PIPMP vs Umphrey's McGee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PIPMP
Enjoy music from any app with this picture-in-picture player. It allows continuous playback while you multitask on your device. Access your music library seamlessly.
- Picture-in-picture playback
- Always-accessible player
- Multitasking support
- Music library access
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PIPMP is an always-accessible music player that can be used from any app using picture-in-picture!" The Access to the music library is required to use this application. # Other Information - Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy policy https://tsuzukit.com/legal/privacy-policy.html - Indication based on the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions https://tsuzukit.com/legal/commercial-law.html
Umphrey's McGee
This music app offers an immersive listening experience, allowing users to control individual instrument levels, solo, mute, and pan. Access lyrics and create a personalized mix, similar to being at a recording studio's mixing board.
- Adjust instrument levels
- Solo and mute instruments
- Pan audio
- Loop sections
- Access lyrics
- Immersive listening experience
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Umphrey's McGee - Asking For A Friend has been made available as a Myxstem app. Myxstem (pronounced "mix-stem") is a new format that empowers fans to completely control the listening experience by adjusting levels of each instrument (stem) to solo, mute, pan, loop and access lyrics in a fun and immersive way, similar to being at the mixing board of a recording studio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PIPMP at Free against Umphrey's McGee's $14.99. Umphrey's McGee's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence 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
PIPMP is free to download; Umphrey's McGee costs $14.99 up front. PIPMP sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Umphrey's McGee asks for nothing beyond the download.
PIPMP ships an update every 9 days, Umphrey's McGee every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PIPMP | Umphrey's McGee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 412 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryo Tsudukihashi | Myxstem |
Customer experience
PIPMP
Umphrey's McGee
In-app purchases
PIPMP
- Supporter Plan (1 month)$0.991 Month
Umphrey's McGee
No in-app purchases
