Analytics vs Google Ads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Analytics
Access and visualize your website's Google Analytics data on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Understand visitor behavior, traffic sources, and content performance with interactive reports and graphs. Streamline your business insights with this powerful analytics tool.
- Visitor demographics and behavior reports
- Device and network traffic analysis
- Content performance insights
- Interactive world map visualization
- Daily and hourly statistics
- Unlimited account access
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Millions of people use Google Analytics™ to understand their website usage and to improve their business plans. Unfortunately the Google Analytics™ website is neither easy to read nor to use. It fails to show the information that are really important. With Analytics for Google Analytics we are proud to introduce the first powerful Google Analytics™-app for iPhone and iPad. It makes viewing your Google Analytics™ data faster, easier and much more enjoyable than ever before. Highlights: ● Analytics for Google Analytics shows who your visitors are, how they behave, which devices they use, where they come from and much more. There are lots of different reports. For example: - Overview: Summarizes the most important data of today, yesterday, last week, month, year or every date range you can imagine. - Demographics: Countries, languages, visitor loyalty… - Device: Browser, operating system, device type… - Network: Social networks, traffic sources, search keywords… - Content: Top content, events, site speed… - Goals ● Available for your iPhone, iPad and even your Mac! ● Daily and hourly statistics ● Date picker with date range presets ● Smart filtering ● Interactive world map ● Unlimited accounts and profiles ● Stunning, interactive graphs ● Outstanding user interface You must have a Google Account with Google Analytics™ to use this app. Download the most powerful Google Analytics™-app today and dramatically change the way you monitor your Google Analytics™!
Google Ads
Manage your advertising campaigns directly from your mobile device. Monitor performance, receive actionable recommendations, and make quick edits to ads and budgets anytime, anywhere. Stay informed with real-time notifications and access expert support on the go.
- Monitor campaign performance
- Edit campaigns, budgets, and keywords
- Create and edit ads
- Apply optimization recommendations
- Real-time performance notifications
- Access expert support
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The Google Ads mobile app helps you stay connected to your campaigns while on the go. In addition to monitoring your campaigns in real-time, you can review high-impact recommendations to improve performance and take action quickly and easily. Use the Google Ads app to: * Monitor performance on the go * Make quick changes to campaigns, budgets, keywords, and more * Create and edit ads * See your optimization score and apply recommendations * Get real-time notifications, such as performance summaries and ad disapprovals * Talk to an expert for support, wherever you may be Download the Google Ads mobile app to get the most out of your account today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Google Ads at 4.4 against Analytics's 2.8. Google Ads also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Analytics's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment 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. Analytics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Google Ads asks for nothing beyond the download.
Google Ads holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Ads has 5K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 22% and 22% positive.
Analytics ships an update every 2 months, Google Ads fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Analytics | Google Ads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better | 21.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #116 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan-Niklas FREUNDT | |
Customer experience
Analytics
Google Ads
Bugs and requests
Analytics
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Google Ads
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Metrics not updating properly
- Inability to access all campaigns
- Stuck in update loop
- Compatibility issues with new devices
Requested features
5 requests- Allow creating campaigns from app
- Improve mobile app functionality
- Better sync with desktop version
- More user-friendly interface
- Clearer instructions and guidance
In-app purchases
Analytics
- Analytics Plus$7.99
Google Ads
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Analytics free?
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