Creative Preview vs G App Launcher
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.
G App Launcher
Customize your app launcher with over 1000 Google shortcuts and create your own custom website shortcuts. Easily manage and sort your shortcuts through a drag-and-drop interface in the settings. Submit requests for new Google shortcuts or add your own.
- Customize app launcher
- Add 1000+ Google shortcuts
- Create custom website shortcuts
- Drag-and-drop shortcut management
- Filter and sort shortcuts
- Suggest new Google shortcuts
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This extension allows you to customize the app launcher and add more than 1000 Google shortcuts. And it is not limited to these 1000 Google shortcuts; the extension also allows you to create custom shortcuts to every website you want. In the settings page, which you can open via the "Configure" button in the app launcher, you can define which shortcuts you want to display in the app launcher via drag and drop (hold your mouse on a shortcut in the left list, drag it to the right list, and release your mouse). You can add or remove all shortcuts via the two buttons below the left list. The settings page also allows you to filter the 1000+ Google shortcuts via the searchbox and you can easily sort your selection via the "Sort A-Z" button. If the shortcut you want is not available in the list, you can submit a google shortcut request via the "Suggest a new google Shortcut" button. If you want to add a non Google Shortcut, add a new one via the red "add custom shortcut" button.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Creative Preview at 4.3 against G App Launcher's 3.5. Creative Preview also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 24%). G App Launcher's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Creative Preview's written reviews are positive against 24% of G App Launcher's.
Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, G App Launcher every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Preview | G App Launcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (24 ratings) — better | 3.5 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 24.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Jeurissen | |
Customer experience
Creative Preview
G App Launcher
Bugs and requests
Creative Preview
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
G App Launcher
Reported bugs
13 issues- Shortcut toggles not working on Sonoma
- Blank pop-up when clicking icon
- Extension freezes/lags
- Constant resets of shortcuts
- Extension disappears from Safari
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- Changes do not survive Safari restart
- Button to 'Quit and Open Safari Extensions' does nothing
- App asks for permissions repeatedly
- Two logos displayed in Safari
- Extension is greyed-out and nonfunctional on anything except a blank tab
- App doesn't redirect to correct area
- App keeps reloading by itself
- Shortcut behavior toggles do not seem to work
Requested features
4 requests- Open Google Doc directly into current tab
- Dark mode option
- Change/add custom icons for toolbar icon
- Access shortcuts without going through Safari
In-app purchases
Creative Preview
No in-app purchases
G App Launcher
No in-app purchases
Questions
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