Comparison

yaMPC vs swmpc

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

swmpc

A fast and elegant music player client for Apple devices. It offers seamless library browsing, intuitive queue management, and full playlist support. Features AI-powered smart fill for playlist generation and is open source.

Highlights
  • Fast library browsing
  • Sane queue management
  • Full playlist support
  • Favorites access
  • AI-powered smart fill
  • Open source
  • Universal purchase
Features
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Tired of janky MPD clients? Same. `swmpc` is a fast, elegant MPD client built exclusively for iOS, iPadOS & macOS. A clean, native interface that feels right at home on your Apple devices. What you get: • Fast library browsing: Search artists, albums, and tracks instantly • Sane queue management: Add, remove, reorder. Drag and drop. No friction. • Full playlist support: Create, edit, delete, and populate playlists without fighting the UI • Favorites: Quick access to tracks you actually listen to • AI-powered smart fill: Generate playlists or queue tracks by genre or mood • Open source: Inspect it, fork it, contribute. It's your app too. • Universal purchase: One price. Get it for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Done.

Screenshots

yaMPC4 screens
swmpc3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: yaMPC at Free against swmpc's $8.99. yaMPC also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0). swmpc's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (60% vs 33%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

yaMPC is free to download; swmpc costs $8.99 up front. yaMPC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. swmpc asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

yaMPC holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of yaMPC's written reviews are positive against 60% of swmpc's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, swmpc every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
yaMPC versus swmpc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteryaMPCswmpc
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasuyuki SuzukiCamille Scholtz

Customer experience

yaMPC

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

swmpc

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99
None

swmpc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is swmpc free?
swmpc costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, yaMPC or swmpc?
yaMPC is rated higher. yaMPC averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while swmpc averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do yaMPC or swmpc have ads?
Neither yaMPC nor swmpc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, yaMPC or swmpc?
yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, and swmpc every 2 months. Most recently, yaMPC was updated on November 2, 2026 and swmpc on November 4, 2026.

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