Comparison

Pushover Notifications vs IoT MQTT Panel Pro

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

Head to head
About

Pushover Notifications

This service sends custom push notifications from various web apps, scripts, and devices directly to your iPhone, iPad, or desktop. It offers a free trial with a one-time purchase for unlimited usage, and includes an Apple Watch app for on-the-go alerts.

Highlights
  • Custom push notifications
  • Web app integration
  • Script and IoT device support
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • API for custom app development
  • Free 30-day trial
Features
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Pushover is a simple push notification service that integrates easily into web apps like IFTTT, network monitoring systems, security cameras, shell scripts, IoT devices, webhooks, and anything else that needs to send alerts to your iPhone, iPad, Desktop, and other robot-like mobile devices. App has a free 30-day trial and unlimited usage beyond the trial requires a one-time in-app purchase. Pushover includes an Apple Watch app and complications so you can push custom data straight to your watch face with our Glances API. Visit https://pushover.net to find apps, plugins, and services that already natively support Pushover, or get a free API key for your own apps.

About

IoT MQTT Panel Pro

Create DIY smart home projects with a configurable dashboard. Supports MQTT and Websocket protocols with SSL for secure communication. Offers a variety of panels for real-time updates and data visualization.

Highlights
  • Always-on dashboard
  • MQTT & Websocket support
  • SSL secure communication
  • JSON message support
  • Real-time panel updates
  • 250+ customizable icons
  • Dark theme
Features
Currently charting
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With this app you can make DIY Smart Home project in a minute. The configurations are very simple. Well documented FAQ and User Guide are available at application info page. 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/

Screenshots

Pushover Notifications4 screens
IoT MQTT Panel Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pushover Notifications at Free against IoT MQTT Panel Pro's $12.99. Pushover Notifications also leads on ratings volume (3.8K vs 14). IoT MQTT Panel Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). On rating, 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

Pushover Notifications is free to download; IoT MQTT Panel Pro costs $12.99 up front. Pushover Notifications sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. IoT MQTT Panel Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Pushover Notifications against 4.8 for IoT MQTT Panel Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushover Notifications has 3.8K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Pushover Notifications's written reviews are positive against 90% of IoT MQTT Panel Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, IoT MQTT Panel Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Pushover Notifications versus IoT MQTT Panel Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushover NotificationsIoT MQTT Panel Pro
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings)4.8 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#190 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPushover, LLCRahul Kundu

Customer experience

Pushover Notifications

All ratings3,818 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews458 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative6.6%

IoT MQTT Panel Pro

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Pushover Notifications

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notifications not working after update
  • Syncing issues causing crashes
  • Notifications re-appearing after being deleted

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a delete all notifications option
  • Add support for custom notification sounds
  • Add 24-hour time format option
  • Improve Apple Watch notifications
  • Add custom actions to notifications

IoT MQTT Panel Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pushover Notifications

One-time3
  • Pushover License$4.99
  • Tip$4.99
  • Tip$9.99
None

IoT MQTT Panel Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pushover Notifications free?
Pushover Notifications is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IoT MQTT Panel Pro free?
IoT MQTT Panel Pro costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pushover Notifications or IoT MQTT Panel Pro?
Pushover Notifications and IoT MQTT Panel Pro are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.8K and 14 ratings respectively.
Do Pushover Notifications or IoT MQTT Panel Pro have ads?
Neither Pushover Notifications nor IoT MQTT Panel Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pushover Notifications or IoT MQTT Panel Pro?
Pushover Notifications ships an update every 4 weeks, and IoT MQTT Panel Pro fortnightly. Most recently, Pushover Notifications was updated on October 17, 2026 and IoT MQTT Panel Pro on October 14, 2026.

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