Comparison

MaximumMPD vs QUARK Play

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

QUARK Play

Features
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QUARK Play easily transforms up to four iOS devices into a wireless, quadraphonic sound system. Place iPhones, iPads, and/or Macs around the space (or connect them to bluetooth speakers), hit play on the host device, and build a true, immersive surround sound environment anywhere. The Quadraphonic Universally Accessible Resource Kit (QUARK) is open source software used in Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) and similar platforms to encode four channels of discrete audio into two channel (standard stereo) audio, then back to four channels again. This allows for the distribution of four-channel spatial recordings via widely accessible two-channel formats such as vinyl, cassette, and radio, as well as digital platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, and Qobuz. QUARK is made possible by dublab & the National Endowment for the Arts.

Screenshots

MaximumMPD4 screens
QUARK Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: QUARK Play at every 4 days against MaximumMPD's every 5 weeks. MaximumMPD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MaximumMPD ships an update every 5 weeks, QUARK Play every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MaximumMPD versus QUARK Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaximumMPDQUARK Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard BackhouseAKP Recordings LLC

In-app purchases

None

MaximumMPD

No in-app purchases

None

QUARK Play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MaximumMPD free?
MaximumMPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QUARK Play free?
QUARK Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MaximumMPD or QUARK Play have ads?
Neither MaximumMPD nor QUARK Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MaximumMPD or QUARK Play?
MaximumMPD ships an update every 5 weeks, and QUARK Play every 4 days. Most recently, MaximumMPD was updated on June 11, 2026 and QUARK Play on September 21, 2026.

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