SonoPhone for Sonos app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Stefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
First release : 18 Feb 2014
App size: 21.29 Mb
Yes. Theres 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 iOS12 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 youll 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 youll 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.
Latest reviews of SonoPhone for Sonos app for iPhone and iPad
Prima umgesetzt. Covers z.B. in Retina-Auflösung.
Funktioniert besser als das Original
A decent substitute for the Sonos app, but the iPhone version pales in comparison to the iPad version. Id love to see the music info services features that are so handy on the iPad on the iPhone version. I know screen real estate is smaller but it would be great to have artist bios and other details. I often reach for my iPad to use this apps "big brother," which has a full set of info service links.
This app doesnt do anything the standard Sonos app doesnt, and in fact it is missing a few (relatively insignificant) features, as noted in the description. Where SonoPhone shines, though, is in its interface. It is modern, in the iOS 7 sense, and elegant from an ease of use point of view. Sonos is a great system that, until now, was accessed via an inferior UI. No need to suffer through that anymore. One star is missing for a few small issues that Im confident will be fixed, and that in no way should prevent someone from buying.
The Sonos Controller app is not always a pleasure to use. This app is. This app does 95 percent of what Sonos app does, 100 percent better.