Tester vs MQTT Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tester
This app empowers developers to manage a wide range of API tasks on the go. It supports various protocols, request types, and offers a powerful GraphQL editor. Features include WebSocket testing, flexible data encoding, and import options for common API collection formats.
- Supports REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SOAP, XML, HTTP/S
- Handles all HTTP request methods
- Advanced GraphQL editor with documentation explorer
- WebSocket connection and message testing
- Flexible API call data encoding and transfer
- Import requests from cURL, links, or files (Swagger, OpenAPI, Postman)
- Apple Watch app for sending API requests
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The first mobile app to handle any developer task on the go. Main features: - REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SOAP, JSON RPC, XML, HTTP, HTTPS, etc. - All types of HTTP requests: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, COPY, LINK, UNLINK, PURGE, LOCK, UNLOCK, PROPFIND, VIEW. - Powerful GraphQL editor with full-scale experience: body editor with Queries, Mutations, Subscriptions and syntax support; variables editor; documentation explorer; request settings and metadata. - WebSocket testing tool. Handles connection and message exchange via WS or WSS. - API calls with any kind of request data encoding and transfer type (query params, URLEncoded params, FormData, raw data, send files from device storage, cloud, remote server). - Settings. TLS can be skipped, redirects can be disabled, timeouts are adjustable. Weak SSL verification can be enabled and replaced with self-signed certificate. - Import request or collection by curl, link or file from your device. And naturally, there is any type of collection for you: Swagger, OpenAPI, Postman, YAML. - Need to share request in seconds? Deep link and cURL command supported. - Apple Watch app. Allows to send API requests directly from your wrist. - Integrations: Shortcuts, Widgets. Additional little things: - Autocomplete for most common headers keys. - Syntax highlighting; Auto formatting. - Optimized for viewing on any device screen. - Cookies. Collect, edit, create. - Request metrics. Measure request duration, response size, status code changing. - History of all request calls. - Request authorisation. Basic Auth with password and username. OAuth with header or query access token. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tester.io/privacy-policy
MQTT Connect
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MQTT Connect is a secure, private client for managing MQTT brokers and clients — built for the people who actually run MQTT infrastructure, not a toy demo app. There's no account, no cloud backend, and nothing phoning home. Every broker profile, client, credential and certificate you add is encrypted and stored only on your device. MQTT Connect only ever talks to the brokers your clients are configured to connect to. SECURE BY DESIGN • Broker profiles, clients, credentials and certificates encrypted at rest in your device's keychain • Face ID / biometric lock, auto-lock, and payload hiding in the app switcher • Full mutual TLS (mTLS): import CA certificates, client certificates and private keys from PEM, paste them directly, or unlock a .p12 bundle in one step • Zero analytics, zero crash reporters, zero telemetry — offline-first by default BUILT FOR REAL MQTT WORK • Save a broker's host, port and transport once, then create as many clients as you need — each with its own ID, auth and certificates • Full support for MQTT 3.1.1 and 5.0 over TCP, TLS, WS and WSS • A live message feed for every client — expand any message for QoS, retain flag and payload, and re-send or edit-and-send instantly • A publish composer with JSON, text and Base64 payloads, topic autocomplete from your history, and pinned snippets for frequent sends • Smart topic suggestions drawn from what you've already subscribed to or published, per client YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE Export your client configuration without secrets to move between devices, or erase everything permanently with one tap. Because MQTT Connect holds no copy of your data, that erase is final — and that's the point. Whether you're debugging a broker in production, monitoring sensors on a home network, or testing firmware over MQTT, MQTT Connect keeps your connections fast, your credentials private, and your device the only place any of it lives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MQTT Connect at none against Tester's 7. MQTT Connect also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.7). Tester's advantage is chart position (#175 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Tester sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. MQTT Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tester | MQTT Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (601 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 601 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #175 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.7 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FJEDI | Shreyansh Jain |
Bugs and requests
Tester
Reported bugs
3 issues- Deleting all saved requests after updates
- App launching to a black screen
- Shortcuts integration not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for environment variables
- Implement folders/collections management
- Allow exporting/importing data as JSON
- Provide more Shortcuts actions
- Add ability to change app icon
MQTT Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tester
- Tester Go Weekly$0.997 Days
- Tester Go Monthly$4.991 Month
- Tester Plus Monthly$7.991 Month
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- Tester Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
- Tester Plus Yearly$79.991 Year
- Tester Pro Yearly$200.001 Year
- Tester Plus Lifetime$89.99
MQTT Connect
No in-app purchases









