Comparison

BambooHR vs Cloudbrink

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

Head to head
About

BambooHR

Access essential HR functions on the go. View your company directory, manage time off requests, and stay updated with notifications. Securely access employee information and approve or deny leave requests from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Company directory access
  • Time off requests and approvals
  • View colleague information
  • Add contacts to phone
  • Check time off balances
  • Push notifications for requests
  • TouchID and passcode protection
Currently charting
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BambooHR is online HR software for small and medium-sized businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets. We automate many of the most tedious HR functions and free you up to do meaningful work. The BambooHR app lets you take some of those most important functions with you, and makes your most common tasks in BambooHR simple and fast. * In order to do anything with the BambooHR app you will need a current BambooHR account. Find out more on our website. * The app fully supports single sign-on (SAML) to login Your Company Directory, Everywhere You Go Your company’s phone numbers, emails, photos, titles—your whole company directory goes wherever you do. * See colleague’s information and call, email, or message them with a tap * Quickly add someone’s info to your phone’s contacts Plan and Manage Time Off Planning a trip? Request time off when you’re out and about. Leave requests can be submitted in the app, and if you’re an approver, you can approve them there as well. * See who’s out of the office today and on any future date * See current and calculate your future time off balances * Submit, view, edit, and comment on your time off requests * Approve and deny time off requests * Push notifications keep you in the loop on the status of your requests And don’t worry, TouchID and passcode protection will help keep your information secure. Happy Bambooing!

About

Cloudbrink

This software-only platform offers high-performance, zero-trust access to business applications for remote users. It combines application performance with robust security, ensuring authenticated access based on user and device identity. The solution leverages advanced protocols and a distributed network to significantly boost performance for remote workers.

Highlights
  • High-performance zero-trust access
  • Software-only solution
  • Application performance enhancement
  • User and device authentication
  • Role-based access controls
  • Software-defined WAN
  • Cost reduction
Features
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Cloudbrink provides a high-performance and strong zero-trust access to business applications for users from anywhere. Cloudbrink is a completely software-only solution that combines application performance and zero-trust security into a single platform. Cloudbrink ensures users and devices are authenticated before providing any role-based access controls. Cloudbrink protocols overcome the slow downs that come from even the slightest packet loss in the network. Along with a true software-defined WAN and thousands of POPs, no one else can match the quality of experience that can deliver a 30x performance boost for your remote workers. Cloudbrink reduces costs on multiple fronts. There are no expensive hardware appliances like VPN concentrators needed. The thousands of PoPs are spun up and spun down as required to give you ultra-fast access to PoPs only when you are online. And the ability to consolidate SD-WAN, VPN, and ZTNA technologies into a single software solution again reduces costs.

Screenshots

BambooHR4 screens
Cloudbrink3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BambooHR at every 2 weeks against Cloudbrink's every 2 months. BambooHR also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 4) and chart position (#135 vs unranked). Cloudbrink's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, 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

Cloudbrink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BambooHR has 13K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BambooHR ships an update every 2 weeks, Cloudbrink every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
BambooHR versus Cloudbrink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBambooHRCloudbrink
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#135 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size287 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBambooHRCloudbrink Inc

Customer experience

BambooHR

All ratings12,755 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews287 reviews
Positive26.1%
Neutral12.9%
Negative61.0%

Cloudbrink

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BambooHR

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App ask for update to see inbox, people or my info
  • Locks you out
  • Spends a lot of time down, can't always see signature so you don't know if forms are actually filed out or not
  • Freezes
  • Notifications don't clear properly
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  • Badges slow to update, annoying
  • Poor crashes
  • Log in is impossible
  • Slow app
  • Phone directory look up not working
  • Contacts don't work
  • Document Sigining not working
  • Crashes on log in
  • Crashes every time you try to save a contact locally

Requested features

14 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced calendar view on app
  • Allow employees to download letter of employment at their own
  • Easier way to fix clocking issues
  • Easier way to track lieu hours
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  • Open app from email links
  • More functionality on app compared to website
  • Ability to cancel time off requests from app
  • Include user on calendar/out today view
  • Text-based recruiting services
  • Ability to onboard new hires from app
  • Allow document signing on mobile
  • Announcements in the app
  • Ability to view emergency contacts

Cloudbrink

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BambooHR

No in-app purchases

None

Cloudbrink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BambooHR free?
BambooHR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cloudbrink free?
Cloudbrink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BambooHR or Cloudbrink?
Cloudbrink is rated higher. BambooHR averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Cloudbrink averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do BambooHR or Cloudbrink have ads?
Neither BambooHR nor Cloudbrink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BambooHR or Cloudbrink?
BambooHR ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cloudbrink every 2 months. Most recently, BambooHR was updated on October 14, 2026 and Cloudbrink on October 2, 2026.

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