Comparison

Bheato vs MQTT Commander

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

Head to head
About

Bheato

Features
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Precision Heating, Empowered by Digital Intelligence This is more than just a temperature control app; it’s a lifestyle of the future. We repurpose the energy from advanced computing into precise, sustainable warmth for your living space. Millisecond-level monitoring with 0.5Β°C adjustment precision for ultimate comfort. Innovative "Compute-to-Heat" mode provides stable thermal output while processing digital tasks. Pre-heat your room from anywhere, ensuring you come home to a spring-like warmth. Track heat production and system status in real-time with transparent data. Optimized airflow ensures warmth happens in silence, never disturbing your rest or focus.

About

MQTT Commander

Monitor MQTT brokers live, view topic values, and publish messages. Offers detailed connection diagnostics and secure SSH tunneling for remote access. Includes a free tier with core features and an optional one-time Pro unlock for advanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Live topic tree with values
  • Detailed connection diagnostics
  • Secure SSH tunneling
  • Message publishing with QoS
  • JSON payload inspection
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Connect to your broker and the topic tree fills in within seconds, with the latest value next to each topic. Tap one to see the value in large type, a sparkline of how it moved, and the JSON split field by field. FOUR SCREENS, ONE JOB EACH β€’ Topics: the tree of what your broker publishes, with filters for what changes, what is retained, what you pinned β€’ Board: pinned topics as live tiles, so one look tells you the greenhouse sits at 21.4 Β°C and the pump went quiet 6 minutes ago β€’ Log: messages in order, with presets for errors, your own publishes and retained values β€’ Publish: a topic, a payload, Send. QoS, retain, content type and expiry sit one tap away USE IT TO β€’ Watch Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, Mosquitto and ESPHome without opening a laptop β€’ Find the topic a new device announced itself on β€’ Read a JSON payload by field and compare it with the message before β€’ Send a test message and see what the broker answers, including a refusal β€’ Clear a retained payload that keeps coming back WHEN IT WON'T CONNECT Connection Doctor walks the connection in 14 stages and names the one that failed: DNS, TCP, TLS handshake, certificate chain, expiry, hostname, ALPN and SNI, CONNACK, authentication, protocol version, and a write test against the broker ACL. You get the stage, the reason and what to change, instead of a red banner. BROKER BEHIND AN SSH SERVER Reach a broker that only listens on localhost or a private network: turn on SSH in the broker profile and the app opens a tunnel through your server first. Sign in with a password, an OpenSSH key, or a key created on this device in the Secure Enclave, with server 2FA codes when the server asks. The first connection shows the host key fingerprint in full, and a changed key stops the app before it sends your password or key. Connection Doctor checks the SSH server, host key, sign-in and tunnel before TLS and MQTT. PRIVACY Values that look like tokens, passwords or keys stay behind a tap. Exported logs carry hashed topics and metadata, no payloads. Anonymous crash and usage diagnostics are on by default and switch off in Settings. No ad tracking, no data sold. PRO The app is free: watch topics, read payloads, publish with QoS and retain, run the Connection Doctor, including a full check through SSH, pin five topics to the Board and keep the first one on your Home Screen as a widget. Pro is a one-time unlock with no subscription, and it covers the part that runs while you look elsewhere: sessions through an SSH server, Lock Screen widgets and the other Home Screen widgets, pins without a limit, history that survives a restart, whole-broker discovery, more broker profiles, one certificate reused across every broker, saved commands with Siri and Shortcuts, log export as CSV or JSON, and the full Doctor report to share. Bought the paid app before it went free? You keep Pro at no cost. WORKS WITH Home Assistant, Mosquitto, Zigbee2MQTT, ESPHome, Node-RED, ESP32 and ESP8266, and any broker speaking MQTT 3.1.1 or 5.0 over TCP, TLS, mTLS or WebSocket, directly or through an SSH tunnel. REQUIREMENTS β€’ iOS 17 or later, iPhone and iPad β€’ Local Network access for brokers on your LAN Demo mode lets you look around before you connect anything.

Screenshots

Bheato3 screens
MQTT Commander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bheato at none against MQTT Commander's 1. MQTT Commander's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. MQTT Commander sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bheato asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Bheato versus MQTT Commander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBheatoMQTT Commander
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
Monetizationβ€”Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size29 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperεΎ‹ 潘Vladimir Chemeris

In-app purchases

None

Bheato

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MQTT Commander

One-time1
  • MQTT Commander Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Bheato free?
Bheato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MQTT Commander free?
MQTT Commander is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bheato or MQTT Commander have ads?
Neither Bheato nor MQTT Commander shows ads.

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