Comparison

Pro Map Tools vs MQTT Loupe Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pro Map Tools

This app offers a suite of map-based utilities for measuring distances, calculating areas, and visualizing radii. It includes tools to find travelable distances, antipode locations, and elevations, with country-specific postcode and distance features.

Highlights
  • Measure distances and areas on maps
  • Visualize radius around a point
  • Calculate travelable distance within a time limit
  • Find antipode of any location
  • Display elevation above sea level
  • Country-specific postcode and distance tools
Features
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Pro Map Tools is the ad-free version of Free Map Tools app Pro Map Tools is a collection of tools based on maps. These tools allow you to perform various functions for a wide range of applications. You can measure distances and areas. You can also send or share the map as an image to indicate the area, route or radius you have plotted. The Radius Around Point tool lets you plot a distance radius on a map. You specify the centre point, the radius and other features such as colour. You can then visualise the radius to see the area covered. The Measure Distance tool lets you plot a route on a map and find out the distance covered in various units. It also uses your GPS sensor to plot the route automatically. The Area Calculator Tool lets you draw an area on the map and find the measurement of the area enclosed. The Find How Far I Can Travel tool will show how far you can drive or walk within a set time. For example, how far can I get if I drive for 60 minutes from my current location. How Far is it Between allows you to find the road and crow-flies distance between 2 addresses. It also shows both routes on the map. The Map Tunnelling Tool allows you to find out where on the globe your antipodal point is. You can also find the antipode of any custom location. The Elevation Finder Tool will display the elevation above sea level for your current location, a location tapped on the map or an address you type in. Country Specific Tools ———————————————- For the following countries: ∙USA ∙UK You can use the following tools: ∙The zip/postcodes found inside a radius ∙The distance between two zip/postcodes

About

MQTT Loupe Pro

Inspect and manage MQTT traffic with this utility. Connect to brokers, subscribe to topics, view message details, and publish new messages. Features include full-text search, JSON highlighting, and binary payload editing.

Highlights
  • Connect to any MQTT broker
  • Subscribe to topics and view messages
  • Publish new messages
  • Full-text search with live results
  • JSON highlighting and auto-completion
  • Binary payload hex viewer/editor
  • Manage multiple brokers
Features
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MQTT Loupe Pro is an intuitive utility to inspect and manage MQTT traffic exchanged on an MQTT broker. Connect to any public or local MQTT broker, subscribe to topics, view details of messages being transmitted and publish new messages to any topic. Don't remember that one message or topic? Fire up the search to find it instantly using full-text search through all topics, and results updating live with new hits appearing as they arrive. With built-in JSON highlighting for viewing and sending this app is perfect for monitoring and managing Zigbee2Mqtt. JSON-aware auto-completion when publishing JSON messages makes it even easier. And if you need to work with binary message payloads, the built-in hex viewer and editor has you covered. Got frequently used topics that are further down the hierarchy? Make them favorites for easy and instant access! Concerned about security? Let the server's certificate be validated before connecting; you don't have to allow insecure connections based on untrusted certificates. Need more? Provide a client certificate to authenticate yourself against the server. All features in a nutshell: - clean and simple interface - hierarchical topic view - sidebar with history of recently opened topics - powerful full-text search capabilities across all topics and for a single message - search results are automatically updated when new messages arrive - extended message details, with proper formatting and syntax highlighting of JSON messages - support for binary message payloads, including an integrated with a hex editor - support UTF-8 and ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) encoding - publish messages from within the app or with Siri Shortcuts - auto-completion for JSON messages based on previous messages - topic auto-completion - easily copy any topic or message value - authentication with username/password or client certificates - connect over MQTT or WebSocket protocol - support for MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5 - support for SSL/TLS - support for the Server Name Indication (SNI) TLS extension - support for self-signed certificates - full server certificate validation - manage and connect multiple brokers at once - full support for quality of service, for both subscribing and publishing

Screenshots

Pro Map Tools1 screens
MQTT Loupe Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MQTT Loupe Pro at 100% against Pro Map Tools's 50%. MQTT Loupe Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Pro Map Tools's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pro Map Tools costs $2.99 and MQTT Loupe Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MQTT Loupe Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pro Map Tools has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pro Map Tools's written reviews are positive against 100% of MQTT Loupe Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pro Map Tools ships an update every 3 weeks, MQTT Loupe Pro monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pro Map Tools versus MQTT Loupe Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro Map ToolsMQTT Loupe Pro
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGV Software Solutions LimitedJakob Bieling

Customer experience

Pro Map Tools

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

MQTT Loupe Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pro Map Tools

No in-app purchases

None

MQTT Loupe Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pro Map Tools free?
Pro Map Tools costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MQTT Loupe Pro free?
MQTT Loupe Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pro Map Tools or MQTT Loupe Pro?
MQTT Loupe Pro is rated higher. Pro Map Tools averages 4.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while MQTT Loupe Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pro Map Tools or MQTT Loupe Pro have ads?
Neither Pro Map Tools nor MQTT Loupe Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pro Map Tools or MQTT Loupe Pro?
Pro Map Tools ships an update every 3 weeks, and MQTT Loupe Pro monthly. Most recently, Pro Map Tools was updated on October 24, 2026 and MQTT Loupe Pro on October 30, 2026.

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