Monitor Mobile vs BLUEcloud MobileStaff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monitor Mobile
This app allows users to manage mobile printing and use their phone as a digital wallet for various machines. It enables secure print job release and payment for services like photocopiers and vending machines.
- Send print content without drivers
- Print documents from mobile devices
- Modify print job attributes
- Securely release print jobs via QR code
- Use phone as a mobile wallet
- Activate various machines
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Monitor Mobile is your mobile wallet and print submission application. With Monitor Mobile you can: · Send print content to your site without the need for print drivers or any other configuration · Print documents from applications on your tablet or phone · Change the attributes on your print jobs, such as color/black and white, duplex and page range · Securely release your print jobs at any printer on your site by scanning a QR code · Use your phone as a mobile wallet with the ability to activate devices such as photocopiers, printers, value reload kiosks, vending and laundry machines A pre-requisite of using this application is that your site is running Supervisor Net with Web Print. Your system administrator can find more information on our website - www.monitorbm.com
BLUEcloud MobileStaff
Manage library patron information, track item checkouts and returns, and manage holds. This app also supports inventory tasks, collection weeding, and event attendance tracking.
- Add/update patrons
- Checkout/renew items
- View patron holds
- Perform inventory
- Weed collections
- Track event attendance
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MobileStaff includes tools for: Adding and updating patrons; checking out items to patrons; viewing patron holds; renewing patron checkouts; performing inventory; weeding collections; pulling items for holds; clearing expired items from the Holds Shelf; tracking event attendance; or enabling patron self-check.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monitor Mobile at 60% against BLUEcloud MobileStaff's 0%. Monitor Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). BLUEcloud MobileStaff's advantage is rating (2.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
BLUEcloud MobileStaff holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Monitor Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of BLUEcloud MobileStaff's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Monitor Mobile ships an update every 6 months, BLUEcloud MobileStaff every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monitor Mobile | BLUEcloud MobileStaff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monitor Business Machines Limited | SirsiDynix |
Customer experience
Monitor Mobile
BLUEcloud MobileStaff
In-app purchases
Monitor Mobile
No in-app purchases
BLUEcloud MobileStaff
No in-app purchases
Questions
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