Comparison

Voice Intercom for Sonos vs Soro

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

Head to head
About

Voice Intercom for Sonos

Broadcast your voice in real-time to your Sonos speakers using your iPhone. The app automatically resumes music playback after your broadcast and features a simple push-to-talk interface. It automatically discovers your Sonos system for easy setup.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice broadcasting
  • Automatic music resume
  • Push-to-talk functionality
  • Sonos system discovery
  • Professionally designed UI
Features
Currently charting
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Voice Intercom for Sonos is a REAL TIME intercom app for your Sonos sound system. Speak into your iPhone's microphone and hear your voice broadcast to your Sonos system in real time! - Professionally designed user interface. - Current music will automatically resume after voice broadcast. - Push to talk system. Just push the button, hold, and talk. - Will automatically discover your Sonos system - Help guide with common questions and fixes for the app. Please note the app requires at least one Sonos speaker or a Sonos: Connect device in order to work properly. This app is not affiliated with Sonos Inc. nor is it an official Sonos app. Sonos is trademarked by Sonos Inc.

About

Soro

Enhance your Sonos speaker experience with advanced controls and automation. This app offers a modern interface, deep integration with Apple Music and Shortcuts, and the ability to create custom actions for your audio setup.

Highlights
  • Modern, intuitive user interface
  • Control Center and Home Screen widgets
  • Live Activities integration
  • 30+ powerful Shortcuts actions
  • Extended Apple Music integration
  • Speak Text on speakers
  • Browse music services
Features
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Soro provides modern, intuitive user interface to control your speakers, extends your iPhone, iPad, and Mac with Siri AI, Control Center and Home Screen widgets, Live Activities and 30+ powerful Shortcuts actions. Soro lets you create both quick actions or extensive workflows to control your speakers with the Shortcuts app using widgets, Siri voice commands or automations.
 ▶ Browse Your Music * Support for Music Services that you already added in the Sonos app * Browse your Sonos Music Library * Extended Apple Music Integration: * Add tracks, albums to your Apple Music playlists or favourites (in-app and via Shortcuts action) * Play artist stations * See additional details of albums and artists, such as related items and notes ▶ Shortcuts & Automations * 30+ actions to control your speakers and automate the settings in the Shortcuts app * Build quick actions or extensive automations or integrate with other third-party apps * Start creating shortcuts in the Shortcuts app or use one the of examples included in Soro as a starting point * Use the actions to - Play music from any of your music services, favorites, playlist, - Broadcast a message - See what's playing - Change volume, adjust the EQ, home theatre settings such as speech enhancement and night mode, subwoofer and surround options - Manage the music queue - Select input - Control playback - Manage speaker grouping - Load sound preset - Control you alarms ▶ Search * Efficiently search and filter across your Sonos Favorites, Sonos Playlists, Sonos Music Library, and connected music services * Search directly from Siri AI: “Find the album Get Mean by Boy Harsher in Soro” ▶ Home Screen Widgets * Now Playing: View current Sonos playback details, pick/configure rooms, adjust volume, play/pause, skip * Quick Access: Jump into search, open queue/EQ/grouping or music services * Collections: Quick access to items in your favourite collections ▶ Lock Screen Control and Dynamic Island * Soro is now integrated with the system media controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center to allow better integration with system features such using the hardware buttons for volume control. ▶ Control Center Widgets * Quickly change your speaker settings or instantly open the app to a specific view from the Control Center. * All available speaker settings, such as volume, EQ parameters, etc. can be adjusted by adding and configuring an instance of the Sonos Settings widget ▶ Siri Al * On iOS 27, ask Siri to play music with Soro, check what's playing on your speakers or learn more about what's on screen in Soro. * Ask Siri what's playing in Soro or on Sonos: “What's playing in Soro?” * Use Siri AI's conversational answers and broad world knowledge for open-ended music discovery, then ask to play it in Soro. * Use Siri's onscreen awareness to play or find music you are looking at in other apps or Siri mode in the camera app. * When in Soro, you can ask Siri for more details of the music you are looking at, either on the Now Playing screen or when browsing and looking at an album or artist. * Siri can also run the custom Shortcuts you built with the various Soro actions in the Shortcuts app. You can fine tune the logic you want to execute and tell the name of Shortcut to Siri to run it. ▶ Spotlight * Search for a room by its name in Spotlight to find and control it from outside of Soro. * Change volume, group or remove rooms from anywhere. ▶ Share Sheet * Start playing music directly from supported apps (Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp) by using the share sheet. ▶ Modern Interface * Modern design with that feels at home on iOS and iPadOS
 ▶ Accessibility * Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support * Speak Text supported on Sonos One, Amp, Port, Play:5 (Gen 2), Beam, One SL, Move, SYMFONISK (table lamp & bookshelf), and all newer Sonos S2 speakers.
 Soro is not affiliated with Sonos Inc. nor is it an official Sonos app. Sonos is trademarked by Sonos Inc.

