MQTT Manager vs ESP32 Kit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
ESP32 Kit
This app allows you to control ESP32 boards via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. You can read and write digital and analog pins, control servo motors, and monitor live charts of analog values. It's ideal for smart home, automation, and hobbyist projects.
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi control
- Digital and PWM pin control
- Servo motor control
- Analog pin reading
- Live analog value charts
- Pin mode and label editing
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Best in class ESP8266 controller. Features: - Control the board by Bluetooth or WIFI. - Read & write digital pins. - Read & write PWM pins. - Control Servo Motors. - Read analog pins. - Remember last status of the pins. - Change the mode of the pin (Output, SERVO, PWM or INPUT). - Automatic connect. - Label of each pin can be edited. - Live Charts for tracing your analog value. Applications: - Smart Home. - Automation. - Hoppy projects. - Schools & university projects. - Remote & Robots control. Requirements: - ESP32 Board - ESP32 Arduino Sketch (URL provided inside the app). - Arduino IDE to upload the sketch. Tested on: - ESP32 Dev Kit Board, and will work any similar ESP32 boards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ESP32 Kit at 100% against MQTT Manager's 50%. ESP32 Kit also leads on price ($4.99 vs $7.99) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). MQTT Manager's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 20 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
MQTT Manager costs $7.99 and ESP32 Kit $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MQTT Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESP32 Kit has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of MQTT Manager's written reviews are positive against 100% of ESP32 Kit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MQTT Manager ships an update every 5 weeks, ESP32 Kit every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MQTT Manager | ESP32 Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Fabrizio Boco | Rabi Alhetawi |
Customer experience
MQTT Manager
ESP32 Kit
In-app purchases
MQTT Manager
No in-app purchases
ESP32 Kit
No in-app purchases









