Earworm vs Ask for Sonos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Earworm
This app enables a magic trick where you can seemingly predict a song or video a friend is thinking of. It works with borrowed phones and can be performed in person or remotely, with no accomplices or memory work required.
- Song prediction effect
- Performable in person or remotely
- Works with borrowed phones
- No accomplice needed
- Any song can be named
- Works with multiple services
- Supports notifications
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Earworm is a music prediction effect for professional performers. Here's what happens: - You ask a friend to take out their phone, mute the volume and open YouTube. - You then take your friend's phone and play a song, giving the phone back with its screen facing downwards. - Now you apparently mentally transmit the thought-of song to your friend. - Your friend names *any* song, turns the volume up on their phone and looks at the screen to hear and see that your prediction was correct... that exact song is playing on their phone! The entire effect happens on their phone. Earworm is built for real-world performance. It gives you multiple advanced input methods, flexible reveal options, and powerful integrations so you can adapt the routine to your style, language, and audience. Everything can be inspected afterwards, with nothing suspicious to find. Features include: - Predict songs, music videos, trailers, or almost any searchable video - Multiple input methods, including voice and covert browser input - Performable in multiple languages - No accomplice required - No memory work - Integrations with many third-party magic apps - Notification support for additional confirmation And with Earworm Pro: - Supports Bluetooth peek devices, including the PeekSmith and Lumen Duo as part of Earworm Pro - Never touch their phone with Earworm Remote - Enhanced input methods Earworm Pro is an optional purchase that brings even more advanced performance tools, including: Enhanced Voice input - Automatically detect songs mentioned in conversation. - Uses your own funded AI account and API key for best-in-class recognition. - Black mode offers a covert input with vibration cues. Earworm Remote v2 - Perform Earworm without touching the spectator's phone. - A new, even more natural way to share your video link. - Auto Redirect and WikiTest integration for pairing and redirecting. Send To Earworm - Allow supported third-party apps to submit to Earworm, letting you reveal a freely chosen song via their input methods. Peek Device Support - New support for compatible peek devices. - Live Peek support for the Notes input (to make it seem that you really did predict the chosen song!) - Native PeekSmith and Lumen Duo support is built into Earworm Pro Earworm is designed for performers who want a practical, modern, impossible-looking prediction effect. Video and audio broadcasting of any description (including TV, radio and Internet) of this effect is prohibited without the written consent of its creator.
Ask for Sonos
Discover commands and create custom phrases for your Sonos devices. This app allows direct voice interaction and offers a fun way to explore responses, making your smart speaker experience more engaging. It's designed to help you unlock the full potential of your Sonos system.
- Learn Sonos commands
- Create custom phrases
- Direct voice interaction
- Explore Sonos responses
- Share custom phrases
- Party game feature
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No.1 Sonos guide! Ask for Sonos, is a revolutionary must have for music in your home. Learn many, many commands for your Sonos. Unlock your investment in your Sonos powered device with our fun new Sonos App for the Sonos device! Use our Ask for Sonos App for the Sonos device, to create your own sayings for your Sonos device, and then share them with your friends! You can also use our Ask for Sonos App for the Sonos device, to talk directly to your Sonos device, without you saying a word! Download our Ask for Sonons App for the Sonos device, for many, many different questions that you can ask Sonos. You'll be rolling in the aisles with some of the answers! Invite our Ask for Sonos App for the Sonos device to a party, and get your friends to guess Sonos' response to your questions! Works with Sonos devices. ** NOTE: This App is NOT sponsored, authorised or affiliated with Sonos ** RTA Apps Ltd
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ask for Sonos at Free against Earworm's $64.99. Ask for Sonos also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). Earworm's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months). On rating, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Ask for Sonos is free to download; Earworm costs $64.99 up front. Earworm sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Ask for Sonos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Earworm against 5.0 for Ask for Sonos. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earworm has 130 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Earworm's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ask for Sonos's.
Earworm ships an update every 6 weeks, Ask for Sonos every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earworm | Ask for Sonos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $64.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (130 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Kerstein | RTA Apps Ltd |
Customer experience
Earworm
Ask for Sonos
In-app purchases
Earworm
- Earworm Pro$49.99
- Earworm Remote$49.99
Ask for Sonos
- Remove Adverts$0.99









