Comparison

MPDjs vs yaMPC

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

Head to head
About

MPDjs

Control your Music Player Daemon (MPD) server remotely. Browse your music library by artist, album, or song, and generate random playlists. Supports multiple connections and server discovery.

Highlights
  • Remote MPD control
  • Random playlist generation
  • Browse by artist/album/song
  • Quick song search
  • Multiple connections
  • Server discovery
Features
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MPDjs is a MPD (Music Player Daemon) client providing remote control over all your MPD based songs Features: Random Playlist generation Multiple connections Drill down through artists and albums to your songs Quickly search for songs Find songs by Artist, Album, Song Search or File Swipe left or right for page selection or tap header bar to access page menu Output Selection Server Discovery via Bonjour Requirements : An MPD Server running in your home network. See http://www.musicpd.org/ for more details

About

yaMPC

Control your Music Player Daemon (MPD) remotely with this app. Easily manage your music library, control playback, and edit your queue. Unlock advanced browsing and search features with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Multiple MPD server registration
  • Automatic MPD server detection
  • Queue management and editing
  • Playback controls (play, pause, skip, volume)
  • Album and song browsing
  • Advanced search and filtering
Features
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If you use Music Player Daemon (MPD), try FREE features of yaMPC now! Initial setup of yaMPC for your MPD is very easy. Go through the tutorial first - tap "App Support" on this page, then tap "Link to yaMPC Tutorial" FREE Features: - Able to register multiple MPD Servers and switch them to control. - Scan button auto-detects MPD 0.20 or later versions (need to enable Zeroconf), Volumio or MoOde - Easy Cover-Arts settings for MPD 0.21 or later versions, Volumio or MoOde. - Queue scene: lists songs in the Queue (or the Current Playlist), plays a song by tapping. Allows you to edit and clear queue. - Queue and Play scenes: You can play songs and pause, play next song, previous song, play randomly or repeatedly. Fast forward and rewind with buttons or slide bar. Controlling volume. - Albums scene: lists albums with cover-arts, album titles and album artists. Filter albums by album title and/or album artists. - Albums songs sub-scene: lists songs in the tapped album. Add a song to Queue and/or play the song. Features require In-App Purchase: - Browse scene: lists Genres, Artists, Composers, Playlist or Folder contents. Filter them by any text. You can display albums and songs by tapping an item in the list. - Search scene: You can search songs by title, artist or any tag. Play a song by tapping it.

Screenshots

MPDjs4 screens
yaMPC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MPDjs at none against yaMPC's 1. MPDjs also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.2 vs 26.0). yaMPC's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (33% vs 14%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. yaMPC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MPDjs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

yaMPC holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of MPDjs's written reviews are positive against 33% of yaMPC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MPDjs ships an update monthly, yaMPC every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MPDjs versus yaMPC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMPDjsyaMPC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (5 ratings)3.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard BackhouseYasuyuki Suzuki

Customer experience

MPDjs

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral28.6%
Negative57.1%

yaMPC

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

MPDjs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99

Questions

Is MPDjs free?
MPDjs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MPDjs or yaMPC?
yaMPC is rated higher. MPDjs averages 3.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while yaMPC averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do MPDjs or yaMPC have ads?
Neither MPDjs nor yaMPC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MPDjs or yaMPC?
MPDjs ships an update monthly, and yaMPC every 3 months. Most recently, MPDjs was updated on October 13, 2026 and yaMPC on September 30, 2026.

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