Bluebeam

Name: Bluebeam
Rating: 1.5 (369 reviews)
Author: Bluebeam, Inc.

Field app for PDF workflows

Free · Designed for iPad

369 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Bluebeam, Inc.
Language

EN
+ 12 More
Size

297.6
MB

Bluebeam for iOS keeps you connected to your teams and documents, so you can quickly access the information you need in the field and capture what matters for the office. - Communicate with markups using tools like callouts, text, clouds, and status indicators - Import your team's custom Tool Sets from Revu, so your standardized markups are ready to go in the field, even offline - Open your files stored on your device, Studio Projects, or Studio Sessions - Join Studio Sessions for live collaboration—if your connection drops, your changes sync when you're back online - Check out files in Studio Projects to make edits, then check them back in when you're ready - Work offline by syncing Project files ahead of time or opening PDFs stored on your device Whether you’re reviewing submittals, placing markups in the field, or tracking revisions with your team, Bluebeam gives you the flexibility to get the job done from anywhere.

Ratings & Reviews

1.5

out of 5

369 Ratings

Compared to Revu for iPad, this is NOT an improvement
Jan 6
BuckeyeAM
I have been a Bluebeam user for over a decade (Bluebeam eXtreme/Complete for Windows desktop, Revu for Mac (prior to end-of-life), and the BEST AEC PDF app ever invented - Revu for iPad (prior to end of life). Everyone in the industry knows that Bluebeam Revu for Windows desktop is the gold standard for the AEC industry as far as editing PDFs. Having been to the Bluebeam eXtreme Conference in 2015, 2016, and 2017 (LA, San Diego, and LA), I thought that Revu for iPad would be a great mobile tool for years to come. I even thought you’d incorporate some aspects of Project Atlas into the app (I’m from DFW & friends with the creators).I’m sure you know that not everyone likes or wants to or can utilize Studio to its fullest extent. Bluebeam Cloud is similar in this regard. It is a step DOWN from the Revu for iPad app. On the old Revu for iPad app I could do quick scaled measurements, have fluent viewing from markups created in Revu desktop, and it was the most used app I had on my iPad by far. After having paid for it, I assumed that it would continue to be serviceable for at least a few more years. Now I’ve got to (hopefully) retrain my teams, clients, and stakeholders in Bluebeam Cloud - which none of them like as much as they liked Revu for iPad. I can understand getting rid of Revu for Mac. It hurt, but I get it. However, iPads are the most common tablet on commercial jobsites hands down. So why kill it off? Why not keep it “as-is” for those of us that paid for it & used it with success for years?

Developer Response
Hi BuckeyeAM, I hear the frustration. Revu for iPad had some helpful features, but it also hit real limits: it wasn’t reliable enough for field conditions, the underlying tech couldn’t keep up with modern iPadOS, and the one-time $10 model wasn’t sustainable for continued improvements.Bluebeam Cloud was intended to be the replacement, but user feedback made it clear we needed to unify our systems first. Rolling out separate web and mobile systems that didn’t connect cleanly with Revu wasn’t the right path. That unification was a huge effort, and we had to take a couple steps back to do it.Measurements are rolling out later this month, Tool Sets are planned for later this year, and more advanced features will follow after that.If you prefer to keep using Revu for iPad, you may still be able to reinstall it if you previously downloaded it with the same Apple ID: App Store → profile icon → Apps (or Purchased) → Not on this iPad → search “Revu” → Download.And for clarity: we had to de-list Revu for iPad because it wasn’t right to keep selling an app built on technology that’s reached end-of-life, can’t be updated anymore, and Apple won’t allow further updates.
Compared to Revu for iPad, this is NOT an improvement
Jan 6
BuckeyeAM

