Portal transports your mind into the world’s most beautiful natural surroundings to help you stress less, focus better and sleep more.
Through immersive nature sounds, window-like visuals, smart lighting and award-winning design, it guides you into natural environments perfectly suited to deliver life-changing impacts across productivity, mental health and sleep.
Combining 40 years of robust scientific evidence with groundbreaking new research, Portal taps into the transformative powers of the natural world, and puts into practice the latest evidence for how our minds and bodies respond to our surroundings.
Say goodbye to unproductive days, sleepless nights and a cluttered mind, and join millions of nature-lovers escaping noise, stress and distraction in the world’s most beautiful natural environments.
Apple - Editor’s Pick
Apple - Mac App of the Year (finalist)
1m+ downloads
LIFE CHANGING CUSTOMER STORIES
[FOCUS]
The student in Hawaii who needed an escape from the drone of air con, traffic noise and the stress of assignment deadlines.
“It engages your mind in a way that changes how you work and focus. I honestly am not sure I would be keeping all A's if I did not have it.”
[RELAXATION]
The lady who was at a heightened risk of a heart attack, and turned to Portal to help her stay calm and control her erratic heartbeat in the days leading up to her pacemaker fitting.
"This app has literally changed my life - and, no, I don’t usually say this kind of thing.”
[SLEEP]
The mother living in a war zone who turned to Portal to help both herself and her children fall asleep whilst the sound of bombs and shelling can be heard in the distance.
“Thank you for adding peace to the chaos of our world.”
[ADHD]
The tech professional who found Portal could help him better manage his ADHD, enabling him to unlock his professional potential, and be the husband and father he’s always wanted to be.
“I use the iOS version daily. It’s better than any medication, therapy or treatment for my ADHD brain! Makes the yearly subscription the bargain of my life.”
ADDITIONAL USE CASES
Creativity, inspiration, mindfulness, meditation, PTSD, insomnia, maternity & childbirth, baby sounds, tinnitus, pain relief
KEY FEATURES:
- 100+ portals to the most beautiful & peaceful corners of our planet, including Costa Rica, Iceland, St Lucia, Scotland & Slovenia
- Immersive true-to-life Spatial Audio recordings
- Stunning retina-quality ultra high definition motion visuals
- Philips Hue, HomeKit & Nanoleaf smart lighting integration
- Webby award winning design for beautiful aesthetics & experience
- Sunrise wake-up alarm
- Sleep timer
- Simplified pomodoro focus timer
- Meditation & breathing exercises
- Mix Portal audio with your playlists, podcasts, audiobooks & guided meditations
- Offline usage
- Siri Shortcuts
- Family Sharing with up to 5 others
- Absolute Privacy (no 3rd party tracking, targeted ads, or personal data collection)
- Custom built for Apple devices
PRICING & TERMS
Portal Free: access to 6 portals. No subscription or trial required.
Portal Premium: unlimited access to regularly updated library of 100+ portals, smart lighting integration & dynamic spatial audio. Monthly subscription, Annual subscription (with free 7 day trial), or Lifetime (one-0ff) purchase required. Subscriptions include full access to our Mac app.
OTHER NOTES
Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off in your App Store account at least 24 hours before the end of your trial or membership
Dynamic (head-tracked) Spatial Audio requires compatible headphones that support head-tracking (AirPods (3rd/4th Gen), Airpods Pro, AirPods Max, Beats Fit Pro)
Terms of Use: portal.app/terms
Privacy Policy: portal.app/privacy
Need to get away—or just focus? Portal immerses you in 3D audio from incredible locations around the globe. On iOS, tap for full-screen visuals (and the prettiest clock you’ve ever seen); on Mac, click to transform your desktop into gorgeous 4K video. Bonus: Pair compatible AirPods to experience it all in Spatial Audio.
Incredible for Sleep and Getting Work Done
QuantumElectron
This app was a game changer for me. I’ve always struggled to go to sleep. I have tried music, sleeping masks, white noise, muscle relaxation, etc. This app was really helpful in transporting me to beautiful, serene locations, putting my mind at ease, and finally allowing me to sink into the depths of unconsciousness at night, It’s soundscapes are beautifully realized visually, with varied, 3D immersive sound. I discovered that some of the soundscapes, especially the barley field and the cloud rainforest, were great aids to helping me write and work without getting distracted. Overall, the app has been a great improvement to my quality of life, which I did not expect initially.I initially got the free version and was really satisfied with the included features, so I upgraded. I have to say the monetization model was really wonderful, encouraging me to support developers without making me feel like I had to pay for a good experience. Recently the app was updated with tons of new sounds from Scotland and Slovenia. It now includes a subscription model, but for the quantity and quality of content, it seems well worth it, especially because it will help the developers flesh out the app even more. On top of that, they gave everyone who had purchased the app free access to everything, which is incredibly generous! I look forward to great new content in the future. Thank you so much!
Developer Response
Hi Quantumlightgamer06, thank you so much for sharing your Portal experience and not least your incredibly kind words. Knowing that Portal has helped improve the quality of your life has put the biggest smiles on our faces - it's a goal that we hoped and dreamed Portal would achieve when we first launched and remains our driving ambition going forward! Thank you for your feedback and for being one of our early paid adopters, without your trust, support and encouragement during those early days it's unlikely we would have been able to grow Portal to where we are to-date. We hope you enjoy escaping to the beautiful Slovenian Alps and the Scottish Highlands, as well as a lifetime of escapes around the world to come! Nick.
I’ve been waiting....
