Blue Mro vs O.R.I.O.N.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blue Mro
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Electronic Job Card system for iPhone/iPad Users. This application is intended for Blue Mro subscribers. Features: - eJobCard system with badge scanning and signatures, - Findings reporting with pictures - Documentation data viewer, - CRS signing, - Inventory Management, - Technician operational automatic time tracking, - Customer communication module, Blue Mro Suite is Cloud based and real time worldwide.
O.R.I.O.N.
Access Airbus Helicopters technical documentation online and offline. Download publications and receive alerts for new versions. Requires a Keycopter account for online access.
- Online and offline publication consultation
- Downloadable publications
- New version availability checks
- Email alerts for new publications
- Requires Keycopter account
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O.R.I.O.N. is an online publishing service for Airbus Helicopters technical documentation. O.R.I.O.N. allows you to: - Consult publications online and offline - Download publications - Check the availability of newer versions of downloaded publications Access to online publications requires an account on Keycopter, the Airbus Helicopters customer portal. To request a subscription contract for one of our publications, please contact your Airbus Helicopters TechPub commercial representative. If you wish to be informed by email when a new publication is available online, select « My Alerts » on Keycopter. The ORION® application is published by Airbus Helicopters, a French company with a share capital of 581 614 047 Euros registered in the Aix-en-Provence R.C.S under n°352 383 715 7 and whose Head Office is located at: Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex – France
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Verdict
Blue Mro and O.R.I.O.N. are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Blue Mro ships an update every 2 months, O.R.I.O.N. every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blue Mro | O.R.I.O.N. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MRX Systems S.A. | AIRBUS HELICOPTERS |
In-app purchases
Blue Mro
No in-app purchases
O.R.I.O.N.
No in-app purchases
