Google One vs Mzansi Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google One
Safely back up your phone's photos, contacts, and messages to the cloud. Manage your Google account storage across Drive, Gmail, and Photos, and easily free up space. Upgrade for more storage and benefits.
- Phone backup (photos, contacts, messages)
- Cloud storage management
- Free up space tool
- Storage upgrade options
- Cross-service storage view
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The Google One app lets you back up your phone and manage your Google account storage. • Back up the important things on your phone, like photos, contacts and messages using the 15 GB of storage that comes with a Google account. If you break, lose or upgrade your phone, you can have the peace of mind of knowing the stuff you care about is safe on the cloud. • See your storage across Google Drive, Gmail, Google Photos, and easily free up space within the app with the storage manager. Upgrade to a Google One membership to get even more: • Get as much storage as you need for your memories, projects and digital files. Choose the plan that works best for you.
Mzansi Widget
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Bring South Africa to your home screen with a growing collection of widgets built for locals. Mzansi Lingo — Word of the Day Discover a new word every day in any of the 11 official languages — isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, isiNdebele, siSwati, English — plus popular SA Slang. Gautrain — Routes & Fares Quickly view Gautrain route information and fares right from your home or Lock Screen. Features: • Daily vocabulary in 12 language options • Home screen and Lock Screen widget support • Gautrain route and fare lookup • Clean, compact widget designs • More widgets on the way! Built by South Africans, for South Africans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mzansi Widget at none against Google One's 13. Google One's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and chart position (#49 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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. Google One sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mzansi Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Google One ships an update fortnightly, Mzansi Widget every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google One | Mzansi Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 27.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #49 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wavhudi Mulaudzi | |
Bugs and requests
Google One
Reported bugs
3 issues- VPN disconnects internet connectivity
- Inability to disable VPN within app
- Incompatibility issues with iOS updates
Requested features
3 requests- Allow changing VPN location
- Improve offline functionality
- Add duplicate file management
Mzansi Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google One
- 100 GB$1.991 Month
- 100 GB1 Month trial2 variants$1.991 Month
- 200 GB$2.991 Month
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- 200 GB1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)$9.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- 100 GB$19.991 Year
- 100 GB1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- 200 GB$29.991 Year
- 2 TB$99.991 Year
Mzansi Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Google One free?
Is Mzansi Widget free?
Do Google One or Mzansi Widget have ads?
Which is updated more often, Google One or Mzansi Widget?
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