Better than official app
Just works. Does everything that official Sonos app should be doing. Fast, reliable and rock solid. Kudos to the developer!
SonoPhone for Sonos
Published by:
Stefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
Description
Yes. There's a better way to control your Sonos system.
- Speeds up most common tasks (less taps)
- Cleaner, more stable and fast interface.
- Backward compatibility is king (we support Sonos S1 firmware and also iOS15 devices)
- Manage zones and music sources.
You control your Sonos. Not the other way around.
See the features in action on YouTube (https://youtu.be/aMEuaZPUH58) or read more below.
This application is a third party app and not endorsed by or associated with Sonos, Inc. (which is why it is not free)
◆◆◆ A new, intuitive and concise user interface ◆◆◆
SonoPhone is designed to leverage the latest iOS design principles:
- Tap or drag the player on the top and you'll find the players view to select a new player and with volume controls for all players. From here you can also enter Zone Management, where you can group and ungroup players with drag and drop.
- Tap or drag the Track infos on the bottom and you'll be at the big covers screen
- Drag the main menu from any place to the left or right to have instant access to playlist or shortcuts
- volume + progress popups: when changing volume or progress of a song, you get popups telling you the actual values. Stop guessing your desired values today!
◆◆◆ less taps for common tasks ◆◆◆
SonoPad tries to optimize most often used tasks to have the least taps needed. In the end you are able to navigate and control your players much more fluently.
- Touch To Play: are you sick of always beeing asked what to do when you tap a track or album? SonoPhone defaults to just starting an album or song. A long press still gives you access to all options - you can also change the tap default in the settings menu. Want to build a playlist fast? Just set the default to 'always add to end' and off you go ...
- tap an album cover image and the whole album starts to play immediately
- aggregated search: search results are collapsed into one view, so you see immediately in what category you have the best results, without switching back and forth
- shortcuts to most used functions: drag the main menu to the right to get shortcut buttons for artist, albums, radio and musicservices.
- you can control the volume of every player directly from the player selection screen. No need to switch players anymore.
◆◆◆ S1 and S2 devices in one app ◆◆◆◆
- If you still have old S1 devices, the time of always having to change apps is over. We simply display all existing players in the network in one list. Grouping is unfortunately not possible, this is prevented by Sonos.
◆◆◆ Limitations ◆◆◆
- all music services except YouTube Music are supported
- no support for administrative features (adding/removing players, music service, ...). You need the official Apps for initial setup of your system, SonoPad will pick up all changes automatically.
- no options to set alarms or sleep settings
- no playing of music stored on iPhone
- no support for discontinued WD100 dock
◆◆◆ Other stuff ◆◆◆
- Sonos is registered trademark of Sonos, Inc.
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- Speeds up most common tasks (less taps)
- Cleaner, more stable and fast interface.
- Backward compatibility is king (we support Sonos S1 firmware and also iOS15 devices)
- Manage zones and music sources.
You control your Sonos. Not the other way around.
See the features in action on YouTube (https://youtu.be/aMEuaZPUH58) or read more below.
This application is a third party app and not endorsed by or associated with Sonos, Inc. (which is why it is not free)
◆◆◆ A new, intuitive and concise user interface ◆◆◆
SonoPhone is designed to leverage the latest iOS design principles:
- Tap or drag the player on the top and you'll find the players view to select a new player and with volume controls for all players. From here you can also enter Zone Management, where you can group and ungroup players with drag and drop.
- Tap or drag the Track infos on the bottom and you'll be at the big covers screen
- Drag the main menu from any place to the left or right to have instant access to playlist or shortcuts
- volume + progress popups: when changing volume or progress of a song, you get popups telling you the actual values. Stop guessing your desired values today!
◆◆◆ less taps for common tasks ◆◆◆
SonoPad tries to optimize most often used tasks to have the least taps needed. In the end you are able to navigate and control your players much more fluently.
- Touch To Play: are you sick of always beeing asked what to do when you tap a track or album? SonoPhone defaults to just starting an album or song. A long press still gives you access to all options - you can also change the tap default in the settings menu. Want to build a playlist fast? Just set the default to 'always add to end' and off you go ...
- tap an album cover image and the whole album starts to play immediately
- aggregated search: search results are collapsed into one view, so you see immediately in what category you have the best results, without switching back and forth
- shortcuts to most used functions: drag the main menu to the right to get shortcut buttons for artist, albums, radio and musicservices.
- you can control the volume of every player directly from the player selection screen. No need to switch players anymore.
