SimplePi for Raspberry Pi

Name: SimplePi for Raspberry Pi
Rating: 3.9 (124 reviews)
Author: Benedikt Hirmer

By: Benedikt Hirmer

Monitor, Control & Manage rPi

Features & Capabilities

SimplePi for Raspberry Pi is an iOS app that lets you monitor, control, and manage your Raspberry Pi from your iPhone or iPad. It provides clear graphs for CPU, memory, temperature, and more, plus a powerful command runner and a terminal shell with colored output and keyboard support.

Manage multiple Raspberry Pi devices, secure access with key authentication, and keep everything in sync with iCloud. Features include home-screen widgets, Siri Shortcuts, a file browser, command results export, app lock, and straightforward SSH setup (SSH must be enabled on your Pi).

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Programming Developer Tools Data

By:

Benedikt Hirmer

Rating:

3.90

(124)

Version:

4.0.1 Last updated: 2025-09-24

Version code:

878400972

Creation date:

2020-07-31

Compatible devices:

Size:

22.60MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-10

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# 147,116 ▼ 4

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Developed by:

Benedikt Hirmer

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simplepi-for-raspberry-pi/id1524142767

Website:

http://simplepi.hirmer.me

User Reviews

Reviews praise SimplePi for quick setup, a clean UI, and mobile-based automation, plus responsive support and reasonable pricing. However, recurring issues include a paywall blocking core use, reliability and connectivity problems, missing or non-working monitoring/log features, and UX flaws (raspi-config access, command removal). Privacy concerns are also raised by some users. Overall, strong concept with notable pricing, stability, and feature-completeness hurdles.

Pros

Fast initial connection to Raspberry Pi
Polished UI design and clear organization
Helps automate and organize periodic checks and commands from mobile
Responsive developer support
Reasonable price/value and ad-free experience

Cons

Subscription model gates core functionality and requires ongoing payment
Reliability issues; app often doesn’t work or only works once
Connection stability problems; often cannot stay connected or IP issues
Monitoring/logging features missing or non-functional; lack of instructions
UI/UX limitations such as Raspi-config navigation issues and difficulty removing commands

Recent reviews

You can’t even connect to verify that it works without buying a subscription. Not with a password and not with ssh. So I don’t know if it works, and I’m not willing to gamble $4.99 to find out. Only because I’ve been burned so many times by iPhone apps.

by Gn*****, 2026-05-07

I got the app just to mess with my raspberry pi and it worked one day and then the next it would not let me do anything without paying so terrible app