Comparison

yaMPC vs Playlistour

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

Playlistour

Discover upcoming concerts based on your music preferences. Connect your Spotify or YouTube Music playlists to find shows near you, with AI-powered explanations for why each event is a good match. Save events and explore your favorite artists to never miss a live performance.

Highlights
  • Connect Spotify/YouTube Music
  • Personalized concert recommendations
  • AI-powered match explanations
  • Save events
  • Explore tracks by artist
  • Location-based discovery
Features
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Discover concerts from artists you already love. Playlistour scans your Apple Music, Spotify, or YouTube Music playlists and finds upcoming concerts near you, instantly. • Connect your music • Pick a playlist • Choose your city and dates • Get personalized concert recommendations See which shows are actually worth it with AI-powered match explanations based on your music taste. Save events, explore your tracks by artist, and never miss a concert again. Create an optional Playlistour account to save your concert preferences, favorite and hidden artists, and concert alerts across devices. Favorite artists move up in your results, while hidden artists stay out of future searches until you restore them.

Screenshots

yaMPC4 screens
Playlistour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Playlistour at 100% against yaMPC's 33%. Playlistour also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Playlistour asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Playlistour holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of yaMPC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Playlistour's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, Playlistour every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
yaMPC versus Playlistour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteryaMPCPlaylistour
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasuyuki SuzukiKirill Bogoslovskii

Customer experience

yaMPC

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

Playlistour

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99
None

Playlistour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Playlistour free?
Playlistour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, yaMPC or Playlistour?
Playlistour is rated higher. yaMPC averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Playlistour averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do yaMPC or Playlistour have ads?
Neither yaMPC nor Playlistour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, yaMPC or Playlistour?
yaMPC ships an update every 3 months, and Playlistour every 5 days. Most recently, yaMPC was updated on November 2, 2026 and Playlistour on October 31, 2026.

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