LinkIt Remote vs IoT Central
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkIt Remote
Create custom Bluetooth remote controls for your Arduino projects using this app and a LinkIt 7697 board. Design intuitive UIs and connect to your devices to interact with your creations.
- Design custom remote control UIs
- Connect via Bluetooth to LinkIt 7697
- Interact with Arduino projects
- Discover nearby devices
- Build Bluetooth remotes
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Use this app and Arduino to build a Bluetooth remote controller for your LinkIt 7697 Arduino projects. Design simple remote control UI for LinkIt 7697 with Arduino IDE. Use this app to discover and connect to nearby LinkIt 7697 devices, and interact with your Arduino project.
IoT Central
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With this app you can create an easy to use IoT Dashboard for you and your client. Features: 1. Can run as always on Dashboard. 2. Supports both MQTT (TCP) and Websocket protocol. 3. SSL for secure communication. 4. JSON Support for both subscribe and publish message. 5. Panels subscribe and / or publish the topic automatically, hence get updated in real time. 6. Designed to work with public broker efficiently (using device prefix). 7. Sent and Received timestamp from broker. 8. Material design. 9. Flexible panel width, merge any panels 10. More than 250 icons to customize specific panels. 11. Dark theme for comfortable use in low light. 12. Clone connection, device or panel for effortless configuration 13. Import/Export application configuration for easy share with multiple devices. 14. Re-connects automatically if connection lost. 15. Persist export message for log and graph. Available panels: -Button -Slider -Switch -LED Indicator -Combo Box -Radio Buttons -Multi-State Indicator -Progress -Gauge -Color Picker -Time Picker -Text Input -Text Log -Image -Barcode Scanner -Line graph -Bar graph -Chart -URI Launcher This list will grow upon feedback from users. Your feedback is much appreciated. If you find any issue please feel free to leave a comment in my blog with steps to reproduce. https://blog.snrlab.in/iot/iot-mqtt-panel-user-guide/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IoT Central at every 9 days against LinkIt Remote's every 5 weeks. LinkIt Remote's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 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.
LinkIt Remote ships an update every 5 weeks, IoT Central every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkIt Remote | IoT Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hennes.co ,Ltd | Rahul Kundu |
In-app purchases
LinkIt Remote
No in-app purchases
IoT Central
No in-app purchases
