The future of Revu for iOS

Matt
Matt Posts: 16
edited September 21 in Product Ideas & Feedback

This app has been a great companion over the years. But let’s face it. The interface is old and it hasn’t received the attention from the developers that it deserves. For nearly a decade it’s been stuck in version 3.

For us who really enjoyed Revu for iOS over the years, what can we expect in the future? Especially in cases when being online isn’t something you can count on.

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  • Matt
    Matt Posts: 16

    I'd like for Bluebeam to give an official answer to this. Is Bluebeam for iOS about to be finished off? Rather know this now than be surprised when it suddenly happens.

  • Colin Thalgott
    Colin Thalgott Posts: 4

    It has been quite some time since I have been an active Revu mobile user because my employer has been using PlanGrid since 2016. Over time I have learned to appreciate the simplicity and ease of use that PlanGrid offers, especially when most of our users are field managers that spend (or used to spend) most of their day swinging a hammer. I would like to see Bluebeam take a similar approach with their mobile platform, but also offer higher-level functionality for an "office guy" like myself.

    I am making assumptions that the mobile app has likely not changed much for half a decade or more. I just now opened the app for the first time in years and it appears as if my assumption is probably correct. Bluebeam just hosted a webinar to show off their web-based platform a bit which leads me to believe that there will be a forthcoming mobile platform rollout/major update to stay relevant and/or competitive with their peers in the construction document management sector. Lots of speculation on my part, however, I do not see this industry going backwards with regards to mobile design, management, communication, etc.

  • Matt
    Matt Posts: 16

    Agree. We have asked this very question for years with Bluebeam in Sweden and since they don't seem to care for the market over here, apart from working with studio sessions, we're at the crossroads of phasing out all users that uses Bluebeam in production. There are quite a few option.

    The PC-version is great though.

  • DwaneLindseyFGM
    DwaneLindseyFGM Posts: 9
    edited November 4

    BB seems to be stuck in this weird area of not knowing what to do next. The current BB Cloud mobile app is almost useless. No access to projects, can't even access your own workspace. The Revu iOS app still works well, but is very outdated.

    In my opinion, they need to combine the 2 apps and go from there. Take the features of the actual iOS app and make it cloud based. The iOS app was more like a lite desktop version, which makes way more sense than what they are currently trying to do with the Cloud app.

    BB will never come out and say the iOS app is being retired until they can get their stuff straight with BB Cloud. And as we have seen, it won't get updated either.

    Dwane Lindsey

    FGM Architects

    Architectural Applications Director

  • Luke Prescott
    Luke Prescott Posts: 28

    Hi Matt, Colin and Dwane, 

    Thanks for the post. You all are correct – Revu for iPad is old and outdated. While we still have more work to do, we’ve been focused on our Bluebeam for iOS and Android apps as a superior replacement. 

    Closer to the end of 2025, we will send Revu for iPad off into the sunset for a well-deserved retirement. We’ll share more information early next year so you and other users can plan ahead. 

    This year we have released access to Studio Sessions on iOS and Android. We also launched read-only access to Studio Projects on iOS with markup in Studio Projects right around the corner. We’ve also shipped additional markups types – with more slated for next year. Later in 2025, we are expecting to offer offline support and local-device PDF access and markup as well as the Tool Chest for saving and reusing markups. 

    The teams have been making significant progress, and we know there is more work to be done to meet your expectations for a modern mobile experience. I hope you are seeing meaningful improvements and can see that we’re on a good path – even if we aren’t all the way there yet. 

    Just out of curiosity… which functionality in Revu iPad (or other mobile apps for that matter) would you find most valuable in the Bluebeam iOS or Android apps? Where do the PDFs reside that you would like to markup or access on mobile? OneDrive? Studio Projects? Local on device? 

    Thanks for the feedback and engagement! 
    Luke 

    Sr. Director, Product Management 

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