◆◆◆ S1 and S2 devices in one app ◆◆◆◆
- If you still have old S1 devices, the time of always having to change apps is over. We simply display all existing players in the network in one list. Grouping is unfortunately not possible, this is prevented by Sonos.
◆◆◆ Limitations ◆◆◆
- all music services except YouTube Music are supported
- no support for administrative features (adding/removing players, music service, ...). You need the official Apps for initial setup of your system, SonoPad will pick up all changes automatically.
- no options to set alarms or sleep settings
- no playing of music stored on iPhone
- no support for discontinued WD100 dock
◆◆◆ Other stuff ◆◆◆
- Sonos is registered trademark of Sonos, Inc.
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SonoPhone for Sonos FAQ
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Is SonoPhone for Sonos free?
Yes, SonoPhone for Sonos is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
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User Rating
4 out of 5
3 ratings in Spain
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Okay
Purchased and now deleted. UI a is very unattractive. Boring in fact. Grabbing speakers to combine doesn’t always work despite much trying. Very frustrating. Other negatives also. Good try, but, although the new Sonos app is poor, this one doesn’t improve matters at all. Don’t bother in my opinion.
Wow! Sonos give this man a job!
Found this on a thread from Reddit. I had been doing fine with the app till this past weekend when everything stopped working. Sonos app now showed 2 systems with no way of merging them. Had to reboot every speaker, it took hours. Downloaded SonoPhone and it immediately saw my system, all my music services listed, super intuitive and FAST. Need to use it a bit more, will update to 5 stars if it remains stable.
Stay Away
Like Sonos itself this app has now become unusable. Stay away!
I can use my Sonos system again!
Since the absolute debacle of the S2 app & update, it’s been a constant struggle to use my Sonos system. Even something as simple as pausing the music on the official app is 5-10 seconds of lag. But SonoPhone JUST WORKS, and WORKS FAST. For $4, now i can use my system that cost hundreds. While it might be good for Sonos to hire this guy to fix their app and restore the trust of their customers… they’d probably just screw it up. So please stay independent! THANK YOU to the developer for creating this.
So much faster than the Sonos app
The app for those of us who love Sonos hardware and who are still shell-shocked (in February 2025!) that the native app is still so slow and buggy. There’s one thing missing: if you have Apple Music and hardware capable of lossless and/or Dolby Atmos, the native app will show this in the now playing screen. SonoPhone doesn’t (yet). If that happens, trust me, this is a five star, must have app.
A Light in the Storm
As we Sonos owner/users continue to struggle with an app release that has all of the aerodynamic abilities of a lead zeppelin, the creator of Sonophone continues to update his app to work more efficiently without sacrificing features or leaving some users without functionality. If you aren’t able to add your Sonos music libraries using their iOS app (that was there prior to May ‘24), download and install Sonophone for instant relief. It works. Period.
Works like a charm - Got my Sonos system back to work!
Like many other Sonos users, I was close of losing my mind over the poor Sonos app. Luckily I read about “SonoPhone”. For anyone who has been told the their WiFi is the problem and not the Sonos app. Try this app and enjoy your Sonos system again!
Could be a 5
The app is fantastic…when it works. The app controls consistently disappear and I have no way to control the music. Even if I do a hard reset of the app, the music keeps playing. I don’t understand how that is happening. If the app isn’t open, how is the music playing? The music keeps playing on my Sonos speakers with no way to control it even after deleting the app. When i reinstall the app, the controls are visible and I’m able to control my Sonos system again.
Much better than the official Sonos app.
This app is far superior to the official Sonos app. This app actually works! No delays. No clunky convoluted GUI. It would benefit from a sleep timer however.
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App Info
- Category
- Music
- Languages
- English, Dutch, German, Danish
- Recent release
- 1.8.12 (1 week ago )
- Released on
- Feb 18, 2014 (11 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, India, Japan, Mexico, China, Finland, Chile, Slovenia, Greece, Jamaica, Kenya, Uganda, Nepal, Cayman Islands, Senegal, Peru, Tunisia, Mauritius, Armenia, Iceland, Mali, Uzbekistan, Türkiye, Brazil, Madagascar, Angola, Kuwait, Oman, Israel, Bermuda, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Portugal, Ukraine, Singapore, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Romania, Czechia, Nigeria, Hungary, United Arab Emirates, Namibia, Hong Kong SAR China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Lebanon, Colombia, Ecuador, Latvia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Croatia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Algeria, Argentina, Bulgaria, Egypt, Malta, Lithuania, South Korea, Poland
- Last Updated
- 3 days ago
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