MeshMonitor Chat vs ReSpool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
MeshMonitor Chat
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MeshMonitor Chat is a native iOS client for talking to your Meshtastic mesh through a self-hosted MeshMonitor server. Connect your iPhone to your server with a host, a port and a Bearer token, and start reading and sending messages on any channel or private conversation in your mesh. FEATURES ⢠Channels: browse every primary and secondary channel on your mesh and jump into any of them with a tap. ⢠Direct messages: one-to-one conversations with nodes that have exchanged keys with yours (PKC). ⢠Unread inbox: a tab that gathers conversations with pending messages. ⢠Node list: hop count, last-heard time and online or offline state, with a filter to show only active nodes. ⢠Quick reactions: long-press a message to react with an emoji. ⢠Replies: quote any message and answer it from inside the conversation. ⢠Delivery state: every outgoing message shows whether it is pending, confirmed or has failed. ⢠Status panel: server version, app-to-server reachability, server-to-radio link, uptime and statistics. PRIVACY ⢠Your token is stored in the iOS Keychain and never leaves the device except to authenticate against the server you choose. ⢠No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs, no telemetry. ⢠The app does not operate any server: you decide which MeshMonitor instance you connect to. REQUIREMENTS ⢠A MeshMonitor server reachable from your iPhone (local network or the internet, plain HTTP or HTTPS). ⢠A Meshtastic node attached to that server. ⢠A Bearer token generated from the MeshMonitor Settings page. OPEN SOURCE MeshMonitor Chat is free software released under the GPL-3.0 license. Source code, issue tracker and contribution links are available from the in-app Settings screen.
ReSpool
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ReSpool writes the NFC tag that Anycubic ACE 3D printers read to identify filament. Anycubic only sells spools with these tags, so filament from any other brand is invisible to the printer. ReSpool writes a blank NFC sticker with the material, colour and printing temperatures of whatever spool you actually have, and the printer then recognises it like its own. WORKS WITH HOME ASSISTANT Every tag gets a unique spool ID, carried in the SKU. The hass-anycubic_cloud integration reads it from the Anycubic cloud, so Home Assistant can tell two identical reels apart and track how much filament is left on each ā every reel keeps its own history. BUILT-IN FILAMENT CATALOGUE A shared catalogue of known filaments ships with the app and works offline. Pick a product and write it straight to a tag, or scan a genuine Anycubic spool to add it for everyone. SAFE BY DESIGN - Only the data pages are ever written; a tag cannot be locked or bricked - Every tag is backed up in full before a single byte is written - Every write is read back and verified byte for byte - Existing data is shown before anything is overwritten WHAT YOU NEED A blank NTAG213 NFC sticker (or larger) and an iPhone with NFC (iPhone 7 or newer). Anycubic's own tags are password-protected at the factory and cannot be rewritten; the app detects this and explains it. Your spool library, tag backups and settings stay on your phone. No accounts, no adverts, no analytics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ReSpool at 13.0 against MeshMonitor Chat's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | MeshMonitor Chat | ReSpool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANDROS FENOLLOSA HURTADO | Home Hub Smart Solutions |
In-app purchases
MeshMonitor Chat
No in-app purchases
ReSpool
No in-app purchases









