SonoPhone for Sonos
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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.
What's New
- fixes a crash on iOS 26.1 As always: If anything is not working as you expect don't hesitate to contact support@sonophone.net
Details
- Developer
- Stefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
- Main Category
- Music
- Version
- 1.8.12
- Version Release
- 2025-11-24
- Initial Release
- 2014-02-18
- Size
- 13 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- USD 3.99
- Languages
- DA, NL, EN, DE
- Bundle ID
- de.bluegaspode.SonoPhone
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.42 (235)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-16
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User Reviews
This app is excellent at finding, connecting and controlling my Sonos S1 system. It is also extremely Fast! Overall leaves me wondering why Sonos does not provide this experience with their app. I recently replaced my iPhone and the S1 app would not connect to my Sonos system. After much time debugging, following the, unhelpful, Sonos recommended procedures, I downloaded this app. Within 5 seconds, this app connected, found all system components, services, playlists, etc. Great job!!
Cannot find my Sonos devices. The reason i got the app was to replace the useless sonos app, which also cannot detect them. This app’s suggested fix was to consult the sonos app, so obviously that is useless and this was a waste of $4. And yes, I am connected to my network. Thanks.
most frustrating app i have ever used in my life….the single most important feature is buried god knows where…complete and total failure UX design
Does everything I need without the drama. Thanks, Stefan!
Compared to the Sonos app, this is beyond exceptional. I still don’t understand why Sonos could not have done the same.
I had spent so much time trying to get the two Sonos apps to work! The Sonos S1 app and the Sonos app. They kept having so many issues. I downloaded this app, now it is so easy to run both legacy Sonos devices and new ones. Thank you for this app!
i can finally control my sonos speakers again - no lag, no performance issue - it just works. thank you!
Does not give you additional features than the Sonos app which is saying a lot because the Sonos app is horrible. Hard to say save your money on a 3.99 app but this would qualify.
It just works.
Perhaps it has always been able and I just missed it but I'd rather credit the newly added grouping and finding lost player support for once again renewing my faith in this app and its ability to make Sonos components function better than the official app. I'd earlier given up being able to use my Play:1 without risking my other functioning components to another of the official apps' "bug fix and enhancement" releases. The latest release of SonoPhone lets me not only find them all and re-group them but also independently adjust their volumes while AirPlaying to them. Well done!
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