SonoPhone for Sonos app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Stefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
First release : 18 Feb 2014
App size: 29.23 Mb
Finally there is an improved controller App for Sonos available on your iPhone or iPod Touch! Even still supporting iPod Touch 5th Gen and iPhone 4S!
Watch on YouTube (http://youtu.be/rvp4QinakL0) or
read below about
- a new intuitive and concise user interface
- less taps for common tasks
- home automation integration
- and current limitions (dont skip them ;) )
or come over to my homepage www.sonophone.net with much more information and screenshots available.
This application is not endorsed by or associated with Sonos, Inc. (which is why it is not free)
◆◆◆ a new intuitiv 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.
◆◆◆ home automation integration ◆◆◆
- you can start SonoPhone with the sonophone:// URL from other remote Apps. Its also possible to hand over a return URL, then a new icon is displayed to return to the automation App.
Further option include to select a default player or default menu, you can read more about all option on my homepage sonophone.net
◆◆◆ Limitations ◆◆◆
- all music services except Google Music are supported
- no playing of music stored on iPhone yet
- no options to set alarms or sleep settings
- 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.