Comparison

MQTTAnalyzer vs IoT Central

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 Central

Features
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With this app you can create an easy to use IoT Dashboard for you and your client. 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/

Screenshots

MQTTAnalyzer4 screens
IoT Central4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: IoT Central at 15.0 against MQTTAnalyzer's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Central every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MQTTAnalyzer versus IoT Central: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMQTTAnalyzerIoT Central
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilipp ArndtRahul Kundu

In-app purchases

None

MQTTAnalyzer

No in-app purchases

None

IoT Central

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MQTTAnalyzer free?
MQTTAnalyzer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IoT Central free?
IoT Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MQTTAnalyzer or IoT Central have ads?
Neither MQTTAnalyzer nor IoT Central shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MQTTAnalyzer or IoT Central?
MQTTAnalyzer ships an update every 5 days, and IoT Central every 9 days. Most recently, MQTTAnalyzer was updated on October 16, 2026 and IoT Central on October 1, 2026.

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