Creative Preview vs AppController
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.
AppController
Access and use your Windows applications on your iPad or iPhone. This app touch-enables Windows software, making it intuitive to use with gestures and auto-zoom. It requires a compatible Windows computer to run.
- Access Windows applications on iOS
- Touch-enabled Windows apps
- Intuitive multi-touch gestures
- Auto-Zoom feature
- On-screen keyboard integration
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AppController is a powerful, easy-to-use app that enables users to access Windows applications from iPads and iPhones. Windows applications accessed via AppController retain all their features and functions and appear as though they are running locally on the iOS device. AppController maintains a high degree of usability by automatically touch-enabling Windows applications. Intuitive, multi-touch gestures allow users to interact naturally with Windows applications even though the device lacks a mouse and keyboard. The Auto-Zoom feature detects the section of the screen currently active in the application and automatically zooms-in on that area, making it easier to tap user interface elements. The device's onscreen keyboard opens automatically whenever an application can receive text input. AppController is free, but it requires a Windows computer running remote access software that is compatible with AppController. Contact your system administrator to determine if your company's Windows application servers support AppController.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Creative Preview at 4.3 against AppController's 3.7. Creative Preview also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 3). AppController's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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
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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creative Preview has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Creative Preview's written reviews are positive against 50% of AppController's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, AppController every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Preview | AppController |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (24 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GraphOn Corporation | |
Customer experience
Creative Preview
AppController
In-app purchases
Creative Preview
No in-app purchases
AppController
No in-app purchases
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