MediaShout Remote vs Gloo Messaging
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MediaShout Remote
Control and preview presentations from your mobile device over Wi-Fi. Scroll through slides, view notes, and play cues directly to the screen. Offers different views for presenters and audience display.
- Wi-Fi presentation control
- Audience/Stage display preview
- Scroll through presentations
- View presenter notes
- Play Quick Cues
- Portrait and Landscape modes
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MediaShout Remote is compatible with MediaShout 6! - MediaShout Remote requires the latest versions of MediaShout presentation software (MediaShout 4.5 or newer for Windows, or MediaShout 6 for Mac). MediaShout Remote provides control and preview of MediaShout presentations over your Wi-Fi network from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. VIEWER View the Main (audience) Display or Stage Display as it is played from a MediaShout computer. (NOTE: Does not support Key Text or Key Clock playback.) PRESENTER - Portrait view allows you to scroll through the current presentation, view notes and tap thumbnails to play them to the screen. Bottom toolbar controls allow you to go forward or back in the current presentation and play Quick Cues. - Landscape view provides a Preview or Presentation mode depending on whether you prefer to swipe and play Cues directly to the screen, or browse thumbnails before double-tapping to play. If you have questions about using MediaShout Remote in your organization, please contact us at 888.829.7168 or www.mediashout.com
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 rating: Gloo Messaging at 2.3 against MediaShout Remote's 1.6. Gloo Messaging also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). MediaShout Remote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gloo Messaging holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 61 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of MediaShout Remote's written reviews are positive against 10% of Gloo Messaging's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MediaShout Remote ships an update every 5 months, Gloo Messaging every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MediaShout Remote | Gloo Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (29 ratings) | 2.3 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 9.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MediaShout | Gloo LLC |
Customer experience
MediaShout Remote
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In-app purchases
MediaShout Remote
No in-app purchases
Gloo Messaging
No in-app purchases
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