99Solutions
I’ve been waiting to review this app, since I wanted to spend a fair amount of time with it before I did. I remembered that I downloaded this app a while back when it was featured, but never used it. It came in clutch one night when I was at a friend’s house, couldn’t sleep at all, and all I could hear was the extremely loud crickets outside his door. It was not the nature sounds that I needed! Anyway, that night it saved me since I had a huge day the next day and was on a flight all the night before. I put on the fireplace sounds (I’m a sucker for the warm crackle of a fire) and I was OUT. I’ve since used it for everything from focusing on a really important deadline (ADHD is no friend of mine) or to escape when I’m feeling anxious. This app has been a beautifully designed, well curated panacea to many of my life’s ills. It’s tough for me to describe the impact that this simple ambient sounds app has had on my life. But I just want to say thank you to the wonderful humans who made this possible. I also upgraded to the premium version of the app, well worth the $. If you guys have other packs that you release, I would pay more happily. XO, John.Note for the devs: please please please make the place descriptions more accessibility after downloading the portal itself, maybe from the pop up menu where you can change from sleep, focus and escape in the portal itself? I love reading the descriptions, but it’s tough to find later when I’m really enjoying a particular portal since I have to navigate back to the collection to do so.
Developer Response
Hi 99Solutions, thank you so much for your incredibly kind words and your insightful and thought provoking feedback. We created Portal with the ambition of starting a venture that made a postive difference in people's lives and in doing so, working on something that we could all be proud of. So it means a great deal to the entire Portal team (just 4 of us) to hear our ambition coming to life through your words and the impact Portal's having in your life - it really does drive and inspire us to do more - thank you! On your point about new collections, we've got some exciting ones lined up and we can't wait to share them - we hope you love them as much as we do! However, please note that for everyone that has an active Portal Membership there won't be any additional charges for any new content we release - so no worries on that front :) We absolutely agree with your suggestion to make the portal descriptions more readiily accessible - the good news is we're currently looking into this, so hopefully this will be something to look forward to sometime in the future! Many thanks for your support and encouragement - it means a lot to us, Nick.
Great app! Great developers!!
LCLMomma1392
Update: Everything said before still goes! A year (or more?) later and developers still staying true to their customers! And thankyou for update on new sounds coming, I can not wait!!! And thankyou for taking in customer feedback and adding more variety of sounds💛 Previous review: I just wanted to update review since last app update and say again, it was refreshing to see an app devoloper stay consitent, although they switched to a subscription model they did add a way to pay a 1 time fee, and although its more then the $4, still compared to other apps $30 for lifetime is far more reasonable. But most important thing to note is they allowed the users who previously paid the $4 to buy the app to keep the full version along with all the updates, so when you purchase from this devoloper you can be assured you will keep what you paid for regardless of any future changes in the pricing model, and that is hard thing to come by now a days in the apple world, so thankyou! Suggestions: I also would love to see some more light autumn/forest sounds, maybe without birds (or at least light bird sound in distance and spread out a bit) in future, there are lots of water ones wich are great but more like the barley field one (wich is PERFECTLY done!) I would love!
Developer Response
Updated reply: 👋 Hi Michelle, so lovely to hear from you! Absolutely delighted to hear that the first batch of St Lu portals have gone down so well :)And we really appreciate your patience with things and sorry about the tease - definitely not our intention. The super exciting news though is the second batch is on its way in the next few weeks along with our new Iceland collection and Spring collection - together these will more than double the number of portals in the Library to over 100 destinations for you to escape to and immerse yourself in. I know I'm biased, but I think they're some of our best yet! So lots to look forward to, which will hopefully make the wait worthwhile. 🤞 you love them when they land.As always, a massive thank you for all your support and enthusiasm for what we do - means a huge amount to us.Previous reply: Hi Michelle, thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback - we're incredibly humbled by your kind words and your support - it really does mean a lot to us :) So pleased that you're a fan of the Devon Spring Barley Field portal - it's one of my favs too! The field happens to be close to where my wife grew up and her parents still live, so it brings back lots of great memories of years gone by. Great suggestions for future content! I'll be sure to add these to our ideas board and we'll keep them in mind as we plan out our content strategy for the year aheads. Thanks again for your support and enthusiasm - it's infectious and motivates us to continually strive to push the envelope and develop Portal in a way that we can be proud of, Nick.
As the leaves turn and the air grows crisp, we’re excited to bring you some fresh updates to complement this season of change. This release includes support for some bright new lights, compatibility with the latest Apple devices, and a helpful notification fix!
*Nanoleaf Blocks Support*
You can now connect Portal to Nanoleaf’s brand-new Blocks, giving you even more ways to light up your space for the ultimate immersive experience.
The folks at Nanoleaf have kindly provided all Portal Premium Members with an exclusive discount. Please head to ‘Lighting Settings’ > ‘Add Connection’ in-app for more details.
*Support for iPhone 16 & AirPods (4th Gen)*
We’ve ensured that Portal is fully optimised for the new iPhone 16 (incl. Plus), iPhone 16 Pro (incl. Max) and AirPods (4th Gen) so you can enjoy Portal seamlessly on all the latest Apple devices.
*Dynamic Island Fix*
We’ve fixed an issue where the timer and alarm notifications were being partially obscured on some devices with a dynamic island. Everything is now crystal clear!
As always, we’re incredibly grateful for your feedback and support. If there’s anything we can do to enhance your experience, please drop us a line at [hello@portal.app](mailto:hello@portal.app). We’d love to hear from you :)
Thanks again,
Andy, Alex, Nick, Stu & Tim - Team Portal.
Version 3.8.3
The developer, Portal Labs Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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