UPnP Monkey

Flawless! Such a shame that I haven't found out about this app earlier. Controls my UPMPD renderer without any issue. Global volume control is great addition. Don't let the UI give you a bad impression - it has all the features you need.

This app is broken. The app repeatedly tries to open and adjust the volume of my phone. Had to force close it just to take back control of the top of my screen. Fix this and I'll try again. It's a shame, the description made this app sound promising...

Just hangs while searching for devices.

Can't find the way to automatically play next song in playlist. Maybe a problem on my DLNA render device but other controllers work. For all the rest, good app. Light, fast, no ads, simple and intuitive. Sorry, 2 stars for the "next song" problem.

Awesome app

It is easy to use for multi room audio/video, probably the best iv found so far as simple to use and automatically finds devices. Would be better if the seeker bar worked and could fast forward and rewind. Also it is unable to find anything on my server.

Consistently finds my devices and files. Consistently plays them on the selected device.

Works as well as I'd have expected a monkey to work.

A good implementation of the controller DLNA profile. Bad implementation of the renderer DLNA profile i.e. if you want to watch a video directly on your tablet you'll probably not hear sound due to lack of support for most of the popular audio codecs. Fortunately for me however I only use it to control/play videos from my NAS to my Samsung TV.

Works great as long as you know what you're doing; not “intuitive” but an excellent app for what should be a core function in Android. Would be great if it supported fullscreen mode, or if there was an option to disable the device's own Rendered completely.

No ads, no purchases. Doesn't want to own your phone. Does exactly what it's supposed to do - control renderers in a UPnP/DLNA network. Drives Chromecast clean no fuss like a champ. Kudos to the dev for a nice piece of code. Very clean uncluttered interface as well. Good UX.

No transcoding to renderer

Awesome app

Liked. Nice

A year later, I've tried so many DLNA/UPnP apps, bubble, allcast, localcast, ginko, mediahouse, and I forget the rest, but they all were horrible. While the interface of Monkey could use some cleanup, playback compatibility of video and audio is unsurpassed on my samsung galaxy tab2 and Pioneer SMA3 network speaker. I can play FLAC, MP3, MP4, AVI, WMV, MKV, every kind of file so far has not been refused. Over half of these will NOT play on my HDTV HDMI Sony and Samsung BD DLNA players on my LAN. FAIL! I NEVER pay for ANY app, but I would pay for Monkey. AWESOME! Playback codec compatibility as good as a HTPC, but simpler. Try this one first and then you might be able to skip the rest, and the pain and frustration.

Some strange development decisions in this app. Works well. The central concept is novel.

Originally 4 stars when i first rated it, i cannot get it to work any longer. First it crashed when adding to playlist, then it wouldn't find my windows music share (but video was fine).

Useless for what I expect

The only UPnP Controller I found that has controls that work without throwing errors on my playback device while also running much more quickly.

This app is great. Plays music from my home UPnP server and allows me to remotely control my desktop mediamonkey setup. I got more that I wanted with this app. However I had some issues while adjusting volume in the UPnP player. The audio begins rapidly changing level until the app ends up crashing. The app crash usually brings down my launcher as well. Otherwise this app would get a 5/5.

Can't find the way to automatically play next song in playlist. Maybe a problem on my DLNA render device but other controllers work. For all the rest, good app. Light, fast, no ads, simple and intuitive. Sorry, 2 stars for the "next song" problem.

Despite some shortcomings the only app I could find that fits my needs (control of multiple streams to multiple devices at the same time). Excellent work.

A year later, I've tried so many DLNA/UPnP apps, bubble, allcast, localcast, ginko, mediahouse, and I forget the rest, but they all were horrible. While the interface of Monkey could use some cleanup, playback compatibility of video and audio is unsurpassed on my samsung galaxy tab2 and Pioneer SMA3 network speaker. I can play FLAC, MP3, MP4, AVI, WMV, MKV, every kind of file so far has not been refused. Over half of these will NOT play on my HDTV HDMI Sony and Samsung BD DLNA players on my LAN. FAIL! I NEVER pay for ANY app, but I would pay for Monkey. AWESOME! Playback codec compatibility as good as a HTPC, but simpler. Try this one first and then you might be able to skip the rest, and the pain and frustration.

Some strange development decisions in this app. Works well. The central concept is novel.

works as expected - good.

Some strange development decisions in this app. Works well. The central concept is novel.

Works as promised, one of the best I have tested so far.

Useless for what I expect

A year later, I've tried so many DLNA/UPnP apps, bubble, allcast, localcast, ginko, mediahouse, and I forget the rest, but they all were horrible. While the interface of Monkey could use some cleanup, playback compatibility of video and audio is unsurpassed on my samsung galaxy tab2 and Pioneer SMA3 network speaker. I can play FLAC, MP3, MP4, AVI, WMV, MKV, every kind of file so far has not been refused. Over half of these will NOT play on my HDTV HDMI Sony and Samsung BD DLNA players on my LAN. FAIL! I NEVER pay for ANY app, but I would pay for Monkey. AWESOME! Playback codec compatibility as good as a HTPC, but simpler. Try this one first and then you might be able to skip the rest, and the pain and frustration.

It is easy to use for multi room audio/video, probably the best iv found so far as simple to use and automatically finds devices. Would be better if the seeker bar worked and could fast forward and rewind. Also it is unable to find anything on my server.

Consistently finds my devices and files. Consistently plays them on the selected device.

Works as well as I'd have expected a monkey to work.

The multi-renderer option works as well as DLNA will allow it to work, but the buggy playlist manager crashes the app a lot.

Won't connect to naim hdx

No media found

OK app does what it says on the tin,nice GUI easy on the eye,needs more support for formats codecs ets Great app

Doesn't plays mkvs so uninstall

Love the party mode; best dlna player/controller I've found so far!

A good implementation of the controller DLNA profile. Bad implementation of the renderer DLNA profile i.e. if you want to watch a video directly on your tablet you'll probably not hear sound due to lack of support for most of the popular audio codecs. Fortunately for me however I only use it to control/play videos from my NAS to my Samsung TV.

I really like the clean interface but it does not display my nexus 5 as a local renderer or library. The volume also does not work from the phones volume buttons it is not listed in the share list.