Google Cloud vs SWIFT Authenticator
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.
SWIFT Authenticator
This app provides secure and quick access to SWIFT applications and services using two-factor authentication. It allows for unlimited generation of time-based one-time passwords and supports multiple accounts in one view. The tool facilitates compliance with security frameworks and works offline.
- Fast, one-time setup via QR code
- Access multiple SWIFT products and accounts
- Unlimited TOTP generation
- All TOTP codes in one screen
- Facilitates SWIFT security compliance
- Works fully offline
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SWIFT Authenticator is an easy-to-use second factor authenticator that provides quick and secure access to SWIFT applications and services. Features: - Fast, one-time setup via QR code. - Access multiple products and accounts on SWIFT. - Unlimited generation of time-based one-time passwords (TOTP). - See all TOTP codes for all accounts in one screen. - Facilitate compliance with SWIFT’s Customer Security Control Framework. - Works fully offline for when you don’t have a mobile internet connection. - Easy to configure with your existing SWIFT applications. Please refer to the product documentation for more details on how to configure TOTP as a second factor in your application. Note that configuring a second factor for authentication (through TOTP, LDAP, RADIUS, SWIFT Personal token, SAML or other means) is a mandatory control of the Customer Security Control Framework (https://www.swift.com/myswift/customer-security-programme-csp). SWIFT is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. www.swift.com © COPYRIGHT 2019 SWIFT SCRL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SWIFT Authenticator at 5.0 against Google Cloud's 3.4. SWIFT Authenticator 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 ratings volume (102 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.
SWIFT Authenticator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cloud has 102 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Google Cloud | SWIFT Authenticator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (102 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SWIFT | |
Customer experience
Google Cloud
SWIFT Authenticator
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
SWIFT Authenticator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
SWIFT Authenticator
No in-app purchases
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