Comparison

AiMusic vs MaximumMPD

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AiMusic

Stream and download your personal music library from your NAS to your mobile device. Organize music by playlists, artists, or folders, and enjoy offline playback. Features random song generation and device shaking to change tracks.

Highlights
  • Stream music from NAS
  • Offline playback
  • Create custom playlists
  • Random song generation
  • Download music for offline use
  • Browse by artist, album, folder
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AiMusic allows you to stream music from your NAS to your mobile device, letting you enjoy your entire music collection while on the go. You can play music from playlists that you create yourself for an optimal listening experience. Like listening to random songs? The Random songs play mode helps you to create a random playlist from your entire music collection, allowing you to enjoy a new listening experience each and every time. AiMusic also allows you to download songs from your NAS to your mobile device for offline listening. No matter if it is is a single song, an album or an entire playlist, all can be easily downloaded to your mobile device for convenient listening. - Stream music from your NAS directly to your mobile device - Browse for songs according to playlist, artist, album, composer, and folder - Create a random playlist at the push of a button - Add, delete and edit online playlists - Download online playlists to your mobile device - Offline playback function and customizable offline playlists - Supports shaking the device to change songs *Must be used in conjunction with SoundsGood

About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote MPD server control
  • Random playlist generation
  • Artist, album, and song browser
  • File browser
  • Quick search functionality
  • Output selection
  • Album art downloading
Features
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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

Screenshots

AiMusic4 screens
MaximumMPD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MaximumMPD at 86% against AiMusic's 25%. MaximumMPD also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MaximumMPD holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of AiMusic's written reviews are positive against 86% of MaximumMPD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AiMusic ships an update every 3 months, MaximumMPD every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AiMusic versus MaximumMPD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAiMusicMaximumMPD
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (7 ratings)4.1 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.4% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings716 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASUSTOR Inc.Richard Backhouse

Customer experience

AiMusic

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral28.6%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive25.4%
Neutral11.3%
Negative63.4%

MaximumMPD

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.7%

In-app purchases

None

AiMusic

No in-app purchases

None

MaximumMPD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AiMusic free?
AiMusic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MaximumMPD free?
MaximumMPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AiMusic or MaximumMPD?
MaximumMPD is rated higher. AiMusic averages 2.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while MaximumMPD averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do AiMusic or MaximumMPD have ads?
Neither AiMusic nor MaximumMPD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AiMusic or MaximumMPD?
AiMusic ships an update every 3 months, and MaximumMPD every 5 weeks. Most recently, AiMusic was updated on October 7, 2026 and MaximumMPD on October 8, 2026.

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