waves which gives visual confirmation to the level of calm I experience.

I'm a paid subscriber. Like many other reviewers have mentioned there have been connectivity issues for a while now. I've had issues with downloading at least 25% of the time. I have used it for sleep. It doesn't seem to be super effective, and having earplugs in for hours can be uncomfortable. I have listened to some binaural beats that were more effective. The focus track seem more effective for me, but I have also had good results just focusing with electronic music without headphones and with binaural beats, with headphones. I've only tried the meditation once but it seemed fairly effective. I like that they have both guided and unguided. The app has some bugs, and there are some things that I find confusing that don't seem to be explained. I've submitted a lot of messages through their 'feedback'. Never received a reply. There is no easy way within the app to contact them. There also seems to be no way within the app to cancel my subscription, which I want to do now because it's not working reliably, citing connectivity issues when nothing else is having problems. I think it has potential, but way too many issues for a paid subscription app.

I use brain fm primarily at work when I need to get involved in some deep focus heads down work and tune out all of the activity around me (open office plan with about 50 busy colleagues chatting, moving, and meeting all around me). The focus playlists really do an amazing job of helping to drown out all the noise around me without distracting me like music can. White noise always missed the mark for me, but this is perfect. I’ve also listened to the relax playlists when I’m heading to work or winding down after or preping to go into an upcoming meeting that I know will be stressful. Definitely helps get me in a better headspace. And lastly I use the focus or relax playlists also when reading on my commute to drown out passenger and traffic noises (on bus or train). The one failing is the downloadable function which rarely works to allow you play offline.