yaMPC vs isitjosh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
isitjosh
Access exclusive music, behind-the-scenes content, and live performances from an independent artist. Engage with the artist and community in a safe space, and get early access to merchandise and giveaways.
- Exclusive music releases
- Behind-the-scenes content
- Live performances
- Merch drops and giveaways
- Community chat
- Artist journey updates
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Hi, welcome to my official app! As a subscriber you'll get access to my music before anyone else, behind the scenes content, live performances, merch drops, giveaways, and so much more. It's a safe space where you can kick back and chat with myself and other members of our community, follow my journey, and support my career as an independent artist. EULA: https://youapp.vip/end-user-license-agreement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: isitjosh at 5.0 against yaMPC's 3.5. isitjosh also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). yaMPC's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. yaMPC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and isitjosh sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
isitjosh holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.
yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, isitjosh every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | yaMPC | isitjosh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yasuyuki Suzuki | YouApp LLC |
Customer experience
yaMPC
isitjosh
In-app purchases
yaMPC
- yaMPC Full Function$2.99
isitjosh
- isitjosh - monthly$1.991 Month
- isitjosh - 12 Months$19.991 Year
