ProxMate Widgets vs PVE Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProxMate Widgets
Monitor your Proxmox Virtual Environment servers directly from your home screen. View real-time CPU, RAM, and disk usage, node status, and uptime with customizable widgets. Supports multiple servers and clusters.
- Native iOS Widgets
- Multi-Server Support
- Resource Monitoring (CPU, RAM, Disk)
- Node Status & Uptime
- Automatic Widget Updates
- Custom HTTP Headers
- Server Import from ProxMate App
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Monitor your Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) servers directly from your home screen with ProxMate Widgets - the essential companion app for ProxMate. Key Features: • Native iOS Widgets - Real-time monitoring in Small, Medium, and Large widget sizes • Multi-Server Support - Monitor multiple Proxmox VE servers and clusters • Resource Monitoring - Track CPU, RAM, and disk usage with color-coded indicators • Node Status - View online/offline status with uptime information • Automatic Updates - Widgets refresh every 15 minutes with smart caching • Custom HTTP Headers - Additional authentication header support • ProxMate integration - Server import from the main ProxMate app • Widgets can be added on iPhone, iPad and macOS Perfect for: System administrators who need at-a-glance monitoring of their Proxmox infrastructure without opening apps. Get instant visibility into server health, resource utilization, and system status directly from your home screen. Note: Full server management features are available in the main "ProxMate" application. Privacy & Security: Your server credentials are stored securely on your device using iOS security frameworks. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://proxmate.app/norobots/en/app-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 Widgets's 3.0. PVE Admin also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). ProxMate Widgets's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. ProxMate Widgets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PVE Admin asks for nothing beyond the download.
PVE Admin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
ProxMate Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, PVE Admin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProxMate Widgets | PVE Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Herres | apply IT UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
Customer experience
ProxMate Widgets
PVE Admin
In-app purchases
ProxMate Widgets
- Espresso$2.99
- Delicious Pasta$5.99
- Pizza with extra Cheese$9.99
PVE Admin
No in-app purchases
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