SimplePi for Raspberry Pi
Benedikt Hirmer Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
SimplePi for Raspberry Pi is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Benedikt Hirmer. Rated 3.9/5 from 125 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 3.9
- 125 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 23 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 24
- 2025 · v4.0.1
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About SimplePi for Raspberry Pi
SimplePi is the Swiss army knife utility app for monitoring, controlling, and managing your Raspberry Pi using your iPhone and iPad. MONITOR ACTIVITY See what is going on with your Raspberry Pi. CPU, Memory, Temperature, Disk Usage, and Clock activity are shown in beautiful and easily understandable graphs. CONTROL Run commands on your Pi with a single tap. Want to have your own commands? No problem. SimplePi lets you add as many commands as you wish. Additionally, you can manage your commands in groups. TERMINAL SHELL Access your Pi from a shell terminal with colored output and hardware keyboard support. The on-screen keyboard comes with fast access to commonly used special keys like ctrl and arrow keys. WIDGETS Monitor your Pi and run commands right from the Home Screen with various widgets. VIEW COMMAND RESULTS View and export command results and logs automatically. The results history allows you to view the results of previous commands. DETAILED STATS Detailed Stats for CPU and Memory give you an insight on which processes are running, how much memory is active, and much more. FILE BROWSER Browse Files and Folders in a file browser-like experience. View and export files of various formats. MANAGE MULTIPLE PI SimplePi can manage multiple Raspberry Pi. Configure each Raspberry Pi and connect to them simultaneously. KEY AUTHENTICATION Public Key authentication gives you the flexibility to authenticate in your preferred way. Key files can be imported via iTunes or from other apps. ICLOUD SYNC Sync Commands, Hosts, Keys over iCloud APP LOCK Lock the app using FaceID, TouchID, or a custom passcode HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Run commands directly from your Home Screen on iOS 14 Siri Shortcuts Integrate commands into automated worflows using the Shortcuts app (requires iOS14 or later) NOTE: SSH needs to be enabled on your Raspberry Pi for SimplePi to work correctly. SimplePi has been tested with the latest releases of * Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) * Raspbmc * OpenElec * Xbian * Pidora * Arch Linux SimplePi works on all Raspberry Pi models. NOTE (only for Xbian users): Automatic start of xbian-config needs to be disabled. You can do this when connecting via SSH and selecting Config > Settings > Xbian Config > NO. There are many different configurations out there. If you encounter problems with one of the distributions above or want to have your distribution support, please contact us.
Ratings & reviews
3.9
125 ratings
What’s new
Version 4.0.1 · Updated September 24, 2025
Ready for iOS 26! SimplePi’s new design makes it easier than ever to access the critical info you need—faster, clearer, smarter. New! - Support for tailscale - All stats are visible on the screen at once - Improved visual cues for stats
App privacy
The developer, Benedikt Hirmer, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: App Functionality
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| SimplePi for Raspberry Pi | 3.9 / 5 (125 ratings) | Free | September 24, 2025 | |
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