Meshtastic vs Dashboard for TrueNAS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meshtastic
This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.
- Off-grid communication
- Decentralized mesh network
- Low-power LoRa radio support
- Text messaging
- No cellular/WiFi required
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Meshtastic® is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on low-power Lora radios letting you send text messages in areas without reliable cellular or WiFi service.
Dashboard for TrueNAS
Monitor your TrueNAS server's performance and manage applications directly from your iPhone. View real-time data on CPU, RAM, network, and storage, and access your hosted services with auto-login.
- Real-time server monitoring
- CPU, RAM, and GPU usage
- Network throughput graphs
- Disk and pool health status
- Manage hosted applications
- Auto-login to web interfaces
- Browse SMB shares
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Dashboard for TrueNAS is a secure mobile companion for TrueNAS SCALE. Monitor your NAS and perform common management actions from your iPhone over your local network or VPN. MONITORING • CPU utilization, temperature, load and per-core activity • Memory availability, ZFS ARC cache, services usage and ARC hit ratio • NVIDIA GPU temperature, utilization, VRAM and power when the optional GPU metrics service is installed • Live network throughput and interface link state • Storage pools, capacity, health, topology, fragmentation, snapshots and scrub status • Disk model, size, type and temperature • TrueNAS Apps, virtual machines, services, active jobs, alerts and replication tasks CONTROL • Start, stop and restart supported services • Start and stop TrueNAS Apps • Start, stop and restart virtual machines • Start pool scrubs • Reboot or shut down the NAS with confirmation • Dismiss or snooze alerts locally in the app CONNECTION • Uses the supported TrueNAS JSON-RPC 2.0 API over secure WebSocket • Authenticates with TrueNAS username and password • Capability detection hides values and controls unavailable on the connected server • Read-only mode, data freshness indicators and connection diagnostics • Works over local HTTPS or a secure VPN such as Tailscale or WireGuard GPU monitoring is optional; all other monitoring and control use the unmodified TrueNAS API.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Meshtastic at Free against Dashboard for TrueNAS's $1.99. Meshtastic also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 0%) and rating (4.1 vs 2.0). Dashboard for TrueNAS's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Meshtastic is free to download; Dashboard for TrueNAS costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meshtastic holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meshtastic has 835 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Meshtastic's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dashboard for TrueNAS's.
Meshtastic ships an update every 9 days, Dashboard for TrueNAS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meshtastic | Dashboard for TrueNAS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (835 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 835 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Meshtastic LLC | Adriano Melnic |
Customer experience
Meshtastic
Dashboard for TrueNAS
Bugs and requests
Meshtastic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Canned messages configuration issues
- Location sharing and traceroute functions not working
- Settings screen bugs and crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline maps support
- Ability to customize notifications
- More sorting and filtering options for nodes
- Apple Watch and Shortcuts integration
- Improved documentation and user guidance
Dashboard for TrueNAS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meshtastic
No in-app purchases
Dashboard for TrueNAS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Meshtastic free?
Is Dashboard for TrueNAS free?
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