Where do I start writing an iOS app to control my squeezebox’s?

I would like to create an app with a nice gui for my iPad to do some managing of my squeezebox’s, ie turn them all off in one button press or synchronise at the press of a button. I’m getting more confident with python having built some squeezebox’s with raspberry pi’s, so was wondering if pythonista would be a good place to start?
Does this sound like a possibility? Anyone have experience of doing this?
Cheers,
Foggy