mconnect Player Lite vs Linn Kazoo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Linn Kazoo
Control your Linn DS or DSM player with this intuitive app. Browse and search your music library, create playlists, and manage multiple rooms. Enjoy free TIDAL streaming for a limited time.
- Control Linn DS/DSM players
- Browse and search music
- Save playlists
- Multi-room control
- Free TIDAL streaming trial
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Fast, fun and easy to use, Linn Kazoo is the perfect way to control your Linn DS or DSM player from your phone or tablet. Browse and search all your music, save playlists and control different rooms, all from one simple app. FREE TIDAL STREAMING Stream high quality music straight to your Linn system. Kazoo gives you direct access to Tidal’s huge music library, plus it’s free to try for 90 days for every registered Linn owner (subject to availability of Tidal in your country). ALL YOUR MUSIC UNDER ONE ROOF With customisable views and faster search, it’s never been easier to find that perfect track. Kazoo brings all your music together, however it’s stored or streamed. TAKE CONTROL OF EVERY ROOM Own more than one Linn DS player? Kazoo’s specially designed multi-room feature lets you link rooms together or control them separately, all from one simple app. Linn Kazoo works with: - All Linn DS and DSM players (running Davaar firmware) - OpenHome Media Players
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mconnect Player Lite at 3.5 against Linn Kazoo's 2.6. mconnect Player Lite also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 23%). Linn Kazoo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
mconnect Player Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of mconnect Player Lite's written reviews are positive against 23% of Linn Kazoo's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mconnect Player Lite | Linn Kazoo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (42 ratings) — better | 2.6 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews — better | 23.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Convers Digital Co., Ltd. | Linn Products Ltd |
Customer experience
mconnect Player Lite
Linn Kazoo
User reviews
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
Linn Kazoo
From 33 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Reliable for some users
- 👍 Works with non-Linn streamers
- 👍 Free to use
- 👍 Good sound quality (hardware)
- 👍 Basic but functional UI (for some)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant crashing and freezing
- 🐛 Unstable and unreliable
- 🐛 Difficult to set up and use
- 🐛 Confusing and fragmented app experience
- 🐛 Poorly designed UI
Bugs and requests
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
Linn Kazoo
Reported bugs
46 issues- App locks up and needs reloads
- App crashes frequently
- Unable to recognize Linn Select
- Loses playlists
- App does not work, cannot play music
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- App breaks with iOS updates
- App does not detect Linn zones
- App freezes constantly
- App shuts down after startup screen
- App reverts to previous playlist after one song
- Cannot control play, pause, stop, track skip
- App will not open after update
- App crashes to home screen on launch
- App rarely connects without issues
- Search function buffers endlessly
- Cuts out at random
- Phone cuts out and won't recognize music player
- App stops working on iPhone since iOS 13
- App doesn't see music collection
- App hangs 'waiting for Room'
- App unresponsive when changing inputs and starting up
- App cannot find Linn DS after updates
- App crashes repeatedly after a few songs
- Will only play one track at a time
- App does not work with UPnP
- App stalls on Tidal searches
- App doesn't recognize HD after update
- App is slow and buggy
- Cannot change source
- App crashes (iPad Air with latest update)
- Cataloguing of computer-based music is frustrating
- Search facility is slow to non-functional
- UI does not support iPhone X, menus overlap notch
- Volume doesn't work in last update
- App uses 'floppy disk' icon for save
- App is slow, crashes, can't search alphabetically, fails to bring up album covers
- Cannot search all sources at once
- Poor organization of library titles
- Deleting items from playlist is cumbersome
- App freezes when trying to search to open
- App does not connect well with media server
- Not easy to add radio stations
- UI is rough, circa 1990s
- App is unusable on iPhone X
- UI looks like it was written 20 years ago
- App is worse than Kinsky
Requested features
22 requests- Full screen album art
- Improved search facility
- Native radio wake function
- Apple Music support
- Deezer support
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- iPhone volume buttons control Linn volume
- Integration with now playing (lock screen/Apple Watch)
- Add to playlist from currently playing track
- Remove duplicate entries in Album view
- Local caching for faster display
- Lighter theme option
- Better designed play/next controls
- Ability to set default music server
- Show album/playlist view immediately
- Support Roon
- Sync playback across devices (iPad, PC, iPhone)
- Store Tidal albums by artist a-z
- Queue tracks without interrupting playback by default
- Support for older iOS versions
- Native iPhone app design
- Fix UI for iPhone X and notch
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
mconnect Player Lite
No in-app purchases
Linn Kazoo
No in-app purchases
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