SonoPad for Sonos 17+

Best experience on Sonos S1/S2

Stefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Designed for iPad

    • 4.7 • 65 Ratings
    • £3.99

iPad Screenshots

Description

S1 + S2 compatible! Control all devices in just ONE App.
SonoPad is the first full fledged third party alternative Sonos remote control available for your iPad.
It is compatible with iOS12 to support 10 year old Apple devices and with latest iOS versions, also works with current and older Sonos firmware.

Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/QkGSuzPP9dk

Also don't miss my App "SonoPhone" for iPhone!

Read below about
- a new intuitive and elegant User Interface
- integrated browser for fast information retrieval
- less taps for common tasks
- and current limitions (don't skip them ;) )

or come over to my homepage www.sonopad.com 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 elegant user interface ◆◆◆
- SonoPad focusses on the main tasks in its user interface, making it less cluttered and easier to find your way around
- don't hide your covers in a small area, SonoPad give big room to show show your gorgeous covers all the time
- drag and drop zone management
- a classic dark theme
- 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!
- screensaver mode

◆◆◆ integrated browser for fast information retrieval ◆◆◆
- SonoPad knows what you are playing, the web knows even more
- pregenerated links and searches based on your playlist: you are just a tap away from Wikipedia, Lyrics search, Tourdates Search, Last.FM, YouTube, AllMusic, MusicBrainz and many more.

◆◆◆ 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? SonoPads default is to just start to play. A long press still gives you access to all options - you can also change the tap default on the settings screen. 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: on the bottom bar you have shortcut buttons for artist, albums, radio and musicservices. The Radios menu is rearranged so you are only two taps away from your radio favorites from any place.
- you can control the volume of every player directly from the players popup. No need to switch players anymore.

◆◆◆ Limitations ◆◆◆

- all music services except YouTube Music are supported
- No portrait mode on the main screen
- No playing of music stored on iPad
- 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 support for discontinued WD100 dock

◆◆◆ Other stuff ◆◆◆
- you can start SonoPad with the 'sonopad://' URL from other remote Apps. Its also possible to hand over a return URL and a default player to be selected. Read more about it on my blog!
- SonoPad shows artist names when browsing compilations
- Sonos is registered trademark of Sonos, Inc.

What’s New

Version 1.13.28

Thanks a lot for your feedback and bug reports. This version resolves several minor issues:

- on a fresh install it sometimes took 'ages' (ok - maybe a minutes or an app restart) to detect your Sonos boxes. This was due the initial lacking network access rights. Now the app searches right away when it detects that you have given local network access rights, making the first time start much smoother for new users
- there was a bug for Deezer where the "Deezer Flow" and some similar programs didn't start
- switching to TV wasn't visible on Beam 2nd generation and Sonos Port
- in rare situation, the Sonos players could not send their status updates to SonoPhone

As always: If anything is not working as you expect don't hesitate to contact support@sonopad.com

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
65 Ratings

65 Ratings

TheWightGuy ,

Clever, useable, sometimes elegant

I got this app in the hope of replacing the overly complex Sonos App, and so far am impressed, mostly. There is a shallow learning curve before one can successfully add to or delete from playlists using SonoPad. But it is generally more intuitive than the official app. One thing that is took me some time to do was add tracks without accidentally starting them playing. All a matter of touching and holding, in the right place. Like making love to a beautiful woman, as Swiss Tony might’ve said back in the day. (-: Unlike Swiss, I would love for there to be a stop button that is easily reached, but the developer tells me that this is not currently planned in order to ‘keep the interface simple + pragmatic.’

Gromit12 ,

Best third-party option for Sonos speakers

Like many others I find the Sonos May 2024 so-called app 'update' is a disaster.

This app is much nicer and faster than any app ever offered by Sonos.

Sonos hardware is amazing and brilliant, but for some reason their software has always been a bit rubbish. With the v80 'update' it is complete rubbish, removing many features that people use, despite the advance notices saying it wouldn't.

Sonopad has a few things it doesn't (can't?) do (see description) so you'll still need the official app to link speakers (but this app can manipulate groups), to tell the system where your music is on the local network and to do Trueplay, and it doesn't do alarms.

However, for the majority of people who had a working system before the v80 'update' this app brings back the joy of seeing all your local music and gives you full access to your playlists, which apparently are stored in the speakers so are recoverable. For me, the v16 app had flaky access to playlists and v80 'lost' them altogether.

Best £3.99 I've ever spent in the App store!

This Strange Review ,

Much better that Sonos App

Having spent hours faffing about resetting older devices, reinstating, updating them so they work again, having to use two official apps to operate one household system and forgetting which speaker belonged to which app (Sonos what were you thinking?) SonoPad is a Godsend. What a surprise learn that having downloaded SonoPad all my devices, music services, playlists etc were already installed and ready to use. Still getting to know SonoPad but one particular favourite is ability to call up Wikipedia and other sites to get further information, lyrics etc about track and artist been played. Who now needs Roon? Highly recommended to any Sonos user.

App Privacy

The developer, Stefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt), indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • User Content

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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