mconnect control vs MaximumMPD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mconnect control
Control network audio products with this app. Stream music from your phone, PC, or NAS to compatible devices. Enjoy internet radio and manage playlists across multiple servers.
- Stream music from phone, PC, NAS
- Play TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer, vTuner
- Internet radio playback
- Multi-room audio control
- Playlist management
- Network audio device setup
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mconnect Control is a dedicated control app for ConversDigital’s mconnect technology compatible network audio products. 1. Play TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer and vTuner to mconnect compatible audio. 2. Stream music files to mconnect compatible audio from your phone, PCs and NAS. 3. Play music files in PCs and Network Attached Storages (NAS) with your phone and tablet. [Features] - Works with “mconnect compatible” network audio products. - Stream music from your phone to mconnect compatible audio. - Stream music from PC, network storage, and cloud to mconnect compatible audio. - Listening Internet streaming music and Internet Radio with mconnect compatible audio. - Play music in any servers with your phone. - Network Audio Device Setup: WiFi selection, firmware update and other setups. - Multi-room control: select group of speakers to play music simultaneously. - Playlist management across servers. - Track Sorting, Folder Bookmarking, and Remembering Renderer. - TIDAL Integration. - Qobuz Integration. - Deezer Integration. - vTuner Integration. mconnect is a technology and trademark of ConversDigital Co., Ltd. TIDAL is a trademark of ASPIRO AB. Qobuz is a trademark of XANDRIE SA. Deezer is a trademark of ODYSSEY MUSIC GROUP. vTuner is a trademark of Nothing Else Matters Software Ltd.
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.
- Remote MPD server control
- Random playlist generation
- Artist, album, and song browser
- File browser
- Quick search functionality
- Output selection
- Album art downloading
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MaximumMPD at 86% against mconnect control's 32%. MaximumMPD also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.6). mconnect control's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
MaximumMPD holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of mconnect control's written reviews are positive against 86% of MaximumMPD's.
mconnect control ships an update every 3 weeks, MaximumMPD every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mconnect control | MaximumMPD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (31 ratings) | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.9% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ConversDigital Co., Ltd. | Richard Backhouse |
Customer experience
mconnect control
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In-app purchases
mconnect control
No in-app purchases
MaximumMPD
No in-app purchases
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