Creative Preview vs VertiGIS Studio Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
VertiGIS Studio Go
This app allows GIS developers to preview mobile applications during the development process. Users can access necessary applications for fieldwork, with offline capabilities and custom business process support.
- Preview mobile apps during development
- Offline data access and editing
- Customizable business processes
- Centralized application access
- Integration with VertiGIS Studio Workflow
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Harness the next generation in mobile GIS app development. VertiGIS Studio Go is the companion app for VertiGIS Studio Mobile Designer. It allows GIS application developers to easily preview their mobile apps during the development process and users to access the applications they need to get work done. VertiGIS Studio Mobile is the world's most capable framework for configuring and building mobile offline-capable apps on Esri's ArcGIS platform. Highlights: PREVIEW APPLICATIONS AS YOU DEVELOP THEM Administrators can easily make changes in the designer interface and then see the results on iPhones and iPads. WORK OFFLINE Access applications and make edits in the field whether you’re connected or disconnected and synchronize your changes when the app goes back online. CUSTOMIZE COMPLEX BUSINESS PROCESSES Bring your business processes to life with support for custom activities through integration with VertiGIS Studio Workflow. ACCESS YOUR APPLICATIONS ALL IN ONE SPOT Use VertiGIS Studio Go to preview the apps you develop in VertiGIS Studio Mobile Designer and deploy them to field crews and other users with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: VertiGIS Studio Go at none against Creative Preview's shown. VertiGIS Studio Go 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 4.0) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Creative Preview holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creative Preview has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, VertiGIS Studio Go every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 27, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Preview | VertiGIS Studio Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (24 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VertiGIS North America Ltd. | |
Customer experience
Creative Preview
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In-app purchases
Creative Preview
No in-app purchases
VertiGIS Studio Go
No in-app purchases
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