Smart IoT CONTROLS vs MQTTAnalyzer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart IoT CONTROLS
Control your home's lighting, climate, appliances, security, and entertainment systems from a single app. Manage multiple aspects of your property remotely for convenience and energy savings.
- Lighting control
- AC and appliance management
- Curtain and blind automation
- Multiroom audio control
- Security and surveillance
- Energy saving features
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The Smart IoT CONTROLS is a groundbreaking mobile, wearable, embedded web app that allows seamless control over all property aspects, including (but not limited to) lighting, AC, appliances, curtains, blinds, multiroom audio, security, digital surveillance, entertainment and energy saving.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart IoT CONTROLS at 5.0 against MQTTAnalyzer's 4.5. Smart IoT CONTROLS also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). MQTTAnalyzer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 2). 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.
Smart IoT CONTROLS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MQTTAnalyzer has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Smart IoT CONTROLS's written reviews are positive against 81% of MQTTAnalyzer's.
Smart IoT CONTROLS ships an update every 2 months, MQTTAnalyzer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart IoT CONTROLS | MQTTAnalyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart IoT LLC | Philipp Arndt |
Customer experience
Smart IoT CONTROLS
MQTTAnalyzer
In-app purchases
Smart IoT CONTROLS
No in-app purchases
MQTTAnalyzer
No in-app purchases
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