SqueezePad vs mconnect Player Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SqueezePad
Control your Logitech Squeezebox with a fast and intuitive interface on your iPad. An optional upgrade allows you to stream music directly to your device, turning it into a standalone player. Enjoy gapless playback and synchronized audio for a seamless listening experience.
- Instant player selection
- Cached menus and album art
- Preloaded playlist
- Drag and drop playlist reordering
- Screensaver mode with large cover art
- Music streaming to iPad
- Gapless playback and synchronization
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SqueezePad is the preeminent controller for your Logitech Squeezebox. This smooth operating, fast and intuitive controller for your Squeezebox will provide you with complete remote control from your iPad. An upgrade allows music streaming directly to your iPad as well. An unbeatable price tag to get full control of your Squeezebox! Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZxbumV0Wao http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzgUOuZtmE ◆◆◆ SqueezePad is … FAST! ◆◆◆ - instant player selection: a simple touch on the player in the top left shows an instant popup menu. Experience how fast player switching can really be. - cached menus and album art: when you browse the artist or albums menu, their content (with images) is saved. On every subsequent visit the lists are instantly available until the next rescan automatically invalidates the cache. - preloaded playlist: a big chunk of your playlist is preloaded and available on the right hand side of the screen. No waiting times when you want to take a peek at the future songs. - instant alphabetical index and smooth scrolling: the alphabetical index updates the album and artist list already when you just drag your finger over it. - shortcuts to most used functions: on the bottom bar you have buttons for artist, albums, internet radio and favorites menu. Also common playlist function have their own buttons. ◆◆◆ SqueezePad is … SMOOTH! ◆◆◆ - awesome looks: obvious when you look at the screenshots - smooth transitions and animations: As to be expected from a real iPad App, SqueezePad supports menu transitions and smooth scrolling. - volume + progress popups: when changing volume or progress of a song, you get popups telling you the actual values. So stop guessing your desired values today! - drag+drop for playlist entries: playlist entries can be reordered with drag and drop. A quick swipe shows a delete button. - screensaver mode: Tap the big cover-art and SqueezePad switches to a screensaver mode working in portrait and landscape orientation. Now you get even bigger cover art on your iPad. This makes SqueezePad a great information screen for your next party. ◆◆◆ SqueezePad has … PLAYBACK! * ◆◆◆ - stream music to your iPad: now your iPad becomes a small player on its own, and is able to stream your local music or internet radio stations. You’ll find this feature as an in app purchase in the players menu. - many supported formats: SqueezePad has native suport for mp3, FLAC, aac, alac, wav, aiff, pcm. With the help of your Squeezebox Server you can also stream OGG-files to your iPad (it will convert them automatically to either WAV or MP3). If your Squeezebox Server runs on a Windows machine, even WMA-files are supported! - gapless playback and synchronization: SqueezePad will preload the next song in the playlist, so that it will start without any delay. Also the full synchronization protocol of the Squeezeboxes are implemented. - many supported Apps: Last.FM, Deezer or WiMP are supported out of the box. Spotify works with the help of triodes plugin installed in Squeezebox-Server Rhapsody, Napster and Pandora are not working due to licensing issues issues * Please be aware that Logitech blocks direct streaming access to MySqueezebox.com. Squeezebox-Server required to use the playback feature. ◆◆◆ SqueezePad's got … EXTRAS! ◆◆◆ So many extras - please visit my web-site to get a full descriptions: - integrated browser for fast information retrieval - playlist modification mode - configure manual server for advanced networks/remote streaming - set up your alarms - automatically wake your server with Wake On LAN - much much more ... ◆◆◆ Requirements ◆◆◆ Compatible with SqueezeBox-Server from v7.4 to v7.9, to be downloaded from http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download. Also supports direct connection to MySqueezebox.com if you don't own a local server.
mconnect Player Lite
Stream your videos, photos, and music to various devices like smart TVs and speakers. Enjoy gapless playback and support for high-quality audio formats. This version offers core media streaming functionalities.
