Tableau Mobile vs Microsoft Power BI
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.
Microsoft Power BI
Access and analyze your business data from anywhere with powerful mobile tools. Visualize key metrics, filter information, and share insights on the go. Get real-time notifications and ask questions of your data with a virtual analyst.
- View data in one place
- Explore, filter, and focus data
- Annotate and share reports
- Set data alerts and notifications
- Q&A virtual analyst for insights
- Secure on-premises data access
- Scan barcodes/QR codes for data
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Access your data from anywhere. Get notifications, annotate and share, and dive deep into your data with powerful features for decision making on the go. Highlights: • View all your important data in one place • Tap to explore, filter, and focus on what’s most important • Easily annotate and share reports and visualizations • Set data alerts and get real-time notifications • Ask questions in your own words and get meaningful insights into your data with the Q&A virtual analyst • Securely access your on-premises data • Scan barcodes and QR codes to easily track inventory and get real-world data in context • Start exploring your Power BI data instantly, with no setup needed Get the full Power BI suite and never miss a beat with Power BI Desktop, the Power BI web service, and Power BI Mobile! By installing this app, you agree to the terms at: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2178902
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Microsoft Power BI at free against Tableau Mobile's freemium. Microsoft Power BI also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 26%) and ratings volume (96K vs 2.8K). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tableau Mobile against 4.7 for Microsoft Power BI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Power BI has 96K ratings behind it against 2.8K, 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 47% of Microsoft Power BI's.
Tableau Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, Microsoft Power BI fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tableau Mobile | Microsoft Power BI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) | 4.7 (96K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.5% of reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K | 96K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #118 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tableau Software, LLC | Microsoft Corporation |
Customer experience
Tableau Mobile
Microsoft Power BI
User reviews
Tableau Mobile
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Innovative features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- ⏱️ Slow performance and loading times
- 🔒 Authentication and security issues
- 📱 Poor mobile experience
Microsoft Power BI
From 96K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent mobile app experience
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 💡 Powerful data visualization capabilities
- 🚀 Fast and efficient for viewing reports
- 👍 Helpful for on-the-go business insights
Room to improve
- 🐛 Stability issues and crashes
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate complex reports
- 🔍 Limited functionality compared to desktop version
- 🔍 Clunky filtering and slicer interactions
- 🔍 Inconsistent data refresh and update issues
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
Microsoft Power BI
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent login issues and SSO problems
- Visualizations not rendering correctly
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between reports
- Drill-through functionality not working as expected
- Scaling and layout issues on iPad and larger devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to refresh data and reports remotely
- Enhanced navigation and bookmarking features
- Improved support for touch-based interactions
- Better optimization for smaller mobile screens
- Integration with other Microsoft 365 apps
In-app purchases
Tableau Mobile
No in-app purchases
Microsoft Power BI
No in-app purchases
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