Formlabs Mobile vs BlueMote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Formlabs Mobile
Monitor and control your 3D printers remotely. Check print status, resin levels, and remaining time. Watch builds with a live camera feed and receive push alerts for immediate attention.
- Real-time print status and progress
- Live camera feed of builds
- Push notifications for alerts
- Remote print start, pause, and cancel
- Manage multiple printers
- View print timelapses
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Your Formlabs printer, in your pocket. Form Mobile puts real-time control of your Formlabs printers right in your hand — so you can keep production moving whether you're down the hall or across the country. Stay informed, wherever you are. Check live print status, resin levels, and time remaining at a glance. Watch your build in progress with a live camera feed, and get push alerts the moment something needs attention — so you can catch issues before they cost you a print. Take control from anywhere. Start, pause, or cancel prints remotely. Queue your next job and kick off a print without standing over the machine. Manage a single printer or an entire farm from one view. KEY FEATURES • Real-time print status, progress, and material levels • Live camera feed to watch builds as they happen • Push notifications for alerts, completed prints, and low resin • Start, queue, pause, and cancel prints remotely • View timelapses from any printer, at any time • Manage multiple printers across your fleet • Securely synced with your Formlabs account Built for the Formlabs ecosystem. FormMobile works hand-in-hand with your connected printers and Formlabs software, so your workflow follows you everywhere. Less time in the room. More time making. Download FormMobile and take your workshop with you. Requires a Formlabs account and a compatible Formlabs printer.
BlueMote
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The BLE multitool for robot control. Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac becomes a gamepad for any robot that speaks Bluetooth Low Energy. You write two lines that map sticks to motors. Direct packets. No cloud. No lag. WHAT YOU GET • Universal controls — thumbsticks, buttons, D-pad, trims, and triggers • Use a real controller — plug in or pair a standard gamepad; sticks and buttons drive the same packet as the on-screen pad • Two-way communication — text or live video back from the robot while you drive • Direct BLE — tiny packets, no cloud in the middle TWO LINES. OR BLOCKS. BlueMote is not a robot-specific app. Complexity lives on the phone. On the robot you read stick values and drive motors. MicroPython: turn, speed = rcv.controller_state(L_STICK_HOR, L_STICK_VER) drive(speed, turn) A blocks editor works the same way: a BlueMote service block, then map sticks to motors. WORKS WITH Any device that implements Nordic UART. Libraries and examples: https://bluemote.app STREAMING VIDEO Turn on MJPEG and the camera feed sits behind the controls. Drive with the sticks, see what the robot sees. Separate from BLE — the radio stays free for the packets. FREE TO DOWNLOAD. NO ADS. 15 minutes of driving per day for prototypes and code tests. PRO (ONE-TIME UNLOCK) • Unlimited driving • Remember a robot name so CONNECT skips the scanner in a crowded room Docs and examples: https://www.antonsmindstorms.com/docs/bluemote/ Site: https://bluemote.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Formlabs Mobile at none against BlueMote's 1. BlueMote's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. BlueMote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Formlabs Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Formlabs Mobile ships an update fortnightly, BlueMote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Formlabs Mobile | BlueMote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (43 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Formlabs Inc. | Antons Mindstorms |
In-app purchases
Formlabs Mobile
No in-app purchases
BlueMote
- BlueMote Pro$3.99









