Comparison

EasyMQTT vs openHAB

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

openHAB

This app acts as a companion to an open-source home automation system, allowing users to control and integrate various smart home devices. It offers remote access, enhanced notifications, and a customizable interface for managing your smart home ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Seamless integration with openHAB UI
  • Remote control via openHAB Cloud
  • Enhanced push notifications
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Natively supports iPhone and iPad
  • Connects to over 3000 devices
Features
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The official companion application for openHAB - an open source home automation system. The open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) project aims at providing a universal integration platform for connecting home automation technologies into a single intelligent system. With more than 3000 things that openHAB can connect to, there’s virtually nothing that can’t be integrated. Its advanced rules based architecture allows complete automation using several popular scripting languages (Java Script, Ruby, Python, Java, RDSL, and more ) as well as visual rule designers using either drag and drop interfaces or simple “If / Then” forms. The new openHAB UI allows users to easily build beautiful interfaces customized to their needs. openHAB is designed to be absolutely vendor-neutral as well as hardware/protocol-agnostic. Key Features: * Integrates seamlessly with your own openHAB UI (Main UI or sitemaps) * Control everything on your openHAB server directly or remotely through the free openHAB Cloud service (https://myopenhab.org) * Enhanced push notifications with media from openHAB Cloud and the openHAB cloud binding * Apple Watch companion app * Natively supports both iPhone and iPad Make openHAB the central integration and control point of your Smart Home. You will find openHAB at http://www.openhab.org/ openHAB has over 450 add-ons, supporting over 3000 things, some of which include: Aiphone, Amazon Dash Button, Amazon Echo Control, AmpliFi, AndroidTV, Anker, Apple HomeKit, Arlo, August, Belkin, Blink, Bosch Smart Home, Bose SoundTouch, Brinks, Chamberlain, Chromecast, Cree, D-Link, Daikin, Denon / Marantz, Dynaudio, Ecobee, Electrolux, Eero, Fibaro, Foscam, Freebox, Gardena, Google Home, Hisense, Honeywell, Honeywell Home, Hue, iRobot, JBL, Jablotron Alarm, Kaleidescape, Kenwood, KNX, Kodi, Kuka, Kwikset, LIFX, LG, Linksys, Logitech, Lutron, Matter, Miele Cloud, Miele@home, Moen, Nanoleaf, Neato, Netatmo, Nest, Nortek, Nuki, Osram, Philips Hue, Pioneer, Plex, Powermax, Rako, Ring, Ring Alarm, Roku, Samsung Smartthings, Sennheiser, Sensibo, Shelly, Siemens, SimpliSafe, Smarthome, Smartmeter, Smartthings, Sonos, Sony, Spotify, Squeezebox, Tado, Technics, Tesla, TP-Link Smart Home, TRÅDFRI, Unifi, Velux, Vera, Verisure, Vizio, Volumio, Wemo, Whirlpool, Wink, Xiaomi, Yamaha Musiccast, Yamaha Receiver, Yeelight, Zigbee, Z-Wave and 400 more popular technologies….

Screenshots

EasyMQTT1 screens
openHAB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: openHAB at 5.0 against EasyMQTT's 3.5. openHAB also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). EasyMQTT's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. EasyMQTT sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months. openHAB asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

openHAB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. 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 33% of openHAB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EasyMQTT ships an update every 2 weeks, openHAB every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EasyMQTT versus openHAB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasyMQTTopenHAB
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (36 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca KaufmannopenHAB Foundation e.V.

Customer experience

EasyMQTT

All ratings36 ratings
Positive63.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative65.4%

openHAB

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

EasyMQTT

Subscriptions3
  • 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
One-time2
  • EasyMQTT Plus$10.99
  • EasyMQTT Plus lifetime2 variants$14.99
None

openHAB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EasyMQTT free?
EasyMQTT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is openHAB free?
openHAB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EasyMQTT or openHAB?
openHAB is rated higher. EasyMQTT averages 3.5 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while openHAB averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do EasyMQTT or openHAB have ads?
Neither EasyMQTT nor openHAB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EasyMQTT or openHAB?
EasyMQTT ships an update every 2 weeks, and openHAB every 3 weeks. Most recently, EasyMQTT was updated on June 8, 2026 and openHAB on August 22, 2026.

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