SwiftPaws vs Amplipi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwiftPaws
Control your pet's interactive lure coursing toy with this app. Designed to provide a healthy outlet for your pet's energy and natural instincts, it enhances playtime and enrichment.
- Control lure coursing toy
- Enhance pet playtime
- Provide pet enrichment
- Manage pet's energy outlet
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At SwiftPaws, we make playful enrichment products for your pet's best life. Use the SwiftPaws App to control your SwiftPaws Lure Coursing Kit. As Seen on Shark Tank, SwiftPaws Lure Coursing Kits and other enrichment products provide a healthy outlet for your pet's natural drive and energy.
Amplipi
Control and amplify your whole-house audio system with multiple zones. Stream from various digital sources or analog inputs and route them to any zone in real-time. Expand your system to accommodate up to 36 zones.
- Multi-room/zone audio control
- Up to 4 simultaneous audio sources
- Analog RCA input
- Digital stream support (Spotify, AirPlay)
- Real-time zone configuration
- Expandable up to 36 zones
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AmpliPi™ is a multi room/zone home audio controller and amplifier made for whole house audio systems with many zones. It can play up to 4 simultaneous audio sources, each of which can be selected from either its analog RCA input or any supported digital stream (Pandora, Spotify, AirPlay, etc). Each source can be routed to one or more zones, all of which are configurable in real-time using the self-hosted AmpliPi Web App or its underlying REST API. It is expandable up to 36 zones using AmpliPi Zone Expanders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Amplipi at 5.0 against SwiftPaws's 2.7. SwiftPaws's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Amplipi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SwiftPaws has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SwiftPaws ships an update every 5 weeks, Amplipi every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwiftPaws | Amplipi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swift Paws, Inc | MicroNova LLC |
Customer experience
SwiftPaws
Amplipi
In-app purchases
SwiftPaws
No in-app purchases
Amplipi
No in-app purchases
