# Lyd - Sonos Control & Widgets — user reviews > 265 indexed App Store user reviews of Lyd by App Lane OU, rated 4.40/5 from 350 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lyd-sonos-control-and-widgets/id1451243766/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lyd-sonos-control-and-widgets/id1451243766.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 271 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of Lyd? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Seamless Sonos control - 👍 Intuitive and easy to use - 🔒 Reliable and stable - 💡 Convenient Apple Watch integration - 🚀 Fast and responsive - 👍 Excellent value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues - 🔋 Drains Apple Watch battery - 🔒 Requires Sonos account login **Commonly reported bugs** - App sometimes loses connection to Sonos - Complication disappears after updates **Most requested features** - Ability to control volume directly from the app - Support for more Sonos features like creating playlists - Interactive widgets for iPhone ## Newest reviews (17 of 265) ### 5/5 — V5 is amazing *2026-01-09, version 5.0.0* With the recent update to V5 this app is exactly what I’m after for Sonos. It has live activities, watch control, and even widgets. In other words it’s everything you need to manage your playback quickly with the most common needs (music controls and information) met. Congratulations to the developer on a great app! I’m looking forward to checking the Mac integration soon. ### 5/5 — LOCK SCREEN! *2026-01-07, version 5.0.0* First off excellent app for Apple watch and now iPhone LOCK screen🔥 Finally a simple and effective lock screen control that makes listening to Sonos so much more enjoyable on multiple devices Keep up the fantastic work teem Lyd!! ### 5/5 — Must Have for Sonos Users *2025-12-29, version 4.3.0* I love this app. It’s a must own if you have a Sonos system in your house. Controlling my music without being tied to my phone is a great luxury. Also, I may use the feature allowing me to send voice notes to individual rooms more than any other part of the app—it’s great. ### 5/5 — Apple Watch *2025-12-27, version 4.3.0* I’ve used this app for the watch for about 2 years now. Well worth the purchase price. Very intuitive controls and rarely has any problems. You can change music, volume, groups, everything you could want. I really wish the Sonos app itself was this good! I have had to re log in once or twice but Id bet that’s a Sonos issue. ### 5/5 — Love it but Complication Lost? *2025-12-12, version 4.2.1* Love running two different houses from my Apple Ultra 2. Been working great for a year! Suddenly though the LYD complication has disappeared from my watch face and I can’t get it back. Any tricks? ### 5/5 — Innovative, and Simple *2025-12-07, version 4.2.1* What wonderful technology this is, and it works EXACTLY as advertised, and SO simple to use!! The team behind this technology have done a wonderful job of developing something so intuitive and free of complications - it’s so simple with a great interface! ### 4/5 — Great watch app. Gives me control while in the Pool! Needs iPhone live activities! *2025-12-04, version 4.2.0* Love this app. I use it to control my music from the pool. Works great, reliable and simple. The only thing that would be better would be finding a way to show the currently playing music as a live activity on iPhone lock screen and in Dynamic Island! ### 5/5 — So much easier *2025-11-06, version 4.1.2* I’ve been using this app for over a year and is so much easier to control music and volume than the default Sonos app on your phone as you can’t use the volume buttons on your phone and have to open the app every time. ### 5/5 — Funktioniert eigentlich ganz gut *2025-10-29* Seid einiger Zeit, habe ich leider das Problem, das die Uhr mir anzeigt, das die kostenlose Version abgelaufen ist und ich bei kaufen soll. Wenn ich dann am iPhone bin, wird mir angezeigt das alles okay ist und das die watch verbunden ist. Das ist ja aber nicht so. Und Zweck. Denn ich will ja mein System über die Uhr bedienen und nicht übers Handy. Habt ihr eigen Tipp? ### 5/5 — Great for the pool *2025-10-28, version 4.1.2* I love the app because I can control the music from the pool / yard without my phone ### 2/5 — Been solid for 5yrs..until today *2025-10-23, version 4.1.1* Took the update today. Lost the watch face complication. ### 5/5 — A great way to control Sonos *2025-10-11, version 4.1.0* This should be out of the box with the Sonos app, but it’s not and they probably wouldn’t do it this well anyways. Absolutely love being able to control the Sonos when I don’t have my phone (honestly, 95% of the time, it’s when I’m in the shower.) ### 2/5 — Sonos ace ? *2025-08-26* J’ai acheter l’appli pensant que j aurais pu connecter mon casque sonos ace, malheureusement je ne peut pas **Developer response:** Merci pour votre retour. L'application fonctionne via internet (Sonos Cloud) ou le réseau local, et non via Bluetooth. Je mettrai à jour l'avis. Merci pour votre remarque et désolé pour la déception. Cordialement, Dominik ### 5/5 — Lyd? *2025-08-24, version 4.0.1* Lyd. ### 5/5 — Works! *2025-08-16, version 4.0.1* puts Sonos and Spotify apps to shame ### 5/5 — Works perfectly *2025-08-10, version 4.0.1* Very handle app. Worth $3? Sure! ### 5/5 — Great watch app. Gives me control while in the Pool! *2025-08-01, version 4.0.1* Love this app. I use it to control my music from the pool. Works great, reliable and simple. