Comparison

Geofency vs MQTTAnalyzer

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

Head to head
About

Geofency

Automatically track your time based on your location. This app records arrival and departure times as you enter or leave designated places, eliminating manual clock-in and clock-out. It offers detailed statistics, calendar export, and even integrates with home automation systems.

Highlights
  • Automatic location-based time tracking
  • Graphical visualization of dwell times
  • Rich statistics and summaries
  • Webhook for home automation
  • Calendar export (iCloud, CalDAV, Exchange)
  • Apple Watch app
  • Export data to Excel-friendly format
Features
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GEOFENCY enables fully automatic location-based time recording on iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch, where manual clock-in and clock-out becomes an absurdity of the past. Arrival and departure times are automatically recorded as soon as you enter or leave an interesting place – it works like magic! Of course all very energy efficient, thanks to the latest Geofencing & iBeacon technologies! With the integrated Webhook and Apple HomeKit automation features, you can trigger your smart home as you arrive or leave a place (e.g. switch on the lights when coming home)! Ideal for automatic monitoring of working hours, client visits, lunch breaks or the stays on your favorite places! GEOFENCY offers the easiest and most effective way to MONITOR your DURATION OF STAYS on interesting places. Unpleasant manual time recording was yesterday! • Are you tired of having to write down working hours again and again? • Fed up leaving the office absently, missed to check the clock? • Can't you remember when you came or left your favorite places? Let the iPhone take over this nerve-racking time monitoring for you! With GEOFENCY this is now possible in a smart and clever new way! Simply mark your points of interest on a map and leave the rest to Geofency! GEOFENCY automatically tracks the times when you enter or leave your points of interest. Simply carry your iPhone in your pocket or bag with you. You will automatically receive extensive statistics and graphics over time! Automatic Location-based Time Tracking – The (GEO)FANCY way! FEATURES • Automatic location-based time tracking - 24/7 time recording for your points of interest! • Graphical visualization of your dwell times - with zoom! • Rich statistics: Single-, Day-, Week- & Month-Summaries. • Map-View: Manage your points of interest directly on a beautiful fullscreen map view. • Add new locations in seconds – With just one tap! • Runs completely in the background while trying to maintain good battery life! • Automatic recognition when you enter or leave a place or region. • Tags: To group places into tags. • Home Automation: Integrates with Webhooks and Apple HomeKit to trigger automations when arriving at or leaving a place – from turning on lights to running complex smart home scenes! • Journaling feature: Automatic recognition of frequent visited places – to know exactly when you've been where and how long! • Calendar-Export: Export events automatically into your calendar (iCloud, CalDAV & Exchange) – view your data comfortable even from Mac or PC! • Widgets: Time Clock widgets to quickly clock in or out from the Home- or Lockscreen. • Apple Watch App! • Export feature: Send time recordings via e.g. email in an Excel-friendly format! • Export time data and use it directly in Excel or Numbers! BENEFITS Simple to use daily timesaver! You don't have to fiddle around with time recordings on yourself. Free your mind and just don't bother about manual time tracking anymore! PRIVACY 100% Private: Only YOU can see your data. We will never collect or share any information about you. We respect and care about the privacy of our users! REQUIREMENTS For the best and most accurate monitoring results, Wi-Fi, carrier and location services should always be enabled for Geofency. iBeacon monitoring requires at least Bluetooth 4. BATTERY USE Continued use of GPS in the background can significantly reduce battery life. Geofency was designed to use GPS very sparingly and never in the background. The app relies mostly on cell tower + Wi-Fi locations. This has been carefully chosen to get the best battery life. WHAT PEOPLE SAY • "I had no idea that my iPhone could do such things!" • "Beautiful, polished and elegant designed. Extremely simple to use." • "Perhaps the most overall effective app available." Find out more on our landing page: www.geofency.com Sample-Scripts for easy webhook integration: www.geofency.com/geo.zip

About

MQTTAnalyzer

Monitor and debug MQTT brokers on your Apple devices. Visualize data with hierarchical views, JSON highlighting, and charts. Publish messages, manage multiple brokers, and sync settings across devices. Free and open source.

