MQTee vs Port22
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MQTee
A native MQTT 5 client for iOS devices that offers a visual topic tree browser, full MQTT 5.0 support, and iCloud sync for seamless connection management. It allows for multi-tab publishing with syntax highlighting and provides a real-time event log for debugging.
- Native MQTT 5 client
- Visual topic tree browser
- Full MQTT 5.0 support
- iCloud sync for connections
- Multi-tab publishing with syntax highlighting
- Real-time event log
- Apple Shortcuts & Siri integration
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MQTee is the only native MQTT 5 client for iPhone and iPad. Built in SwiftUI + Rust. No Electron, no lag, no web views. Topic Tree Browser Explore your MQTT topic hierarchy in a visual tree. Search, filter, view payloads inline, and unsubscribe directly from the tree. Color-coded subscriptions make it easy to track multiple data streams at a glance. Full MQTT 5.0 Support Connect with MQTT 3.1.1 or MQTT 5.0. Full support for shared subscriptions, user properties, no-local, retain handling, session expiry, content type, response topics, correlation data, and message expiry intervals. iCloud Sync Your connections sync seamlessly across your iPhone and iPad via iCloud. Credentials are stored securely in iCloud Keychain. Multi-Tab Publishing Open multiple publish tabs per connection. JSON syntax highlighting and payload auto-detection (JSON, XML, hex, plaintext). Real-Time Event Log Structured event log with filtering by level, category, and direction. Debug MQTT workflows in real time. Apple Shortcuts & Siri Automate your MQTT workflows with Apple Shortcuts. Publish messages and read retained values from any app, Siri, or automation. Session Persistence Save subscriptions and message history per connection. Auto-resubscribe when reconnecting. Configurable message limits for memory and disk. Every feature is free. No limits. No paywalls. No feature gating. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Port22
Control your AI coding agents from your phone. This app connects to agents running on your Mac, allowing you to monitor sessions, respond to permission prompts with a tap, and view full conversation transcripts. It works both on your local network and remotely, with end-to-end encryption for security.
- Remote session monitoring
- One-tap permission approvals
- Full transcript viewing
- Cross-network connectivity
- End-to-end encryption
- Mac agent integration
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Your AI coding agents are already running on your Mac. Port22 doesn't launch, wrap, or replace them — it attaches to what's there and puts every session on your phone, including a permission prompt you can answer in a tap. Start Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode in whatever terminal you like. Nothing about your setup changes. Port22 just gives you the whole fleet from anywhere. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the free Port22 agent on your Mac — it's a menu-bar app, no configuration. 2. Pair your phone by typing a six-character code. No account, no sign-up. 3. Your sessions appear. Start them however you already do. MISSION CONTROL FOR YOUR FLEET See every session at a glance: which agent is working, which one is blocked on you, which one is done. No log tailing, no raw error strings — just states a human can read. WHEN AN AGENT IS BLOCKED Your phone tells you the moment an agent needs permission. Open Port22 and every option the agent actually offered is there as a real button — never a guessed keystroke, never an inferred choice. Answer it and the agent carries on. THE REAL CONVERSATION Read the full transcript exactly as it happened — prose, tool calls, diffs. Send a new prompt. Answer a multiple-choice question with real buttons instead of guessed keystrokes. Nothing is truncated. WORKS OFF YOUR NETWORK On your network it connects directly over your LAN. Off it, it fails over automatically to an encrypted relay, and you keep working from anywhere. Taurine, our keep-awake mode, stops your Mac napping mid-run so a long job survives the walk to the coffee shop. END-TO-END ENCRYPTED Your Mac and your iPhone verify each other's identity when they connect, then talk over an AES-256-GCM encrypted channel that the relay in between cannot read. There is no account and no sign-up — pairing is a code you type once. FREE FOREVER One Mac and two sessions, with every feature unlocked. Not a trial and not a crippled tier: off-network access, permission approvals, Taurine, and the full conversation are all included. The two sessions you're using stay free. PORT22 UNLIMITED Unlimited Macs and unlimited sessions, so you can drive the whole fleet at once. An annual subscription that renews automatically until cancelled. Pricing is shown in the app. REQUIRES THE MAC AGENT Port22 needs the free Port22 companion app running on your Mac. Download it at tryport22.com. Terms: tryport22.com/terms Privacy: tryport22.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MQTee at none against Port22's 1. MQTee also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Port22's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Port22 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. MQTee asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MQTee against 5.0 for Port22. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | MQTee | Port22 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felipe Lima | Harsha Chaganti |
Customer experience
MQTee
Port22
In-app purchases
MQTee
No in-app purchases
Port22
- Unlimited$19.991 Year









