ZoneFoundry for Sonos vs Open Music Player

ZoneFoundry is a multi-room audio assistant for Sonos owners. See your rooms, search music and control playback on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad, or make a request in English, Cantonese or Mandarin. LAYOUTS FOR IPHONE DUO AND IPAD Pages adapt to screen size and orientation, keeping Search, Rooms and the player available as you unfold or rotate your device. ROOMS AND PLAYBACK IN ONE PLACE See what is playing in each room. Adjust volume, pause, skip tracks or group rooms. The player brings your queue, lyrics and sleep timer together, with fewer trips between screens. SEARCH YOUR CONNECTED MUSIC SERVICES Find songs, artists, albums and playlists from one search entry point. Supports Apple Music, Spotify, QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music and Plex. Available services and content depend on your region, subscriptions and authorizations. SPEAK OR TYPE Try "Play five Fleetwood Mac songs in the living room" or "Turn the kitchen down." The assistant supports English, Cantonese and Mandarin, with text input too. Cloud voice and AI features require an internet connection and the relevant authorizations. BROADCASTS, SCENES AND TIMERS Send "Dinner's ready" to a selected room, save familiar playback settings as scenes, or schedule news briefings and sleep timers. Your own Sonos speakers handle announcements and playback. CHAT AND AI ASSISTANTS Link a supported chat channel, including WeChat or Telegram, to send control requests from a conversation. You can also connect an MCP-capable AI assistant and authorize it in ZoneFoundry Settings > AI access. Remote control requires a linked account and an available cloud connection. WIDGETS, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Reach common controls through widgets, Live Activities, Control Centre and Shortcuts. Feature availability depends on your device and OS version. OPTIONAL HOME AUTOMATION Configure Follow-Me with a compatible HomeKit sensor. Install the optional ZoneFoundry Bridge if you need its Apple Home integration. Ordinary app control does not require a bridge. WHAT YOU NEED At least one compatible Sonos speaker. Local control requires your device and speakers on the same network. Cloud control, music services and AI features require the appropriate accounts, network access and authorizations. Music subscriptions are not included. You can explore the built-in sample home without speakers. ZoneFoundry is an independent third-party app, not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Sonos, Inc. Help or suggestions: support@zonefoundry.dev

Open Music Player is a private, local music player for your own audio library. It does not scan your entire device: you choose the individual audio files or folders you want to add. Features: • Add individual files and selected folders. • Refresh connected folders to find new, changed, or removed files. • Browse songs, favorites, albums, artists, playlists, and smart collections. • Control the play queue, shuffle, and repeat modes. • Use the equalizer and sleep timer. • Control playback in the background and from the Lock Screen. • Identify music playing nearby or from a selected audio file. • Clear the app library without deleting the original audio files. Your library, favorites, playlists, queue, listening history, song-identification history, and settings stay on your device. There are no ads and no required account. Optional technical diagnostics can be enabled or disabled in Settings. The app interface supports English, Russian, Bulgarian, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. It automatically follows a supported device language, with a manual language choice available in Settings. Playing files available on your device does not require an internet connection. Song identification requires internet access. Automatic technical diagnostics are off by default and are enabled only with your consent. A vinyl player with two appearances for the whole app: Light vinyl and Graphite & lime. Choose in Settings, with shuffle, repeat, the sleep timer and equalizer beside the record. To transfer music from a Mac, connect your iPhone or iPad by cable and copy a folder to Open Music using Finder. Then connect it using Add folder in the app settings.