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Top Flutter App Update packages
Last updated: April 27, 2025
Prompting users to keep an app up-to-date plays a crucial role in ensuring the delivery of latest features, performance improvements and bug fixes. A full list of Flutter packages that can check for app update availability and corresponding user prompt is provided below.

upgrader
👍 2.27K ⬇️ 170.1K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Flutter package for prompting users to upgrade when there is a newer version of the app in the store.

in_app_update
👍 1.19K ⬇️ 114.9K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Enables In App Updates on Android using the official Android APIs.
new_version
👍 613 ⬇️ 1.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Check if your user has the most recent version of your Flutter app.
ota_update
👍 292 ⬇️ 6.9K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A Flutter plugin providing ota updates for Android and iOS, with download progress (Android only)
auto_updater
👍 179 ⬇️ 6.3K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to automatically update themselves (based on sparkle and winsparkle).

new_version_plus
👍 161 ⬇️ 22.6K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Check if your user has the most recent version of your Flutter app.
native_updater
👍 149 ⬇️ 104
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Flutter package for prompting users to update with a native dialog whether using the app store version or any version at the user's discretion.
app_version_update
👍 131 ⬇️ 13.5K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
An easy and quick way to check if the local app is updated with the same version in their respective stores (Play Store / Apple Store ).
r_upgrade
👍 141 ⬇️ 833
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A plugin for upgrade and install application ,Support Android and IOS.
open_store
👍 109 ⬇️ 34.6K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Simple lightweight package to open store page for android and iOS GooglePlay and AppStore
versionarte
👍 132 ⬇️ 718
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Force update, show update indicator and disable the app for maintenance with total freedom over the UI.
flutter_whatsnew
👍 120 ⬇️ 34
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A new Flutter package to show updates to users.

force_update_helper
👍 79 ⬇️ 3.8K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A package for showing a force update prompt that is controlled remotely.
flutter_xupdate
👍 81 ⬇️ 294
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A Flutter plugin for XUpdate(Android Version Update Library).
install_plugin
👍 76 ⬇️ 2.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A flutter plugin for install apk for android; and using url to go to app store for iOS.
update_available
👍 71 ⬇️ 3.8K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Know if there's any update for your Flutter app, based on published versions.
app_installer
👍 70 ⬇️ 2.9K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A new Android + iOS app installer plugin , supports opening app stores and editor reviews, as well as installing Apk files.

flutter_app_update
👍 59 ⬇️ 2.3K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A simple lightweight and customizable version update library for Flutter

flutter_upgrade_version
👍 59 ⬇️ 1.8K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Support to get Package Information(app name, package name, version, build number), get information of version on store(Apple Store) and In-app Update.
flutter_app_version_checker
👍 57 ⬇️ 735
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A lightweight flutter plugin to check if your app is up-to-date on Google Play Store or Apple App Store
flutter_update_dialog
👍 57 ⬇️ 158
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A beautiful application version update dialog for flutter.You can customize your own version update pop-up window!
flutter_autoupdate
👍 44 ⬇️ 90
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Easily add auto update functionality to your Flutter application
version_check
👍 40 ⬇️ 564
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
Check iOS/Android/Mac store version and provide update alert if update is available.

updater
👍 38 ⬇️ 184
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A package to check for the custom in-app updates for Flutter.

updat
👍 36 ⬇️ 726
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
Updat is a simple-to-use reliable flutter-native updater that handles your application's updates.
release_updater
👍 34 ⬇️ 1.2K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A simple way to automatically update release/installation files in a local directory.
android_package_installer
👍 23 ⬇️ 10.9K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A Flutter plugin for installing Android package from apk file. Plugin uses Android Package Installer and requires minimum API Level version 21.
update_notification
👍 29 ⬇️ 138
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Check if the user has recent version of your Flutter app.
app_upgrade_flutter_sdk
👍 24 ⬇️ 1.7K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
The official Flutter SDK for App Upgrade. The SDK integrates with the App Upgrade version check API.

app_updater
👍 22 ⬇️ 39
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A flutter package to update your app to the latest version with ease.
playstore_update
👍 20 ⬇️ 77
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A package that will allow you to notify you user whenever you publish a new update on Google Play Store.

app_upgrader_flutter
👍 10 ⬇️ 98
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Flutter package for prompting users to upgrade when there is a newer version of the app in the store.

simple_update_dialog
👍 4 ⬇️ 456
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A simple package for showing a paltform-specific dialog to promote users to update the app.