Comparison

GOTO Guide vs AWS Console

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GOTO Guide

Features
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GOTO Guide gives you easy access to - real-time session voting - real-time question transmission tool - commenting on your vote - conference schedule - list of sessions with in-depth description of sessions - information on speakers and their sessions - favorites in order to create your personalized schedule - venue maps - conference news Activate push notifications and never miss a new GOTO-video release! GOTO is the enterprise software development conference designed for developers, team leads, architects, and project management and is organized "for developers, by developers". As software developers and architects ourselves, we wanted to craft the ultimate conference.

About

AWS Console

Manage and monitor your AWS resources from your mobile device. Receive push notifications for important updates, view dashboards with real-time data, and perform select actions on your cloud infrastructure.

Highlights
  • View and manage AWS resources
  • Push notifications for services
  • Resource monitoring dashboard
  • View configuration details and metrics
  • Perform select actions on resources
  • Biometric authentication for login
Features
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The AWS Console Mobile Application, provided by Amazon Web Services, lets you view and manage a select set of resources and receive push notifications to stay informed and connected with your AWS resources while on-the-go. The Console Mobile Application allows you to configure and receive push notifications for AWS services, monitor resources through a dedicated dashboard, and view configuration details, metrics, and alarms for select AWS services. The Dashboard provides permitted users with an overview of the account status, with real-time data on Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Health Dashboard, AWS Billing and Cost Management, and Recently Visited Services. You can view ongoing issues and follow through to the relevant CloudWatch alarm screen for a detailed view with graphs and configuration options. In addition,you can check on the status of specific AWS services, view detailed resource screens, and perform select actions. The Console Mobile Application requires an existing AWS account. Upon initial setup, the Console Mobile Application lets you stay signed in to multiple identities at once. Login process leverages biometric authentication (on supported devices), making access to AWS resources simple and quick. The Console Mobile Application supports Amazon API Gateway, AWS Artifact, AWS Backup, AWS Health Dashboard, AWS Organizations, Billing and Cost Management, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CloudShell, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch, CodeBuild, Code Commit, Code Deploy, Code Pipeline, Cognito, Control Tower, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), EMR, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Elastic Kubernetes Service, AWS Identity and Access Management, IAM Identity Center, IoT Core, AWS Lambda, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Route 53, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Secrets Manager, Security Hub, Amazon Simple Queue Service(SQS), Step Functions, Systems Manager, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). The Console Mobile Application supports US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Europe (Spain), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Zurich), Middle East (Bahrain), Middle East (UAE), and South America (São Paulo). We regularly release updates with new features. Tell us what features you need and how you would use them with the Feedback link in the Console Mobile Application's menu. We're listening!

Screenshots

GOTO Guide4 screens
AWS Console4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AWS Console at fortnightly against GOTO Guide's every 3 months. GOTO Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GOTO Guide ships an update every 3 months, AWS Console fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GOTO Guide versus AWS Console: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGOTO GuideAWS Console
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (6.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—42.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—6.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB178 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTrifork A/SAMZN Mobile LLC

Bugs and requests

GOTO Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

AWS Console

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Instances status not updating properly
  • Inability to copy/paste in CloudShell
  • Blank screens and login issues
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more AWS services (e.g. Lightsail, CloudWatch, Lambda)
  • Improve CloudShell usability and integration
  • Allow editing of resources (e.g. Route 53, security groups)
  • Implement push notifications for alerts and alarms
  • Provide option to save login credentials or use Face ID/Touch ID

In-app purchases

None

GOTO Guide

No in-app purchases

None

AWS Console

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GOTO Guide free?
GOTO Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AWS Console free?
AWS Console is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GOTO Guide or AWS Console have ads?
Neither GOTO Guide nor AWS Console shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GOTO Guide or AWS Console?
GOTO Guide ships an update every 3 months, and AWS Console fortnightly. Most recently, GOTO Guide was updated on October 11, 2026 and AWS Console on October 14, 2026.

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