Highlights
  • MQTT 3.1.1 and 5.0 support
  • JSON highlighting and pretty-printing
  • Time series charts for numeric values
  • Connect to multiple brokers
  • Full-text search
  • Publish messages
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Monitor and debug your MQTT broker from iPhone, iPad, or Mac. MQTTAnalyzer is the essential tool for smart home enthusiasts, IoT developers, and anyone working with MQTT-based systems. Free, open source, and no ads. CONNECT WITH CONFIDENCE • MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5.0 support • MQTT and WebSocket connections • SSL/TLS with ALPN and server CA certificate validation • Username/password and client certificate authentication • Support for self-signed certificates • Predefined settings for AWS IoT • Connection diagnostics to identify issues quickly VISUALIZE YOUR DATA • Hierarchical topic tree view • JSON highlighting and pretty-printing • Time series charts for numeric values • ANSI color code rendering • Image viewer with pinch-to-zoom (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, and more) • Hex viewer for binary payloads STAY ORGANIZED • Connect to multiple brokers simultaneously • Subscribe to multiple topics per broker • Full-text search across topics and messages • Unread message indicators • Statistics panel with message counts • Large payload support (10MB+) with export PUBLISH AND CONTROL • Publish messages with QoS and retain flag • JSON message builder with form interface • Delete retained messages from broker • Siri shortcuts for quick actions SYNC ACROSS DEVICES • iCloud sync for settings and certificates • Native experience on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Have feedback or feature requests? Visit our GitHub page — MQTTAnalyzer is open source and community-driven.

Screenshots

Geofency4 screens
MQTTAnalyzer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MQTTAnalyzer at Free against Geofency's $4.99. MQTTAnalyzer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Geofency's advantage is ratings volume (626 vs 23) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MQTTAnalyzer is free to download; Geofency costs $4.99 up front. Geofency sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. MQTTAnalyzer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Geofency holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Geofency has 626 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Geofency's written reviews are positive against 81% of MQTTAnalyzer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Geofency ships an update every 9 days, MQTTAnalyzer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Geofency versus MQTTAnalyzer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeofencyMQTTAnalyzer
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (626 ratings) — better4.5 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews — better80.9% of reviews
Number of ratings626 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#102 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarl Heinz HerbelPhilipp Arndt

Customer experience

Geofency

All ratings626 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews256 reviews
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.2%

MQTTAnalyzer

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative14.9%

Bugs and requests

Geofency

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Inconsistent background tracking on newer iOS versions
  • Unreliable webhook integration for home automation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to manually add/edit locations
  • Improve iBeacon integration and reliability
  • Implement more advanced filtering and reporting options
  • Add support for exporting data to other formats
  • Introduce a dark mode option

MQTTAnalyzer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Geofency

One-time6
  • Small Coffee Tip$1.99
  • Medium Coffee Tip$3.99
  • Large Coffee Tip$5.99
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  • Generous Tip$7.99
  • Enormous Tip$12.99
  • 1 kg Coffee Tip$22.99
None

MQTTAnalyzer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Geofency free?
Geofency costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is MQTTAnalyzer free?
MQTTAnalyzer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Geofency or MQTTAnalyzer?
Geofency is rated higher. Geofency averages 4.7 out of 5 from 626 ratings, while MQTTAnalyzer averages 4.5 from 23 ratings.
Do Geofency or MQTTAnalyzer have ads?
Neither Geofency nor MQTTAnalyzer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Geofency or MQTTAnalyzer?
Geofency ships an update every 9 days, and MQTTAnalyzer every 5 days. Most recently, Geofency was updated on October 13, 2026 and MQTTAnalyzer on October 15, 2026.

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