Handbook vs Google Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handbook
Securely organize and present diverse content like documents, videos, and audio on any mobile device. Share compelling presentations online or offline with robust security features and detailed usage analytics.
- Secure content management
- Online and offline presentation
- Support for various file types
- PDF viewing and annotation
- Create surveys and quizzes
- Customizable layout and wallpaper
- Role-based security and access control
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Present and Share Secure Content on any Mobile Device Handbook is a secure mobile document manager that offers a simple and secure way to bind together a variety of rich media content to create and share compelling, attractive presentations. Handbook gives mobile knowledge workers a confident way to distribute and present information using docs and media such as PDFs and videos, both online offline. When there is no network connectivity, Handbook can be used in offline mode and presentations can be given with confidence. The Handbook product consists of: Handbook Studio -- a browser based application used to upload and manage content Handbook -- viewer application used to display and present content Handbook Features - Use it on the iPhone, iPad - Supports both online and offline viewing - Supports MS Office, iWork, images, video and audio files - View and annotate PDF files - Display Handbooks on the big screen using Apple TV for powerful, media rich presentations - Offline viewing - Never worry about network connectivity during your presentation - Create surveys and quizzes with built in questionnaire function - Bookmark content and send sharing links by email - Customizable layout and wallpaper Security and Enterprise Features - Role & Content Based Security - Individual and group-based Sharing - Restrict and allow access to specific devices with device-specific authentication - Understand how your Handbook is used with detailed usage metrics - Time-based access gives you control over when your Handbook is available to view NOTE: - Handbook account is necessary to use this app. Please ask to admin of your organization's Handbook Studio. - Handbook Studio the cloud service is necessary for contents posting, editing and distribution. - Please visit the web site for details: http://handbookapp.net/
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: Handbook at 100% against Google Cloud's 29%. Handbook also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Google Cloud's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (105 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handbook holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cloud has 105 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Handbook's written reviews are positive against 29% of Google Cloud's.
Handbook ships an update every 2 months, Google Cloud weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handbook | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.4 (105 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 29.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 105 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Asteria Corporation | |
Customer experience
Handbook
Google Cloud
Bugs and requests
Handbook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Handbook
No in-app purchases
Google Cloud
No in-app purchases









