How to use Biaura
Find practical answers about choosing sounds, using headphones, setting session controls and exploring the research.
What is Biaura?
Biaura is an iPhone app with binaural beats, pure tones, colored noise and ambient sounds. Choose a comfortable sound for a listening routine, and use stereo headphones for binaural beats. Noise and ambient sounds also work on speakers.
How is the sound made?
Binaural beats and pure tones are generated on your iPhone. Noise and ambient sounds are recordings. The library brings these sound types together, with one selected sound playing at a time.
How do I actually use it?
Browse beats, noise, tones and ambient sounds. Choose one sound, check the player controls and set a duration that fits your activity. Use stereo headphones for binaural beats; other sound types also work on speakers. Save a preferred setup as a preset when available.
Walk me through a night when I can't sleep.
Choose a comfortable sound for winding down before bed. Use the timer to set when playback ends, and check that the volume and any headphones feel comfortable. In the morning, notice how the routine suited you and adjust the next session.
Walk me through a work block.
Choose the next activity before choosing the sound. Define one small task or a brief pause, then select a comfortable background. Keep the setup simple enough to repeat and adjust it based on your experience.
What if my thoughts will not stop?
A comfortable sound can give your attention somewhere to return when thoughts keep coming back. Notice a simple detail, let your breathing stay natural and return gently when attention wanders.
How can I use background sound with tinnitus?
A gentle background sound can make tinnitus less noticeable for some people. Choose a comfortable texture and level without trying to overpower the ringing. Keep the sound gentle and take a break if listening becomes uncomfortable.
Can I play two sounds at once?
Biaura plays one selected sound at a time. Choose a beat, noise recording, pure tone or ambient recording and keep the setup easy to adjust.
What's the difference between the timer and the carrier?
The timer sets how long the session plays. The carrier is the audible pitch of a pair of tones. Adjusting the carrier changes that pitch, while the difference between the tones determines the binaural beat rate. Check the controls available in your player.
Do I need headphones?
Use stereo headphones for binaural beats so each ear receives its own channel. Room speakers let both ears hear both tones and do not reliably preserve that separation. A phone under a pillow does not solve this. Noise, pure tones and ambient sounds can be played through a speaker.
Does it keep playing when I lock the phone?
Yes. Background play is built in. Set it, lock it, go.
What are binaural beats?
Two tones, one in each ear. Your brain hears the difference as a beat. That's why headphones. Noise, rain, and Clarity don't need that.
Is Biaura free?
Free to download, with optional Premium features. Check the current offer in the app.
What's actually in the app?
Biaura is an iPhone app with binaural beats, pure tones, colored noise and ambient sounds. Choose a comfortable sound for a listening routine, and use stereo headphones for binaural beats. Noise and ambient sounds also work on speakers.
What are presets?
Once a combo feels right (that card, that timer, that carrier), save it to My Presets. Next time you skip the setup.
Why not just use YouTube?
Biaura offers a sound library and player controls in one app. Choose a sound directly, set a timer and save a preferred setup as a preset when available. Pick the tool that fits your routine.
How is this different from Calm or Headspace?
Biaura focuses on choosing and playing sounds, including generated beats and tones, noise recordings and ambient recordings. If you are comparing apps, look at their current catalogs, playback controls and prices, then choose what fits your routine.
Is there research on this?
Studies examine binaural beats and other sounds under specific listening conditions. Participants, comparison sounds, listening duration and outcome measures shape the results. Some studies report changes in sleep, attention or mood, while others find little or no difference. Follow the sources below to see each study’s design and findings.
Which sound should I start with?
Choose the next activity before choosing the sound. Define one small task or a brief pause, then select a comfortable background. Keep the setup simple enough to repeat and adjust it based on your experience.
Can I use it all night?
Biaura supports background playback when the phone is locked. Use the timer to choose when the session ends, keep the volume gentle and check that your listening setup stays comfortable.
Will it work on my iPhone?
Biaura is an iPhone app. Check its App Store listing for the current operating-system requirements and supported devices before downloading.
Who makes it?
VoidWorks Pte. Ltd., Singapore. [email protected]
