Tableau Mobile vs Forsta Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tableau Mobile
Access and interact with your business dashboards and data from anywhere. Explore visualizations, find insights, and answer questions on the go with an intuitive mobile experience. Requires a Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud account.
- Interactive data previews
- Offline access to data
- Favorite dashboards
- Intuitive dashboard navigation
- Data interaction for insights
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Tableau Mobile gives you the freedom to stay on top of your data, no matter where you are or when you need it. With a fast, intuitive, and interactive experience, explore your dashboards and find just what you’re looking for, all from the convenience of your mobile device. The Tableau Mobile app requires a Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud account. Please note, it does not work with Tableau Public. Features: • Interactive previews let you access your data even when you’re offline. • Mark your favorite dashboards or views to always have them at your fingertips. • Scroll, search, and browse your organization’s dashboards with a navigation experience that’s both intuitive and familiar. • Interact with your data to ask and answer questions on the go.
Forsta Go
Access your business dashboards and key reporting data on the go. Stay updated with customer comments and the latest business metrics. Customize flexible dashboards to meet your specific needs.
- Mobile dashboard access
- Customer comment updates
- Latest business metrics
- Key reporting data
- Customizable dashboards
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Take your dashboards mobile! Go lets you access your dashboards quickly and easily while you're on the go. Catch up on your customers' recent comments, get the latest business metrics and refresh your memory on the key reporting data before your meeting. Go keeps you up to date with flexible dashboarding that can be customized to your specific needs.
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Verdict
Tableau Mobile and Forsta Go both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Forsta Go's written reviews are positive against 26% of Tableau Mobile's. Forsta Go also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Tableau Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 5). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tableau Mobile against 4.6 for Forsta Go. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tableau Mobile has 2.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of Tableau Mobile's written reviews are positive against 80% of Forsta Go's.
Tableau Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, Forsta Go every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and July 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tableau Mobile | Forsta Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.5% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tableau Software, LLC | Forsta, Inc. |
Customer experience
Tableau Mobile
Forsta Go
Bugs and requests
Tableau Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes
- Login issues
- Incompatibility with certain devices
- Data not updating properly
Requested features
4 requests- Offline mode
- Improved mobile optimization
- Ability to download reports
- Support for multiple servers
Forsta Go
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tableau Mobile
No in-app purchases
Forsta Go
No in-app purchases
