Sound Bar Controller
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Prices are current as of 11 Sept 2026.
Sound Bar Controller has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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| Rating / 5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Reviews | 21K | 89K | 42K | 36K | 6.5K | 4.7K | 2.2K | 2.1K | 2K | 684 | 237 |
| Released | 2019 | 2014 | 2015 | 2022 | 2021 | 2016 | 2020 | 2016 | 2024 | 2014 | 2026 |
Sound Bar Controller reviews
4.3 out of 5, based on 21,389 reviews.
What people like
- Great sound quality for the price.
- Easy to change sound settings.
- Works well as an Alexa device.
What they complain about
- App crashes immediately on launch.
- Connectivity issues make pairing hard.
- Interface is confusing and outdated.
- Soundbar randomly turns off while watching.
Yamaha sound bar
App and soundbar are intuitive and easy to use. Very good spatial audio and sound!
I’ve paid enough for a working app
I’ve given you close to $6k between two receivers and a sound bar. I deserve SO MUCH BETTER. Not useable. Doesn’t connect. Doesn’t let me adjust settings (that’s my favorite, waiting 5 seconds for my settings to go back to where they were). About to take a hammer to my soundbar. Thanks Yamaha!
Great but…
A great option, specially as it doubles as an alexa. The only thing is that I haven’t been able to turn it on by voice command. Searching for the remote control becomes a hassle.
Difficult app
Half the time you cannot find how to get back to the main menu to turn off the Sound Bar. This app has a mind of its own. Very difficult to navigate. Garbage.
Switching between devices and other things a bit clunky
WiFi hard if not impossible to connect.
Yamaha
I love my soundbar! Great soundbar
Interrupts me with using the app
Performance and sound rate three star. Because the stupid app asks for a review while I am quickly trying to use it the app gets one star. Stop interrupting me! Request review when I exit the app instead of when I am frantically making changes while watching a TV program. Also, worst remote ever. Responds poorly and slowly.
音量調整をボタンにして欲しい
概ね満足なアプリですが、音量調整がスライドバーなのですごく使いづらいです。＋−ボタンで調整できるようにしてほしいです。
Limited Soundbar Controls
It wouldn’t be nice to have extra controls for tremble and bass or even full equalizer like in other apps. Pre set modes are very generic and give flat sound.
Ok. Could be better for model 50 Yamaha soundbar
The small blue tooth speakers don’t have fine enough volume control. I you are using the setup in your bedroom you the small speakers dominate the output if they are closer to you and you cannot hear the soundbar. Overall sound is good.
ATS2090
Love this remote works great, can change soundbar settings, play music, bunch of other stuff also works great.
Not work for AST-1070 soundbar
Should indicate app works only for selected models and device must be WiFi enabled. App description use the word “Select” is confusing and correct one should be Selected.
Does not play songs form phone library
Everything is fine, except that it doesn’t play the songs from iPhone library. However, plays songs from music app.
Practically Unusable
This app worked only intermittently on my Unifi network. Exposing more of the setup to more advanced users would aid greatly in troubleshooting.
It works
The app works with the soundbar. So that’s 3 stars. But overall a pretty bottom level app coming from a large company. I think another $20 investment would go a long way with how minimal and old this app feels.
Mrs
Very good and reliable
Never Connects
I’ve tried multiple times, over the last 2 years, and the apps never work. Ys209. Just tried again (bar won’t turn on w tv anymore, so need the app to try to fix since no on screen menu)… and it requires me to connect to a WiFi network, before it will open fully. No option for using cell phone data, even if I have my WiFi & hotspot enabled. It just never works.
ソフトサウンド
トーンの調整が出来れば、ハードは音になると思います。モワっとした音から抜け出せるかも。
Will not connect to wifi
New version of app doesn’t let me connect to wifi no matter what I do. Please fix.
Works but…
The interface has a lot of odd and frustrating elements and could use to be simplified. It works well enough otherwise. I’d like to see a lot more granular adjustments to settings as well including easier ability to disable the auto shutoff.
I love this sound system but I wish it was louder 🥰
❤️❤️
Disappointing
I’ve bought 5 of these yamaha soundbars to minimise the number of apps I need to use. Rarely are there updates, the devices continually go off/ reset and I have to add them back as new devices and the UI of the app is weak at best. Being a lifelong Yamaha user and customer, it’s very disappointing.
