Mobile MA vs TuneFalls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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/
TuneFalls
Read full descriptionHide full description
TuneFalls turns your Plex music library into a radio that learns what you love. Point it at your Plex server and it builds a dial of stations from your library's own tags — genres, moods, decades and activities — each one a crate of records ready to play. Thumb tracks up or down and every station tunes itself to your taste. • Stations built from YOUR library — no subscription catalogue, no gaps • The mood pad: drag between melancholy and uplifting, calm and intense, and tune a station to the moment • Energy arcs that wind a session down or warm it up over the hour • Lossless playback — FLAC and ALAC stream untouched from your own server • Radio that learns: thumbs teach each station what belongs • Your plays and stats, kept on your device • Background audio with full lock-screen controls TuneFalls needs a Plex Media Server with a music library. Sign in with Plex, pick your server, press play.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TuneFalls at none against Mobile MA's 4. TuneFalls also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). Mobile MA's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Mobile MA sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. TuneFalls asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mobile MA ships an update every 5 days, TuneFalls weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile MA | TuneFalls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sven Uwe Hanold | Quick Lateral |
In-app purchases
Mobile MA
- Song$2.99
- Album$3.99
- Anthology$8.99
Show 1 moreShow fewer
- Unlimited$22.99
TuneFalls
No in-app purchases









