Google Analytics iOS app

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id881599038?mt=8

by riaface • 12 years ago

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jkbr2• 12 years ago

Looks like a faster and much more pleasant way to get a quick overview compared to its web counterpart. The same goes for Google's iOS app for AdSense[1], which is pretty similar UI-wise.

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-adsense/id680739529?m...

harveynick• 12 years ago

I developed AdSense for iPhone, so your comment made my day. I'm glad you find it useful.

jkbr2• 12 years ago

Just read your blog post about it. [1] I find it amazing that it was a "20% time" project and your first iOS app. It's one of my favorite apps. Well designed and fast. Thumbs up.

[1] http://harveynick.com/blog/2013/08/10/so-i-made-an-iphone-ap...

jp_welch• 12 years ago

i use it every day. nice work.

jurre• 12 years ago

Wonder if the charting is native and if so if google might open source it

prima-facie• 12 years ago

Have been using the Android version for quite a while and I love it. It's such an intuitive and well done app.

kalasoo• 12 years ago

I have been waiting for this for quite a long time. Before this new app is released, I was using SimplyStats which is simple but easy-to-use.

bbayer• 12 years ago

I was wondering why they delayed this. Android version is on store for a while.

sidcool• 12 years ago

I didn't know this did not exist. Seems like pretty late to release an iOS app for one of their core businesses.

UweSchmidt• 12 years ago

No one seems to mention the obvious(?) considerations:

"Provide additional convenience with an iPhone app." vs. "Encourage people in our ecosystem/sphere of influence to use Android devices."

After all people who use GA run websites and people who run websites might also make Apps. If their primary device(s) are Android, they might think Android-first when it comes to Apps.

ctdonath• 12 years ago

Some of us who use GA write/run iOS apps and use iPhones/iPads as primary devices. An iPhone app for monitoring GA provides additional convenience. Encouraging us (thru not providing a native iOS app for GA) to use Android devices is encouraging us to use something other than GA (and yes, there are other options). Seems pretty obvious to consider.

AznHisoka• 12 years ago

1) GA is arguably not 1 of their core businesses.

2) Most people do deep analysis with GA and it's hard to do that with a mobile app. So it's not critical to release one so fast.

pohl• 12 years ago

Sadly, this is not a universal app (it looks terrible on iPad.)

They just phoned it in, as it were.

JoshTheGeek• 12 years ago

It's iPhone only, and looks rather annoying on an iPad.

trvz• 12 years ago

Having those bottom borders on all their app icons is some serious trolling by Google.

BaconJuice3• 12 years ago

how so?

prawn• 12 years ago

I think they're referencing Apple's move to flat icon design.

SimeVidas• 12 years ago

Oh, thanks for reminding me that GA has an Android app :)

sideproject• 12 years ago

It's about time!

vblord• 12 years ago

About time they did that. Too bad they didn't do that 3 years ago when people actually used iPhones.

hvs• 12 years ago

People no longer use iPhones?

BaconJuice3• 12 years ago

apparently not anymore.

maresca• 12 years ago

Good. Now maybe they'll release an iOS version of Keep.

james33• 12 years ago

Somewhat frustrating that searching for "Google Analytics" on the iOS store doesn't return this app until #13.

tannerc• 12 years ago

Like any search engine, it takes time to index and sort results based on user interest. It's likely that Apple doesn't simply "rank" officials apps higher simply because they're official.

I just checked and it was in position #4 for me.

rsynnott• 12 years ago

I don't think they even have a concept of an official app, unless someone's figuring it out and entering it manually; it's certainly not a declaration you make on submission.

hopeless• 12 years ago

I had a real hope that this would provide a decent UI for Google Analytics, one which I could actually navigate.

Nope.

(Try navigating from one site's analytics to another. It's like completing a 2D sliding puzzle)

BaconJuice3• 12 years ago

Does anyone know if there is some sort of UI kit they are using for those graphs for the app?

karolisd• 12 years ago

If you have a bunch of accounts, they are unsorted and you can't search through them. They are probably sorted by ID or something.

Brajeshwar• 12 years ago

So, how does this affects http://www.myanalyticsapp.com/

cr3ative• 12 years ago

At a glance that app looks like it will read your data, enriching parent company KISSMETRIC's data set. So - not giving your metrics away to a third party is a massive plus here.

bnycum• 12 years ago

Anyone having trouble logging in? Just says "There was an error while trying to retrieve Google Analytics accounts for..." I don't know if it's because I have 2FA on, but it found my account I'm guessing shared via keychain from the Gmail app.

Edit: 15+ minutes later. I deleted all accounts from my phone, tried to sign in again via the app. Looked through everything online for any permission or anything. Still stuck.

carleverett• 12 years ago

I'm having the same problem. Initially it would go to my Account Overview and just show a blank page, but after logging out and logging back in again, I'm getting the error that it can't retrieve my accounts :(

fursund• 12 years ago

Yup, same issues here.

david555• 12 years ago

can't login either... Has anyone heard anything about this? I'm not seeing anything about it around the web.

*Update - 1 hour later and It's suddenly working...

jasonwilk• 12 years ago

About. damn. time.

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