MPDluxe vs swmpc
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.
swmpc
A fast and elegant music player client for Apple devices. It offers seamless library browsing, intuitive queue management, and full playlist support. Features AI-powered smart fill for playlist generation and is open source.
- Fast library browsing
- Sane queue management
- Full playlist support
- Favorites access
- AI-powered smart fill
- Open source
- Universal purchase
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Tired of janky MPD clients? Same. `swmpc` is a fast, elegant MPD client built exclusively for iOS, iPadOS & macOS. A clean, native interface that feels right at home on your Apple devices. What you get: • Fast library browsing: Search artists, albums, and tracks instantly • Sane queue management: Add, remove, reorder. Drag and drop. No friction. • Full playlist support: Create, edit, delete, and populate playlists without fighting the UI • Favorites: Quick access to tracks you actually listen to • AI-powered smart fill: Generate playlists or queue tracks by genre or mood • Open source: Inspect it, fork it, contribute. It's your app too. • Universal purchase: One price. Get it for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Done.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MPDluxe at 3.0 against swmpc's 1.0. MPDluxe also leads on price ($2.99 vs $8.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 27.0). swmpc's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 30%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
MPDluxe costs $2.99 and swmpc $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MPDluxe holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of MPDluxe's written reviews are positive against 60% of swmpc's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MPDluxe | swmpc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.2% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Page 112 | Camille Scholtz |
Customer experience
MPDluxe
swmpc
In-app purchases
MPDluxe
No in-app purchases
swmpc
No in-app purchases
