UControlByUC vs Magic Apple Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UControlByUC
This app allows subscribers to create a guest Wi-Fi network, manage parental controls, and assign devices to household members. It offers basic policy management for your network.
- Guest Wi-Fi network setup
- Parental controls
- Basic policy management
- Device-to-member association
- Intuitive interface
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Ucontrol by United is an intuitive, easy-to-use mobile application that lets subscribers set up a guest Wi-Fi network, set parental controls, provide basic policy management and associate devices in the network to household members.
Magic Apple Text
Send and receive SMS and MMS messages using dedicated virtual phone numbers. Manage your communications with ease through a simple interface.
- Send and receive text messages
- Dedicated virtual phone numbers
- Manage communications
- Simple interface
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With Magic Apple Text, you can send and receive text messages with your Magic Apple phone numbers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UControlByUC at 4.6 against Magic Apple Text's 3.0. UControlByUC also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
UControlByUC holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UControlByUC has 177 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of UControlByUC's written reviews are positive against 0% of Magic Apple Text's.
UControlByUC ships an update every 3 months, Magic Apple Text every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UControlByUC | Magic Apple Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (177 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United Communications Business Office | Textable |
Customer experience
UControlByUC
Magic Apple Text
In-app purchases
UControlByUC
No in-app purchases
Magic Apple Text
No in-app purchases
