Google Ads vs HighLevel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Ads
Manage your advertising campaigns from anywhere with this mobile tool. Monitor performance, make quick edits to budgets and keywords, and receive real-time notifications. Get personalized recommendations to boost your ad performance and connect with support when needed.
- Monitor campaign performance
- Edit campaigns, budgets, and keywords
- Create and edit ads
- View optimization score
- Apply recommendations
- Receive real-time notifications
- Access expert support
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The Google Ads mobile app helps you stay connected to your campaigns while on the go. In addition to monitoring your campaigns in real-time, you can review high-impact recommendations to improve performance and take action quickly and easily. Use the Google Ads app to: * Monitor performance on the go * Make quick changes to campaigns, budgets, keywords, and more * Create and edit ads * See your optimization score and apply recommendations * Get real-time notifications, such as performance summaries and ad disapprovals * Talk to an expert for support, wherever you may be Download the Google Ads mobile app to get the most out of your account today!
HighLevel
This all-in-one platform empowers agencies and marketers to capture leads, automate communication, and manage sales processes. It offers tools for landing pages, forms, calendars, and automated messaging to drive customer acquisition and business growth.
- All-in-one sales and marketing platform
- Lead capture via landing pages, forms, and surveys
- Automated messaging (SMS, email, FB Messenger)
- Inbound phone system
- Appointment scheduling
- Payment collection
- Analytics tracking
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More Leads = More Customers We Help Agencies & Marketers thrive With Our All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform [ FOR AGENCIES, BY AGENCIES ] HighLevel is the first-ever all-in-one platform that will give you the tools, support and resources you need to succeed with your agency. • All the tools you need in one platform without having to "duct-tape" multiple platforms together! • Capture leads using our landing pages, surveys, forms, calendars, inbound phone system & more! • Full Suite Platform for Agencies. Included in the Platform is a full-featured Page Builder to capture leads. • Our intuitive platform allows you to create full-featured websites with custom menus. • Create high-performing and captivating landing pages all in one place! • Automatically message leads via voicemail, forced calls, SMS, emails, FB Messenger & more! • Use our built-in tools to collect payments, schedule appointments, and track analytics!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Google Ads at #133 against HighLevel's unranked. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Google Ads against 4.5 for HighLevel. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.1K and 3.7K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 22% of Google Ads's written reviews are positive against 25% of HighLevel's.
Google Ads ships an update fortnightly, HighLevel every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Ads | HighLevel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5.1K ratings) | 4.5 (3.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | 24.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 3.7K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 404 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Synclio | |
Customer experience
Google Ads
HighLevel
User reviews
Google Ads
From 5.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great features
- 💡 Helpful app
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🚀 Intuitive
- 🚀 Efficient
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app
- 🔒 Security issues
- 💰 Overcharging
- 🤖 Poor customer service
- 🤖 Lack of support
HighLevel
From 3.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fundamentally changed everything
- 🚀 Excellent software
- 🚀 Great app
- 🚀 Amazing software
- 🚀 Comprehensive and simple to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely glitchy. Can't handle volume.
- 🐛 Not reliable
- 🐛 Doesn't work consistently
- 🐛 Inconsistent
- 🐛 Bad just bad
Bugs and requests
Google Ads
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Metrics not updating properly
- Inability to access all campaigns
- Stuck in update loop
- Compatibility issues with new devices
Requested features
5 requests- Allow creating campaigns from app
- Improve mobile app functionality
- Better sync with desktop version
- More user-friendly interface
- Clearer instructions and guidance
HighLevel
Reported bugs
20 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Notifications and messages not loading
- Can't create account
- App crashes mid call
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- No notifications
- Loading issues after update
- Horrible update
- New app sucks!
- Lots of bugs
- Bad update
- Keep getting bumped out
- Terrible new update
- Can't change any settings
- Call quality not good
- Glitchy, rarely ever works
- App Blacks Out
- Bad update recently
- App crash
- Blank screens and the never ending reload
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Ability to cc/bcc on new emails
- Ability to forward previously sent emails
- Improve email tech and notifications
In-app purchases
Google Ads
No in-app purchases
HighLevel
No in-app purchases
