SonoPhone for Sonos

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.

Like Sonos itself this app has now become unusable. Stay away!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

This is my first app I’ve ever rated and I’ve been in the App store since it existed. This app works. It’s simple and fast. It is beyond me how the Sonos corporation can’t have a decent app for their expensive gear, but thankfully this individual made one for us. Try it, you won’t regret it and it’s a better use of time than sending angry emails to Sonos support.

Decided to give it a try and do not regret it. Everything worked immediately after it opened first time. Fifth star only after the missing features that would allow me to completely delete the Sonos app are added. Sixth star if everything works for both S2 and S1 devices, including bypassing the grouping limitations imposed by Sonos. If anyone from Sonos is reading this, please know that this app is an example of what works, not what you have to offer still today- Jan25.