uPnP Mate vs TheSlowWeb
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.
TheSlowWeb
A straightforward application for managing your Pinboard.in bookmarks. Simply input your API key to begin organizing your saved links. Future updates will introduce additional functionalities.
- Pinboard.in integration
- API key authentication
- Bookmark management
- Simple user interface
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A super simple client for Pinboard.in. Just add your API key to start. More features to be added later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TheSlowWeb at none against uPnP Mate's shown. TheSlowWeb also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). uPnP Mate's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of uPnP Mate's written reviews are positive against 50% of TheSlowWeb's.
uPnP Mate ships an update every 5 months, TheSlowWeb every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | uPnP Mate | TheSlowWeb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuk-Lun Wong | silas slack |
Customer experience
uPnP Mate
TheSlowWeb
In-app purchases
uPnP Mate
No in-app purchases
TheSlowWeb
No in-app purchases
