U vs Unraid Drive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
U
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U-Manager is an independent third-party app to monitor and manage your Unraid server from your iPhone or iPad. Check your array, parity, CPU and RAM, browse and transfer files, and control Docker containers and virtual machines without opening the web UI. INCLUDED Dashboard - Server status in real time - CPU, RAM and disk usage - Array and cache status - Disk activity card: parity checks, rebuilds and resyncs as they run File manager - Browse, upload, download and manage server files in the app - Copy, move, delete, rename and change permissions - Search with wildcards and regular expressions - Background uploads with progress notifications Docker containers - Start, stop and restart containers - Filter and search containers - Open a container's WebUI from its card Community Applications - Browse and search the Community Applications store Shares, parity and disks - See your shares and how much space they use - Start a parity check and follow its progress Virtual machines - Start, stop, pause, resume, reboot and force stop your VMs UPS with NUT - Connect your UPS through NUT and check its status from your phone Tautulli - Plex activity, history and statistics Torrents - Works with qBittorrent and Transmission - Speeds, progress, ratio, ETA, seeds and peers in real time - Filter by state: all, active, downloading, finished, paused or error Multiple servers - Add several Unraid servers and switch between them with one tap Security - Face ID or Touch ID lock - Credentials stored encrypted on the device - No personal data collection Notifications - Read and manage your server notifications - Mark as read, archive or delete several at once OPTIONAL ADD-ONS Each add-on is a one-time purchase. The All Access subscription, monthly or yearly, includes all of them. Power Pack (requires the U-Manager Companion plugin on your server) - Live Docker stats (CPU, memory, network) - Live network card on the dashboard - Update all Docker containers at once - Install plugins and Docker apps from the CA Store - Edit and uninstall Docker containers, uninstall plugins - Create and edit user shares - SMART settings per disk and per pool File browser - Image previews and full-screen viewer - Folder and video thumbnails - Video playback in the app - Widget with the operations in progress Tautulli - End active streams with one tap - Filter history by any date range - Export history to CSV or JSON - Monthly, yearly and all-time graphs - Tautulli card on the dashboard Torrent - Open magnet links and .torrent files in U-Manager to send them to your server - Send one or several .torrent files at once - Pause, resume or remove several torrents at once - Set download and upload speed limits - Live speed chart on the dashboard REQUIREMENTS - Unraid server 6.10 or higher - API key created in Unraid Settings → Management Access - Network connection to the server (local or remote) - U-Manager Files plugin on the server for the file manager - U-Manager Companion plugin on the server for the Power Pack U-Manager is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lime Technology or Unraid. The name "U-Manager for Unraid" follows the naming format explicitly permitted by Lime Technology's trademark policy (unraid.net/policies). Unraid® is a trademark of Lime Technology, Inc. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jandrop.github.io/privacy_policy/PRIVACY_POLICY.html
Unraid Drive
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Unraid Drive puts the shares of your Unraid server into the Files app, next to iCloud Drive — on iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro, at home or on the go. IMPORTANT: the app does nothing on its own. Your Unraid server must run a service such as the free, open-source unraid-gateway container (instructions in the wiki): it is what exposes the shares to the app. HOW IT WORKS Install the small open-source unraid-gateway container on your Unraid server, create an Unraid API key, publish the gateway with Cloudflare or any reverse proxy, and add it in the app. Your shares appear under Locations in the Files app: open, save, move, rename and delete files from any app that uses the Files picker. FEATURES • Native Files app integration (File Provider): on-demand download, resumable uploads for large files, background sync. • Per-user access: add your Unraid username and password and see exactly the shares Unraid grants you, read-only where Unraid says so. • Connection modes: direct HTTPS, or Cloudflare Access with a service token. • Dashboard: array state and usage, parity check, disk temperatures, shares, gateway container, notifications, CPU and memory. • Connection test with clear diagnostics, edit server without losing your Files locations. • Optional iCloud sync of the configuration for effortless device restores. • Theme System/Light/Dark and interface in 7 languages. • Demo server to try everything offline. • No accounts, no analytics, no third-party servers: the app talks only to your gateway. • Unraid look: Unraid-orange accents, app icon in six colours with light, dark and tinted variants. • Sync engine like the big cloud drives (with unraid-gateway 0.5+): stable item ids and a change journal, so renames, moves and deletions made anywhere on the NAS reach the Files app within minutes without scanning the shares. • Shortcuts and Siri: save the clipboard or a file to a share, download a file, list a folder, refresh the locations, test the connection. • Notifications: an alert when the gateway is unreachable (and when it is back) and when a file could not be uploaded or downloaded; managed from the system settings. • Walkthrough at every update with what's new, iCloud configuration restore and notification consent. • Choose which shares to show: after connecting and at any time in the server details, tick the shares to see in Files, in the Finder, in Shortcuts and on Apple TV; the choice travels with the iCloud configuration. • A Files-style explorer inside the app, on every device: list or icons, sort, search, Info, new folder, upload, rename, move, copy, share, delete; Quick Look plus an mpv player (MKV, AVI, WebM, FLAC…), and readers for EPUB books, CBZ comics and ZIP archives. FOR IOS 27, MACOS 27, TVOS 27 AND VISIONOS 27 Version 1.5 is designed for iOS and iPadOS 27, macOS 27, tvOS 27 and visionOS 27, with the current system look on every device; it also runs on iOS/iPadOS/tvOS 17, macOS 14 and visionOS 1 or later. New: shareable diagnostics and log, device registration that heals itself, secrets never deleted by the app, a clear Files/Finder location status with the right remedy. ON THE MAC The same app (universal purchase) puts the shares in the Finder sidebar like the other cloud drives, with a menu bar panel: sync status, activity (downloads, uploads, renames, deletions), Unraid notifications, pause/resume, offline files, error list, launch at login and a menu-bar-only mode. REQUIREMENTS An Unraid server (7.2 or newer) running the free unraid-gateway container, and a way to reach it over HTTPS from outside your home (Cloudflare recommended). Full step-by-step guide in the wiki linked below. Unraid Drive is an independent project and is not affiliated with Lime Technology / Unraid.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Unraid Drive at none against U's 7. Unraid Drive also leads on device support (5 vs 3). U's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. U sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Unraid Drive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | U | Unraid Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Platas Mallo | SIMONE DI MAMBRO |
In-app purchases
U
- U-Manager All Access (Monthly)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- U-Manager All Access (Annual)1 Month trial$12.991 Year
- Tautulli$1.99
- Torrent$2.49
- SSH$3.49
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- File browser$4.49
- Power Pack$6.99
Unraid Drive
No in-app purchases









