Comparison

Mirage Media Controller for iPad vs MaximumMPD

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mirage Media Controller for iPad

Transform your iPad into a remote control for your home audio system. Stream music from various sources, discover new tracks with a unique feature, and manage playback across multiple zones.

Highlights
  • Control music playback remotely
  • Access local and streaming music libraries
  • Discover similar music with TuneBridge
  • Manage multi-zone audio
  • Integrate with home automation systems
  • Stream from Pandora, Spotify, SiriusXM, and more
Features
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Turn your iPad into a powerful controller that will allow you to orchestrate music playback from anywhere in your home through your Mirage Audio System. With the Mirage Media Controller, you can instantly access and play your entire music collection, including multiple iTunes accounts, Windows Media collections and any of your favorite internet streaming services such as Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify, Rhapsody, Napster, Last.fm and TuneIn Radio. If you hear something that you like during playback of your local content or streaming services, a single button press of our TuneBridge feature will enable you to instantly browse similar content on Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, or Spotify. TuneBridge is an exclusive and fun feature that will help you discover more music you love by finding content with a similar style. When the application is supported by the installation of a Mirage Audio System, zone grouping and zone volume control will allow you to control and play multiple streams of all of your content throughout your home at your leisure. Select party mode and have all of your zones playing one stream of music throughout your home. For professional A/V installers, the Mirage Media Controller will communicate over IP with Crestron, AMX, Control4, RTI and other control systems to relay zone/source selection, volume, and power commands to the central automation processor. The Mirage Media Controller requires the Autonomic Mirage Media Server or the Mirage Audio System, both available separately from Autonomic. Designed to work with the Mirage Media Server firmware version 4.5. FEATURES •Play your entire media collection all over the house •Listen to different content in each room •Create and edit radio stations through Pandora using our TuneBridge application •Listen to custom radio stations with Pandora Internet Radio •Listen to thousands of radio stations around the world with TuneIn Radio •Stream your SiriusXM satellite radio subscription via broadband, no antenna required •Listen to thousands of titles with Spotify •Play your favorite albums through Rhapsody •Interfaces with Home Automation equipment wirelessly over IP

About

MaximumMPD

Control your Music Player Daemon (MPD) server remotely. Browse your music library by artist, album, or song, generate random playlists, and manage outputs. It also supports album art downloading and server discovery.

Highlights
  • Remote MPD server control
  • Random playlist generation
  • Artist, album, and song browser
  • File browser
  • Quick search functionality
  • Output selection
  • Album art downloading
Features
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MaximumMPD is a MPD (Music Player Daemon) client providing remote control over all your MPD based songs Features: Random Playlist generation Multiple connections Server Discovery via Bonjour Artist, Album Song Browser File Browser Quickly search for artists, albums and songs Output Selection Quickly create and edit playlists AlbumArt downloading via MPD (if version >= 0.21), HTTP and UPnP Requirements : An MPD Server running in your home network. See http://www.musicpd.org/ for more details Various images provided by Icons8 https://icons8.com

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MaximumMPD at 86% against Mirage Media Controller for iPad's 23%. MaximumMPD also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Mirage Media Controller for iPad's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MaximumMPD holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MaximumMPD has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Mirage Media Controller for iPad's written reviews are positive against 86% of MaximumMPD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mirage Media Controller for iPad ships an update every 4 months, MaximumMPD every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mirage Media Controller for iPad versus MaximumMPD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMirage Media Controller for iPadMaximumMPD
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)4.1 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings316 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAutonomic Controls, Inc.Richard Backhouse

Customer experience

Mirage Media Controller for iPad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral30.8%
Negative46.2%

MaximumMPD

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.7%

In-app purchases

None

Mirage Media Controller for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

MaximumMPD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mirage Media Controller for iPad free?
Mirage Media Controller for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MaximumMPD free?
MaximumMPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mirage Media Controller for iPad or MaximumMPD?
MaximumMPD is rated higher. Mirage Media Controller for iPad averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MaximumMPD averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do Mirage Media Controller for iPad or MaximumMPD have ads?
Neither Mirage Media Controller for iPad nor MaximumMPD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mirage Media Controller for iPad or MaximumMPD?
Mirage Media Controller for iPad ships an update every 4 months, and MaximumMPD every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mirage Media Controller for iPad was updated on October 6, 2026 and MaximumMPD on October 20, 2026.

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