Sleep timer
Fan noise with a sleep timer
Fan Noise’s sleep timer stops the fan for you. Choose 15 minutes to 8 hours, a time of your own or All night, then how it fades out: quick (10 seconds), gentle (45 seconds) or slow (3 minutes). The sound eases away instead of cutting off, the timer keeps counting with the screen off, and all of it is free.
The sleep timer at a glance
| Lengths | 15 minutes to 8 hours, or a time of your own in hours and minutes |
|---|---|
| All night | Plays until you turn it off |
| Fade-out | Quick (10 s), gentle (45 s) or slow (3 min). Gentle unless you choose another |
| While it runs | Shows the time left and when the sound stops. Change the time, or turn the timer off |
| Screen off | Keeps counting with your phone locked, and the sound stops on time |
| In The Fan look | A timer dial on the control plate, from 15 minutes to 8 hours |
| Free? | Yes. Every length, All night and all three fade-outs |
| Devices | iPhone and iPad (iOS 15 or later) and Android phones and tablets (Android 7.0 or later) |
How to set it
- Start a fan, or white or brown noise, and open the sleep timer. In The Fan look, turn the timer dial on the control plate.
- Pick a length from 15 minutes to 8 hours, a time of your own, or All night.
- Choose the fade-out: quick (10 seconds), gentle (45 seconds) or slow (3 minutes).
- Lock your phone. When the time is up, the sound eases away and the fan stops.
All night, or until you’re asleep?
If noises wake you later in the night, choose All night, and the fan plays until you turn it off in the morning. If you only need it to fall asleep, a timer lets the room go quiet once you’re out.
A fade, not a click
When the time is up, the sound doesn’t cut off. Fan Noise lowers it over the fade you chose, 10 seconds, 45 seconds or 3 minutes, and then the motor stops.
Even with the screen off
The timer runs with your phone locked, and if the phone holds the app back in the night, the sound still stops on time. Read more about fan noise with the screen off, or pick a fan on the Fan Noise home page.
Questions, answered.
- Is there a fan noise app with a sleep timer?
- Yes. Fan Noise plays nine fans and white and brown noise with a free sleep timer: 15 minutes to 8 hours, a time of your own or all night, with a quick (10 seconds), gentle (45 seconds) or slow (3 minutes) fade-out. It works with the screen off, on iPhone, iPad and Android.
- Does the sound stop suddenly when the timer ends?
- No. It fades out over the time you choose: quick (10 seconds), gentle (45 seconds) or slow (3 minutes). Gentle is the one it uses unless you choose another.
- Can I play fan noise all night?
- Yes. Choose All night and the fan plays until you turn it off. It keeps going with the screen off, and if you leave the app open, night mode dims the screen.
- Does the sleep timer cost anything?
- No. Every length, All night and all three fade-outs are free, with ads. Fan Noise Plus adds 46 more sleep sounds, the mixer, saved mixes and no ads.