# Sooloos — Control for iPhone and iPad

> Wireless controller for Meridian Sooloos digital media systems. (iPhone/iPad app by MERIDIAN AUDIO LIMITED.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sooloos/id348003289 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MERIDIAN AUDIO LIMITED](https://appshunter.io/developer/1580394368)
- Category: Music
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 23 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2010-03-06
- Data updated: 2026-07-16
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sooloos/id348003289/reviews.md

## What is Sooloos?

Get the most out of your Meridian Sooloos system by using your iPhone™, iPad™ or iPod® Touch as a rich wireless controller. The Sooloos app lets you take full advantage of Meridian's award-winning Sooloos digital media system to store, manage, browse, and play the highest quality audio in multiple zones around your home.

NOTE: This app requires a Sooloos digital media system running version 2.368 or later, however 2.535 or later is recommended. To learn more about Sooloos products, visit the Meridian web site at http://www.meridian-audio.com/

The Sooloos app from Meridian connects to your WiFi network, locates your Sooloos system and connects to it automatically... no configuration is necessary. Once connected, you can browse your music and control all aspects of playback in all your system's zones.

Sooloos offers you many ways to explore your music collection: browse by artist, genre, release date, import date, or using tags you create yourself. Control how you listen to your playlists using shuffle, loop, and the unique Swim mode, which uses your preferences to select music for you.

Quick search allows you to enter text using the on-screen keyboard, and displays album and track results as you type.

Play different music in each room of your home, or link zones to play the same music in multiple rooms. Use transport and seek to control playback in each of your zones independently. Control the volume of the outputs of your Sooloos system, or even your Meridian processor or DSP loudspeakers directly.

Create or load playlists, then edit and save them right from your iPhone™, iPad™ or iPod® Touch.

Using the built in Focus feature, you can create custom tailored music collections -- like "Hard Rock from the 1970's", "Top-rated Post-Bop Jazz", or "Most-played albums featuring Yo-Yo Ma" -- and recall them at a touch from the Sooloos app.

FEATURES on iPhone™ and iPod® Touch:
- WiFi auto-discovery
- Transport control
- Volume and mute controls
- View full-screen cover art for current track
- Control multiple zone playback
- Browse by artist, genre, release date, import date, tags
- Shuffle, Loop, and Seek
- Swim chooses music for you
- Quick Search using on-screen keyboard
- Create, Load, Edit, and Save playlists
- Browse Focuses created on your Sooloos system
- Switch sources in Meridian Integrated Zones, and power up/down the Zone.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES on iPad™:
- Graphical browser featuring album cover-art with the ability to focus on albums and view their metadata
- Select and Edit mode allowing editing of tags, genres and the creation of album sets
- Internet radio channel browser
- Transfer play queues between zones
- Manage streaming accounts
- Display notification messages from the Sooloos Core.

## Key features

- Wireless music control
- Multi-zone playback
- Browse by artist, genre, date, tags
- Playlist creation and editing
- Quick music search
- Custom music collections (Focuses)
- Volume and mute controls

## Recent user reviews (10 of 23)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sooloos/id348003289/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Great App, but...

*2019-06-08, version 2.107*

Tidal intergration needs an update.
When searching for an Album you see all different versions, but not why they differ. Usually it‘s streaming quality (bitrate) and it‘s impossible to pick the album with highest quality (e.g. Master) by choice. 
Please put bitrate next to Album name and its perfect!
Thank you.

### 4/5 — Tidal integration

*2019-04-12, version 2.107*

It‘s a really good stuff, but the tidal integration does not works as fine as I would expect! The metadata as shown in the tidal app, would not always be transferred to sooloos. Often the sound stops, when choosing the next track.
There is special bug: it is not possible to start the track "Now that we found love“ from the band "Third World“ on their album "Journey to Addis“.

### 4/5 — Funktionalität

*2017-09-24, version 2.106*

Funktioniert unter unter dem neuersten IOS nicht mehr

### 4/5 — Almost where the Control 15/Touch PC interface is

*2016-02-08, version 2.106*

There is a difference in sorting by artist where the iPad app is top to bottom and the Control 15 is left to right.  Other than that it is terrific!

