Comparison

Creative Preview vs Streams

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Creative Preview

Test mobile ads directly on your smartphone or tablet before they go live. Scan QR codes or enter creative URLs to preview display and video ads. Review reporting metrics within the app's console.

Highlights
  • Preview display and video creatives
  • Test ads on smartphone or tablet
  • Scan QR codes for preview
  • Manually add creative URLs
  • Review reporting metrics
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Make sure you know how consumers will experience your ad when it goes live. Creative Preview helps you test mobile ads directly on a smartphone or tablet. Scan a QR code from a Google Marketing Platform product to preview an ad on your device, or manually add a creative URL. Test on your device using the supported mobile ad SDKs or in any mobile browser, and review reporting metrics in the app's console. Use Creative Preview to: * Preview and test display and video creatives directly on your mobile device. Supported mobile ad SDKs: * Google Mobile Ads * Interactive Media Ads (IMA) Permissions Notice: * Camera: Needed to scan QR codes. * Microphone: Needed to preview creatives using mobile ads SDKs that support audio recording. * Storage: Needed to attach photos, videos, and local files for submitting app feedback. It's also needed to save your preview list and app settings.

About

Streams

This app consolidates team communication, decisions, and follow-ups into a single organized space. It streamlines discussions, preventing ideas and details from getting lost. Features include focused groups, ad-hoc discussions, threaded conversations, and task management.

Highlights
  • Focused team groups
  • Ad-hoc discussion groups
  • Threaded conversations
  • Private comments
  • Tasks, Notes, Events, Messages
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Work moves quickly. Your team should too. Streams brings conversations, decisions, and follow-ups together in one organized space. Now your ideas won’t get lost, details won’t get buried, and people won’t get left out. Instead of juggling scattered chats, long email threads, and endless tools, Streams gives your team a single hub where discussions stay structured, context stays intact, and everyone stays in sync. With Streams, you can: - Rally your team in focused, purpose-built groups. - Kick off discussions instantly with ad-hoc groups. - Keep chats sharp with tidy, thread-first conversations (plus private comments). - Loop in the right people across your organization. - Drive action with Tasks, Notes, Events, Messages, and more all in one place.

Screenshots

Creative Preview4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Streams at none against Creative Preview's shown. Streams also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Creative Preview's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (40% vs 17%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Creative Preview holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Creative Preview's written reviews are positive against 17% of Streams's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, Streams every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 27, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Creative Preview versus Streams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative PreviewStreams
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (24 ratings) — better3.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleZoho Corporation

Customer experience

Creative Preview

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Streams

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral50.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Creative Preview

No in-app purchases

None

Streams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Creative Preview free?
Creative Preview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Streams free?
Streams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Creative Preview or Streams?
Creative Preview is rated higher. Creative Preview averages 4.3 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Streams averages 3.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Creative Preview or Streams have ads?
Creative Preview shows ads; Streams does not.
Which is updated more often, Creative Preview or Streams?
Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, and Streams every 2 months. Most recently, Creative Preview was updated on July 27, 2026 and Streams on June 22, 2026.

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