Comparison

Rigelian vs yaMPC

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rigelian

Control your music library on MPD, OpenHome, or Kodi-based players with a modern interface on your iPhone or iPad. Effortlessly browse, search, and manage your music, playlists, and radio stations.

Highlights
  • Browse music by Artist, Album, Genre, Folder
  • Qobuz integration for select players
  • Thousands of radio stations
  • Playlist creation and editing
  • Cue file support
  • Powerful search and queue management
  • Automatic player detection
Features
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Rigelian turns your iPhone and iPad into a refined, powerful controller for music players based on OpenHome (BubbleUPnP & upmpcli) and MPD (MPD, moOde, Volumio, Bryston, Chord Poly). Built specifically for iOS, it combines speed, clarity, and precision in a clean, modern interface designed for serious music lovers. Browse your collection effortlessly by artist, album, genre, folder, composer, or performer (MPD), and find anything instantly with fast, responsive search across your entire library. Create and manage playlists, control your play queue exactly the way you want, jump directly from the queue to related albums or artists, and quickly access recently added music or rediscover your collection with random playback. Rigelian integrates seamlessly with Qobuz on BubbleUPnP and upmpdcli players, gives you access to thousands of radio stations via radio-browser.info for MPD and displays track quality during playback and browsing. It automatically discovers compatible players on your network — including Bryston, Volumio, Rune, moOde, and standard MPD — and makes switching between them effortless. Enjoy high-quality album artwork, artist biographies and related artists. Subscription information The free version of Rigelian for iOS lets you add items to your playlist up-to 10 times per month. For unlimited access monthly and annual options are available, both including a 2-week free trial. A single subscription will work on all your devices, for all your family members. Cancel anytime during the trial period and you will not be charged. Payment is charged to your App Store account after the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service https://www.rigelian.net/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy https://www.rigelian.net/privacy/

About

yaMPC

Control your Music Player Daemon (MPD) remotely with this app. Easily manage your music library, control playback, and edit your queue. Unlock advanced browsing and search features with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Multiple MPD server registration
  • Automatic MPD server detection
  • Queue management and editing
  • Playback controls (play, pause, skip, volume)
  • Album and song browsing
  • Advanced search and filtering
Features
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If you use Music Player Daemon (MPD), try FREE features of yaMPC now! Initial setup of yaMPC for your MPD is very easy. Go through the tutorial first - tap "App Support" on this page, then tap "Link to yaMPC Tutorial" FREE Features: - Able to register multiple MPD Servers and switch them to control. - Scan button auto-detects MPD 0.20 or later versions (need to enable Zeroconf), Volumio or MoOde - Easy Cover-Arts settings for MPD 0.21 or later versions, Volumio or MoOde. - Queue scene: lists songs in the Queue (or the Current Playlist), plays a song by tapping. Allows you to edit and clear queue. - Queue and Play scenes: You can play songs and pause, play next song, previous song, play randomly or repeatedly. Fast forward and rewind with buttons or slide bar. Controlling volume. - Albums scene: lists albums with cover-arts, album titles and album artists. Filter albums by album title and/or album artists. - Albums songs sub-scene: lists songs in the tapped album. Add a song to Queue and/or play the song. Features require In-App Purchase: - Browse scene: lists Genres, Artists, Composers, Playlist or Folder contents. Filter them by any text. You can display albums and songs by tapping an item in the list. - Search scene: You can search songs by title, artist or any tag. Play a song by tapping it.

Screenshots

Rigelian4 screens
yaMPC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rigelian at 4.2 against yaMPC's 3.5. Rigelian also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 33%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). yaMPC's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rigelian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per month and yaMPC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rigelian holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rigelian has 33 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Rigelian's written reviews are positive against 33% of yaMPC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rigelian ships an update monthly, yaMPC every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rigelian versus yaMPC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRigelianyaMPC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (33 ratings) — better3.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings33 — better4
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLcw KremersYasuyuki Suzuki

Customer experience

Rigelian

All ratings33 ratings
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative19.4%

yaMPC

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rigelian

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Access - Auto Renew14 Days trial$0.691 Month
  • 1 Year Access - Auto Renew14 Days trial$4.291 Year
1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99

Questions

Is Rigelian free?
Rigelian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rigelian or yaMPC?
Rigelian is rated higher. Rigelian averages 4.2 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while yaMPC averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Rigelian or yaMPC have ads?
Neither Rigelian nor yaMPC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rigelian or yaMPC?
Rigelian ships an update monthly, and yaMPC every 3 months. Most recently, Rigelian was updated on October 21, 2026 and yaMPC on October 15, 2026.

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