Comparison

MQTTAnalyzer vs TrueNTP

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

TrueNTP

This app precisely measures your phone's clock against true time by querying multiple servers and calculating a corrected time with millisecond accuracy. It displays the corrected time, your device's drift, and an uncertainty figure, making it useful for network verification and anyone needing accurate time.

Highlights
  • Precise time measurement
  • Cross-checks multiple time servers
  • Displays device clock drift
  • Shows measurement uncertainty
  • Customizable server presets
  • Offset timeline visualization
Features
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TrueNTP measures how far your phone's clock is from true time. It queries multiple independent time servers, cross-checks their answers, and computes a corrected time with millisecond precision. You see the corrected time, your device clock's drift, and an uncertainty figure so you know how much to trust the number. WHO IT'S FOR Network admins verifying NTP infrastructure. Cell techs checking tower timing. Sysadmins chasing certificate and Kerberos clock-skew errors. IT teams resyncing air-gapped and offline systems: hold the phone next to the console and set the clock from a known-good reference. And anyone curious what time it actually is. HOW IT MEASURES • Bursts of SNTP samples to every active server, weighted by network quality (1/RTT) • Per-server offset, round-trip time, and stratum at a glance • Optional outlier rejection against the cross-server median • Six curated presets (Apple, Cloudflare, NIST, Google, Microsoft, Amazon). Enable any of them or add your own • An uncertainty readout alongside every measurement WHAT YOU SEE • A large clock showing corrected time, ticking smoothly, unaffected by OS clock changes • Device clock card: your clock's drift, labeled plainly as DEVICE AHEAD, DEVICE BEHIND, or IN SYNC • Server list with per-server detail sheets: refid, root delay, root dispersion, per-sample scatter • 30-minute offset timeline showing your clock's behavior PRIVACY No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Settings and history stay on your device. The privacy policy is one page. A short, plain-language NTP guide is included.

Screenshots

MQTTAnalyzer4 screens
TrueNTP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TrueNTP at 5.0 against MQTTAnalyzer's 4.5. TrueNTP also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). MQTTAnalyzer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. TrueNTP sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MQTTAnalyzer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TrueNTP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MQTTAnalyzer has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of MQTTAnalyzer's written reviews are positive against 100% of TrueNTP's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MQTTAnalyzer versus TrueNTP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMQTTAnalyzerTrueNTP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilipp ArndtBrett Herman

Customer experience

MQTTAnalyzer

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative14.9%

TrueNTP

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MQTTAnalyzer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TrueNTP

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is MQTTAnalyzer free?
MQTTAnalyzer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrueNTP free?
TrueNTP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MQTTAnalyzer or TrueNTP?
TrueNTP is rated higher. MQTTAnalyzer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while TrueNTP averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MQTTAnalyzer or TrueNTP have ads?
TrueNTP shows ads; MQTTAnalyzer does not.

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