Comparison

yaMPC vs JellyBox Player

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

JellyBox Player

Stream your local music library from your home server to your devices. This client application provides seamless playback of your entire music collection.

Highlights
  • Connect to Jellyfin server
  • Play local music library
  • Seamless music playback
  • Cross-device support
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JellyBox Player is a client application for Jellyfin server application. JellyBox allows you seamlessly play all your local music by simply connecting to your home server. This player can: * Browse and your local lib - artists, albums, songs, playlists * Show a time synced lyrics(when available) * Full offline mode, including a "plane" support * Downloads * Native Apple CarPlay app

Screenshots

yaMPC4 screens
JellyBox Player3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: JellyBox Player at 4.7 against yaMPC's 3.5. JellyBox Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. JellyBox Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JellyBox Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of yaMPC's written reviews are positive against 40% of JellyBox Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, JellyBox Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
yaMPC versus JellyBox Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteryaMPCJellyBox Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.017.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasuyuki SuzukiOleksandr Synelnykov

Customer experience

yaMPC

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

JellyBox Player

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral26.7%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99
None

JellyBox Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JellyBox Player free?
JellyBox Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, yaMPC or JellyBox Player?
JellyBox Player is rated higher. yaMPC averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while JellyBox Player averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do yaMPC or JellyBox Player have ads?
Neither yaMPC nor JellyBox Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, yaMPC or JellyBox Player?
yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, and JellyBox Player every 5 days. Most recently, yaMPC was updated on October 15, 2026 and JellyBox Player on October 24, 2026.

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