mconnect Player HD vs MPDluxe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mconnect Player HD
Stream your videos, photos, and music to various playback devices. Supports UPnP, DLNA, and Google Cast, with gapless playback for DSD and FLAC files. Play media from your device, NAS, cloud storage, or integrated music services.
- UPnP/DLNA media streaming
- Google Cast (Chromecast) support
- Gapless playback
- DSD and FLAC music playback
- Stream TIDAL, Qobuz, and Bugs
- Send media to AirPlay devices
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mconnect Player is a media player app to support UPnP/DLNA and Google Cast(Chromecast). - Send Video/Photo/Music to UPnP and Google Cast (Chromecast) devices. - Gapless Playback by App and to UPnP renderers. - DSD and FLAC music playback by App. - Play TIDAL, Qobuz and Bugs music & video to UPnP and Google Cast devices. - Send media files to Apple AirPlay compatible devices from PC, NAS and Internet. *mconnect Plaer HD is for iPad providing horizontal screen. You can play media files from any Servers to any Playback Devices with mconnect Player. [Media Servers] - Your iPhone and iPad. - UPnP compatible servers: PC and NAS. - Internet Music integrated into App: TIDAL, Qobuz and Bugs. - Cloud Server integrated into App: OneDrive and Dropbox. [Playback Devices] - Your iPhone and iPad. - UPnP compatible renderers: Smart TV, UPnP supported Audio, UPnP receivers. - Google Cast: Chromecast, Google Cast compatible Audio. - AirPlay compatible devices: Apple TV, Airport Express, AirPlay Audio. Note: If you send a media file to a remote playback device, the playable media format depends on the media decoder in the remote playback device. iPhone, iPad, AirPlay, Apple TV, and AirPort Express are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Google Cast and Chromecast are registered trademarks of Google Inc. DLNA is a trademark of Digital Living Network Alliance. UPnP is a certification mark of the UPnP Forum in the United States and other countries. TIDAL is a trademark of ASPIRO AB. Qobuz is a trademark of XANDRIE SA. Bugs is a trademark of NHN Bugs Corp.
MPDluxe
Control your networked music playback system remotely. Browse your music library, manage playlists, and control playback functions like play, pause, and skip. This app is designed to seamlessly connect to your existing MPD server.
- Browse music collection
- Manage saved playlists
- Control playback (play, pause, skip)
- Edit current playlist
- Search MPD database
- Control playback mode
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MPDluxe is a remote controller for MPD, an open-source networked music playing system which can run on a variety of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. MPDluxe allows you to browse the music collection and saved playlists on the MPD server, play, pause and skip tracks, add tracks to and edit the current playlist, search the MPD database and control the playback mode. MPDluxe can handle music collections of any size, and is ready to work as soon as it connects to the MPD server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mconnect Player HD at 3.4 against MPDluxe's 3.0. mconnect Player HD also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 30%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). MPDluxe's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
mconnect Player HD costs $5.99 and MPDluxe $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mconnect Player HD holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mconnect Player HD has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of mconnect Player HD's written reviews are positive against 30% of MPDluxe's.
mconnect Player HD ships an update every 3 weeks, MPDluxe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mconnect Player HD | MPDluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (33 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.2% of reviews — better | 30.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ConversDigital Co., Ltd. | Page 112 |
Customer experience
mconnect Player HD
MPDluxe
Bugs and requests
mconnect Player HD
Reported bugs
28 issues- Last track cut short
- Volume resets when turned up
- Crashes when connecting to Chromecast
- Unstable and unreliable performance
- Freezes randomly
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- Slow performance and lag
- Consistently crashes when playing albums
- Hangs when playing playlists
- Disconnects and freezes regularly
- Background battery drain
- Won't play MKV files
- Won't play DSD files
- Stops after one or two tracks
- Fails to automatically advance to next track
- Playback stops after each song
- Crashes when adding tracks to playlist
- Fails to process DSD64
- Stopped playing to music renderer
- Locked in landscape mode
- Volume control less responsive
- Viewing window obscured
- Broken after update, stops playback
- Pausing causes crashes and freezes
- Crashes iPad
- Unstable UPnP device listing
- Playback stops after end of track
- High-res playback unstable
- Invalid file location error
Requested features
29 requests- Improve interface intuitiveness
- Add radio support
- Support portrait mode
- Add album cover art display
- Add scrubbing of file being played
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- Improve search capabilities with filters
- Simplify favorites management
- Add 'Play now' for albums
- Add scrobbling support for last.fm
- View Qobuz digital booklets
- Add gapless playback support
- Add scroll bar for navigation
- Unified iPhone and iPad app
- Support for MKV video files
- Support for DSD files
- Add dark mode option
- Improve battery management for background processes
- Add support for online music streaming to Chromecast
- Fix last track cut short issue
- Fix volume control resetting
- Fix playback stopping after each song
- Fix app crashing when adding tracks
- Fix DSD64 processing issues
- Fix playback stopping to remote
- Fix landscape mode lock
- Fix volume control responsiveness
- Fix obscured viewing window
- Add support for video formats
- Remove persistent 'play to' button
MPDluxe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
mconnect Player HD
No in-app purchases
MPDluxe
No in-app purchases