Screenshots

Voice Intercom for Sonos3 screens
Soro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Soro at 65% against Voice Intercom for Sonos's 34%. Soro also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Voice Intercom for Sonos's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and price ($2.99 vs $7.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Voice Intercom for Sonos costs $2.99 and Soro $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Voice Intercom for Sonos holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Intercom for Sonos has 2.1K ratings behind it against 114, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of Voice Intercom for Sonos's written reviews are positive against 65% of Soro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voice Intercom for Sonos ships an update every 2 months, Soro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Voice Intercom for Sonos versus Soro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice Intercom for SonosSoro
Price$2.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.5 (2.1K ratings) — better4.1 (114 ratings)
Positive reviews34.0% of reviews65.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better114
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#182 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEleven K, IncLaszlo Gergely

Customer experience

Voice Intercom for Sonos

All ratings2,080 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral7.2%
Negative58.9%

Soro

All ratings114 ratings
Positive74.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative26.5%

User reviews

Voice Intercom for Sonos

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Turns Sonos into an intercom
  • 💡 Allows whole-house announcements
  • 👍 Works as expected

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Doesn't work consistently
  • 🐛 Delayed audio and echo

Soro

From 114 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎯 Powerful Apple Shortcuts integration for Sonos automation
  • ⚡ Fast local network performance without cloud dependency
  • 🎨 Clean, minimalist interface design
  • 🔧 Extensive customization options for power users
  • 🎵 Lock screen and widget control capabilities

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unreliable lock screen and widget performance
  • ⏳ Frequent lag and delays in command execution
  • 🔄 Requires constant manual refresh to update status
  • 😕 Steep learning curve for non-technical users
  • 🎨 Poor UI/UX for casual users, not intuitive

Bugs and requests

Voice Intercom for Sonos

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Can't detect Sonos system
  • Doesn't resume music playback
  • Stops working after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Always-on mode
  • Volume control independent of music
  • Chime before announcements
  • Group speaker selection

Soro

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Lock screen controls unresponsive or laggy
  • Widgets fail to update or require manual refresh
  • App crashes or freezes on certain operations
  • Speaker discovery fails on local network
  • Line-in input selection shortcuts don't work
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  • Shortcuts timeout when executing complex commands
  • Mac app unable to find speakers reliably
  • TV mode gets stuck with no swap function
  • Walkie talkie feature broken with normal audio quality
  • Direct Connect mode spinning indefinitely
  • Automation stops working after app updates
  • S2 speaker compatibility issues (only detects S1)
  • Shortcut actions don't execute as advertised
  • Performance degradation after recent Sonos app redesign
  • Widget layout issues on different screen sizes
  • Live activity disappears seconds after screen off

Requested features

17 requests
  • Atmos status indicator for streaming content
  • Apple Music Favorites integration via Shortcuts
  • Double-wide widget option
  • Increase/Decrease volume increment actions
  • Get current volume and playback info
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  • Microphone control for speakers
  • Auto-trigger live activity when speakers start playing
  • Volume limit control option
  • Apple Watch seamless support without confirmation
  • Persistent live activity display
  • Better documentation and video tutorials
  • Ability to add speakers to existing groups dynamically
  • Direct Spotify session playback to speaker groups
  • Sonos alarm setting capability
  • Cross-device app purchase (iPhone/Mac)
  • Full-screen layout option for iPad
  • Preset buttons for speaker grouping in widgets

In-app purchases

None

Voice Intercom for Sonos

No in-app purchases

None

Soro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Voice Intercom for Sonos free?
Voice Intercom for Sonos costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soro free?
Soro costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Voice Intercom for Sonos or Soro?
Voice Intercom for Sonos is rated higher. Voice Intercom for Sonos averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Soro averages 4.1 from 114 ratings.
Do Voice Intercom for Sonos or Soro have ads?
Neither Voice Intercom for Sonos nor Soro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voice Intercom for Sonos or Soro?
Voice Intercom for Sonos ships an update every 2 months, and Soro every 10 days. Most recently, Voice Intercom for Sonos was updated on November 1, 2026 and Soro on November 3, 2026.

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