Microsoft Bing Search vs Google Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microsoft Bing Search
This app provides fast, AI-powered search results with curated answers and summaries. It helps users discover information more efficiently, explore topics deeper with suggested follow-ups, and create images from text. It also offers features like visual search, voice search, and rewards.
- AI-powered search and curated answers
- Image creation from text
- Visual and voice search
- Microsoft Rewards integration
- Personalized homepage updates
- Weather forecasts
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Microsoft Bing delivers fast, intelligently curated answers and makes it easier than ever to discover more. Introducing Copilot Search in Bing Copilot Search in Bing brings AI to search where clear answers and key information are quickly curated at the top of your search results. Kickstart your next discovery with a new search to unlock the possibilities of where your curiosity can take you. Unlock answers faster Copilot Search in Bing brings intelligence to search so you can spend less time searching and more time discovering. Depending on your query, you’ll get an easy-to-scan layout of information, a summary of the most critical points, or a clear answer. No more hunting across the web. Explore deeper Need to dive deeper? The next answer or new angle is waiting for you with helpful web links and clickable follow-up topics. It brings the best of traditional and generative search together to help you find what you need – and discover more. Discover confidently Perfect for when you want to go heads-down to write a paper, learn something new, explore a passion project, or simply let your curiosity wonder. Choose from a variety of suggested queries to start your journey or simply start a new search to harness the power of AI to get curated results. Try Copilot Search in Bing today! All the highlights New homepage: Stay updated on topics you're following, and get quick access to Microsoft features Copilot Search in Bing: Seamlessly find a topic to explore within your everyday search flow Image Creator: Create images from words with AI Visual search: Search right from your camera or by uploading a picture Voice search: Tap the mic icon and use your voice to search Microsoft Rewards: Earn more rewards is easy, simple, and fun. Just search with the Microsoft Bing app and you’ll earn faster than ever Weather: See the forecast for today and the week ahead Wallpaper: Pick from a collection of beautiful images featured on the Bing homepage Functions mentioned above not available in all markets, actual features and display contents may vary.
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 rating: Microsoft Bing Search at 4.7 against Google Cloud's 3.4. Microsoft Bing Search also leads on ratings volume (295K vs 100) and review sentiment (54% vs 29%). Google Cloud's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Microsoft Bing Search sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $20.00 per month. Google Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Microsoft Bing Search holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Bing Search has 295K ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Microsoft Bing Search's written reviews are positive against 29% of Google Cloud's.
Microsoft Bing Search ships an update every 10 days, Google Cloud weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microsoft Bing Search | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (295K ratings) — better | 3.4 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 295K — better | 100 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #90 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | |
Customer experience
Microsoft Bing Search
Google Cloud
User reviews
Microsoft Bing Search
From 295K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and efficient
- 🔒 Secure and private
- 👍 Useful features and tools
- 🤖 Impressive AI capabilities
- 💰 Rewarding experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent and buggy
- 📉 Declining user experience
- 🔍 Cluttered and confusing interface
- 🤖 AI limitations and inaccuracies
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Google Cloud
From 100 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
Microsoft Bing Search
Reported bugs
5 issues- Rewards points not tracking correctly
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Search bar text size issues
- Disappearing Rewards tab
- Inconsistent daily check-in functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Restore previous tab functionality
- Customizable home screen
- Improved Microsoft Rewards integration
- Ability to disable news/ads on home screen
- Better image search and generation tools
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
Microsoft Bing Search
- Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases
Questions
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