Comparison

Pushsafer vs MQTTAnalyzer

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

Head to head
About

Pushsafer

Send and receive real-time push notifications across devices via email, URL, or API. Customize notifications with various options and track locations. Ideal for alerts, reminders, and automation.

Highlights
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Send via email, URL, or API
  • Customizable notification options
  • Location tracking
  • Callback URL for automation
  • Device groups
  • Plugins and generators
Features
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Pushsafer make it easy and safe to send and receive push notifications in real time to your mobile or desktop device! Send & receive notifications by EMAIL, through a simple URL / LINK or with our API. Our software convert your request (send by eMail, URL, API call) and forwards it as a push-notification to your device. Offers solutions for many case studies, for example: home automation alerts, ip camera motion detection, server monitoring, sheduled reminder and everything else you want to be reminded. Send notifications to single devices or to device groups. You can set up your notification by changing title, message, icon, icon-color, sound, vibration, url, url title, time to live, priority, retry, expire, confirm & answer! Optionally you can add a URL with title and 3 images to your message. This first image also displayed in the Push Notification (requires iOS >=10.0) Track locations with each received push-notification! Callback-URL: receive a response with important information for further processing with each push notification, answer or with each registered guest device. This is useful for e.g. to create automatisms! We also provide many plugins for hard- and software and also a eMail and URL generator to make the setup fast and easy! Visit https://www.pushsafer.com for more informations!

About

MQTTAnalyzer

Monitor and debug MQTT brokers on your Apple devices. Visualize data with hierarchical views, JSON highlighting, and charts. Publish messages, manage multiple brokers, and sync settings across devices. Free and open source.

Highlights
  • MQTT 3.1.1 and 5.0 support
  • JSON highlighting and pretty-printing
  • Time series charts for numeric values
  • Connect to multiple brokers
  • Full-text search
  • Publish messages
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Monitor and debug your MQTT broker from iPhone, iPad, or Mac. MQTTAnalyzer is the essential tool for smart home enthusiasts, IoT developers, and anyone working with MQTT-based systems. Free, open source, and no ads. CONNECT WITH CONFIDENCE • MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5.0 support • MQTT and WebSocket connections • SSL/TLS with ALPN and server CA certificate validation • Username/password and client certificate authentication • Support for self-signed certificates • Predefined settings for AWS IoT • Connection diagnostics to identify issues quickly VISUALIZE YOUR DATA • Hierarchical topic tree view • JSON highlighting and pretty-printing • Time series charts for numeric values • ANSI color code rendering • Image viewer with pinch-to-zoom (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, and more) • Hex viewer for binary payloads STAY ORGANIZED • Connect to multiple brokers simultaneously • Subscribe to multiple topics per broker • Full-text search across topics and messages • Unread message indicators • Statistics panel with message counts • Large payload support (10MB+) with export PUBLISH AND CONTROL • Publish messages with QoS and retain flag • JSON message builder with form interface • Delete retained messages from broker • Siri shortcuts for quick actions SYNC ACROSS DEVICES • iCloud sync for settings and certificates • Native experience on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Have feedback or feature requests? Visit our GitHub page — MQTTAnalyzer is open source and community-driven.

Screenshots

Pushsafer4 screens
MQTTAnalyzer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MQTTAnalyzer at every 5 days against Pushsafer's every 3 months. MQTTAnalyzer also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 69%). Pushsafer's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MQTTAnalyzer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Pushsafer's written reviews are positive against 81% of MQTTAnalyzer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pushsafer ships an update every 3 months, MQTTAnalyzer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pushsafer versus MQTTAnalyzer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushsaferMQTTAnalyzer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (67 ratings)4.5 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews80.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings67 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin SimlPhilipp Arndt

Customer experience

Pushsafer

All ratings66 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative26.2%

MQTTAnalyzer

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative14.9%

In-app purchases

None

Pushsafer

No in-app purchases

None

MQTTAnalyzer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pushsafer free?
Pushsafer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MQTTAnalyzer free?
MQTTAnalyzer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pushsafer or MQTTAnalyzer?
MQTTAnalyzer is rated higher. Pushsafer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while MQTTAnalyzer averages 4.5 from 23 ratings.
Do Pushsafer or MQTTAnalyzer have ads?
Neither Pushsafer nor MQTTAnalyzer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pushsafer or MQTTAnalyzer?
Pushsafer ships an update every 3 months, and MQTTAnalyzer every 5 days. Most recently, Pushsafer was updated on November 2, 2026 and MQTTAnalyzer on November 3, 2026.

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