Google Cloud vs Orbital
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.
Orbital
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Orbital 是一款專為「追求高度隱私與效率」的專業人士設計的 App 透過強大的管理模組，協助您輕鬆管理重要對象的各項事務，讓忙碌的日程回歸精準與從容！ 智能首頁 | 掌握現況 一鍵綜覽當日行程與最新動態，快速掌握工作狀況 權限控管｜隱私保障 支援主帳號、附帳號分級授權。可彈性設定存取權限，確保「私密紀錄」僅限特定人員檢視，嚴密守護核心資訊 客戶紀錄 | 精準細膩 詳細紀錄客戶資料與互動細節，支援自定義標籤，讓大量資訊變得井然有序、隨時易查 行程管理 | 直覺流暢 採用直覺式行事曆介面，輕鬆安排與查看各項預約時程，有效規劃每日工作 即時聯繫| 完整留存 整合訊息發送與聯繫紀錄，確保每一份溝通精準留底，不再遺漏任何關鍵資訊 ＊ Orbital 服務條款：https://vip.genesys-tech.com/service.html ＊ Orbital 隱私權政策：https://vip.genesys-tech.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Google Cloud at weekly against Orbital's every 6 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.
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Orbital every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cloud | Orbital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (100 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genesys-tech | |
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
Orbital
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
Orbital
No in-app purchases
