Smart IoT CONTROLS vs MQTT
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.
MQTT
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The app has a control range with the ability to control between zero and five lights and doors, depending on the use case. By means of a red-green indicator, the user is shown the connection status of the server. In the settings area of the app the server connection details can be entered. Depending on the use case, the controls for the lights or doors can be switched on and off. For the individual lights and doors, the corresponding theme as well as the message can be set. In addition, further settings for the transmission can be selected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart IoT CONTROLS at every 2 months against MQTT's every 11 months. Smart IoT CONTROLS also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 ships an update every 2 months, MQTT every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart IoT CONTROLS | MQTT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart IoT LLC | Marco Gasser |
In-app purchases
Smart IoT CONTROLS
No in-app purchases
MQTT
No in-app purchases
