Lighthouse Score vs Search Panel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lighthouse Score
Visualize your website's speed score using six key parameters, mirroring Google's ranking system. Adjust metrics directly on a graph to see immediate impacts on your overall score and individual components. Benchmark against competitors and understand scoring thresholds for SEO improvement.
- Visualize website speed score
- Adjust metrics via interactive graph
- Benchmark against competitors
- Understand scoring thresholds
- Compare desktop vs. mobile thresholds
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Simple website speed score visualisation. Use 6 rating parameters to produce your Speed Score the way Google ranks your site. • See how your score is calculated. Change the score or value directly using the graph and watch the outcome on the individual metric and the overall Speed Score. • Improve your SEO. Benchmark your site against your competitors. Compare your score against values of other websites in your niche. • Improve your knowledge. Shows thresholds used for red/amber/green scoring. • Compare platforms. Switch thresholds to desktop to compare equal inputs.
Search Panel
Monitor website performance metrics like impressions and clicks directly from your mobile device. This client provides tools to inspect URLs, manage sitemaps, and organize your sites within Google Search Console.
- Monitor impressions and clicks
- Inspect URLs
- Manage sitemaps
- Organize sites
- Filter by date, device, and data type
- Chart and interface customization
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A native Google Search Console client for iPhone and Mac. For the SEO expert or website owner on the go. • Monitor website impressions and clicks • Give Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and other AI tools MCP access to your Google Search Console data • Filter by date range, device and data type • Group and organize your sites • Add and remove sites • Add, view and remove sitemaps • Inspect URLs in Google Search Console • Chart and interface customizations Try for free and purchase Pro to unlock features. App available in 40 languages. Email support available in English only. Search Panel is not affiliated with Google, this is a third party application. Google account required. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Search Panel at 100% against Lighthouse Score's 0%. Search Panel also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). Lighthouse Score's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On ads 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
Search Panel is free to download; Lighthouse Score costs $0.99 up front. Search Panel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lighthouse Score asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lighthouse Score ships an update every 7 months, Search Panel monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lighthouse Score | Search Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Garside | Andrew Moloney |
Customer experience
Lighthouse Score
Search Panel
In-app purchases
Lighthouse Score
No in-app purchases
Search Panel
- Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Lifetime$24.99
Questions
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