Close CRM vs Project Blue Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Close CRM
Manage your sales pipeline and communicate with leads on the go. This app allows you to make calls, send texts, and emails directly from your device, with AI-powered call transcription and summarization. Stay organized with quick note-taking and task management.
- Direct communication with leads
- AI-powered call transcription
- Lead and contact detail access
- Activity feed for context
- Quick data entry and task management
- Push notifications for updates
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See why the world's fastest scaling sales teams trust Close as their CRM. With lightning-fast onboarding, free migrations, and a remarkable Support team––sales reps and leaders alike love using Close. What you'll experience with Close's mobile app: Easily communicate with prospects and customers Keep your Leads warm when you stay in touch––even while away from your desk. Increase the effectiveness of your sales cadences when you take + place calls, reply to texts, and email directly from the Close mobile app. Close will even send you push notifications of new texts, missed calls, and voicemails. Never take notes again Close’s AI-powered Call Assistant add-on automatically transcribes and summarizes every phone call––whether you’re talking to prospects on the desktop or mobile apps. Focus on the conversation at hand while Close generates an accurate, searchable summary of your call. Get context quickly on the go Easily see Lead and Contact details like addresses, Custom Fields, and Contact info. Freshen up on recent communications on the Lead Activity Feed before you meet with a prospect. Quickly add new data or Tasks Add Notes, update Opportunities, and manage your Tasks from your mobile device. A Close account is required to use Close CRM for iOS. About Close: We're a bootstrapped, profitable, 100% remote team of thoughtful humans who value autonomy and impact. We're eager to make a product our customers fall in love with over and over again. Today, we have 90+ team members from around the world—supporting and coaching thousands of customers to grow every single day.
Project Blue Mobile
This app enables peer-to-peer messaging directly from your CRM, bypassing typical SMS filters and registration hurdles. It ensures messages are delivered personally, like they came from a real person's phone, with features like AI voice memos and rich media.
- Peer-to-peer messaging from CRM
- No A2P registration required
- Smart fallback to best channel
- Rich media support (HD video, images)
- AI-generated voice memos
- Real-time analytics dashboards
- CRM integrations (HighLevel, HubSpot, Close)
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Project Blue turns your CRM into a peer-to-peer messaging powerhouse. Send messages directly from your existing workflows, person to person, the way messaging was meant to work. No A2P registration, no carrier filters, no compliance headaches. Most sales teams lose deals in the follow-up. Emails go unread. Bulk SMS gets ignored. Project Blue routes your outreach through true p2p messaging, delivering the response rates that broadcast messaging can never touch. WHAT YOU GET Real P2P Messaging from your CRM Send directly from HighLevel, Close, HubSpot, and more. Every message arrives like it came from a real person's phone, because it did. No A2P Registration Your dedicated personal line is activated within 1 business day. No shared numbers, no shared reputation. 99.9% uptime. Smart Fallback If a contact can't receive one message type, we automatically switch to the best available channel at no extra charge. Always delivered, always personal. Rich Media Send HD videos, images, voice memos, and AI generated voice messages that feel one to one, even at scale. AI Voice Memos Send personalized voice messages to hundreds of contacts without recording each one. We can clone your voice so every message sounds like you. Real Time Analytics Track response rates, message volume, and delivery across your team with built in dashboards. CRM Integrations HighLevel, Close, HubSpot, Slack, and more. White glove onboarding, live in a day. "Our conversion from lead to booked appointment has skyrocketed. The ROI is undeniable." Sean S., myHomeIQ "Since Project Blue we've had 50 to 60% show rates. It's been double." Brady W., TrustOtter Book a demo at tryprojectblue.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Project Blue Mobile at 100% against Close CRM's 36%. Project Blue Mobile also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). Close CRM's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Project Blue Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Close CRM has 52 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Close CRM's written reviews are positive against 100% of Project Blue Mobile's.
Close CRM ships an update every 4 weeks, Project Blue Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Close CRM | Project Blue Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elastic Inc | Project Blue Services LLC |
Customer experience
Close CRM
Project Blue Mobile
Bugs and requests
Close CRM
Reported bugs
26 issues- App is slow and glitchy
- App crashes
- 30 min delays
- App is laggy
- No full screen capability on iPad
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- App is super laggy and does not respond well
- App is super laggy and does not function well
- Calls glitchy, skips on outgoing calls
- Texting feature doesn't load
- SMS/email part of inbox doesn't work
- Error messages when linking with chat gbt
- App is consistently glitchy and weird
- Infinite loop when accessing lead details
- Search function constantly freezes and crashes
- Search function not searching at all
- Edit email feature does not open saved email
- App doesn't load on iPhone 14 pro iOS 17
- Close app won't load or open
- App crashes every 2 min
- Takes forever to load anything
- Lag when scrolling
- Creates duplicate texts
- Returns to Inbox all the time
- Doesn't load after search and click
- Crashes everytime user opens a lead
- Takes forever to lead
Requested features
15 requests- Invest in building proper mobile apps
- Optimize for mobile/iPad
- Full-size version for iPad
- Add missing features to mobile app
- Fix telephony usage issues
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- Fix texting feature
- Fix edit emails feature
- Add support for chat GPT feature
- Improve UI/UX for mobile app
- Roll back phone calls feature until option to disable
- Fix bugs in desktop app
- Make app fluid and less laggy
- Fix infinite loop bug
- Fix search function freezing/crashing
- Fix app not loading after search and click
Project Blue Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Close CRM
No in-app purchases
Project Blue Mobile
No in-app purchases









