Flic App vs Soro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flic App
This app allows you to personalize and control smart buttons to create shortcuts for various services and devices. Automate tasks like controlling smart lights, music, or sending messages with simple button presses and gestures.
- Connect Flic buttons to phone or hub
- Personalize button actions (push, double-push, hold)
- Control smart lights and music
- Remote camera control
- Send location messages
- Integrate with IFTTT and Zapier
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Flic is the original Smart Button. This app enables you to use and personalize Flic buttons. Create shortcuts in your life with a simple push of a button. OVERVIEW • Connect Flic buttons to your phone or Flic Hub • Select among all your favorite services and connected devices • Configure actions on push, double-push or push-and-hold, rotate or swipe gestures. • Create powerful combinations and build your routines • No effect on your phone’s battery life INSPIRATION - USE FLIC TO: • Control your Smart Lights (Matter, Philips Hue, LIFX, IKEA, ...) • Control your Music (Sonos, Spotify, Apple Music, ...) • Control your Camera and take pictures from afar • Send an message with your GPS position to friends and family • Connect Flic to IFTTT, Zapier or MS PowerAutomate for even more integrations • Integrate into custom setups with HTTP requests • And much, much more! Read more about Flic at https://flic.io If you use any of the GPS enabled functionality: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life. We do not retain location data. Find the full terms and conditions, and our privacy policy, at https://flic.io/tos and https://flic.io/privacy-policy respectively.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flic App at Free against Soro's $7.99. Flic App also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Soro's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (65% vs 29%). On ratings volume 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
Flic App is free to download; Soro costs $7.99 up front. Flic App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Soro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Soro holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 114 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Flic App's written reviews are positive against 65% of Soro's.
Flic App ships an update monthly, Soro every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Flic App | Soro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (68 ratings) | 4.1 (114 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | 65.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 | 114 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #91 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shortcut Labs | Laszlo Gergely |
Customer experience
Flic App
Soro
User reviews
Flic App
From 68 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Instant control of smart home devices
- 🔋 Long-lasting battery life (1+ years)
- 👍 Easy setup and pairing with hub
- 💡 Multiple action types (single tap, double tap, hold)
- 🎯 Works well with HomeKit integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent Bluetooth disconnection issues
- 📵 App must remain open to function
- 🔌 Limited integration with smart home platforms
- 💰 Expensive for limited functionality
- 🔄 Requires manual reconnection after leaving home
Soro
From 114 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Flic App
Reported bugs
17 issues- Bluetooth disconnection and reconnection failures
- App crashes on Flic Twist advanced setup
- Hub firmware update failures
- HomeKit buttons not adding to HomeKit despite support claims
- App login crashes and freezes
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- Buttons not detected by phone app despite hub programming
- Connection loss with Sonos speakers
- Alexa integration breaking after updates
- WeMo integration broken for extended periods
- Trådfri gateway pairing failures
- App crashes when setting Advanced push and twist actions
- Forced portrait mode on iPad
- App loses hub connection during programming
- Music control commands not executing reliably
- App forgets provider authorization frequently
- Bluetooth server crashes affecting audio playback
- Playlist subfolder navigation broken beyond 2 levels deep
Requested features
18 requests- Native iOS Shortcuts support
- Background app execution without keeping app open
- Dark mode for app interface
- Landscape orientation support for iPad
- Integration with Home Assistant and Hubitat
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- Support for hidden WiFi networks
- SmartThings integration
- Siri voice control activation
- HTTP request headers support for enterprise IoT
- Virtual keyboard emulation (F13-F24 keys)
- Per-button sound control settings
- Counter reset functionality
- Battery level and connection status indicators
- Ability to open apps directly on iPhone
- Matter protocol full support
- IFTTT integration restoration
- GoPro and camera integration
- Chromecast audio control
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
Flic App
- pack of 20 credits$0.99
Soro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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