Comparison

MaximumMPD vs yaMPC

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

Head to head
About

MaximumMPD

Control your Music Player Daemon (MPD) server remotely. Browse your music library by artist, album, or song, generate random playlists, and manage outputs. It also supports album art downloading and server discovery.

Highlights
  • Remote MPD server control
  • Random playlist generation
  • Artist, album, and song browser
  • File browser
  • Quick search functionality
  • Output selection
  • Album art downloading
Features
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MaximumMPD is a MPD (Music Player Daemon) client providing remote control over all your MPD based songs Features: Random Playlist generation Multiple connections Server Discovery via Bonjour Artist, Album Song Browser File Browser Quickly search for artists, albums and songs Output Selection Quickly create and edit playlists AlbumArt downloading via MPD (if version >= 0.21), HTTP and UPnP Requirements : An MPD Server running in your home network. See http://www.musicpd.org/ for more details Various images provided by Icons8 https://icons8.com

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

MaximumMPD4 screens
yaMPC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MaximumMPD at 86% against yaMPC's 33%. MaximumMPD also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. yaMPC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MaximumMPD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MaximumMPD holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of MaximumMPD's written reviews are positive against 33% of yaMPC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MaximumMPD ships an update every 5 weeks, yaMPC every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MaximumMPD versus yaMPC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaximumMPDyaMPC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (16 ratings) — better3.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard BackhouseYasuyuki Suzuki

Customer experience

MaximumMPD

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.7%

yaMPC

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

In-app purchases

None

MaximumMPD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99

Questions

Is MaximumMPD free?
MaximumMPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MaximumMPD or yaMPC?
MaximumMPD is rated higher. MaximumMPD averages 4.1 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while yaMPC averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do MaximumMPD or yaMPC have ads?
Neither MaximumMPD nor yaMPC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MaximumMPD or yaMPC?
MaximumMPD ships an update every 5 weeks, and yaMPC every 3 months. Most recently, MaximumMPD was updated on June 11, 2026 and yaMPC on September 10, 2026.

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