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24 alternatives to Ses

macOS tray app to control your Sonos speakers ecosystem

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ses launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
AudioPriorityBar▲217
Priority-based audio switching for macOS menu bar
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
Soro▲69
Control Sonos with Siri shortcuts
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
VolumeHub▲195
Per-app volume control for macOS with no driver installs
Feb 2026 · volumehub.app · its alternatives →
4
AudioBridge▲109
Add AirPlay support to your Sonos speakers
2017 · audiobridge.site · its alternatives →
5
Sound Control▲417
App-specific volume control
2016 · staticz.com · its alternatives →
6
Pebbos – A Pebble app to control your Sonos speakers▲12
A simple Pebble.js app that allows you to control your Sonos speakers with your Pebble. - jamesfairhurst/Pebbos
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
The new SONOS app▲155
Your key to the ultimate listening experience
2024 · sonos.com · its alternatives →
8
Tuneful▲115
Native way to control your music on macOS
2025 · tuneful.app · its alternatives →
9
Recordia▲200
Simple audio recorder that lives in your macOS menu bar
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Sonos Voice Control▲79
Incredible sound. At your request.
2022 · sonos.com · its alternatives →
11
Sonos S2▲97
The new OS powering the next generation of Sonos products
2020 · sonos.com · its alternatives →
12
SoundSource 3.0▲102
The sound control that should be built into MacOS
2017 · rogueamoeba.com · its alternatives →
13
VoiceOS App Store▲321
The app store for voice native apps that lives in your notch
Aug 2026 · voiceos.com · its alternatives →
14
auxcord.org▲107
Let friends queue their music at your party
2022 · auxcord.org · its alternatives →
15
Sonos In-Wall Speaker▲94
A speaker made by Sonos and Sonance that sits in your wall
2019 · sonos.com · its alternatives →
16
Background Music▲218
Control the audio on your Mac apps from the menu bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Sonos Ace▲97
Personal listening perfected
2024 · sonos.com · its alternatives →
18
VolumeGlass▲94
Bring iOS-style elegance to your Mac’s volume control.
Mar 2026 · apps.techfixpro.net · its alternatives →
19
Tired of entering map directions on iPhone? I've streamlined it▲185
The latest macOS offers the world’s best way to play — and add to — your collection of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
2012 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
TrayPlay▲93
Control Spotify and iTunes from your menu bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
21
Easily▲126
Control volume, brightness & desktop clutter
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
Fader▲90
Minimize windows when you switch apps automatically
Apr 2026 · eythor.com · its alternatives →
23
Sound Warden▲63
Automatically routes each app to the audio device you want
May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
24
Yap – OSS on-device voice dictation for macOS with no model to download▲104
Hey HN! I wanted to share this OSS project I've been working on. It's called Yap and its a small menu-bar app for macOS that does voice to text for any input. You'll set a hotkey, press it, talk, press it again, and the text gets pasted into whatever field you were in. Everything runs locally and never leaves your computer. Fully OSS and MIT licensed. With macOS 26, Apple recently added two new APIs, SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber, that do streaming on-device speech to text using models the OS ships and manages. So the app ships no model of its own and loads nothing before the first…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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