低音
低音が今少し弱く残念です。
Unable to reconnect
After the last update we are unable to reconnect the soundbar to the tv. Also , you can’t find anywhere a way to troubleshoot it. Disappointing to have spend the money on the soundbar only to not be able to enjoy it . Do better Yamaha !
volume has a mind of its own
I'm not sure if anyone else is experiencing this issue, but it feels like someone is controlling my soundbar. Whenever I try to raise or lower the volume, it either continues to increase or decrease without stopping. By the way, I've already checked for any issues with my phone case by removing it, and that didn't change anything, so I believe this must be a glitch with an app. Please address this problem.
Great app
Love the TRUEX50AC and the apps control .. Yamaha are the best I’m a maniac for the brand especially their guitars RGX is the best but that’s off topic.. good app
Constantly turns itself off
What a terrible app and terrible product. This ting turns itself off suddenly for no reason while watching all the time
Great sound for the price
Great sound for the price. The Clear voice does not work as well as I hoped it would, but the 3d exceeds my expectations. Mounting it on the wall under the tv was easy and keeps it out of the way.
Poor
This application is very poorly written. It’s very hard to navigate.
Good but firmware could be better.
it turns off while you’re watching TV.
Excelente
Sonido envolvente sonido claro
Terrible
Couldn’t find my sound bar at all terrible
Sound keeps cutting out
No sound at all randomly. Not impressed
Not so sure about this one
I’ve had connectivity problems almost the entire time I’ve owned this
Doesn’t always turn on
About 30% of the time, the sound bar won’t turn on with the tv power. Very annoying. No updates to the soundbar seem to help the problem.
My mom
She is the angelic one
Alexa not compatible
Tried to pair over and over and over again and it just won’t work Idk if everyone else is having this problem but it would be just so much easier if I could control with Alexa and not the outdated remote
Good but dated
The app is a bit dated and needs a major change especially in looks and control. Would be much better if we can integrate Apple Music along with Spotify and tidal. I hate missing out on hi-res audio playback on such a nice soundbar.
Can’t use app
This app worked fine for the most part, had a few connectivity issues in the past but nothing too crazy. But now I literally can’t use the app. It crashes immediately every time I try to open it, and deleting it and then reinstalling it doesn’t help.
Bluetooth
Can’t play live stream music☹️
Uncle Pete
Really good sound great app to control sound with phone But the remote control isn’t that good changed batteries three times it works but sometimes have to push them 2-3 times
No landscape mode on iPad
Hundreds of millions iPads are used in landscape mode and this app doesn’t support landscape mode.
Great sound value
Great. Only issue is it has a delay with TV sync. So voices sometimes behind visual.
Sub woofer won’t connect
Keeps searching but won’t connect. Sad😖🥲
Settings menu doesn't work on iPhone SE
I see the list but the menu doesn't work. This app has the most most unintuitive UI and now it doesn't even work. 🤦🏽♂️
SUPER HANDY!
Comes in handy🦾🦾🦾 love this app
Cheap Sound Bar
What do you want for $150?
Solid App to control YAS-209
I’ve found the app to be stable and useful. I would love to see Siri Shortcut integration to be able to power the speaker on/off, change sound modes, etc. as this would allow much greater control of my entertainment system with a single shortcut to control my TV, soundbar, lighting, and inputs.
Sound bar keeps turning off randomly
Sounds great when it’s on but just randomly turns off every so often. Plus you can’t turn the sound bar on with voice command.
Please improve the UI
Kindly improve the user experience, it can be one page control.
Sound Bar Controller FAQ
- Is Sound Bar Controller free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 175 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does Sound Bar Controller have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Sound Bar Controller?
- HEOS (4.2 from 89,432 reviews), MusicCast Controller - US (4.7 from 41,621 reviews) and JBL One (4.7 from 36,060 reviews).
Sound Bar Controller download
Last updated 2 years ago.
Sound Bar Controller sells in 175 countries. It was released 7 years and 1 month ago, on 26 Aug 2019. It holds a 4.3 rating from 21,389 reviews.
Supports 16 languages: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Swedish.
How much does Sound Bar Controller make?
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