Comparison

ManageBridge HD vs CloudGate Smart Kiosk

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ManageBridge HD

This business communication tool allows administrators to manage critical notifications from their mobile devices. It offers a graphical reporting interface and the ability to send messages with images to various contact groups or geographical regions. Users can also record and send voice messages on the go.

Highlights
  • Mobile access to Everbridge Platform
  • Graphical notification reporting
  • Initiate communications on-the-go
  • Send notifications with images
  • Target notifications by individuals, groups, or region
  • Record and send voice messages
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Everbridge ManageBridge HD brings the same set of rich communication features available in Mass Notification to administrators who frequently use smartphones and tablets. The free, native mobile application is available to Everbridge clients, providing them with more control than ever before over their critical communications. With ManageBridge HD, users can access the Everbridge Platform from any location, monitor notifications via a graphical reporting interface, and initiate communications from smartphones and tablets while on-the-go. Users have the ability to securely send notifications complete with images to contacts by selecting Individuals, Groups, Rules or a Geographical Region and they can launch notifications on-the-fly or from a template. ManageBridge HD also allows users to record a voice message and send it immediately or save it as a template.

About

CloudGate Smart Kiosk

Features
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The CloudGate Smart Kiosk provides an all-in-one solution to manage your visitors and workforce to optimize busy buildings with high traffic or unsupervised lobbies. Powered by CloudGate platform and CloudGate Web Portal, it delivers a highly scalable, enterprise class end-to-end access management system.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CloudGate Smart Kiosk at every 3 weeks against ManageBridge HD's every 4 months. ManageBridge HD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ManageBridge HD ships an update every 4 months, CloudGate Smart Kiosk every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ManageBridge HD versus CloudGate Smart Kiosk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManageBridge HDCloudGate Smart Kiosk
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEverbridge, Inc.Soloinsight Inc.

In-app purchases

None

ManageBridge HD

No in-app purchases

None

CloudGate Smart Kiosk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ManageBridge HD free?
ManageBridge HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CloudGate Smart Kiosk free?
CloudGate Smart Kiosk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ManageBridge HD or CloudGate Smart Kiosk have ads?
Neither ManageBridge HD nor CloudGate Smart Kiosk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ManageBridge HD or CloudGate Smart Kiosk?
ManageBridge HD ships an update every 4 months, and CloudGate Smart Kiosk every 3 weeks. Most recently, ManageBridge HD was updated on October 24, 2026 and CloudGate Smart Kiosk on October 29, 2026.

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