VGo vs MPrint Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VGo
This app allows users to remotely control a telepresence robot, enabling real-time audio and video communication and movement in a distant location. It facilitates virtual attendance for school, medical appointments, and social connections.
- Remote robot control
- Real-time audio/video
- Virtual presence replication
- Remote movement (driving)
- Secure connectivity
- Easy setup and operation
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Be There Without Being There The VGo Telepresence Robot delivers real time audio and video communication to replicate a presence in a distant location – with the freedom to move around as if you were physically there. The VGo App is used to initiate connectivity, see and hear what is happening at the remote location, and drive the VGo. VGo is easy to setup and operate for all ages whether you are attending school virtually, checking in for a medical appointment, connecting with family and friends, joining a museum tour and more.Go App for iPad enables VGo Robotic Telepresence users to use an iPad to visit using a VGo. With VGo you can move around (drive) in a distant location and interact the people there. VGos are in hospitals, schools, businesses and the home. VGo is simple, secure and affordable for all type of organizations. Your organization must provide you with a username and password and provide access to approved VGos.
MPrint Mobile
Print documents on campus directly from your mobile device. Submit print jobs to a secure queue and release them at any nearby printer using the app. This eliminates the need for physical MCard swipes and allows for flexible printing locations.
- Submit print jobs remotely
- Release documents at any printer
- No MCard swipe required
- Find nearby printers
- Flexible printing options
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The MPrint Mobile App provides a convenient way for students, faculty, and staff to print on campus without needing to swipe your MCard! Users should submit print jobs to the Follow Me print queue, and then can launch the app to release their documents to printers nearby. No need to worry about which printers you have installed, or frustration if the printer you normally use is jammed or out of paper. Simply walk up to another printer nearby and release!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VGo at 100% against MPrint Mobile's 21%. VGo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). MPrint Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (70 vs 1). 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.
VGo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MPrint Mobile has 70 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of VGo's written reviews are positive against 21% of MPrint Mobile's.
VGo ships an update every 20 months, MPrint Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VGo | MPrint Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.1 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 21.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vecna | The University of Michigan |
Customer experience
VGo
MPrint Mobile
In-app purchases
VGo
No in-app purchases
MPrint Mobile
No in-app purchases
