Comparison

Google Cloud vs Bindery

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 on your iPhone or iPad. Monitor billing, status, and critical issues. Create custom dashboards, access Cloud Shell, and SSH into VMs for direct control.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Bindery

Features
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Bindery turns Markdown files into finished documents — Word (.docx), PDF, EPUB and Kobo KEPUB — with a table of contents that actually works: Word's navigation pane, the PDF's outline and contents page, an e-reader's chapter list. Add one file or a dozen chapters at once. The order you put them in is the order of the book: sort by name with a tap, or drag the chapters into place. Headings, lists, tables, code with syntax colouring, footnotes, images, Mermaid diagrams and mathematics all come through, and links between chapters keep working in every format. Everything happens on your device. Your files are not uploaded anywhere; there is no account and nothing to sign in to. Results land in the Files app, under Bindery, ready to share. FREE TO USE Convert up to 20 pages of Markdown a month, free. Bindery Pro removes the limit with a single purchase — no subscription. THE FORMATS • Word (.docx) — real Heading styles and a contents field, bookmarks for every internal link • PDF — an outline, a contents page with page numbers, code blocks that break cleanly across pages • EPUB — one file per chapter, EPUB 3 navigation plus the classic NCX for older readers • Kobo KEPUB — the EPUB with Kobo's own markup, so page counts and reading position work as they should WRITTEN FOR MARKDOWN AS PEOPLE ACTUALLY WRITE IT Two-space list nesting, fenced code inside list items, $…$ mathematics, raw HTML passed through. Where you wrapped a line is not where the reader's is: soft wraps reflow, and only a real line break stays one. Bindery is made by The Owlery Works. Nothing you convert leaves your device. Kobo is a trademark of Rakuten Kobo Inc., and Word is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies. Neither company is connected with The Owlery Works or has endorsed this app; the names say only what a file is made to open in.

Screenshots

Google Cloud4 screens
Bindery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Google Cloud at none against Bindery's 1. Google Cloud also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Bindery fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Google Cloud versus Bindery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle CloudBindery
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (105 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings105 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleDuy Anh Tuan Nguyen

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

Bindery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Cloud

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bindery

One-time1
  • Bindery Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Google Cloud free?
Google Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bindery free?
Bindery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Google Cloud or Bindery have ads?
Neither Google Cloud nor Bindery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Cloud or Bindery?
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, and Bindery fortnightly. Most recently, Google Cloud was updated on October 12, 2026 and Bindery on October 2, 2026.

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