### 2/5 — SWIM Focus & Play Time Tracker issues

*2015-11-21, version 2.105*

The extremely poor quality control is very frustrating. The latest update fixed the latest iPad bugs but broke the iPhone version:
New Bugs:
1. Under “Swim”/“Common Focus”: Current Focus & All Album tabs were removed (iPhone)
2. Album Cover Screen: The round dot for Play Time tracker is stuck, & cannot turn tracker on/off by touching the Album Cover (iPhone)
3. Under Tidal, My Library / My Playlist: Can only display first 20 tracks, “More” refresh not working (iPad and iPhone)

Improvements Needed:
1. Under  “Swim”: “Saved Focus” are not in alphabetical order (both iPad & iPhone)
2. Under “My Library”: “Saved Focus” are not listed in alphabetical order (iPhone)
3. Tidal: can only display 20 items, have to refresh constantly; & no alphabetical sub-groups
4. Track quality is not displayed for TunIn Radio
5. High resolution tracks are only shown as “High Res” without sampling & resolution info
6. No native 192/24 & higher PCM and DSD supports
7. No remote access to library on iOS Apps when traveling

### 5/5 — Graphical rich and beautiful interface

*2015-07-10, version 2.104*

Best digital music system out there - Simply stunning with its Focus and Swim abilities, not to mention the audio quality is on another level!
Keep up the good work.

### 1/5 — The current version for iPad 0-Stars

*2015-05-17, version 2.103*

Just what is wrong with the developers? The prior version of this app for the iPad, though not perfect was far better than this enlarged version of the phone app.

We spent a lot of money on the hardware, why not reward us with an awesome app? After all, did Meridian not tease us with its promise of a great interface? This app is a far cry from a great interface!

Let's try a bit to produce a quality app and put back in the album art!

### 3/5 — Thanks but

*2014-12-11, version 2.102*

I am a sooloos user with iPhone6 iOS 8.1.2 as a controller.
It works well without freezing thanks for your effort.
One thing I regret is the picture of an album art ratio isn't proper with this updated app.

### 1/5 — Never connects first time

*2014-02-26, version 2.101*

I always have to select 'search again' after It fails to find the system core , same on the iPad too.

### 5/5 — What a great app for an a amazing product!

*2013-01-26, version 2.101*

I have been using this application for about a year now and am still fascinated by it. It's a total winner for Meridian and works well in conjugation with the iPad version and ControlPC and ControlMac. Tip: For best performance use your iPhone5 with 5GHz Wi-Fi.

## Frequently asked questions about Sooloos

### What is Sooloos?

Sooloos is a wireless controller app designed for Meridian Sooloos digital media systems. It allows users to manage, browse, and play music from their Sooloos system using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

### What are the system requirements for Sooloos?

This app requires a Sooloos digital media system running version 2.368 or later, with version 2.535 or later being recommended for optimal performance.

### Does Sooloos have ads?

No, Sooloos is an ad-free application, providing an uninterrupted music control experience.

### How does Sooloos handle music browsing and playback?

Sooloos offers multiple ways to explore your music, including browsing by artist, genre, release date, import date, or custom tags. It also features shuffle, loop, and a unique 'Swim' mode that selects music based on your preferences.

### Can Sooloos control music in different rooms?

Yes, Sooloos allows you to play different music in each room or link zones to play the same music simultaneously across multiple rooms. You can independently control playback and volume for each zone.

### What is the 'Focus' feature in Sooloos?

The Focus feature allows you to create custom music collections based on specific criteria, such as genre and decade, or even by favorite artists. These tailored collections can be easily recalled and played from the app.

### Is Sooloos available on Android devices?

Based on the provided information, Sooloos is designed for Apple devices, specifically iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. There is no mention of Android compatibility.

### How often is Sooloos updated?

The latest version of Sooloos is 2.107, which was last updated on October 18, 2017. This indicates that updates may not be very frequent.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.107 — 2017-10-18

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

* Adding “MQA” as a focus option to: Focus -> Album Info -> Quality.
* Re-design of the Zone-Linking Interface to match that of the Touch:PC and Control 15.
* The ability to add and manage streaming accounts, such as TIDAL, from within the app and display notification / messages from the Sooloos Core.
* The ability to switch sources in Meridian Integrated Zones.
* Ability to power down and power up a Meridian Integrated Zone.

### 2.106 — 2016-01-11

Bug fixes

### 2.105 — 2015-11-16

- Re-work of the code architecture for 64-bit platform support
- Added track quality information to the "Now Playing" screens (iPad only)
- Fixes for UI bugs introduced with iOS 9
- Fix for focus failing to update when focusing by Composer
- Fix for changes to the album key not being reflected on the album browser

### 2.104 — 2015-06-22

The user interface when running on iPad™ has been enhanced.  Highlights include: 

- Album and internet radio channel browsers have been added with the ability to Focus on albums and view their metadata
- Updated layout of the Explore and Queue functions
- Bulk editing of tags and genres plus the ability to manage album sets
- Updated layout of Volume, Mute and Transport controls
- Improved management of Zones, Zone Linking and the ability to transfer play queues between Zones
- Fast app switching

### 2.103 — 2015-03-23

Fixed aspect ratio of cover art on some devices
Miscellaneous bug fixes

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