I have been a Bluebeam user for over a decade (Bluebeam eXtreme/Complete for Windows desktop, Revu for Mac (prior to end-of-life), and the BEST AEC PDF app ever invented - Revu for iPad (prior to end of life). Everyone in the industry knows that Bluebeam Revu for Windows desktop is the gold standard for the AEC industry as far as editing PDFs. Having been to the Bluebeam eXtreme Conference in 2015, 2016, and 2017 (LA, San Diego, and LA), I thought that Revu for iPad would be a great mobile tool for years to come. I even thought you’d incorporate some aspects of Project Atlas into the app (I’m from DFW & friends with the creators).I’m sure you know that not everyone likes or wants to or can utilize Studio to its fullest extent. Bluebeam Cloud is similar in this regard. It is a step DOWN from the Revu for iPad app. On the old Revu for iPad app I could do quick scaled measurements, have fluent viewing from markups created in Revu desktop, and it was the most used app I had on my iPad by far. After having paid for it, I assumed that it would continue to be serviceable for at least a few more years. Now I’ve got to (hopefully) retrain my teams, clients, and stakeholders in Bluebeam Cloud - which none of them like as much as they liked Revu for iPad. I can understand getting rid of Revu for Mac. It hurt, but I get it. However, iPads are the most common tablet on commercial jobsites hands down. So why kill it off? Why not keep it “as-is” for those of us that paid for it & used it with success for years?
Developer Response Jan 8
Hi BuckeyeAM, I hear the frustration. Revu for iPad had some helpful features, but it also hit real limits: it wasn’t reliable enough for field conditions, the underlying tech couldn’t keep up with modern iPadOS, and the one-time $10 model wasn’t sustainable for continued improvements.Bluebeam Cloud was intended to be the replacement, but user feedback made it clear we needed to unify our systems first. Rolling out separate web and mobile systems that didn’t connect cleanly with Revu wasn’t the right path. That unification was a huge effort, and we had to take a couple steps back to do it.Measurements are rolling out later this month, Tool Sets are planned for later this year, and more advanced features will follow after that.If you prefer to keep using Revu for iPad, you may still be able to reinstall it if you previously downloaded it with the same Apple ID: App Store → profile icon → Apps (or Purchased) → Not on this iPad → search “Revu” → Download.And for clarity: we had to de-list Revu for iPad because it wasn’t right to keep selling an app built on technology that’s reached end-of-life, can’t be updated anymore, and Apple won’t allow further updates.
iOS App Improvements
03/23/2024
Dj_Re_Imagined
Bluebeam Cloud, used on a computer, is great. You can create projects, upload and share drawings, upload and share documents, create submittal logs, generate RFI’s, and create punch list items. However, when you upload items under the documents tab they aren’t accessible from the iOS app. It appears that the only functions available from the iOS app are the drawings, submittal log, and punch list. Adding a function to the iOS app to allow you to access the items uploaded under the documents tab would make this a much better app. I’m not sure why this is. You can use a browser on your iPad to log into the cloud and access the items under the documents tab but the markup features for the drawings, the RFI’s, and punch list all work better from the app. So your stuck using the browser half the time to access documents and using the app to generate markups on drawings, create RFI’s, and punch list items the other half of time. Hopefully they allow access to the documents through the app in a future roll out. It would change my rating for the app to 5 stars. Also, it would be nice to be able to attach/upload the actual submittal document to the corresponding entry in the submittal log so that it could be viewed from there. This app has potential but needs some work.
iOS App Improvements
03/23/2024
Dj_Re_Imagined

Bluebeam Cloud, used on a computer, is great. You can create projects, upload and share drawings, upload and share documents, create submittal logs, generate RFI’s, and create punch list items. However, when you upload items under the documents tab they aren’t accessible from the iOS app. It appears that the only functions available from the iOS app are the drawings, submittal log, and punch list. Adding a function to the iOS app to allow you to access the items uploaded under the documents tab would make this a much better app. I’m not sure why this is. You can use a browser on your iPad to log into the cloud and access the items under the documents tab but the markup features for the drawings, the RFI’s, and punch list all work better from the app. So your stuck using the browser half the time to access documents and using the app to generate markups on drawings, create RFI’s, and punch list items the other half of time. Hopefully they allow access to the documents through the app in a future roll out. It would change my rating for the app to 5 stars. Also, it would be nice to be able to attach/upload the actual submittal document to the corresponding entry in the submittal log so that it could be viewed from there. This app has potential but needs some work.
Disappointment
Jul 3
Arkansas Engineer
I love Bluebeam desktop, so when I found out about the mobile app I was quite excited. However my need is to do punch lists and for some inexplicable reason it does not have a punch list symbol! You have to use some other shape and size it and color it every time. You can place a rectangle and set its shape and size but there is no way to replicate it without going through the whole process again! Even copy paste doesn’t work. Sometimes programmers need to get out more!So I completed a punch list by using rectangles. In some cases my rectangles were not perfectly in a space so I ended up with a spaceless comment, however it gets worse from there. I had trouble checking in on my phone, but it finally did. Then I got a conflict error and couldn’t download the final version to my computer. When I exported it to csv I had to compare each entry to my spreadsheet and manually paste many of them over. Of 140 items about half of them exported to csv: spaces without comments, comments without spaces. So a couple of hours of Excel work and I got the punch list issued. This app is not done. Apparently I beta checked it!

Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback. We hear you on the punch list workflow, Tool Sets (which let you save and reuse custom markup styles) are coming to iOS in our next release, targeted for July 7. That will let you save a configured punch symbol and use it repeatedly. We would love to hear more about your workflow at community.bluebeam.com.
Disappointment
Jul 3
Arkansas Engineer

I love Bluebeam desktop, so when I found out about the mobile app I was quite excited. However my need is to do punch lists and for some inexplicable reason it does not have a punch list symbol! You have to use some other shape and size it and color it every time. You can place a rectangle and set its shape and size but there is no way to replicate it without going through the whole process again! Even copy paste doesn’t work. Sometimes programmers need to get out more!So I completed a punch list by using rectangles. In some cases my rectangles were not perfectly in a space so I ended up with a spaceless comment, however it gets worse from there. I had trouble checking in on my phone, but it finally did. Then I got a conflict error and couldn’t download the final version to my computer. When I exported it to csv I had to compare each entry to my spreadsheet and manually paste many of them over. Of 140 items about half of them exported to csv: spaces without comments, comments without spaces. So a couple of hours of Excel work and I got the punch list issued. This app is not done. Apparently I beta checked it!
Developer Response Jun 29
Thanks for the feedback. We hear you on the punch list workflow, Tool Sets (which let you save and reuse custom markup styles) are coming to iOS in our next release, targeted for July 7. That will let you save a configured punch symbol and use it repeatedly. We would love to hear more about your workflow at community.bluebeam.com.
Horrible leap back from Revu for iPad
Mar 6
Munchkineer84
I used to use Revu for iPad and really liked it. However Bluebeam Cloud is virtually unusable for me. Trying to mark up or edit anything is extremely clunky and frustrating to the point that I’ve resorted back to using paper and marking up the pdf on my computer. Even selecting the markups is hard because the selection boundary is so far outside of the markup that you can’t select a markup right next to it even when zoomed in extremely close. I get that the idea is to be able to select stuff with fat fingers, but it’s ridiculous. I honestly haven’t found anything about this that’s an improvement. I’ve tried the using the Projects and Sessions and I’m unimpressed. I told my higher ups in the company that it was pointless to have it. The supers can use a pdf viewer because they’re not marking up anything anyways and the people that actually want to do markups don’t want to use it.If anybody has suggestions of an app that has capabilities similar to the Revu for iPad app, send them my way.

Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback. If you’re open to it, share a few more specifics with us at community.bluebeam.com. Hearing exactly where the markup experience breaks down helps us prioritize the right improvements as we continue refining the editor.
Horrible leap back from Revu for iPad
Mar 6
Munchkineer84

I used to use Revu for iPad and really liked it. However Bluebeam Cloud is virtually unusable for me. Trying to mark up or edit anything is extremely clunky and frustrating to the point that I’ve resorted back to using paper and marking up the pdf on my computer. Even selecting the markups is hard because the selection boundary is so far outside of the markup that you can’t select a markup right next to it even when zoomed in extremely close. I get that the idea is to be able to select stuff with fat fingers, but it’s ridiculous. I honestly haven’t found anything about this that’s an improvement. I’ve tried the using the Projects and Sessions and I’m unimpressed. I told my higher ups in the company that it was pointless to have it. The supers can use a pdf viewer because they’re not marking up anything anyways and the people that actually want to do markups don’t want to use it.If anybody has suggestions of an app that has capabilities similar to the Revu for iPad app, send them my way.
Developer Response Mar 8
Thanks for the feedback. If you’re open to it, share a few more specifics with us at community.bluebeam.com. Hearing exactly where the markup experience breaks down helps us prioritize the right improvements as we continue refining the editor.

- Tool Sets (Tool Chest) Import BTX tool sets curated from Revu by opening a file anywhere on your device, or from your Studio Projects, and use them in the field, even offline. Long press a tool set's name to rename it, or remove it when you're done. This is the first release of Tool Sets on the new iOS app, and the first time Tool Sets have been available on an iPhone. Available now to all users, paid or unpaid. - Add and remove vertices on Polylines and Polylengths Fine-tune shapes and measurements after you've drawn them. In edit mode, tap a yellow vertex to remove it, or tap anywhere along a line to add a new vertex at that point. - Faster markup status changes Change a markup's status with a single tap on the status pill in its panel. Previously this required a long press, which wasn't easy to discover. - User Account Hub Tap your name or email in Settings > Account to open the User Account Hub and manage your Bluebeam account details.

Version 1.31 Jul 22

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Seller: Bluebeam, Inc.
Size: 297.6 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
Languages: English and 12 more

English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Spanish, Swedish
Age Rating: 4+

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Ratings & Reviews

Compared to Revu for iPad, this is NOT an improvement

iOS App Improvements

Disappointment

Horrible leap back from Revu for iPad

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