Comparison

Vestaboard vs Mimble

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

Head to head
About

Vestaboard

Easily create and manage messages for your smart display from any location. Craft visually appealing messages, schedule them, or get inspired with pre-made content. Collaborate with others and customize display settings for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Visual message editor
  • Schedule and pin messages
  • Inspiration content and templates
  • Message history and drafts
  • Remote collaboration
  • Quiet hours and time zone settings
Features
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Connect and control your Vestaboard from anywhere with the Vestaboard mobile app. Whether you're sending a quick note or curating a moment of inspiration, the app makes it easy and fun to manage your Vestaboard. Key features: - Craft beautiful messages with the intuitive visual editor - Send instantly, schedule for later, or pin a message to display longer - Get inspired with daily content picks and ready-to-use templates - Browse, edit, and favorite past messages or start fresh with new drafts - Invite others to collaborate and manage your Vestaboard remotely - Set quiet hours and time zone preferences to fit your routine Vestaboard is a stunning smart messaging display, inspired by the classic split-flap signs of European train stations and reimagined for the modern home or workspace. Use it at home to share inspiration, stay organized, and connect with loved ones, or bring it to work to engage teams, welcome guests, and keep everyone in sync. Ideal for offices, retail spaces, hospitality, education, healthcare, and more. Learn more at vestaboard.com. Need support? Visit vestaboard.com/help

About

Mimble

This app helps groups find the fairest meeting spot by calculating actual travel times and considering ratings and user-defined filters. It allows easy invitation via text, real-time updates, and integrated group chat for seamless planning.

Highlights
  • Fair meeting spot calculation
  • Invite via text
  • Real-time voting and syncing
  • Natural language search for places
  • Integrated group chat
  • Real-time place information
  • Siri integration
Features
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Mimble — Meet in the Middle. Stop arguing about where to meet. Mimble finds the fairest spot for everyone using real travel times — not just the halfway point on a map. • Fair by design — Every place gets a Mimble Score balancing each person's actual drive, walk, or transit time with ratings and your filters. • Invite by text in seconds — Type a number and a name; your friend gets the join link instantly. No app? They just text back their address. • Everyone joins in — Friends tap the link (or enter a 6-character code), appear in the group automatically, set their own starting point, and vote. Votes and results sync live. • Ask in plain English — "Cheap tacos open now" or "good Italian halfway between us." Mimble AI turns it into filters, privately, on your device. • Built-in group chat — Plan it where you decide it. Mention @mimble to refresh the options for everyone. • Real place info — Photos, hours, ratings, street-level previews, and one-tap directions in your chosen transport mode. • Getaways too — Planning a girls' trip or guys' weekend? Mimble finds destinations fair to the whole crew. • Local deals — Verified local businesses can appear with exclusive deals; sponsored places are always labeled, never ranked above your best match. • Siri ready — "Hey Siri, start a Mimble." No accounts. No location history stored. Just the fairest place to meet.

Screenshots

Vestaboard3 screens
Mimble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mimble at none against Vestaboard's shown. Mimble also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Vestaboard's advantage is ratings volume (140 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mimble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vestaboard has 140 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Vestaboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mimble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vestaboard ships an update every 2 months, Mimble every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Vestaboard versus Mimble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVestaboardMimble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (140 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings140 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVestaboard, Inc.mimble, inc

Customer experience

Vestaboard

All ratings137 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%

Mimble

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Vestaboard

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Mute for a period of time functionality is inoperable after update
  • Sending new messages to the board simply doesn’t work
  • App update forces updates when there aren’t any
  • Unable to set time zone or make changes to quiet hours
  • Device will not connect to internal WiFi
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  • App crashing upon opening
  • App takes at least a full minute to load or runs into an error
  • Bluetooth keyboard doesn't work in manual editor on Android
  • Pairing with WiFi issues out of the box

Requested features

9 requests
  • Option to switch off WiFi module for power saving
  • More specific controls for sending messages by time
  • Include Vestaboard+ in initial hardware purchase
  • Add iCal support
  • More basic tools for text editing (preview, alignment control)
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  • Improve manual editor for better text control
  • Support for French applications/language
  • Ability to center text
  • More creative control beyond limited templates

Mimble

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vestaboard

No in-app purchases

None

Mimble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vestaboard free?
Vestaboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mimble free?
Mimble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vestaboard or Mimble?
Mimble is rated higher. Vestaboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while Mimble averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Vestaboard or Mimble have ads?
Vestaboard shows ads; Mimble does not.
Which is updated more often, Vestaboard or Mimble?
Vestaboard ships an update every 2 months, and Mimble every 10 days. Most recently, Vestaboard was updated on October 7, 2026 and Mimble on October 9, 2026.

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