uPnP Mate vs Volumio Controller
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.
Volumio Controller
Control your Volumio music player remotely. Manage playback, browse your library, and control playlists and queues. Offers full control over your music experience, including system functions like shutdown and reboot.
- Playback control (play, pause, stop, seek, volume)
- Browse music library and web radio
- Manage playlists and favorites
- View and edit current queue
- System controls (shutdown, reboot)
- Track search functionality
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Volumio Controller is a simple tool to control your Volumio. The first time starting the app, you can fill in the ip-address of your Volumio in your local network. This is then saved on your phone for all the next times you open the app. Currently has the following features: (v1.6) Show playback info: - Title - Artist - Album art Playback control: - Play - Pause - Stop - Previous - Next - Random - Repeat - Seek - Change volume (Stepwise and freely) - (Un)mute Track options: - Add / Remove a track from favourites - Add / Remove a track from a playlist Queue: - Show tracks in current queue - Select a different track from this queue to play - Clear the entire queue - Remove a specific queue item Browsing: - Quick access buttons for: Playlists, Library, Favourites and Web radio. All other categories are accessed with the last button: Other. - Browse back and forth through the different categories - Custom search by typing a query. - Add a playlist/folder to the queue (if applicable) - Replace the current queue with one of the playlists/folders (if applicable) - Add a track to the queue - Replace the queue by a track - Creating a new playlist - Deleting a playlist - Removing a track from a playlist - Removing a track from favourites Controls: - Shutdown Volumio - Reboot Volumio - Continuous refreshing of info by default. Although this is not intensive, there is also an option to stop continuously refreshing. For example if you just need to change the volume and don't care about the info displayed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: uPnP Mate at 67% against Volumio Controller's 0%. uPnP Mate also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (3.9 vs 1.0). Volumio Controller's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On 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
uPnP Mate is free to download; Volumio Controller costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
uPnP Mate holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of uPnP Mate's written reviews are positive against 0% of Volumio Controller's.
uPnP Mate ships an update every 5 months, Volumio Controller fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | uPnP Mate | Volumio Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuk-Lun Wong | GForce Productions |
Customer experience
uPnP Mate
Volumio Controller
In-app purchases
uPnP Mate
No in-app purchases
Volumio Controller
No in-app purchases
Questions
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