MyMonitor vs Gloo Messaging
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyMonitor
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a personal monitor mix console for compatible digital audio mixers. This app allows for easy stereo monitor mixing and customization of your mixer screen without producing sound through your device.
- Connects automatically to consoles
- Easy stereo monitor mixing
- Supports channels, aux, and effect returns
- Customizable mixer screen
- Switch between multiple consoles
- Mix two monitors in parallel (iPad)
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Connect your iPhone or iPad with a digital console and use it as your personal monitor mix This app only controls the consoles. You will not hear any sound through your device. Supported consoles: - Behringer X32 - Behringer XR18 X-Air - Behringer X18 - Midas M32 - Midas MR18 - Soundcraft UI16 Features: - The App connects automatically to your console - Easy mix you stereo monitors - Supports normal channel, aux channels and effect returns - Customize your mixer screen - Switch between multiple consoles iPad: - Mix two monitors parallel - Supports the iOS splitscreen mode. For Example you can show your chordsheets parallel
Gloo Messaging
Facilitate authentic communication for church and ministry leaders. Manage contacts, send broadcasts, and respond to prayer requests on the go. Assign conversations and engage with members seamlessly.
- Real-time conversations
- Respond to prayer requests
- One-to-many Broadcasts
- Contact management
- Assign conversations
- Add to Groups/Workflows
- Engage with Explorers
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The Gloo Messaging app is designed for church and ministry leaders to communicate on the go. Now you can stay connected with your people through meaningful, real-time conversations, respond to prayer requests, send one-to-many Broadcasts, simplify contact management, assign conversations to team members, add people to Groups or Workflows, and engage with Explorers without missing a message.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gloo Messaging at Free against MyMonitor's $1.99. Gloo Messaging also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). MyMonitor's advantage is rating (3.2 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (52% vs 10%). On ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Gloo Messaging is free to download; MyMonitor costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MyMonitor holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of MyMonitor's written reviews are positive against 10% of Gloo Messaging's.
MyMonitor ships an update every 5 weeks, Gloo Messaging every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyMonitor | Gloo Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (57 ratings) — better | 2.3 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.1% of reviews — better | 9.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Hoss | Gloo LLC |
Customer experience
MyMonitor
Gloo Messaging
Bugs and requests
MyMonitor
Reported bugs
74 issues- Custom layout button crashes
- Connection issues
- App will not connect
- Cannot enter IP address
- Indefinite spinning 'connecting' status
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- App failed to connect
- App hangs repeatedly
- Will not connect anymore
- Cannot get to IP screen
- Never can save IP address
- Will not connect
- Endless connecting
- App hangs
- Cannot hear anything
- Not fully functioning
- Does not reproduce sound
- Cannot hear through earphones
- Don't connect
- Manual IP typing required
- Reliability issues
- No way to select mixer IP
- Frustrating
- Slow to connect
- Need to close and reopen
- No option to save IP
- Muted channels
- Waiting for update
- No audio
- Just mixing monitors
- Cannot get it to work
- App doesn't work
- No sound in headphones
- Useless
- Couldn't hook up
- Pan and volume glitch
- App crashes
- Doesn't open
- Faders jump everywhere
- Screen flickers
- No effect on board
- Doesn't help
- Won't connect
- Wheel keeps spinning
- Limited functions
- Only change levels
- Panning missing
- FX-Returns missing
- Lag when adjusting
- Difficult to see moving
- No aux controls
- Small touch icons
- Not colorful
- Cannot control mains
- Cannot control aux inputs
- Crap
- Mixing house instead of bus
- Banned from use
- Doesn't actually connect
- Needs to be fixed
- App crashes all the time
- Not plug and play
- Delayed reaction
- Impossible on the fly
- Rudimentary
- Needs more features
- Rearrange channels needed
- Challenging to see
- iPhone 5 lag
- Screen locks
- Complicated for live performance
- Not worth it
- No more functionality than M32-Q
- Waste of money
- Apple doesn't like this app
Requested features
22 requests- Add more consoles (Soundcraft Si Compact)
- Add more consoles
- Add FX Returns to channels
- Add panning function
- Add ability to listen to audio through devices
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- Add ability to manually select mixer IP
- Add option to save IP address
- Improve UI design
- Add ability to prevent phone from sleeping
- Add panning control
- Add FX through monitors
- Add aux controls
- Add mute button
- Add ability to rearrange channels
- Add aux method to increase/decrease channel
- Add FX Returns on channels
- Add panning function
- Add FX through monitors
- Add aux controls
- Add mute button
- Add ability to rearrange channels
- Add aux method to increase/decrease channel
Gloo Messaging
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyMonitor
No in-app purchases
Gloo Messaging
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MyMonitor free?
Is Gloo Messaging free?
Which has better reviews, MyMonitor or Gloo Messaging?
Do MyMonitor or Gloo Messaging have ads?
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