CraftStrom vs IoT MQTT Panel Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CraftStrom
Easily set up, monitor, and control your home's renewable energy system. This app provides a user-friendly interface for managing solar panels and battery storage.
- Set up renewable energy systems
- Monitor solar panel performance
- Control battery storage
- User-friendly interface
- Manage home energy
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CraftStrom brings you an easy-to-use solar panel and battery system. With the CraftStrom mobile app you can easily set up, monitor and control your CraftStrom home renewable energy system.
IoT MQTT Panel Pro
Create DIY smart home projects with a configurable dashboard. Supports MQTT and Websocket protocols with SSL for secure communication. Offers a variety of panels for real-time updates and data visualization.
- Always-on dashboard
- MQTT & Websocket support
- SSL secure communication
- JSON message support
- Real-time panel updates
- 250+ customizable icons
- Dark theme
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With this app you can make DIY Smart Home project in a minute. The configurations are very simple. Well documented FAQ and User Guide are available at application info page. 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 price: CraftStrom at Free against IoT MQTT Panel Pro's $12.99. CraftStrom also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). IoT MQTT Panel Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, 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
CraftStrom is free to download; IoT MQTT Panel Pro costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IoT MQTT Panel Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of CraftStrom's written reviews are positive against 90% of IoT MQTT Panel Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CraftStrom ships an update every 2 months, IoT MQTT Panel Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CraftStrom | IoT MQTT Panel Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CraftStrom Limited | Rahul Kundu |
Customer experience
CraftStrom
IoT MQTT Panel Pro
In-app purchases
CraftStrom
No in-app purchases
IoT MQTT Panel Pro
No in-app purchases
