Infinite Record Crate vs mikMPD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Infinite Record Crate
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Flip through your music like digging through a crate of records. Infinite Record Crate turns your Apple Music library into a crate you dig through with your thumb. Records stack like sleeves in a bin β flick through them, pull one out to look closer, flip it over to read the back, and swipe up to drop the needle. THE CRATE β’ Your whole library, stacked like records in a crate β’ Flick to riffle β records tip forward and out of the way as you dig β’ Related albums are woven in as you go, so the crate never runs dry THE RECORD β’ Tap any sleeve to pull it out of the crate β’ Flip it over for the track list, like reading the back of the jacket β’ Read about the album with notes from Apple Music and Wikipedia β’ Swipe up to play it through Apple Music DISCOVERY β’ Recommendations grow from whatever vein you're digging in β’ Add any find to your library with one tap An Apple Music subscription is required for playback of recommendations and related-album discovery. Albums you own play from your library.
mikMPD
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This requires a running MPD server on your network. More information about MPD and how to configure it can be found here: https://www.musicpd.org. mikMPD should work with other MPD implementations as Mopidy, OwnTone, Chord Poly etc. Album art (fetched from MusicBrainz/CoverArtArchive), synced lyrics (via LRCLIB). Browse by albums, artists, genres, or playlists with search filtering. Album and artist detail views include Wikipedia summaries. Play or enqueue entire albums/artists with one tap. Playlists β Full stored-playlist support: browse, rename, and delete playlists. Radio β Built-in Swedish Radio streams (SR P1βP4 GΓΆteborg) plus custom station management with persistent storage. CD β Play audio CDs directly via cdda:/// URIs with per-track control. File Browser β Navigate the MPD directory tree. Single-tap enters directories, double-tap plays files. Swipe actions for add/play. Search β Concurrent search across songs, artists, and albums with debounced input, batch selection, and album art thumbnails. Queue β View and manage the current playlist. Double-tap to jump to a song, drag to reorder, swipe to delete, clear all, toggle consume mode. Outputs & Partitions β Toggle audio outputs on/off, switch between MPD partitions, create and delete partitions, move outputs between partitions via long-press context menu. Multiple Servers β Save any number of MPD servers and switch between them with one tap. Nearby servers advertising over Bonjour/Zeroconf are discovered automatically and can be added directly. Passwords are stored in the Keychain, and the last-used partition is remembered per server. Listen on Phone β Stream audio from an MPD httpd output directly to the device via AVPlayer. Configure the stream URL per server, then toggle "Listen on phone" in Now Playing. Supports background playback with lock screen metadata (song title, artist, album art) and lock screen transport controls. Snapcast β Control a Snapcast multiroom server from the More tab
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: mikMPD at weekly against Infinite Record Crate's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Infinite Record Crate ships an update every 5 weeks, mikMPD weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Infinite Record Crate | mikMPD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 β better | 26.2 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BENJAMIN SANBORN CURRIE | MIKAEL PER JOHAN OSTERDAHL |
In-app purchases
Infinite Record Crate
No in-app purchases
mikMPD
No in-app purchases
Questions
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