Comparison

MOM vs Longplay

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

Head to head
About

MOM

Control your Digital Audio Denmark AX32 or Avid MTRX audio interfaces remotely. Adjust output gain, select sources and outputs, and manage talkback functions. Seamlessly switch between layers with intuitive gestures or dedicated buttons.

Highlights
  • Remote gain control
  • Source and output selection
  • Cut, Dim, and Talkback activation
  • Layer switching via swipe
  • Dedicated layer buttons
  • Compatibility with DAD AX32 and Avid MTRX
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MOM (Monitor Operating Module) is a remote monitor controller for the Digital Audio Denmark AX32 and Avid MTRX audio interfaces. The app can be used to control output gain, select sources and outputs, and activate the Cut, Dim, and Talkback functions. Switching between layers is supported by swiping left or using the dedicated button. Note: DADman 5.2 or higher is required.

About

Longplay

Rediscover your music library with this app that beautifully displays your album artwork. Explore forgotten favorites and play music with smart sorting options like addiction, brightness, and recency. Organize albums into collections and enjoy infinite shuffle.

Highlights
  • Album artwork display
  • Smart sorting options
  • Album collections
  • Infinite album shuffle
  • Home screen widget
  • CarPlay and Siri support
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
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Do you have an album collection of dozens to thousands of albums? Does the next song of an album already start playing in your head when one finishes? Longplay is for you. Longplay presents a beautiful view of the album artworks of the (near) complete albums in your music collection. It let's you rediscover forgotten favorites or just play the music you love, and explore it with various smart sort options: - Orderliness: by artist, then by album - Addiction: by amount of time spent listening - Brightness: by the primary color of the album artwork - Negligence: by the time it’s been since you’ve last listened to the album, weighted by the rating - Recency: by date added - Memory: by last played - Stars: by the rating you’ve provided for each song - Random: a new order, every time you tap it You can organize your albums into collections, which sync across your devices. Infinite album shuffle let's you stay in the flow, with smart shuffle depending on your current collection or sort order. It comes with a home screen widget that displays the top albums by your nominated sort order. On the larger widget, tap an album to play it, on the smallest it doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button to start playback of one of them. It supports CarPlay, Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight.t supports CarPlay, Siri, and Shortcuts. It works well with Apple Music, music purchased from iTunes or synced manually. --- Important: Longplay does not ship with any music included, it is instead a player for your music library - be it from Apple Music, iTunes or your synced music. It provides a filtered view of just the albums of which you have all or most of the songs, as well as your playlists; thus focusing on your album collection without any singles or albums where you only have very few songs. --- Tap an item to play (or pause). Long tap for additional options, such as adding to your album queue or to a collection. It works with libraries big and small, and besides regular albums it also handles compilation albums and playlists. Comes with Shortcuts actions to play a random top album by a defined sort order, or a random album, optionally filtered by artist or genre. All of that with Longplay's logic that makes sure that it's an album for which you have all or most songs. It is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Fully VoiceOver accessible.

Screenshots

MOM1 screens
Longplay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MOM at Free against Longplay's $7.49. MOM also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Longplay's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (170 vs 4). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MOM is free to download; Longplay costs $7.49 up front. Longplay sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MOM asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MOM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Longplay has 170 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MOM's written reviews are positive against 77% of Longplay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MOM ships an update every 7 months, Longplay every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
MOM versus Longplay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMOMLongplay
PriceFree — better$7.49
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (170 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better77.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4170 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPADL Software Pty LtdAdrian Schoenig

Customer experience

MOM

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Longplay

All ratings170 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative12.9%

Bugs and requests

MOM

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Longplay

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes on startup with large libraries
  • UI constantly freezes during album loading
  • Device becomes very hot during operation
  • Doesn't load entire music library
  • Gapless playback creates overlapping songs
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  • Purity option for gapless play doesn't work
  • Scrobbling incomplete (only first few tracks)
  • CarPlay support broken after updates
  • Vision Pro immersive view crashes
  • Settings window cannot be minimized
  • Allow selection toggle loses memory
  • Widget doesn't show album artwork
  • Sort by feature missing since iOS 26
  • Album library not syncing with Apple Music
  • Crashes when immersive view selected
  • Player window too large in panorama mode

Requested features

20 requests
  • Search functionality for albums and artists
  • Track listing display during playback
  • Skip/back track controls
  • Volume control in app
  • Sort by release year
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  • Sort by genre/categories
  • Show album information and metadata
  • Play Next/Play Later queue management
  • Open album in Apple Music link
  • Delete albums from library option
  • View only complete albums toggle
  • Exclude specific albums (e.g., Christmas albums)
  • macOS version of the app
  • tvOS app version
  • Higher resolution album artwork
  • Album cover size randomization in grid
  • Immersive listening room environments
  • Album liner notes viewing
  • Widget improvements for album display
  • Autocorrect toggle for search

In-app purchases

None

MOM

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Longplay

One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.00
  • Medium Tip$5.00
  • Large Tip$10.00

Questions

Is MOM free?
MOM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Longplay free?
Longplay costs $7.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MOM or Longplay?
MOM is rated higher. MOM averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Longplay averages 4.6 from 170 ratings.
Do MOM or Longplay have ads?
Neither MOM nor Longplay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MOM or Longplay?
MOM ships an update every 7 months, and Longplay every 3 weeks. Most recently, MOM was updated on October 4, 2026 and Longplay on October 25, 2026.

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