IoTBind vs IoT Central
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IoTBind
Control microcomputers like ESP8266 and Raspberry Pi via your smartphone over the cloud. Create custom devices such as switches, sensors, and GPS trackers to manage your smart home projects and visualize data.
- Cloud control for microcomputers
- Create custom devices
- Smart home device management
- Interactive sensor data review
- Geographic tracking on map
- Historical data charting
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Control your ESP8266, ESP-12, Arduino, NodeMCU or Raspberry Pi and other microcomputers with the smartphone over the cloud Internet platform. You can Create a Device like Switch,Sensor,water Level or GPS Tracking and more!! iotBind platform for DIY internet of thinks makers, is an innovative platform to provide solutions for creative minds to unleash their ideas and projects and connect them to a single platform that provides them with all the services of communication, control and information collection through tools created based on the tests and tests we have done We are navigating in the Internet space things we share solutions and experiences with you. iotBind APIs supported communication protocols to connect yor Device with platform like : - HTTP/HTTPS - MQTT - Websocket - CoAP and more protocols coming iotBind API Reference and Example Code : https://iotbind.com/api.html Example Device : - ESP8266, ESP32, NodeMCU - Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino Nano , Arduino Mini , Arduino , Arduino Due, Arduino 101 - Raspberry Pi - Spark Core - Particle Core - TinyDuino - Particle Photon - SparkFun Board - Wicked WildFire And any other device that supports Internet access with one of the supported protocols. What you can do with this app: * View all project in your account * Control all smart home devices connected in the project * Interactive data review of sensors * See device details * View History data by chart graph * Geographic tracking devices live on the map * Display time and date by timezone * Edit account data * View project data and properties * View departments in each project * View all devices in the departments * Add a new devices * Add timer on Switch devices * Add and delete departments * Add and delete devices from departments * Manage and display your favorite devices * View DIY GPS tracking devices on Google Maps * View and delete all your massege from project and more...
IoT Central
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: IoTBind at 11.0 against IoT Central's 15.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | IoTBind | IoT Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adel Alkhalifi | Rahul Kundu |
In-app purchases
IoTBind
No in-app purchases
IoT Central
No in-app purchases








