SimpleEdit vs uPnP Mate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleEdit
This is a straightforward plain text editor that allows you to open and edit various text files. It offers a view-only mode for data detection and a rewind feature to restore original file states. The app supports customization of fonts and keyboard types for a personalized editing experience.
- Open text files from Files app
- View-only mode with data detection
- Rewind button to revert changes
- Supports dark mode and multiwindow
- Customizable font family and size
- System font picker integration
- Switchable native iOS keyboard types
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A simple plain text editor built using SwiftUI. Features: • Open any text file or compatible data files as UTF8 encoded text from the Files app. • Enter view-only mode for data detection (links, phone numbers, addresses, …). • Rewind button to revert files to their original state. • Supports dark mode, multiwindow, and state restoration. • Customise font family & size used for editing. • Select fonts using the system font picker, which shows fonts installed in the Settings app. (Settings → General → Fonts) • Switch between native iOS keyboard types (default, number pad, phone pad, URL, web search, Twitter, …).
uPnP Mate
This utility app helps you discover and analyze Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices on your local network. It provides detailed information about their IP addresses, capabilities, and extensions, allowing you to interact with their interfaces and examine network communication.
- Discover UPnP devices on your network
- View IP addresses and capabilities
- Examine device limitations and extensions
- Interact with device presentation interfaces
- Analyze UPnP discovery messages
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Discover all the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices on your local area network. Find out their IP addresses, capabilities and limitations, optional features and extensions. Interact with devices via their presentation user interfaces. Examine discovery messages that are exchanged between devices and the UPnP controller. uPnP Mate is compatible with devices that conform to the UPnP Device Architecture V1.0 specification.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: uPnP Mate at none against SimpleEdit's 3. uPnP Mate also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26). SimpleEdit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. SimpleEdit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. uPnP Mate asks for nothing beyond the download.
uPnP Mate holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of SimpleEdit's written reviews are positive against 67% of uPnP Mate's.
SimpleEdit ships an update every 3 weeks, uPnP Mate every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleEdit | uPnP Mate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (22 ratings) | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jamie Froggatt | Yuk-Lun Wong |
Customer experience
SimpleEdit
uPnP Mate
In-app purchases
SimpleEdit
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
uPnP Mate
No in-app purchases
