mTalk vs Google Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mTalk
This app allows users to use their SmartNumber fixed line from their mobile device, ensuring they never miss customer calls when away from the office. It offers a user-friendly interface and advanced technology to handle VoIP calls seamlessly, even overcoming potential network blocks.
- Use fixed line number on mobile
- Receive calls when out of office
- User-friendly interface
- Seamless VoIP call management
- Overcomes VoIP line blocks
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Hai un numero SmartNumber e non vuoi perdere le chiamate dei tuoi clienti quando sei fuori dall’ufficio? Nessun problema, con l’app mTalk potrai portare sempre con te il tuo numero fisso. Ti basta solo una connessione dati, anche Wi-Fi. Facile e bella da usare. Abbiamo voluto mettere al centro l'esperienza utente. Niente configurazioni o linguaggi incomprensibili, la installi e mTalk è pronta all'uso. Il suo look fresco e moderno ti rapirà all'istante! mTalk funziona dove le altre app falliscono. Chiamare e ricevere con mTalk non è mai stato così facile! Grazie all'utilizzo del CallKit puoi gestire le chiamate VoIP come normali chiamate telefoniche. Inoltre, grazie a tecnologie proprietarie, mTalk riesce a superare potenziali blocchi sulle linee VoIP usate da molti operatori telefonici. 100% Made in Italy. L’app è pensata e sviluppata interamente da MessageNet SpA.
Google Cloud
Manage your Google Cloud services on your iPhone or iPad. Monitor billing, status, and critical issues. Create custom dashboards, access Cloud Shell, and SSH into VMs for direct control.
- Cloud service management
- Billing and status monitoring
- Customizable dashboards
- Compute Engine/App Engine monitoring
- SSH access to VMs
- Cloud Shell access
- Incident and error response
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The app helps you manage your services running on Google Cloud directly from your Apple iPhone or iPad: • Stay connected to the cloud and check billing, status, and critical issues. • Create your own custom dashboard to produce an overview of your Google Cloud services. • Monitor the state of your Compute Engine and App Engine resources with the ability to SSH into your VMs. • Access to Cloud Shell to perform any Google Cloud (gcloud) operation. • View and respond to incidents, errors, and logging. We plan to ship new features regularly and continually improve your user experience. Please give us your feedback in the app by tapping the menu button in the upper-left corner, selecting Help & Feedback, and then Send feedback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mTalk at 73% against Google Cloud's 30%. mTalk also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.4) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Google Cloud's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
mTalk holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cloud has 105 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of mTalk's written reviews are positive against 30% of Google Cloud's.
mTalk ships an update every 2 weeks, Google Cloud weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mTalk | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 3.4 (105 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.6% of reviews — better | 29.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 105 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Messagenet SpA | |
Customer experience
mTalk
Google Cloud
User reviews
mTalk
From 11 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Affordable international calling rates
- 🎧 High-quality voice clarity
- 🌍 Free landline number in multiple countries
- 📱 Reliable VoIP service
- 🔗 Easy integration with contacts
Room to improve
- 🔋 Excessive battery drain
- 🐛 Frequent connection issues
- ⏱️ Slow call pickup/ring detection
- 🔊 Poor voice quality on cellular networks
- 📵 No IPv6 support
Google Cloud
From 105 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Quick access to cloud resources on mobile
- 👍 Good UI/UX design with Material Design
- 🔐 Useful SSH functionality for VM management
- 📊 Helpful for quick monitoring and status checks
- ⚡ Cloud Shell access for command-line operations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Cloud Shell frequently disconnects
- ❌ Missing critical features (Cloud Run, Cloud Tasks, Cloud Build)
- 🔒 Persistent permission errors and access issues
- 💸 Confusing billing display and hidden charges
- 📉 Limited dashboard and monitoring capabilities
Bugs and requests
mTalk
Reported bugs
10 issues- App shows 'Not Connected' status persistently
- Unable to register landline numbers
- Cannot hang up test calls
- App crashes on iPad 2 and older devices
- Incoming calls not ringing in background
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- Phone number changes when sending messages
- Keyboard input not appearing at login
- Circuits busy errors despite available credit
- App crashes immediately on launch
- Slow performance and responsiveness issues
Requested features
8 requests- SMS sending and receiving capability
- Programmable 'Do Not Disturb' mode
- Push notifications for incoming calls
- IPv6 network support
- Better iOS integration with VoIP API
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- Account deletion/unsubscribe option
- Improved Bluetooth car integration
- Support for additional country numbers
Google Cloud
Reported bugs
24 issues- Cloud Shell stuck on 'preparing to connect' screen
- Cloud Shell disconnects when switching apps
- SSH authentication failures
- App crashes when viewing error console details
- Logs page continuously refreshing
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- Cannot view saved dashboards from web
- Saved queries not displaying correctly
- Permission errors blocking access to projects
- Billing section shows incorrect date ranges
- Incident notifications not working
- Device registration process failing
- Cloud Shell input issues with special keys (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E)
- Cannot select or copy text in Cloud Shell
- SSH return key not working properly in some contexts
- App crashes after updates
- 2-factor authentication sign-in broken
- Incidents marked resolved still show as new
- Logs missing with applied filters
- App crashes when viewing log entry details in dark mode
- External keyboard support broken on iPad
- Notification permissions not requested on iOS
- Cannot change logged-in account
- Project switching broken
- Scrolling issues in logs and traces
Requested features
20 requests- Cloud Run service support
- Cloud Tasks management
- Cloud Build integration
- Custom dashboard access from mobile
- Dark mode for iPad
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- Cloud Shell full-screen mode
- Better keyboard support for external keyboards
- Account switching capability
- Notification management improvements
- GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) support
- Cloud Functions monitoring
- Datalab integration
- API quota viewing
- Cloud Storage bucket upload/replace functionality
- Instance group management
- HTTP Load Balancing controls
- Password protection for app
- Font size adjustment in console
- Improved SSH/terminal UX
- BigQuery support
In-app purchases
mTalk
No in-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
