uPnP Mate vs Blue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Blue
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Blue is an easy to use developer tools for scanning and exploring nearby Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth Smart) devices and communicate with them. It allows developers to quickly read and write to Bluetooth devices. - Features: • Connects to any Bluetooth Smart device. • Discoveries services and characteristics. • Allows to read and write characteristics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Blue at none against uPnP Mate's shown. Blue also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
uPnP Mate ships an update every 5 months, Blue weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uPnP Mate | Blue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuk-Lun Wong | Michal Smialko |
In-app purchases
uPnP Mate
No in-app purchases
Blue
No in-app purchases
