Sonos S1 Controller vs TMSQR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonos S1 Controller
Manage your older Sonos systems with ease. This app allows you to control volume, group rooms, set alarms, and stream from your favorite services. Enjoy thousands of free stations with Sonos Radio.
- Control older Sonos products
- Adjust volume
- Group rooms
- Save favorites
- Set alarms
- Stream from services
- Listen to Sonos Radio
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This app controls systems that include the earliest Sonos products: Zone Players, Play:5 (Gen 1), Bridge, Connect (Gen 1) and Connect:Amp (Gen 1) Easily control your system. Adjust volume levels, group rooms, save favorites, set alarms, and more. Stream from popular services. Connect your streaming services and browse all your music, podcasts, radio, and audiobooks in a single app. Listen to Sonos Radio. Enjoy thousands of stations free on your system, including live radio from around the world, genre stations, artist-curated stations, and original programming from Sonos. If you are a California resident, for more information about our privacy practices, please see: California Privacy Notice: https://www.sonos.com/legal/privacy#legal-privacy-addendum-container
TMSQR
Discover and navigate your favorite music, art, and film festivals with all essential information in one place. Access line-ups, schedules, interactive maps, and personalized notifications to enhance your festival experience.
- Festival app store
- Comprehensive line-up pages
- Timetable options
- Interactive maps
- Push notifications
- Favorite setting
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Hi! We are TMSQR, the one and only app store for festival apps. Since 2015 we have been building state-of-the-art festival apps. Mainly music festivals - electronic, pop, rock, hiphop, jazz, classical, country and everything in between - but also conferences, film, performance, literature, science and art festivals have apps in TMSQR. Download the free app to your smartphone and you're all set for the festival season. The festival apps include everything you need to find your way around, discover and get inspired; extended line-up pages, timetables in various options, an interactive map, info pages, smart push notifications and you can set your favorites and get notified. All your favorite festivals in one great app. For instance Le Guess Who?, Qstock, c/o pop, Roadburn, Into The Great Wide Open, Castlefest, Cheltenham Festivals, Haldern Pop, Horst, Rewire, MENT, Waves Vienna, SHIP, Supersonic’s Block Party, Big Ears, Sonic Acts, C2C: Country to Country Rotterdam, Unsound, WellFest, PIN Music Conference, Motel Mozaique (MOMO Festival), Popronde, Baroeg Open Air, Fiber Festival, Left Of The Dial, Jazz in Duketown, 3 Oktober, Museumnacht Den Haag, Museumnacht Leiden, Museumnacht Enschede, Museumnacht Maastricht, Dordtse Cultuurnacht, Nacht van Ontdekkingen, Cultura Nova, Spring, Noorderzon, Amsterdam Fringe, Rave On Snow, Butik Festival, Fekete Zaj, November Music Festival, Festival Oude Muziek, Rotterdam Bluegrass, Nacht van de Viool, Poetry International, Gaudeamus, Kopje Cultuur, Klomppop, Misty Fields, Writers Unlimited, Vestrock and many more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sonos S1 Controller at 52% against TMSQR's 0%. Sonos S1 Controller also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (821K vs 2). TMSQR's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sonos S1 Controller holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonos S1 Controller has 821K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Sonos S1 Controller's written reviews are positive against 0% of TMSQR's.
Sonos S1 Controller ships an update every 2 months, TMSQR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonos S1 Controller | TMSQR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (821K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 821K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonos, Inc. | TMSQR B.V. |
Customer experience
Sonos S1 Controller
TMSQR
Bugs and requests
Sonos S1 Controller
Reported bugs
3 issues- App fails to recognize speakers
- Music playback randomly cuts out
- Inability to control volume from lock screen
Requested features
4 requests- Restore previous app interface
- Improve search and playlist management
- Add Bluetooth connectivity
- Better integration with personal music libraries
TMSQR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sonos S1 Controller
No in-app purchases
TMSQR
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sonos S1 Controller free?
Is TMSQR free?
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