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 1 day, not 24 day free period *2026-04-06, version 5.2.0* The supposed 14 day free trial expired after 24hrs. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-04-03, version 5.2.0* I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times and nothing works. What’s odd is when I had the trial version it worked just fine, since I’ve paid for the app it’s been totally useless ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-03-01, version 5.1.0* App has never worked or installed properly no matter how many times we have tried. We have uninstalled, reinstalled, tried contacting customer support but never a response. Wasted my money. ### 1/5 — WHAT HAPPENED...?? *2025-02-01, version 3.2* Used to be brilliant. Now it takes forever to connect. iPhone 15 Pro/Vodafone Ultra Pro High Speed hub, all wasted because the app is still in 2017!! ### 1/5 — Impossible en mode famille? *2024-06-29* Ma fille a une I Watch en mode famille relié à mon iPhone. Je n’ai pas réussi à faire fonctionner l’app. J’ai donc payé pour rien… **Developer response:** Bonjour, Pour utiliser l‘appli dans un iPhone, vous pouvez ouvrir l’appli chez le Watch de votre fille. Après, scroller en dessous et cliquer, voir QR code. Scanner le QR code avec votre iPhone et compléter le Login avec votre nom d’utilisateur et mot de passe. Cordialement, Alexander Heinrich ### 1/5 — Used to work Great *2024-04-06, version 3.1.1* Only get the forever spinning wheel on my AW. No matter how many times I reboot the Watch and the iPhone. Everything is up to date. Shame, because I used it a lot. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work properly 😔 *2024-01-05, version 3.1.1* It doesn't control anything - just turn itself off- doesn't worry ### 1/5 — App Does Not Install *2023-05-14, version 2.4.5* When I try to set up on iPhone, I get an error that Safari can' open the page because the server can't be found. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy this. It doesn’t work *2023-05-12, version 2.4.5* Installed this app thinking this would be awesome. Once installed and opened it crashes and doesn’t work. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it did t work. I’m running all the most current versions of iOS. Don’t purchase. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2023-01-19, version 2.4.4* The app is not opening on my Apple Watch anymore. Someone needs to look at this and get it fixed. Thank you ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Apple Watch’s killer app *2026-07-28, version 5.6.0* If you have Sonos, the Lyd app on its own justifies buying an Apple Watch. It’s my killer watch app, the one I rely on most, the one I’d miss most. Sonos + Lyd is the perfect pairing. ### 5/5 — Absolutely Brilliant *2026-07-04, version 5.4.0* I use this app all the time, and find it so useful. I’ve never had a problem with it, and it controls my Sonos system reliably from my Apple Watch. ### 5/5 — Thank you *2026-04-05, version 5.2.0* I just updated the app for my watch. To my surprise I now have a widget on my home screen to control Sonos! Thank you, thank you, thank you! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-03-27, version 5.2.0* Although this doesn’t have the full music library integration of the official Sonos app it is still better than the official app in every way. Want a widget on your Home Screen that tells you what is playing? It’s got that. Want to change volume with your phone’s volume control? Yup that too plus a watch widget. Very well worth the money. ### 5/5 — Almost 100% standalone for Apple Watch *2026-03-14, version 5.1.2* This is a very very good app set up is very quick. The phone is just needed to initially set up the Apple Watch, but after that, it is a very good. ### 5/5 — Super *2026-03-13* Je peux faire plus de chose que sur l’appli sonos, piloter mes enceintes depuis mon Apple Watch et choisir des stations de radio que je ne peut pas programmer avec l’appli Sonos 👌 ### 5/5 — Easy Sonos control *2026-02-15, version 5.0.3* Lyd is awesome. It fills in the gaps of what the Sonos app is missing. Lets you control your system from your watch or the lock screen on your iPhone. ### 5/5 — A must for Sonos users *2026-01-26, version 5.0.1* Love this app and its Mac OS counterpart. Control your system right from your lock screen. I even have it set up on my Apple Watch. ### 5/5 — Awesome!!! *2026-01-16, version 5.0.1* Best app for Sonos 🚀🚀👌 ### 5/5 — The Perfect App for Sonos *2026-01-11, version 5.0.0* This app is allows “now playing” display and controls on iPhone lock screen, Apple Watch, and Desktop/Laptop… all in one simple and inexpensive package. It is incredibly simple to install, and took less than a minute to both install and use. Quite honest, at $7 for lifetime use, it’s a steal. Knowing its functionality, I would have paid 10 times the price. I have multiple Sonos installations in different homes, and it automatically found and installed all of them! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*