Wristrax vs Mobile MA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wristrax
Access and play your personal music library from your Apple Watch. Browse artists, albums, and playlists, then download and transfer tracks for offline listening without needing your phone.
- Offline Plex music playback
- Browse artists, albums, playlists
- Download tracks to phone
- Transfer music to Apple Watch
- Play music with connected AirPods
- Supports Play Now widget
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** Requires a Plex Media Server and a Plex account. Wristrax displays music from your own Plex library; no content is provided by the app. ** Plex and Plexamp are great. But what if you want to have your music on your Apple Watch? At the gym or while running, carrying your phone just to listen to music is not great. Wristrax finally brings offline playback to your Plex library. Browse artists, albums and playlists, download tracks to your phone, and transfer them to your Apple Watch. Here, you can browse your tracks and play them, for example with connected AirPods. Supports the Play Now widget. Files can be transcoded server-side for saving pace, or transferred as is. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Mobile MA
Control your self-hosted music server from your iPhone with real-time playback, library browsing, and lightning-fast search. Enjoy offline caching and a secure, private connection.
- Real-time multiroom audio control
- Full music library browsing
- Lightning-fast search
- Offline library cache
- Secure token storage
- Customizable appearance
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Mobile MA is an unofficial Music Assistant client. It is independent and not affiliated with, developed, endorsed or reviewed by the Music Assistant project or the Open Home Foundation. Press play – in every room, on every device. Mobile MA is the music player for your home: it brings together your albums, playlists, podcasts, audiobooks and radio stations and plays them wherever you are – on your speakers, your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Apple Watch or in the car. PLAYBACK THAT'S ACTUALLY FUN • Multiroom done right: group speakers with a tap – and everything plays in sync • Save scenes ("Dinner", "Party everywhere") and start them with one tap – from your Watch, TV and CarPlay too • A queue you fully control: play next, edit – and automatic continued playback when the queue ends • Live lyrics, a party mode for guests, per-player volume limits • Play directly on your device or on any player in the house – switch seamlessly MADE WITH LOVE • An interface that celebrates your music: artwork shapes every view – from albums to a Now Playing with rich color gradients • A spectrum analyzer that dances to your music – full-screen if you like • Full-screen artist artwork, playlist collages, thoughtful details everywhere • Fully native: fluid, fast, with fine-tuned haptics • Make it yours: themes, appearance options and alternative app icons YOUR ENTIRE LIBRARY • Artists, albums, playlists, podcasts, audiobooks, radio and genres – all in one place • Lightning-fast search across your music and your streaming providers • A customizable home screen with Continue Listening, Discover and anniversaries • Smart playlists built on your rules, favorites, radio bookmarks and Listen Later • Audiobooks and podcasts with chapter marks and remembered playback speed SOUND & AUDIO INTELLIGENCE • Audio analysis with loudness leveling for a balanced sound • Tone control with bass, mids and treble plus Smart Fades for seamless transitions • Pro DSP tools for everyone who wants to go deeper • Data-friendly on the go: automatic quality adjustment on cellular AT HOME EVERYWHERE • CarPlay: your library, scenes and Now Playing right on the dashboard • Apple Watch: remote control and scenes on your wrist, with its own complications • Apple TV: a full app with library, search, big-screen Now Playing and Top Shelf – set up conveniently from your iPhone • Mac: a full desktop app including a menu bar player • Widgets, Live Activities, Lock Screen and Siri support SMART & CONVENIENT • Music suggestions your way: privately on device or with your own AI key • Listening history with export, in-app tips for hidden features • In ten languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Czech YOUR SERVER. YOUR DATA. Mobile MA is a native client for Music Assistant, the open-source music platform for your home. Your music runs through your own server – no forced accounts, no cloud in between. • Automatic server discovery on your network: sign in and go • Multiple connection profiles, optionally synced to all your devices via iCloud • Remote access on the go through your own secure connection • Real time: changes on the server appear in the app instantly GOOD TO KNOW Mobile MA is an independent app and requires a running Music Assistant server (free and open source, e.g. on a home server or NAS). The capabilities of your streaming providers depend on your server. The core features are free; advanced features can be unlocked with Mobile MA Unlimited via in-app purchase. Purchases are subject to Apple's standard license agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wristrax at 5.0 against Mobile MA's 2.8. Mobile MA's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Wristrax sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year and Mobile MA sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wristrax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mobile MA has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wristrax ships an update weekly, Mobile MA every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wristrax | Mobile MA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.8 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Holger Schueler | Sven Uwe Hanold |
Customer experience
Wristrax
Mobile MA
In-app purchases
Wristrax
- Annual Unlocked$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Unlimited$24.99
Mobile MA
- Song$2.99
- Album$3.99
- Anthology$8.99
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- Unlimited$22.99









