Google Cloud vs MiniNote
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 directly from your iPhone or iPad. Monitor billing, status, and critical issues, create custom dashboards, and access Cloud Shell for command-line operations. View and respond to incidents and errors.
- Cloud service management on mobile
- Billing and status monitoring
- Customizable dashboards
- 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.
MiniNote
Capture ideas with free text, photos, voice memos, and checklists all in one organized note. Enjoy a distraction-free writing experience with a monospace font and dark mode. The app offers a unique interface inspired by receipt tickets.
- Free text notes
- Photo integration
- Voice memo recording
- Checklist creation
- Distraction-free writing
- Unique receipt-inspired interface
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NOTE. SNAP. RECORD. Texte libre, photo, mémo vocal, checklist — tout dans la même note, dans l'ordre que tu veux. Aucune limite. Zéro prise de tête. -- PHOTO Glisse une image dans ta note. Elle s'affiche effet dither , pleine largeur, sans cadre. Tap long pour supprimer. -- SON Appuie sur le micro. L'onde s'anime en live pendant l'enregistrement — chaque mémo a sa propre empreinte sonore unique. Un tap pour réécouter. -- LISTE Un tap pour une checklist. Coche ce qui est fait. Avance. -- TEXTE Écris librement. Police monospace, mode sombre, zéro distraction. -- L'INTERFACE Inspirée du ticket de caisse. Animation de décodage au lancement. Cards en grille. Les détails qui font la différence. MiniNote. Note vite. Note bien. Note tout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MiniNote at 100% against Google Cloud's 29%. Google Cloud's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On update cadence, 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
Google Cloud is free to download; MiniNote costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, MiniNote every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Cloud | MiniNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (110 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | frederic Tourrou | |
Customer experience
Google Cloud
MiniNote
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
MiniNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
MiniNote
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Google Cloud free?
Is MiniNote free?
Do Google Cloud or MiniNote have ads?
Which is updated more often, Google Cloud or MiniNote?
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