ReadySub vs MobileMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadySub
Manage substitute teaching assignments conveniently from your mobile device. View and accept available jobs directly on your iPhone or iPad. This application is completely free to use.
- Manage substitute assignments
- View jobs on mobile
- Accept jobs on the go
- Free to use
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The ReadySub mobile app allows you to manage your substitute assignments on the go. You can view and accept jobs from your iPhone or iPad, and best of all, for free.
MobileMind
This learning hub offers personalized micro-courses and challenges for educators, allowing them to earn badges and certificates. It provides a convenient mobile experience for on-the-go learning, event registration, and tracking achievements.
- Personalized micro-courses
- Hands-on challenges
- Earn badges and certificates
- Event registration and credit
- Classroom tips and tricks
- Global learning quests
- Experience points (XP)
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Disclaimer: App users must already have a MobileMind license through their school district. If you do not have a license through your employer, you will not be able to access the MobileMind app. MobileMind’s modern professional learning hub is a virtual learning experience that offers personalized, relevant micro-courses for busy educators. Learners will engage in time-conscious learning opportunities and hands-on challenges, earning badges and certificates along the way! The mobile app provides a unique “learning on the go” experience designed to make learning convenient and fun! With the app, you’ll be able to: * view and register to events * get directions, check in and receive credit for event attendance * catch new tips and tricks for your classroom * view your achievements on mobile * join global MobileMind quests with other learners * earn XP (experience points) for a variety of activities * and much more! The MobileMind app allows educators, leaders, and staff to take anytime, anywhere learning to the next level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MobileMind at 2.8 against ReadySub's 2.0. MobileMind also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 18%). ReadySub's advantage is ratings volume (136 vs 12) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). 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.
MobileMind holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ReadySub has 136 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of ReadySub's written reviews are positive against 33% of MobileMind's.
ReadySub ships an update every 5 months, MobileMind monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadySub | MobileMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (136 ratings) | 2.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.5% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 136 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Glass Arc LLC | MobileMind Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
ReadySub
MobileMind
Bugs and requests
ReadySub
Reported bugs
58 issues- Notifications never work
- Missed job opportunities due to lack of notifications
- iPhone app is primitive
- No push notifications
- App does not show a calendar for accepted assignments
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- Does not function right, won't let you mark down days of absence
- Slow to load jobs
- No way to reject a job in the app
- Cannot set days you are not available in the app
- Login error
- Have not been able to log in for days
- Never been able to open or use app
- Doesn't even show the jobs you have
- Doesn't alert you that there are jobs available
- App is horrible, has NEVER worked
- Nothing is on this app
- App is useless because I receive notifications of available job through email only
- App is only available for use by subs
- App is useless, only shows available jobs
- Cannot view any assignments once accepted
- Cannot manage settings/preferences through the app
- Cannot view jobs they have already accepted
- Job may be listed as only one day when it covers several days
- Notes left by the teacher are cut off and cannot be expanded
- Signed me out and won't let me sign back in
- Does not let me do anything else other than see the jobs
- Chosen jobs were not saved somewhere on the app
- Doesn't do or show anything
- Cannot see the whole dashboard
- Cannot accept, review, cancel any job
- Cannot use calendar to mark unavailable dates
- No calendar to see my schedule
- App needs some serious updates
- Desktop app lacks the ability to block out periods of time all at once
- Cannot go back to see notes, start time or any details after hitting accept
- Notifications from the app don't work
- Cannot see what I’m booked for, where I’m going, or where I’ve been
- App is limited on what you can do
- Does not show available jobs
- The app does nothing
- No notifications when new jobs are posted
- Not receiving text messages for available jobs
- App has not functioned for several months
- Can’t see accepted jobs
- Cannot accept any jobs through the app
- Email and password not recognized
- App is only good for letting me know a job is available
- App doesn’t tell you anything except available jobs
- 99% of the time it doesn’t show available jobs
- No reason to have the app
- Only thing I can do is accept/check for new jobs
- Disappointed that is the only thing I can do
- Have to log onto the website to review booked jobs
- Not receiving one notification on iPhone or iPad
- Missing employment opportunities because of this
- App doesn’t work for me on my phone
- Others have said the same
- Have to open the internet browser on my phone just to accept any jobs
Requested features
15 requests- Filter selected schools and grade levels
- Send notifications when jobs are available
- Show calendar for accepted assignments
- Immediate text notifications
- View accepted jobs
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- Filter jobs by location
- Set preferences for job visibility
- Add accepted jobs tab
- Calendar feature
- Interface with Google Calendar
- Full website functionality in app
- Mark unavailable dates
- Block out periods of time at once
- See dashboard and calendar
- Teacher access to search/assign subs
MobileMind
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ReadySub
No in-app purchases
MobileMind
No in-app purchases
