Electricity Maps vs MQTTAnalyzer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Electricity Maps
Explore live and historical electricity data globally. Track production mix, CO2 emissions, prices, and renewable energy sources in real-time.
- Real-time electricity data
- Historical electricity data
- Production mix tracking
- CO2 emissions monitoring
- Electricity price data
- Renewable energy insights
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Explore real-time and historical electricity data worldwide — from production mix and CO2 emissions to prices, renewables, and much more.
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
Electricity Maps and MQTTAnalyzer both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of MQTTAnalyzer's written reviews are positive against 42% of Electricity Maps's. MQTTAnalyzer also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Electricity Maps's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Electricity Maps against 4.5 for MQTTAnalyzer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 23 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Electricity Maps's written reviews are positive against 81% of MQTTAnalyzer's.
Electricity Maps ships an update every 3 weeks, MQTTAnalyzer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Electricity Maps | MQTTAnalyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (26 ratings) — better | 4.5 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.8% of reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electricity Maps ApS | Philipp Arndt |
Customer experience
Electricity Maps
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In-app purchases
Electricity Maps
No in-app purchases
MQTTAnalyzer
No in-app purchases
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