Google Cloud vs Ninox Drone
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.
Ninox Drone
This app provides essential information for drone pilots regarding airspace regulations and potential hazards. It allows users to request and receive flight clearances for controlled airspace at Norwegian airports, ensuring safe and compliant drone operations.
- View controlled airspace and potential hazards
- Request pre-flight and take-off clearance
- Receive dynamic Air Traffic Control instructions
- Declare emergency status
- Location-based airspace information
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The Ninox Drone app supports recreational and professional drone flying by letting you know where and when it is permissible to fly and how to obtain permission to fly in areas where there may be restrictions. Brought to you by Avinor Air Navigation Services in partnership with Altitude Angel and Frequentis, the app enables drone pilots to request and obtain pre-flight and take-off clearance to operate in controlled airspace at multiple airports across Norway. Whether you are a professional drone operator or a hobbyist, Ninox Drone provides location-based information on areas of airspace to avoid or in which extreme caution should be exercised. The app also provides information on ground hazards that may pose safety, security or privacy risks. A convenient tool to assist you in flying your drone whilst protecting your safety and the safety of other airspace users. Features • View areas of controlled airspace, such as airfields and airports, where flying a drone could be hazardous or prohibited. • View ground hazards where flying in the vicinity may raise security, privacy or safety concerns. • Submit and obtain digital pre-flight clearance to operate in controlled airspace at multiple airports across Norway. • Submit and obtain digital take-off clearance at those same facilities. • Receive dynamic, in-flight instructions from Air Traffic Control. • Declare an emergency status (i.e. loss of control) to Air Traffic Control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ninox Drone at 100% against Google Cloud's 29%. Ninox Drone also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Google Cloud's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (110 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.
Ninox Drone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cloud has 110 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Google Cloud's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ninox Drone's.
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Ninox Drone every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cloud | Ninox Drone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (110 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 110 — 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 | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Altitude Angel Ltd | |
Customer experience
Google Cloud
Ninox Drone
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
Ninox Drone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
Ninox Drone
No in-app purchases
Questions
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