Comparison

Google Cloud vs Phon

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Phon

Features
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Phon is a sound level meter built like a measurement instrument, not a toy VU meter. MEASURE • Real-time dB SPL on an analog needle with a precise digital readout • A-weighting and Fast time constant, as defined in IEC 61672 • Session minimum, average and maximum • Per-model calibration for the built-in microphone, so readings mean something out of the box CALIBRATED EXTERNAL MICS Plug in a USB-C measurement microphone and Phon detects it instantly. Load the calibration file that came with your mic and Phon applies its measured frequency response and sensitivity to every reading. Built and tested with the Dayton Audio iMM-6C. Other USB-C measurement mics with an FRD-style calibration file should work too. PHON PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Calibration file loading for external mics • C and Z frequency weightings • Slow and Impulse time constants • Leq, the equivalent continuous level over the whole session • CSV export of the full session log, with timestamps, IEC 61672 column names and all calibration metadata Family Sharing supported. No subscription, ever.

Screenshots

Google Cloud4 screens
Phon3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Google Cloud at none against Phon's 1. Phon's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Phon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Google Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Phon every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Google Cloud versus Phon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle CloudPhon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (110 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGooglecarlos prieto ortiz

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

Phon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Cloud

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Phon

One-time1
  • Phon App$14.99

Questions

Is Google Cloud free?
Google Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phon free?
Phon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Google Cloud or Phon have ads?
Neither Google Cloud nor Phon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Cloud or Phon?
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, and Phon every 3 days. Most recently, Google Cloud was updated on November 7, 2026 and Phon on November 3, 2026.

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