Google Cloud vs FileSnap Docs by Roam
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.
FileSnap Docs by Roam
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Every document saves as a file you actually control. 2026-04-25-Australian-Passport-Office-Passport-Ben-Lewis.pdf. Or your own pattern: date first, issuer first, title first, custom tokens — your call. That's the standout feature. Most document scanners trap your scans behind a proprietary search box. FileSnap Docs saves them as named PDFs (or JPGs) on your device, in a folder you can open, share, sort, and find without the app. You own the files. Pay once. Keep forever. No account. No cloud. No subscription. THE NAMING CONVENTION (THE BIT THAT DIFFERENTIATES) Pick a preset: • Date + Issuer + Title: 2026-04-25-Australian-Passport-Office-Passport-Ben-Lewis.pdf • ISO-dash, ISO-dots, US/UK/EU date orders — all built in • Vendor-first, Date+Title, Date+Type+Title — pick what suits the way you sort Or write your own pattern with {date} {issuer} {title} {type} {tags} tokens — your separators, your order. Apply it to the whole archive in one tap if you change your mind. The documents you scan are the ones you'll need to find later — sometimes years later, often under stress. Filenames you can read at a glance beat any in-app search. WHAT ELSE IT DOES • Multi-page capture — scan a passport, a contract, an insurance schedule, all into one document. • On-device OCR — every page is indexed so you can full-text search the whole archive later. "Where is that warranty for the dishwasher?" — just search "dishwasher". • Smart suggestions — FileSnap reads the issuer, document type, date, and expiry from the captured pages and pre-fills the Confirm screen. Edit anything you don't like. • Expiry reminders — add a calendar reminder before a passport, insurance policy, or registration expires. The reminder lives in your iOS Calendar; you control how far in advance. • Encrypted ZIP export — bundle documents into a standard, password-protected AES-256 .zip your accountant, lawyer or family can open in any zip tool (Keka, 7-Zip, the Files app) with the password — no special app needed. • PDF or JPG output — your choice per document. WHY ON-DEVICE MATTERS The documents you scan are sensitive. Passports, drivers' licences, insurance numbers, contracts, medical records — these are exactly the things you don't want sitting on someone else's server. FileSnap Docs keeps them on your iPhone, in the app's private storage. Apple's Vision framework runs the OCR. Apple's Calendar holds the reminders. We don't have a server. There is no FileSnap Docs cloud account. If you have iCloud Backup enabled in iOS, your documents are included in your backup, governed by Apple's privacy policy. We don't see them. No analytics. No tracking. No ad SDKs. No data leaves your device. WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone who's ever rummaged through a folder for "the right form" and given up. • Self-employed people who keep contracts, ABN paperwork, and insurance certificates close at hand. • Parents tracking immunisation records, school forms, and Medicare cards. • Anyone who's missed a passport renewal by three weeks. • People who want their important paperwork searchable without uploading it to a third party. PERMISSIONS WE ASK FOR AND WHY • Camera — to scan a document. We don't use the camera for anything else. • Photos — only when you import an existing photo of a document. We don't read your photo library. • Calendar (optional) — only when you opt in to an expiry reminder for a specific document. The event is created in your default calendar. You can revoke any of these in iOS Settings. The app continues to work with reduced auto-fill convenience. PRIVACY PROMISE • We do not collect data about you. • Apple's privacy nutrition label for this app is "Data Not Collected". • No accounts. No login. No newsletter signup nag. ONE-TIME PURCHASE You pay once. You own the app. There is no subscription, no premium tier, no upsell. Future updates are included. SUPPORT A short page lives at the support URL. We're a small team — emails get answered.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Google Cloud at Free against FileSnap Docs by Roam's $0.99. Google Cloud also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Google Cloud is free to download; FileSnap Docs by Roam costs $0.99 up front. FileSnap Docs by Roam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Google Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, FileSnap Docs by Roam every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cloud | FileSnap Docs by Roam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (110 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roam HPU | |
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
FileSnap Docs by Roam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
FileSnap Docs by Roam
- FileSnap Docs Pro$9.99
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