Comparison

Google Cloud vs Forms for Google Docs

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Forms for Google Docs

Easily create and manage online forms, surveys, and quizzes directly from your mobile device. Analyze responses in real-time with automatic summaries and graphs. Share forms via various platforms and collaborate with others.

Highlights
  • Create online forms and surveys
  • Multiple question types
  • Real-time response analysis
  • Customizable themes
  • Quiz creation with scoring
  • AI-powered question generation
  • Response notifications and limits
Features
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Google Forms Made Easy! Use FormsApp to create online forms and surveys with multiple question types. Analyze results in real-time and from any device. Create, edit, share, and manage all your Google forms on your iOS, iPhone, iPod or iPad with the free Forms App. With Forms App you can: Easily create and share online forms for surveys, quizzes, orders and activities • Easily create new forms on your phone, tablet or computer • Open any form from your Google Drive on your mobile device • Create multiple question types, insert images and videos • Customize form themes - fonts, colors and backgrounds • Make quizzes, assign point values, set answers, and automatically provide feedback • Add custom logic that shows questions based on answers • Import questions from existing forms or copy forms by importing web links • Generate form questions quickly through AI conversation • Share forms via email, link, social media and more • Customize QR codes for form links and share directly to social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, iMessage, Twitter, etc.) Scan questions and create forms quickly • Scan questions using camera • Scan questions using images from photos library • Scan questions using txt • Scan questions using clipboard Build forms and analyze results together • Add collaborators / editors to your forms to build questions together in real-time • Share edit link to your team Distinctive Features: set responses notifications, responses limit and responses scheduler • Get notified via app push notifications / email whenever someone submits a new response • Set a limit on the number of responses • Set the start and end time for form responses Analyze responses, surveys, and quizzes with automatic summaries • View forms in three modes i.e. Summary, Questions and Individual responses mode • Get real-time responses, analytics and graphs • Analyze responses in different types or charts • Ability to filter form responses by date, email, questions, or score • Ability to copy response charts to clipboard or save them to photos library • Open the raw data with Google Sheets for deeper analysis or automation • Export responses in CSV or Excel file format Disclaimer: This is a third party app not associated with Google. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Your feedback helps us create products you'll love. For more feedback or questions, please reach us via App > Account Setting > Feedback. Terms of Service - https://formsapp-bb4e3.web.app/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy - https://formsapp-bb4e3.web.app/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Google Cloud4 screens
Forms for Google Docs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Forms for Google Docs at 4.7 against Google Cloud's 3.4. Forms for Google Docs also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 30%) and ratings volume (60K vs 103). Google Cloud's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 20) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Forms for Google Docs sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Google Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forms for Google Docs holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forms for Google Docs has 60K ratings behind it against 103, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Google Cloud's written reviews are positive against 61% of Forms for Google Docs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Forms for Google Docs every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Google Cloud versus Forms for Google Docs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle CloudForms for Google Docs
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (103 ratings)4.7 (60K ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews60.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10360K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#55 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB133 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGoogleAurora Innovation

Customer experience

Google Cloud

All ratings103 ratings
Positive55.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative35.0%
Written reviews249 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral15.7%
Negative54.6%

Forms for Google Docs

All ratings59,956 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews969 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative34.8%

User reviews

Google Cloud

From 103 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick access to cloud resources on mobile
  • 👍 Good UI/UX design with Material Design
  • 🔐 Useful SSH functionality for VM management
  • 📊 Helpful for quick monitoring and status checks
  • ⚡ Cloud Shell access for command-line operations

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Cloud Shell frequently disconnects
  • ❌ Missing critical features (Cloud Run, Cloud Tasks, Cloud Build)
  • 🔒 Persistent permission errors and access issues
  • 💸 Confusing billing display and hidden charges
  • 📉 Limited dashboard and monitoring capabilities

Forms for Google Docs

From 60K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient for business needs
  • 💡 Helpful for surveys and quizzes
  • 👍 Convenient mobile access

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unreliable, inconsistent performance
  • 💰 Excessive paywalled features
  • 📢 Intrusive and frequent advertisements
  • 🔒 Concerns about data privacy and security

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

Forms for Google Docs

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Responses not syncing correctly
  • Forms not publishing or accepting responses as expected
  • Inability to refresh or update forms in a timely manner

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add signature option
  • Improve export and data management features
  • Reduce paywalled functionality in free version

In-app purchases

None

Google Cloud

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Forms for Google Docs

Subscriptions14
  • Weekly Pro$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium$5.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium, 3 days free3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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  • Forms Pro Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Weekly Pro Free-trial3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial2 variants$5.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Year Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Year Premium$29.991 Year
  • Year Premium$39.991 Year
  • Year Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Year Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$59.99
  • Lifetime Premium$69.99

Questions

Is Google Cloud free?
Google Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forms for Google Docs free?
Forms for Google Docs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Google Cloud or Forms for Google Docs?
Forms for Google Docs is rated higher. Google Cloud averages 3.4 out of 5 from 103 ratings, while Forms for Google Docs averages 4.7 from 60K ratings.
Do Google Cloud or Forms for Google Docs have ads?
Forms for Google Docs shows ads; Google Cloud does not.
Which is updated more often, Google Cloud or Forms for Google Docs?
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, and Forms for Google Docs every 2 weeks. Most recently, Google Cloud was updated on October 6, 2026 and Forms for Google Docs on October 9, 2026.

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