Comparison

Google Cloud vs Mole

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 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 monitoring
  • Customizable dashboards
  • SSH access to VMs
  • Cloud Shell integration
  • Incident and error response
  • Billing and status checks
Read full description

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

Mole

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Mole is a calm, local-first place for notes that need room to grow. Write the main idea once, select any passage, and open a connected thread without cluttering the original note. A thread can hold your own writing, an AI conversation, or another focused thread. READ FIRST, EDIT WHEN YOU WANT Notes are stored as Markdown and shown as clean, rendered pages by default. Tap edit whenever you want to work with the Markdown source. THREADS THAT KEEP THEIR CONTEXT Every thread stays attached to the passage that started it. Use nested threads when a detail needs its own side path, then return to the main note without losing your place. TURN CONVERSATIONS INTO NOTES Start with an AI conversation, review the generated Markdown, and turn it into a reusable note. Continue the same conversation later and update that note instead of creating duplicates. LOCAL-FIRST BY DEFAULT Your notes, conversations, and threads are stored on your device. Remote AI processing is optional, clearly disclosed, and requires your permission before selected content leaves the device. Mole includes: - Markdown notes with rendered-first reading - Threads attached to selected text - Nested threads for focused research - AI conversations with Markdown responses - Conversation-to-note conversion and updates - Search across notes and threads - Dark mode - Local notes without an account AI features require an internet connection and AI credits. AI responses can be incomplete or incorrect; review important information before relying on it. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Google Cloud4 screens
Mole4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Google Cloud at none against Mole's 3. 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. Mole sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Google Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Google Cloud versus Mole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle CloudMole
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (111 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGoogleApiko

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
Show 19 more
  • 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

Mole

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Cloud

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mole

Subscriptions2
  • Mole Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Mole Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • 1,000 AI Credits$1.99

Questions

Is Google Cloud free?
Google Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mole free?
Mole is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Google Cloud or Mole have ads?
Neither Google Cloud nor Mole shows ads.

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