- Stream video, photo, and music
- Support for UPnP and Google Cast
- Gapless playback
- DSD and FLAC audio playback
- Stream from cloud services
- Send media to AirPlay devices
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mconnect Player is a media player app to support UPnP/DLNA and Google Cast(Chromecast). - Send Video/Photo/Music to UPnP and Google Cast (Chromecast) devices. - Gapless Playback by App and to UPnP renderers. - DSD and FLAC music playback by App. - Play TIDAL, Qobuz and Bugs music & video to UPnP and Google Cast devices. - Send media files to Apple AirPlay compatible devices from PC, NAS and Internet. === mconnect Player Lite is a compact version of mconnect Player. This version does not have full functions of mconnect Player, such as Track Sorting, Folder Bookmarking, and Remembering Renderer. === You can play media files from any Servers to any Playback Devices with mconnect Player. [Media Servers] - Your iPhone and iPad. - UPnP compatible servers: PC and NAS. - Internet Music integrated into App: TIDAL, Qobuz and Bugs. - Cloud Server integrated into App: OneDrive and Dropbox. [Playback Devices] - Your iPhone and iPad. - UPnP compatible renderers: Smart TV, UPnP supported Audio, UPnP receivers. - Google Cast: Chromecast, Google Cast compatible Audio. - AirPlay compatible devices: Apple TV, Airport Express, AirPlay Audio. Note: If you send a media file to a remote playback device, the playable media format depends on the media decoder in the remote playback device. iPhone, iPad, AirPlay, Apple TV, and AirPort Express are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Google Cast and Chromecast are registered trademarks of Google Inc. DLNA is a trademark of Digital Living Network Alliance. UPnP is a certification mark of the UPnP Forum in the United States and other countries. TIDAL is a trademark of ASPIRO AB. Qobuz is a trademark of XANDRIE SA. Bugs is a trademark of NHN Bugs Corp.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: mconnect Player Lite at Free against SqueezePad's $4.99. mconnect Player Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). SqueezePad's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence and monetization model 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
mconnect Player Lite is free to download; SqueezePad costs $4.99 up front. SqueezePad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. mconnect Player Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
SqueezePad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of SqueezePad's written reviews are positive against 62% of mconnect Player Lite's.
SqueezePad ships an update every 5 weeks, mconnect Player Lite monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SqueezePad | mconnect Player Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better | 3.5 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better | 61.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Hansel Solutions UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) | ConversDigital Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
SqueezePad
mconnect Player Lite
User reviews
SqueezePad
From 24 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive performance
- 💡 Excellent integration with Squeezebox ecosystem
- 🔍 Useful information lookup features (e.g. Wikipedia)
- 🔧 Reliable and trouble-free operation
Room to improve
- 🔒 Landscape-mode only (no portrait support)
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
- 🔋 High battery consumption when used as a player
mconnect Player Lite
From 42 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 💡 Supports DLNA and UPnP streaming
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Quickly finds media servers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Playback issues after app updates
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes on some devices
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with certain devices/renderers
- 🐛 Tidal playback not working for some users
- 🐛 DSD file playback not supported
Bugs and requests
SqueezePad
Reported bugs
2 issues- Connectivity issues with some users
- Playback problems with certain audio formats
Requested features
3 requests- Add portrait mode support
- Improve performance for very large music libraries
- Integrate more closely with Squeezebox server settings
mconnect Player Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tracks not playing in correct order
- Unable to connect to some NAS devices
- Album art not displaying properly
- Streaming issues after long periods of use
Requested features
5 requests- Add gapless playback
- Implement playlist/queue management features
- Add support for landscape mode on iPad
- Integrate Spotify support
- Improve Chromecast video casting
In-app purchases
SqueezePad
- SqueezePad Playback$3.99
mconnect Player Lite
No in-app purchases








