Comparison

MQTT Manager vs Sheria

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MQTT Manager

This app provides a user-friendly interface for interacting with MQTT brokers. It offers a variety of customizable widgets to display and control data, along with comprehensive documentation for MQTT basics and broker setup.

Highlights
  • Widget-based MQTT topic interaction
  • Display, Gauge, LED, Graph widgets
  • Switch, Knob, Slider, Push Button widgets
  • Secure Switch and Switch & LED widgets
  • Comprehensive MQTT and broker setup documentation
  • Example sketches for Arduino and Raspberry Pi Pico W
Features
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MQTT Manager is a general-purpose application to read and write topics on a MQTT broker through a friendly interface based on widgets. The application is organized in 4 tabs and each tab can contain any number of widgets. Widgets are chosen between the available ones: * Display: Shows a numeric value or text (scrolling it) * Gauge: Shows a numeric value over a graded scale * LED: Shows the value of a topic as a LED on or off * Graph: Shows the values of a topic as a graph * Switch: Writes a value to the topic depending on the switch position * Secure Switch: Similar to the Switch Widget. To operate the switch, the protection has to be remove with a click on the yellow bands though * Switch & LED: Writes a value to a topic and shows its value as a LED on or off * Knob: Writes a value to a topic proportional to the position of the knob * Slider: Writes a value to a topic proportional to the position of the slider * Push Button: Writes a value to a topic when the button is pushed and another value when it is released * Text: Writes the value entered by the user to a topic The application includes: * a complete user manual * documentation to learn the MQTT basics * the documentation to install a private MQTT broker on: * Raspberry Pi * Linux * macOS * documentation to use the Adafruit IO service instead of your MQTT broker. This allows to get started in a few minutes, without installing additional software * documentation includes how to configure a local mosquitto broker with authentication, using SSL and using client certificates for users/devices identification and authentication * Arduino ESP32, Arduino MEGA, Arduino Nano 33 IoT and MKR1000 sketches to create a MQTT node which sends data to the application and can be controlled by it * Raspberry Pi Pico W micropython script to create a MQTT node which sends data to the application and can be controlled by it

About

Sheria

Access and read the constitutions, Acts of Parliament, and Bills from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. This app provides a searchable and book-like reading experience for over 3,000 laws, allowing users to easily navigate and share legal content.

Highlights
  • Read constitutions chapter by chapter
  • Access Acts of Parliament A to Z
  • Follow Bills and their stages
  • Search across all laws and bills
  • Save laws and highlight passages
  • Share legal content via link
Features
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Sheria puts the laws of East Africa on your phone. Read the constitutions, Acts of Parliament and Bills of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, more than 3,000 laws laid out to read like a book. READ THE LAW • Your country's constitution, chapter by chapter and article by article • Acts of Parliament from A to Z, with their subsidiary legislation • Tap a reference such as "Article 14(4)" to read it without losing your place FOLLOW BILLS • See the Bills before Parliament and the stage each one has reached FIND WHAT YOU NEED • Search across laws and bills • Save laws and highlight passages • Share any law, article or passage with a link For advocates, law students, journalists, businesses and anyone who wants to know their rights. Sources: All legal content is sourced from the following publicly available official government publications: - Parliament of Kenya: https://www.parliament.go.ke - Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting): https://www.kenyalaw.org - Uganda Law Reform Commission: https://ulrc.go.ug - Tanzania Legal Information Institute: https://tanzlii.org - Rwanda Law Reform Commission: https://www.rlrc.gov.rw - Laws Africa: https://laws.africa Disclaimer: Sheria is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representative of any government entity. All content is sourced from publicly available government publications for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MQTT Manager4 screens
Sheria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MQTT Manager at 50% against Sheria's 0%. MQTT Manager also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Sheria's advantage is price (Free vs $7.99) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). On device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sheria is free to download; MQTT Manager costs $7.99 up front. Sheria sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MQTT Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MQTT Manager ships an update every 5 weeks, Sheria daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MQTT Manager versus Sheria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMQTT ManagerSheria
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabrizio BocoSheria Software Limited

Customer experience

MQTT Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Sheria

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

MQTT Manager

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sheria

Subscriptions2
  • Standard Plan$3.991 Month
  • Professional Plan$7.991 Month

Questions

Is MQTT Manager free?
MQTT Manager costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sheria free?
Sheria is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MQTT Manager or Sheria have ads?
Sheria shows ads; MQTT Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, MQTT Manager or Sheria?
MQTT Manager ships an update every 5 weeks, and Sheria daily. Most recently, MQTT Manager was updated on November 2, 2026 and Sheria on November 7, 2026.

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