Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue vs SubBase Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue
Access and explore BIM projects from anywhere, online or offline. Collaborate with project teams using markup and measurement tools. Ideal for building, infrastructure, design, and construction professionals.
- Secure BIM project access
- Offline model exploration
- Multi-disciplinary model navigation
- Markup and annotation tools
- Measurement tools
- Gesture-based navigation
- Gyroscope-enabled walkthroughs
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The Autodesk® BIM 360™ Glue® mobile app enables BIM 360 Glue users to more securely access Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects and collaborate with project team members from anywhere, at any time. Building, infrastructure, design, and construction professionals can access and intuitively explore multi-disciplinary models online or offline. With efficient project synchronization and powerful project review tools including markup and measurement - collaborating with your project team has never been easier. Key Benefits •Easy, secure, authenticated access to up-to-date, multi-discipline BIM 360 Glue projects •Intuitive exploration of multi-discipline BIM projects in the field, online or offline •Powerful BIM 360 Glue project review tools for effective collaboration Key Features •"One-click to BIM" access from notifications to precise model views and shared markups •Navigate through saved views and model object hierarchies to access intelligent property data •Select, hide, and reveal individual discipline models and objects •Navigate using intuitive gesture-based pan, zoom and orbit •Walk through the model with gravity-assisted navigation optimized for BIM •View project model details with immersive, gyroscope-enabled look-around •Review and annotate project models and send notifications to the team •Respond to markups received from BIM 360 Glue project members - anytime, anywhere •Measure between model objects with intuitive point-to-point tools, object snapping, and automatic calculation of XYZ differences and shortest distance between objects. •Access large project models and data—online or offline •Intuitive design and contextual help to quickly become productive The BIM 360 Glue mobile app, optimized for working with BIM 360 Glue projects, can also be used as a viewer for Autodesk® Navisworks® NWD models. Transfer NWD models directly to the app via iTunes, or use the iOS "Open In" feature to open NWD files directly from Autodesk products, including Buzzsaw and Constructware, or third party document management solutions. When using the app as an NWD viewer, the app user will not benefit from markup functionality or automatic model updates. Autodesk BIM 360 Glue mobile app is licensed under the following License and Services Agreement. Your download and/or use of the Autodesk BIM 360 Glue mobile app shall serve as your acknowledgement to the terms of this License and Services Agreement with respect to your use of the Autodesk BIM 360 Glue mobile app. Requirements: Requires iOS 12 or later.
SubBase Mobile
This app simplifies the process of requesting materials for field crews, allowing them to focus more on construction and less on administrative tasks. It streamlines purchasing to improve efficiency on job sites.
- Streamlined material requests
- Simplified field purchasing
- Improved crew efficiency
- Focus on building
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SubBase Mobile streamlines field purchasing so crews can spend less time chasing materials and more time building.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SubBase Mobile at 100% against Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue's 31%. SubBase Mobile also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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.
SubBase Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue's written reviews are positive against 100% of SubBase Mobile's.
Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue ships an update every 3 months, SubBase Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue | SubBase Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (23 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Autodesk Inc. | SubBase Technologies |
Customer experience
Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue
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In-app purchases
Autodesk® BIM 360 Glue
No in-app purchases
SubBase Mobile
No in-app purchases
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