MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000 vs Qudelix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000
Control your music playback on a PC from your iPhone or iPod touch. View song details, manage playlists, and control all essential playback functions over your WiFi network. Easy setup with a required PC plugin.
- Playback control
- Display song information
- Display cover art
- View and control playlist
- Easy setup
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MonkeyMote for foobar2000 gives you a full-fledged foobar2000 remote control for your iPhone or iPod touch. It connects to your PC via your WiFi network and allows you to view information about currently playing tracks and control every important playback feature. Key features: • Playback control • Display song information and cover art • View and control the current playlist • Easy to setup and use All you need to do to get it working is to download and install the plug-in from http://www.monkeymote.com MonkeyMote 4 foobar2000 Lite allows you to freely use some of the many features the ad-free full version of MonkeyMote has to offer. In case you run into problems when setting up the app and plug-in, please visit the support page at http://www.monkeymote.com first, as it is not possible to reply to questions or issues raised in app store reviews.
Qudelix
This app serves as an official remote controller for the Qudelix-5K Bluetooth DAC AMP. It allows users to manage various functions, including equalizer settings, volume, and firmware updates, all via a BLE connection.
- BLE control and monitoring
- Equalizer adjustment
- Battery level display
- Firmware updates
- Volume control
- Bluetooth codec information
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Official remote controller app for Qudelix-5K Bluetooth DAC AMP - Control/Monitor 5K DAC AMP over BLE link - Equalizer Control - Battery Monitor - Device Firmware Update - Volume Control - ES9219 DAC option - Bluetooth Codec & Streaming Information *This app runs with Qudelix-5K DAC AMP HW Device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Qudelix at every 3 weeks against MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000's every 3 months. MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000 against 4.4 for Qudelix. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 84 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000's written reviews are positive against 69% of Qudelix's.
MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000 ships an update every 3 months, Qudelix every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000 | Qudelix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (43 ratings) | 4.4 (84 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews — better | 68.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 84 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Tofall | Qudelix, Inc. |
Customer experience
MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000
Qudelix
Bugs and requests
MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Qudelix
Reported bugs
25 issues- App needs work
- Documentation does not provide a coherent answer
- Wont recognize any Bluetooth devices
- App is useless if you can’t connect a device to it
- Doesn’t work on iPhone 15
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- Causes iPad to lock up
- Some settings won’t apply until I disconnect and reconnect
- Causes issues when it’s running in the background and it’s become extremely bad
- Wont connect to app
- Just won’t connect to app even though it’s connect to my phone
- Thoroughly disappointed
- App kept disconnecting from the 5k at random
- Stopped reconnecting
- App still will not recognize the 5k Device
- Still got the sound, but at a near whispered volume
- App fails to recognize the connected device multiple times
- Even pressing “connect” within the app does nothing
- Rarely registers my Qudelix
- For some reason the EQ just doesn’t sound right
- No app connection
- Connects in phone; not detected in app, even in pairing mode
- Doesn’t work with FW2.0
- 5K also playing up with buttons not working correctly etc.
- Battery graph is unusable on iPadOS
- App is very frustrating to use on the iPad since it opens with gigantic black bezels
Requested features
10 requests- How to set a preset for PEQ for each headphone
- Firefox or Safari extension
- Dark mode
- Live 20 band VU meter displayed in low opacity behind EQ curve
- Update autoeq list
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- Allow importing autoeqs
- German translation
- Toggle absolute volume and volume protection
- Native iPad UI
- Enable modern iPadOS multitasking paradigms
In-app purchases
MonkeyMote Lite for foobar2000
No in-app purchases
Qudelix
No in-app purchases
Questions
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