Comparison

Listento Player vs SonoBus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Listento Player

This application allows users to listen to music. It provides a platform for experiencing audio content. The app is designed for music enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Music playback
  • Audio content experience
  • iOS compatibility
  • Free to use
Features
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Audiomovers LISTENTO iOS player

About

SonoBus

Stream high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio with multiple users over the internet or a local network. Connect for music creation, remote sessions, or podcasts, with options for recording and playback. Supports standalone use or as a plugin with compatible hosts.

Highlights
  • Low-latency peer-to-peer audio streaming
  • Connect multiple users
  • Record and playback audio
  • Standalone app and plugin support
  • Adjustable audio quality
  • Public and private groups
Features
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SonoBus is an easy to use application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network. Simply choose a unique group name (with optional password), and instantly connect multiple people together to make music, remote sessions, podcasts, etc. Easily record the audio from everyone, as well as playback any audio content to the whole group. Public groups are also available, for those interested in connecting to new people. Connects multiple users together across the internet to send and receive audio among all in a group, with fine-grained control over latency, quality and overall mix. Use it on your desktop or in your DAW, or on your mobile device. You can also use it locally on your own LAN to send audio among your devices with low latency. Works as a standalone application. as an AudioUnit v3 plugin with a compatible host app, or via Interapp-Audio. You can connect to others using SonoBus on any of the other platforms it runs on. Easy to setup and use, yet still providing all the details that audio nerds want to see. Audio quality can be instantly adjusted from full uncompressed PCM down through various compressed bitrates using the low-latency Opus codec. SonoBus does NOT use any echo cancellation, or automatic noise reduction in order to maintain the highest audio quality. As a result, if you have a live microphone signal you will need to also use headphones to prevent echos and/or feedback. SonoBus does NOT currently use any encryption for the data communication, so while it is very unlikely that it will be intercepted, please keep that in mind. All audio is sent directly between users peer-to-peer, the connection server is only used so that the users in a group can find each other. For best results, and to achieve the lowest latencies, connect your device with wired ethernet to your router. Little known fact, you can use USB ethernet interfaces with your iOS device using the proper adapter (USB camera connection kit, or natively with USB-C apple devices). It *will* work using WiFi, but the added network jitter and packet loss will require you to use a bigger safety buffer to maintain a quality audio signal, which results in higher latencies, which may or may not be acceptable for your use case.

Screenshots

Listento Player3 screens
SonoBus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SonoBus at 68% against Listento Player's 0%. SonoBus also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SonoBus holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Listento Player's written reviews are positive against 68% of SonoBus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listento Player ships an update every 5 months, SonoBus every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Listento Player versus SonoBus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListento PlayerSonoBus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (16 ratings)4.5 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews67.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1641 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB51 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAudiomoversSonosaurus LLC

Customer experience

Listento Player

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

SonoBus

All ratings41 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.9%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral10.7%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

None

Listento Player

No in-app purchases

None

SonoBus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Listento Player free?
Listento Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SonoBus free?
SonoBus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Listento Player or SonoBus?
SonoBus is rated higher. Listento Player averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while SonoBus averages 4.5 from 41 ratings.
Do Listento Player or SonoBus have ads?
Neither Listento Player nor SonoBus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listento Player or SonoBus?
Listento Player ships an update every 5 months, and SonoBus every 6 weeks. Most recently, Listento Player was updated on June 1, 2026 and SonoBus on September 23, 2026.

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