IoT vs MQTT Loupe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IoT
Control and monitor devices using the MQTT protocol. Ideal for DIY projects, it supports various hardware and programming languages. Send push notifications and debug your IoT devices with ease.
- MQTT protocol support
- Device management
- Push notifications
- Event logging
- Data statistics
- End-user mode
- Connection wizard
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You can manage everything supported MQTT protocol. Any devices (ESP8266, Arduino, Raspberi Pi) and any other supported. C, C++, NodeJS, python and other - any client with MQTT support. Ideally for DIY. Telegram Chat https://t.me/joinchat/HQ-cJxWQ7qiIFlUbpvCXKg ESP8266 & ESP32 Firmware https://github.com/DmitryBorisenko33/esp32-esp8266_iot-manager_modules_firmware/releases https://github.com/DmitryBorisenko33/esp32-esp8266_iot-manager_modules_firmware/wiki/Flash-instruction Heroku demo source: https://github.com/4refr0nt/iotmanager-heroku and demo site: https://iotmanager-demo.herokuapp.com Docs: see Widgets Collection Widgets: toggle, range, badge, power-button, fillgauge, display-value, simple-btn, anydata, steel Easy way to send PUSH notifications from any devices to your smartphone or tablet. Connection wizard help you for Quick Start. Detailed event log for easy IoT devices debugging. Use Statistics for optimize data exchange. End-user mode for non-DIY users. This app from esp8266.ru admin (ESPlorer and luatool developer) Quick Start Guide (English) http://esp8266.ru/iotmanager/ Support (English) http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5953
MQTT Loupe
Inspect MQTT messages exchanged on a broker with this intuitive utility. Connect to brokers, subscribe to topics, and view message details. Features include JSON highlighting, hex viewer, and secure connection options.
- Inspect MQTT messages
- Connect to any MQTT broker
- Subscribe to topics
- Full-text search across topics
- JSON highlighting
- Hex viewer for binary payloads
- Secure connection options
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MQTT Loupe is an intuitive utility to inspect MQTT messages exchanged on an MQTT broker. Connect to any public or local MQTT broker, subscribe to topics and view details of messages being transmitted. 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, this app is perfect for monitoring Zigbee2Mqtt. And if you need to work with binary message payloads, the built-in hex viewer 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, displayed as either ISO Latin-1 or in a hex view - 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MQTT Loupe at 5.0 against IoT's 3.0. MQTT Loupe also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). IoT's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MQTT Loupe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IoT has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of IoT's written reviews are positive against 50% of MQTT Loupe's.
IoT ships an update every 3 months, MQTT Loupe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IoT | MQTT Loupe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victor Brutskiy | Jakob Bieling |
Customer experience
IoT
MQTT Loupe
In-app purchases
IoT
No in-app purchases
MQTT Loupe
No in-app purchases
