Comparison

MPDluxe vs yaMPC

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Browse music collection
  • Manage saved playlists
  • Control playback (play, pause, skip)
  • Edit current playlist
  • Search MPD database
  • Control playback mode
Features
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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.

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

MPDluxe4 screens
yaMPC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: yaMPC at Free against MPDluxe's $2.99. yaMPC also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.0). MPDluxe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

yaMPC is free to download; MPDluxe costs $2.99 up front. yaMPC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MPDluxe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

yaMPC holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of MPDluxe's written reviews are positive against 33% of yaMPC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MPDluxe ships an update every 2 months, yaMPC every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MPDluxe versus yaMPC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMPDluxeyaMPC
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.2% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPage 112Yasuyuki Suzuki

Customer experience

MPDluxe

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive30.2%
Neutral27.9%
Negative41.9%

yaMPC

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

In-app purchases

None

MPDluxe

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

yaMPC

One-time1
  • yaMPC Full Function$2.99

Questions

Is MPDluxe free?
MPDluxe costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is yaMPC free?
yaMPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MPDluxe or yaMPC?
yaMPC is rated higher. MPDluxe averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while yaMPC averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do MPDluxe or yaMPC have ads?
Neither MPDluxe nor yaMPC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MPDluxe or yaMPC?
MPDluxe ships an update every 2 months, and yaMPC every 3 months. Most recently, MPDluxe was updated on October 13, 2026 and yaMPC on October 15, 2026.

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