MikroTik vs MaxBms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MikroTik
Configure and manage MikroTik routers and access points remotely. This tool provides access to essential network features like routing, firewall, and bandwidth management directly from your smartphone.
- RouterOS configuration
- Network management
- Firewall settings
- Bandwidth control
- Wireless AP setup
- Hotspot gateway management
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MikroTik RouterOS is the operating system of RouterBOARD and CCR devices. RouterOS provides all the core features for your network - routing, firewall, bandwidth management, wireless access point, backhaul link, hotspot gateway and more. Use the MikroTik smartphone app to configure your router in the field, or to apply the most basic initial settings for your MikroTik home access point. Requirements: RouterOS v6 or newer. Discussion forum: https://forum.mikrotik.com
MaxBms
Control and monitor your home appliances with this free smart home application. Easily discover and add network-based smart devices, program them, and create custom scenarios for seamless device interaction.
- Control and monitor home appliances
- Search and add network-based smart devices
- Device programming
- Create logical data exchange structures
- Connect devices
- Define scenarios
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This app is free application to control and monitor home appliances. Users can easily search and find network based smart devices and add them in the app. Device programming, create a logical structure for data exchange between nodes, connecting devices to each other and defining scenarios are some features of this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: MikroTik at 267 against MaxBms's 3. MikroTik also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). MaxBms's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 46%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 3.9 for MikroTik against 4.0 for MaxBms. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MikroTik has 267 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of MikroTik's written reviews are positive against 67% of MaxBms's.
MikroTik ships an update every 2 months, MaxBms every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MikroTik | MaxBms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (267 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 267 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mikrotikls SIA | Hossein Vaezy |
Customer experience
MikroTik
MaxBms
Bugs and requests
MikroTik
Reported bugs
5 issues- Connection issues and 'connection refused' errors
- Inability to login or access certain settings
- Crashes when trying to view specific menus or data
- Inconsistent behavior after updates
- Incorrect display of information (e.g. DHCP leases, interface traffic)
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for RoMON and terminal access
- Improve navigation and search functionality
- Provide more customization options
- Optimize for tablet/iPad use
- Add support for more languages (e.g. Spanish, Russian)
MaxBms
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MikroTik
No in-app purchases
MaxBms
No in-app purchases
