Comparison

MQTTAnalyzer vs IoT EMS

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

IoT EMS

Features
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Based on the Internet of things, big data, cloud computing and other modern information technologies, arcrui cloud platform connects the distributed automatic fire alarm equipment, electrical fire monitoring equipment, intelligent smoke detector, safe electricity and water and other equipment to form a network, and intelligently perceives, identifies and locates the status of these equipment, dynamically collects fire information in real time, and communicates with the public Through the cloud platform for data analysis, mining and trend analysis, it helps to achieve the goals of scientific early warning of fire, grid management, and implementation of multiple responsibility supervision. It fills the gap that the original "nine small places" and hazardous chemical production enterprises can not effectively monitor, adapts to all public and civil buildings, realizes the unattended safe electricity use, and realizes the actual needs of "automation", "intelligence", "systematization" of safe electricity use and "refinement" of electricity use management.

Screenshots

MQTTAnalyzer4 screens
IoT EMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MQTTAnalyzer at every 5 days against IoT EMS's every 2 months. IoT EMS's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MQTTAnalyzer ships an update every 5 days, IoT EMS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MQTTAnalyzer versus IoT EMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMQTTAnalyzerIoT EMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilipp ArndtACREL CO.,LTD

In-app purchases

None

MQTTAnalyzer

No in-app purchases

None

IoT EMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MQTTAnalyzer free?
MQTTAnalyzer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IoT EMS free?
IoT EMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MQTTAnalyzer or IoT EMS have ads?
Neither MQTTAnalyzer nor IoT EMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MQTTAnalyzer or IoT EMS?
MQTTAnalyzer ships an update every 5 days, and IoT EMS every 2 months. Most recently, MQTTAnalyzer was updated on September 21, 2026 and IoT EMS on September 17, 2026.

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