Google Cloud vs Barrett 4050 Remote Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Cloud
Manage your Google Cloud services on your iPhone or iPad. Monitor billing, status, and critical issues. Create custom dashboards, access Cloud Shell, and SSH into VMs for direct control.
- Cloud service management
- Billing and status monitoring
- Customizable dashboards
- Compute Engine/App Engine monitoring
- SSH access to VMs
- Cloud Shell access
- Incident and error response
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The app helps you manage your services running on Google Cloud directly from your Apple iPhone or iPad: • Stay connected to the cloud and check billing, status, and critical issues. • Create your own custom dashboard to produce an overview of your Google Cloud services. • Monitor the state of your Compute Engine and App Engine resources with the ability to SSH into your VMs. • Access to Cloud Shell to perform any Google Cloud (gcloud) operation. • View and respond to incidents, errors, and logging. We plan to ship new features regularly and continually improve your user experience. Please give us your feedback in the app by tapping the menu button in the upper-left corner, selecting Help & Feedback, and then Send feedback.
Barrett 4050 Remote Control
Control your Barrett 4050 HF SDR remotely over an IP connection. This application provides full operational control, mirroring a direct connection, with automatic reconnection for dropped network links.
- Remote IP control
- Full operational control
- Intuitive user interface
- Auto re-connect feature
- Configure SDR settings
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The Barrett SDR (Software Defined Radio) Remote App is a FREE Advanced Remote-Control Application for the Barrett 4050 HF SDR from Barrett Communications. Prerequisites: - Barrett 4050 HF SDR with Remote control option enabled - IP connection to the Barrett 4050 HF SDR using WIFI dongle or via Ethernet An intuitive user interface to configure and control the Barrett 4050 HF SDR over IP. This application gives the user all the same operational control as using a control head connected directly to the SDR. The application offers auto re-connect on dropped network links.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Barrett 4050 Remote Control at 5.0 against Google Cloud's 3.4. Barrett 4050 Remote Control also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Google Cloud's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (100 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Barrett 4050 Remote Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cloud has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Barrett 4050 Remote Control every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cloud | Barrett 4050 Remote Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (100 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barrett Communications Pty Ltd | |
Customer experience
Google Cloud
Barrett 4050 Remote Control
Bugs and requests
Google Cloud
Reported bugs
24 issues- Cloud Shell stuck on 'preparing to connect' screen
- Cloud Shell disconnects when switching apps
- SSH authentication failures
- App crashes when viewing error console details
- Logs page continuously refreshing
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- Cannot view saved dashboards from web
- Saved queries not displaying correctly
- Permission errors blocking access to projects
- Billing section shows incorrect date ranges
- Incident notifications not working
- Device registration process failing
- Cloud Shell input issues with special keys (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E)
- Cannot select or copy text in Cloud Shell
- SSH return key not working properly in some contexts
- App crashes after updates
- 2-factor authentication sign-in broken
- Incidents marked resolved still show as new
- Logs missing with applied filters
- App crashes when viewing log entry details in dark mode
- External keyboard support broken on iPad
- Notification permissions not requested on iOS
- Cannot change logged-in account
- Project switching broken
- Scrolling issues in logs and traces
Requested features
20 requests- Cloud Run service support
- Cloud Tasks management
- Cloud Build integration
- Custom dashboard access from mobile
- Dark mode for iPad
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- Cloud Shell full-screen mode
- Better keyboard support for external keyboards
- Account switching capability
- Notification management improvements
- GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) support
- Cloud Functions monitoring
- Datalab integration
- API quota viewing
- Cloud Storage bucket upload/replace functionality
- Instance group management
- HTTP Load Balancing controls
- Password protection for app
- Font size adjustment in console
- Improved SSH/terminal UX
- BigQuery support
Barrett 4050 Remote Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
Barrett 4050 Remote Control
No in-app purchases
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