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Not surprised the Revu for iPad app is being retired. What I am surprised by is that BB is going all in that the Cloud app will be able to replace the Revu for iPad app by the end of 2025. Cloud has been out for how long now and it's taking a loooong time to get what seems to be basic functionality in place? I'm still baffled how the app was released without offline-first capabilities. BB must be 1000% certain it will have all of this functionality in place by Jan 1, 2026.

Removing the legacy app from the App Store is a bad move. Fully understand not updating the app, but you are going to have people still needing to use the legacy app in 2026 and you know full well that people will need to install the legacy app in 2026 until the Cloud app meets their needs when they were using the legacy app.

Hello @Shawn Dawson - Here at A&M we have many uses for the app/studio projects. Below is my outlined use and how it is built for us by me.

Also I would love a better version of the iPad Revu app or whatever you all want to call it. Just so long as you are using what is on the Revu app now as a starting point and building from that. Giving us more tools, the ability to do other things is great. Also having access to ShareFile is just icing on the cake, because that is what we use as well to manage/store our project documents. It gives our field personnel the ability to use the Bluebeam app markup tools and measurement tools for other documents we don't house in studio projects.

QC Observation/Deficiency Reporting - All project floor plans are pre-spaced out for user ease and quick workflow. Custom mark-ups columns for reporting (would like to have the ability to edit the preloaded/existing columns already provided, but do not mind creating them, just an extra step). Custom icons have been created for each topic/trade for ease of my field not having to type each item that can be repetitive, which is necessary for us to be able to continue to have the ability to provide this for them to use out in the field. When attaching photos to the icons we would like to have the ability to markup the photo after taking it on the iPad and then finalizing the photo attachment to the icon (most times it is useful to cloud or draw a arrow on the photo to further point out the issues being reported, feel this is best practice with proper documentation of a project).

Safety Reporting - All project floor plans are pre-spaced out for user ease and quick workflow. Custom mark-ups columns for reporting. Custom icons with OSHA violations codes already associated with the icon accordingly using the custom columns created in the mark-up template. Fill form pdfs created for incident reporting and toolbox talks. Custom stamps used by Safety director and coordinator. Reporting CSV format allows us to keep track of how many times an employee has had an infraction. How many times, for example a “loaded unattended tool,” has been reported in a month for each project. It helps the department know what safety retraining is needed to prevent those safety concerns from continuing to be an issue.

The check-in/checkout feature is especially useful, it keeps each user using the files accountable for their actions when working in these files and prevents multiple people using the file at the same time (overriding each other’s work). Also having the detailed workflow history is extremely useful for us in seeing it all in one place. Recovery history is necessary, as I get many field people that make mistakes, and I need the ability to recover the information that might have been lost when they have revised a file.

Layout –We use all measurement tools and snapshot tool to create an email or RFI on the fly.

We use all markup tools already in Revu iPad app.

We use custom reporting templates I have created for each project and are uploaded to create the pdf reports for record keeping.

I am really hoping I don't have to shop around for a different app, this will kill me and I am not being dramatic at all. Our company relies on Bluebeam 100%. For a small family owned company in this competitive industry that is trying to stay in the game per say, it would be challenging with out all we have built in Bluebeam to keep proper digital records for our work.

PLEASE KEEP THE LITTLE GUY IN MIND BLUBEAM. WE COUNT ON YOU 😔😥

@Shawn Dawson Forgot to mention what I built for our Safety department I actually exhibited to some of your colleagues back in October 2024, I believe someone from the development team was a part of the teams meeting.