Google Cloud vs Excavation Expert
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.
Excavation Expert
Streamline your contracting business with tools for offline document access, real-time crew and equipment tracking, and digital shift logging. Manage bids, projects, and schedules efficiently from anywhere, reducing paperwork and improving team alignment.
- Offline document and settings caching
- Live crew and equipment tracking
- Bid and project management
- Digital shift and haul logging
- Job site photo annotation
- Schedule management
- Web account synchronization
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Top Features: • Offline support: caching for documents and settings, full support for time tracking, haul log tracking and snowplow tracking. Never worry about being out of service! • Live tracking now available on mobile - monitor your crew on a live map, even see their fuel usage when they start / finish • Bid & Project Tracking – Add, manage, and update bids and active jobs from anywhere • Digital Shift Tracking + Haul Logs – Crews log hours, loads, and jobsite activity in real time — no more paper • Job Site Photo Markup – Snap and annotate photos to keep teams aligned and document progress • Equipment Tracking – See where equipment is, what’s running, and how your assets are being used • Live Haul Tracking – Drivers start tracking with one tap; management sees live updates on the web platform • Schedule Management – Keep crews, equipment, and projects on track with a clean, mobile-friendly schedule • Syncs with Your Web Account – Everything stays up-to-date across your field teams and your back office team • Document Manager – Project details are always available, even out in the field where cell service is non-existent Perfect for Any Excavation Business Whether you run a small crew or numerous crews, Excavation Expert helps you cut paperwork, stay organized, and keep every job moving smoothly — with free registration and no commitment required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Excavation Expert at 5.0 against Google Cloud's 3.4. Excavation Expert also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Google Cloud's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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.
Excavation Expert 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Excavation Expert every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cloud | Excavation Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (100 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Montana AI Solutions, LLC | |
Customer experience
Google Cloud
Excavation Expert
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
Excavation Expert
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
Excavation Expert
No in-app purchases
Questions
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