EasyMQTT vs PiSugar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EasyMQTT
This application acts as an MQTT client for iOS devices, enabling interaction with any MQTT broker. It offers a user-friendly interface for managing home automation setups, controlling devices, and monitoring remote brokers. Advanced features can be unlocked through an in-app purchase.
- MQTT client for iOS
- Interact with any MQTT Broker
- Home automation control
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Light and dark mode support
- Save favorite topics and messages
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EasyMQTT is an MQTT client for iPhone and iPad that helps you connect to your broker, monitor live topics, and publish messages quickly. Use it for home automation setups, Zigbee2MQTT, remote monitoring, or everyday MQTT debugging. With EasyMQTT you can: - connect to multiple MQTT brokers - subscribe to topics and inspect incoming messages in real time - publish messages quickly or save recurring payloads as favorites - create widgets and graph widgets for the MQTT values you care about - automate actions with Siri Shortcuts - review connection history and saved broker locations EasyMQTT Plus unlocks additional features including favorites for brokers, topics, and messages, more powerful widget workflows, and deeper Siri Shortcuts automation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PiSugar
Monitor and control your PiSugar battery system remotely. View battery status, charging information, and customize button functions. Supports managing multiple batteries simultaneously.
- View battery level
- Monitor charging status
- Configure custom buttons
- Manage RTC settings
- Support for multiple batteries
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Manage your PiSugar battery anywhere! Combining with PiSugar-server, you can access features such as viewing battery level, charging status, configuring custom buttons, RTC, etc., through this app. It supports the addition of multiple batteries simultaneously.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EasyMQTT at 3.5 against PiSugar's 2.3. EasyMQTT also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 15 months) and review sentiment (27% vs 0%). PiSugar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. EasyMQTT sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months. PiSugar asks for nothing beyond the download.
EasyMQTT holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EasyMQTT has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of EasyMQTT's written reviews are positive against 0% of PiSugar's.
EasyMQTT ships an update every 2 weeks, PiSugar every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EasyMQTT | PiSugar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (36 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luca Kaufmann | Guangzhou Soft Electric Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
EasyMQTT
PiSugar
In-app purchases
EasyMQTT
- EasyMQTT Plus - Three months$1.993 Months
- EasyMQTT Plus Yearly Sub14 Days trial$3.991 Year
- EasyMQTT Plus Yearly Sub14 Days trial$5.991 Year
- EasyMQTT Plus$10.99
- EasyMQTT Plus lifetime2 variants$14.99
PiSugar
No in-app purchases
