MPDluxe vs Yamd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Yamd
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Remote control app for MPD server. Connect to your Music Player Daemon server and control the playback from convenience of your phone or tablet. App includes: - Full library and library search - Filesystem browser - Queue management and playback settings - Playlist management (creating, editing, deletion) - Artist and cover art fetching from Discogs and Last.fm databases - Basic output settings (on/off) This is only a remote control app and not a music player. There's currently no options to stream music directly to your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Yamd at Free against MPDluxe's $2.99. MPDluxe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Yamd is free to download; MPDluxe costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MPDluxe ships an update every 2 months, Yamd every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MPDluxe | Yamd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 30.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Page 112 | Alexander Rogachev |
In-app purchases
MPDluxe
No in-app purchases
Yamd
No in-app purchases
