Comparison

ProxMate Backup vs PVE Admin

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

Head to head
About

ProxMate Backup

Monitor and manage your Proxmox Backup Servers with a comprehensive overview of resources, data stores, and tasks. View disk details, S.M.A.R.T. data, and manage snapshots. Supports TOTP for enhanced security.

Highlights
  • Proxmox Backup Server overview
  • Data store details
  • Disk and S.M.A.R.T. data
  • Task summary and syslog
  • Snapshot management
  • Server restart/shutdown
  • TOTP support
Features
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With ProxMate Backup you get a quick and easy overview of your Proxmox Backup Server • Monitor the resources and details of your Proxmox Backup Server • Get details about Data Stores • View disks, LVM, directories, and ZFS • Disk temperature and S.M.A.R.T. data • Convenient task summary for a quick overview • Detailed task information and syslog • Show details abound backed up content • Verify, delete and protect snapshots • Restart or Shutdown your PBS • TOTP Support Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://proxmate-app.de/norobots/en/website-privacy-policy.html

About

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.

Highlights
  • Cluster dashboard
  • VM/container management
  • Integrated console
  • Snapshot and backup management
  • Storage browsing
  • Task tracking
  • Push notifications
Features
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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.

Screenshots

ProxMate Backup4 screens
PVE Admin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PVE Admin at 5.0 against ProxMate Backup's 4.0. PVE Admin also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). ProxMate Backup's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ProxMate Backup sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PVE Admin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PVE Admin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ProxMate Backup versus PVE Admin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProxMate BackupPVE Admin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLars Herresapply IT UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Customer experience

ProxMate Backup

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

PVE Admin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ProxMate Backup

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$9.99
None

PVE Admin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProxMate Backup free?
ProxMate Backup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PVE Admin free?
PVE Admin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ProxMate Backup or PVE Admin?
PVE Admin is rated higher. ProxMate Backup averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while PVE Admin averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ProxMate Backup or PVE Admin have ads?
Neither ProxMate Backup nor PVE Admin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProxMate Backup or PVE Admin?
ProxMate Backup ships an update fortnightly, and PVE Admin fortnightly. Most recently, ProxMate Backup was updated on November 8, 2026 and PVE Admin on November 5, 2026.

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