D4500 vs Gloo Messaging
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
D4500
This app allows users to send messages to Wi-Fi enabled visual display units within their local network. It offers a simple interface for sending pages and configuring display settings without requiring additional computer software. Advanced users can access TCP socket data for custom programming.
- Send pages to Wi-Fi visual displays
- Configure LED display settings
- No computer software installation required
- In-network messaging
- TCP socket data access for advanced users
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Microframe Wi-Fi Visual Paging App - Send in-network pages to Microframe's "Wi-Fi Visual Displays". How It Works: Microframe's Wifi Paging App connects to all Wi-Fi alpha Displays that are on your network. You will not have to install any software on any computers to operate these displays. From this app or web browser, you will be able to send pages/messages to LED displays. We have also built in the LED displays configuration codes, so you will be able to change the settings of your LED displays with the click of a button. For advanced users who want to write programs to hit these Displays, standard TCP socket connections data is available, call 800-635-3811 for more details.
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 ads: D4500 at none against Gloo Messaging's shown. D4500 also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Gloo Messaging's advantage is ratings volume (61 vs 8) and review sentiment (10% vs 0%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.4 for D4500 against 2.3 for Gloo Messaging. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gloo Messaging has 61 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of D4500's written reviews are positive against 10% of Gloo Messaging's.
D4500 ships an update weekly, Gloo Messaging every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | D4500 | Gloo Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (8 ratings) — better | 2.3 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 9.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microframe Corp | Gloo LLC |
Customer experience
D4500
Gloo Messaging
In-app purchases
D4500
No in-app purchases
Gloo Messaging
No in-app purchases
