Qingping IoT vs MQTTAnalyzer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qingping IoT
This platform offers organizations robust device management, data collection, and real-time alerts. It enables efficient monitoring and control of smart devices, providing valuable insights through data visualization.
- Device management
- Data collection
- Data visualization
- Real-time alerting
- Smart sensing
- Control
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Qingping IoT is a platform that provides device management, data collection and visualization, and real-time alerting for organizations.
MQTTAnalyzer
Monitor and debug MQTT brokers on your Apple devices. Visualize data with hierarchical views, JSON highlighting, and charts. Publish messages, manage multiple brokers, and sync settings across devices. Free and open source.
- MQTT 3.1.1 and 5.0 support
- JSON highlighting and pretty-printing
- Time series charts for numeric values
- Connect to multiple brokers
- Full-text search
- Publish messages
- iCloud sync
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Monitor and debug your MQTT broker from iPhone, iPad, or Mac. MQTTAnalyzer is the essential tool for smart home enthusiasts, IoT developers, and anyone working with MQTT-based systems. Free, open source, and no ads. CONNECT WITH CONFIDENCE • MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5.0 support • MQTT and WebSocket connections • SSL/TLS with ALPN and server CA certificate validation • Username/password and client certificate authentication • Support for self-signed certificates • Predefined settings for AWS IoT • Connection diagnostics to identify issues quickly VISUALIZE YOUR DATA • Hierarchical topic tree view • JSON highlighting and pretty-printing • Time series charts for numeric values • ANSI color code rendering • Image viewer with pinch-to-zoom (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, and more) • Hex viewer for binary payloads STAY ORGANIZED • Connect to multiple brokers simultaneously • Subscribe to multiple topics per broker • Full-text search across topics and messages • Unread message indicators • Statistics panel with message counts • Large payload support (10MB+) with export PUBLISH AND CONTROL • Publish messages with QoS and retain flag • JSON message builder with form interface • Delete retained messages from broker • Siri shortcuts for quick actions SYNC ACROSS DEVICES • iCloud sync for settings and certificates • Native experience on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Have feedback or feature requests? Visit our GitHub page — MQTTAnalyzer is open source and community-driven.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MQTTAnalyzer at 81% against Qingping IoT's 33%. MQTTAnalyzer also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Qingping IoT's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MQTTAnalyzer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MQTTAnalyzer has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Qingping IoT's written reviews are positive against 81% of MQTTAnalyzer's.
Qingping IoT ships an update every 5 weeks, MQTTAnalyzer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qingping IoT | MQTTAnalyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qingping Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | Philipp Arndt |
Customer experience
Qingping IoT
MQTTAnalyzer
In-app purchases
Qingping IoT
No in-app purchases
MQTTAnalyzer
No in-app purchases
