ProxMate vs PVE Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProxMate
This application provides a streamlined interface for managing Proxmox virtual environments. It offers comprehensive control over servers, guests, and cluster resources, including remote console access and detailed monitoring. Users can perform various actions like starting, stopping, and restarting virtual machines and containers, as well as managing backups and viewing system details.
- Proxmox cluster overview
- VM/LXC start, stop, restart
- noVNC console access
- Node Terminal and actions
- Resource utilization monitoring
- Backup management
- TOTP support
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With ProxMate you get a quick and easy overview of your Proxmox cluster, servers and guests. • TOTP Support • Start, stop, restart, and reset VMs/LXCs • Connect to guests through the noVNC-console • Node Terminal • Node Actions: start/stop all guests, reboot, shutdown • Monitor the utilization and details of the Proxmox cluster or server, as well as the VMs/LXCs • View disks, LVM, directories, and ZFS • List tasks and task-details • Show backup-details, start backups • Connect to Cluster/Node via reverse proxy • iCloud/Keychain Sync • Connect with custom HTTP headers Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://herres.solutions/legal/apps/privacy-policy.html
PVE Admin
Manage your Proxmox VE cluster from your iPhone or iPad. Monitor nodes, VMs, and containers, access their consoles, and manage backups and storage. Receive push notifications for cluster events.
- Cluster dashboard
- VM/container management
- Integrated console
- Snapshot and backup management
- Storage browsing
- Task tracking
- Push notifications
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PVE Admin puts your Proxmox VE cluster in your pocket. Monitor and manage your nodes, virtual machines, and containers from iPhone and iPad — wherever you are. FEATURES • Dashboard — cluster health at a glance: nodes online, running guests, CPU and memory load. • Virtual machines & containers — start, stop, reboot, shut down, create, clone, migrate, and delete, with live CPU, memory, disk, and network charts. • In-app console — a real terminal to containers and nodes, a graphical console for VMs, no SSH client needed. • Snapshots & backups — create and roll back snapshots, run and schedule backups, and restore. • Live Activities — backup, restore, clone, migrate, and downloads with progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Widget — nodes, running guests, and load on the Home Screen without opening the app. • Network configuration — edit bridges, VLAN tags, IP, gateway, and firewall per interface. • Node maintenance — check and install available package updates, services, disks with SMART data, and ZFS pools. • System log — follow a node's journal live. • Storage — browse storages, ISOs, templates, disks, and backups; download and clean up. • Tasks — follow cluster tasks with live, streaming logs. • Pending-reboot indicator — see exactly which config changes are waiting for a restart. • Access management — users, groups, roles, permissions, API tokens, realms, and two-factor. • Firewall, resource pools, high availability, and replication. • Push notifications — cluster events by severity, including finished backups and available updates. SECURITY & PRIVACY • Certificate pinning, API-token or ticket login, and TOTP two-factor authentication. • Face ID / Touch ID app lock. • Anonymous, opt-out usage analytics — no account, no tracking. PVE Admin is not affiliated with Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PVE Admin at 5.0 against ProxMate's 4.2. PVE Admin also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). ProxMate's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and chart position (#70 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. ProxMate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PVE Admin asks for nothing beyond the download.
PVE Admin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ProxMate has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProxMate | PVE Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #70 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Herres | apply IT UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
Customer experience
ProxMate
PVE Admin
Bugs and requests
ProxMate
Reported bugs
10 issues- Terminal view could be optimized
- Console navigation is not ideal
- App freezes when adding new servers
- SSL validation issues
- App crashes
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- Wake-on-LAN not accessible when cluster is down
- Login fields not fully filled by password manager
- Wiping gesture from the left edge gets stuck on 'loading…'
- Cannot add new servers on iOS 17.4
- App freezes when adding servers
Requested features
19 requests- Desktop support
- Terminal view optimization
- Extra keyboard for terminals
- Manual VLAN setup via console
- Docker/Portainer monitoring/management
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- Backup notification settings
- FaceID/Autologin for login process
- Ceph state monitoring
- Ceph pool and cluster status
- Snapshot creation
- Widget for server overview
- Separate LXC containers and VMs in Guest tab
- Edit settings and fields (e.g., backup notification email, notes)
- Display temperature from lm-sensors
- Rearrange servers in the Servers list
- KSM sharing info on main view
- Search function for guests
- Temperature display for CPU or NVMe
- Test week or trial days for premium version
PVE Admin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ProxMate
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$8.991 Year
- Espresso$2.99
- Delicious Pasta$8.99
- Pro Lifetime$12.99
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- Pizza with extra Cheese$17.99
PVE Admin
No in-app purchases
Questions
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