Comparison

yaMPC vs Yamd

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

Head to head
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.

About

Yamd

Features
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Remote control app for MPD server. Connect to your Music Player Daemon server and control the playback from convenience of your phone or tablet. App includes: - Full library and library search - Filesystem browser - Queue management and playback settings - Playlist management (creating, editing, deletion) - Artist and cover art fetching from Discogs and Last.fm databases - Basic output settings (on/off) This is only a remote control app and not a music player. There's currently no options to stream music directly to your device.

Screenshots

yaMPC4 screens
Yamd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yamd at none against yaMPC's 1. Yamd also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). yaMPC's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 21 months). 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. Yamd asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, Yamd every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and May 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
yaMPC versus Yamd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteryaMPCYamd
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasuyuki SuzukiAlexander Rogachev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99
None

Yamd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yamd free?
Yamd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do yaMPC or Yamd have ads?
Neither yaMPC nor Yamd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, yaMPC or Yamd?
yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, and Yamd every 21 months. Most recently, yaMPC was updated on September 10, 2026 and Yamd on May 18, 2026.

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