BlueParrott vs Vector Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlueParrott
Enhance your BlueParrott headset experience with this app. Customize buttons, integrate with push-to-talk apps, manage settings, and locate your device if lost. Ideal for professional drivers and frontline workers in noisy environments.
- Find My BlueParrott location tracking
- Customizable BlueParrott Button™
- Third-party push-to-talk app integration
- Headset status monitoring
- Wireless firmware updates
- In-app support and guides
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The perfect companion for professional drivers and frontline workers who rely on their BlueParrott headset in loud, demanding environments. Customize your headset, stay up to date, connect to third‑party apps and quickly find your headset again if it goes missing. Key features - Find My BlueParrott – See the headset’s last known location on a map, open it in Maps and play a loud sound to help you find it. - Custom controls – Assign the BlueParrott Button™ to actions like mute, answer/end call, battery status and more (on compatible headsets). - Third‑party integrations – Connect your headset to leading push‑to‑talk and dispatch apps such as AT&T Enhanced PTT, Cobra Radio PTT, ESChat, Verizon Push to Talk Plus, Motorola Wave, T‑Mobile and Zello. - Easy control & updates – Check battery, volume and connection status at a glance and update headset firmware wirelessly. - Help when you need it – Follow pairing guides, access user manuals and reach BlueParrott support from within the app. Compatible BlueParrott headsets * BlueParrott B250‑XTS SE * BlueParrott B650‑XT * BlueParrott S650‑XT * BlueParrott M300‑XT SE * BlueParrott M300‑XT * BlueParrott B550‑XT * BlueParrott B450‑XT (BPB‑45020) * BlueParrott B450‑XT Classic * BlueParrott B350‑XT (BPB‑35020) * BlueParrott B350‑XT SE * BlueParrott S450‑XT * BlueParrott C400‑XT * BlueParrott C300‑XT * BlueParrott M500‑XT * BlueParrott Pro B350 * BlueParrott Pro B450 Note: Feature availability depends on your specific BlueParrott headset model and firmware. Not all headsets support a customizable BlueParrott Button™ or third‑party app integrations. Third‑party apps and services may require separate licenses, subscriptions and/or compatible devices.
Vector Mobile
Manage all your freight paperwork on the go. Scan and store documents like PODs, receipts, and more. Securely back up files and easily share them with dispatch, brokers, and customers.
- Scan and manage freight documents
- Secure cloud backup
- Share paperwork with dispatch and brokers
- Add and view comments on documents
- Web portal access
- Unlimited uploads
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Get started with Vector and have all your freight paperwork within reach from your smartphone or computer. The app is for OTR truck drivers to scan and manage all their documents. All your files will be backed up safely so you can't lose them. Easily invite others to view or leave comments for your POD's, receipts, weight tags, lumper receipts, OS&D paperwork, and more! * Unlimited uploads of paperwork and images * Quickly access previous documents * Easily share paperwork with dispatch, brokers, customers, and factoring companies * Add and view comments * View your documents on the web portal
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BlueParrott at 4.5 against Vector Mobile's 3.2. BlueParrott also leads on ratings volume (7.6K vs 125). Vector Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 17%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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.
BlueParrott holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlueParrott has 7.6K ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of BlueParrott's written reviews are positive against 43% of Vector Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BlueParrott ships an update every 6 weeks, Vector Mobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueParrott | Vector Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.6K ratings) — better | 3.2 (125 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.5% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 125 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GN Audio AS | LoadDOCs |
Customer experience
BlueParrott
Vector Mobile
User reviews
BlueParrott
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great noise cancellation
- 👍 Excellent sound quality
- 💡 Useful walkie-talkie feature
- 🚀 Long battery life
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections
- 🐛 Microphone issues
- 🔋 Short battery life
- 🐛 Pairing and connectivity problems
- 🐛 Unreliable app functionality
Vector Mobile
From 125 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient for scanning paperwork
- 👍 Great for business document uploads
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 👍 Offline syncing is awesome
Room to improve
- 🐛 Hit or miss document border detection
- 🐛 Shows dark blotches in low light
- 🐛 App quits working/won't load
- 🐛 User unfriendly and frustrating
- 🐛 Manual cropping required
Bugs and requests
BlueParrott
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes during firmware updates
- App unable to detect paired headsets
- Headset randomly turning off
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to customize button functions
- Wireless firmware updates
- Improved app integration
Vector Mobile
Reported bugs
39 issues- App quits working
- App freezes and gets stuck
- Submit button off-screen on new phones
- Cannot press options on iPhone 15 Pro Max screen
- Screen does not align well on iPhone 15 Pro Max
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- Workloads update inconsistently
- GPS stamp cannot be changed
- App keeps closing
- Cannot type information
- Crashes every time it opens
- Photos not uploading back to dispatch
- Notifications don't work on iPhone 12 Pro Max
- Crashes when taking pictures with flash
- Crashes after update
- Does not upload docs
- App crashes too much for photos
- Hit or miss document border detection
- Shows dark blotches in low light
- Manual cropping required
- Blurry photo errors
- Does not transmit all necessary information
- Slow to load
- Hard to tell if paperwork uploaded
- Drains data significantly
- Re-enter load information upon arrival
- No default settings for truck/team
- App won't send dispatch to teammate
- Add recipients is buggy
- Active info entry area not highlighted
- Confusing for new users
- No long loud notification tone
- Cannot delete old dispatches
- Dispatchers get behind, slow info
- Cannot clear completed trips
- Scans are very noisy
- No way to delete build-up in dispatches
- No notifications for incoming messages/dispatches
- Customer service not good
- Crashes phone, fried friend's phone
Requested features
11 requests- Add a torch/flashlight function
- Enable dark mode
- Allow multiple photo selection from library
- Add a long loud notification tone
- Allow deletion of old dispatches
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- Add user editable feature for corrections
- Option to take single or multiple pictures in a row
- Swap 'x' and 'delete' buttons on review screen
- Allow editing/cropping images in review screen
- Add matrix page for location codes
- Highlight active info entry area
In-app purchases
BlueParrott
No in-app purchases
Vector Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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