uPnP Mate vs NetSafety Device
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.
NetSafety Device
This app safeguards your devices from malicious websites and files. It blocks harmful content and detects malware, providing effortless web and antimalware protection across your devices.
- Blocks harmful websites
- Detects malware files
- Cross-device protection
- Compatible with major iOS browsers
- Effortless setup
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Protect yourself from websites and files used by cybercriminals to commit phishing, fraud and other malicious activity. NetSafety Device keeps you and your device(s) safe by: blocking harmful websites; and detecting files that contain malware. Install SafeCentral on all your devices and get effortless web and antimalware protection. NetSafety Device's web protection service is compatible with all major iOS browsers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: uPnP Mate at 67% against NetSafety Device's 0%. uPnP Mate also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). NetSafety Device's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. 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. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uPnP Mate has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of uPnP Mate's written reviews are positive against 0% of NetSafety Device's.
uPnP Mate ships an update every 5 months, NetSafety Device every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uPnP Mate | NetSafety Device |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuk-Lun Wong | Wontok (Software) Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
uPnP Mate
NetSafety Device
In-app purchases
uPnP Mate
No in-app purchases
NetSafety Device
No in-app purchases
