Search Console apps for iPhone and Android, compared (2026)
The Search Console apps on iPhone and Android, plus Google's mobile web: free tier, alerts, widgets and platforms side by side, and who should pick which.
Google does not make a Search Console app, so a phone gives you two kinds of option: Google’s mobile web, or a third-party app built on Google’s Search Console API. The apps we track are Search Console for Google, Search Console SEO Tracker, Search Console Mobile and Search Panel on iPhone, SEO Tracker for Search Console on Android, and QueryWatch on both. Their numbers all come from the same API, so what separates them is the shape of the free tier, whether they send alerts, whether they offer widgets, and which devices they run on.
How this comparison was made
Every competitor fact below comes from that app’s own store listing as of September 2026, when we last checked it. QueryWatch’s facts come from its own listings in October 2026. Listings change, so read each row as a dated snapshot rather than a verdict, and check the store before you decide.
Prices are left out on purpose, because they go stale fastest; the comparison pages carry them for each app we compare there, with the date they were checked. This is also not a census of the stores. New Search Console clients appear regularly, and these are the ones we measure ourselves against.
All of them read the same four parts of Google’s Search Console API: search analytics, sitemaps, the site list and URL inspection. That is why the numbers match from app to app, and why none of them can show you what the API does not carry.
The apps side by side
Competitor rows reflect each store listing as of September 2026.
| App | Runs on | Free tier | Push alerts | Widgets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Search Console, mobile web | Any browser | Everything, free | No traffic alerts; emails about important events | No |
| Search Console for Google (Liangxilan) | iPhone, iPad and Mac; iOS 26 or later | Multi-site access is paid | Not listed | Home-screen |
| Search Console SEO Tracker (Valet Hero) | iPhone; iOS 17 or later | Unlimited properties need Premium | Yes, plus a weekly digest | Home-screen |
| SEO Tracker for Search Console (Valet Hero) | Android | Top 25 queries | On Pro | Home-screen |
| Search Console Mobile (Sawyer Billings) | iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision | Reviews say it asks for payment before showing data | No | No |
| Search Panel (Andrew Moloney) | iPhone, Mac and Vision | Not stated in the listing | No | No |
| QueryWatch | iPhone on iOS 26 or later; Android 12 or later | Every property, real numbers, no cap | On Pro, with an evidence snapshot | Free: Home Screen and Lock Screen on iPhone, home-screen on Android |
What each one does well
Search Console for Google has a broad feature list: flexible date ranges, period comparison, trend charts with drill-down, custom presets, tags, multi-account support, sitemap management, URL inspection, PageSpeed and Core Web Vitals, home-screen widgets and AI-generated reports. It also runs on iPad and Mac. Pick it if you want that breadth on one or two properties, since multi-site access sits behind its paywall.
Search Console SEO Tracker ships traffic alerts and a Monday summary on iPhone, alongside widgets, a query watchlist, URL inspection, sitemap view, submit and delete, PageSpeed and an offline cache. It runs on iOS 17, which reaches iPhones that QueryWatch, at iOS 26, cannot. Pick it if you want alerts on an older iPhone and are comfortable paying to see all of your properties.
SEO Tracker for Search Console is the same developer’s Android app, with more than 10,000 installs on its listing. Its free tier covers a dashboard, the top 25 queries, sitemaps, PageSpeed and URL inspection; push alerts, a keyword watchlist and unlimited queries are on Pro. Pick it if you want an Android app with a long install history behind it.
Search Console Mobile is a straightforward stats reader with large scrubbable charts, query, page, country and device breakdowns, custom date ranges, multi-account switching and favourites, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision. Pick it if you want a low-cost paid tier and never need a notification.
Search Panel offers MCP access, so an AI assistant can read your Search Console data through the app, along with site groups, adding and removing sites and sitemaps, URL inspection and 40 languages. Pick it if that AI access is what you want. QueryWatch does not offer it.
Google’s mobile web is the source of truth for every app on this page. It is complete, free and needs no install, and it is where you verify properties and read manual actions, security issues and the full Page indexing report, none of which the API provides. Pick it whenever you need something the API does not carry.
Where QueryWatch fits, and where it does not
QueryWatch’s free tier lists every property your account can access, with real numbers on each and no cap: 28-day performance with deltas, the top 100 queries and pages, striking distance at positions 8 to 20, the top three contributors behind any change, five watchlist saves, widgets, five URL inspections a day and a CSV of the current view. Pro adds push alerts for drops and spikes, new top-10 queries, watched-URL indexing changes and sitemap errors, each with an evidence snapshot, plus 16 months of history, period comparison, white-label PDF reports and a cannibalisation detector. Lock Screen widgets, a white-label PDF and a cannibalisation detector did not appear in any of the other listings above when we checked them.
Where it falls short: it needs iOS 26 on iPhone, it has no iPad or Mac layout, no AI reports, no MCP access and no lifetime plan, and it is a brand-new listing next to apps that have been in the stores for longer. If any of those matter to you, one of the apps above is the better fit, and we would rather you knew that before installing.
Questions to ask before you sign in to any of them
Every one of these apps reads your Google data with your permission, so the questions that matter most are about trust rather than charts. Three do most of the work. Does the app talk to Google from your phone, or through its own server? If it sends alerts, where does your credential live while your phone is asleep? And can you delete what it holds without emailing anyone? Where does your Google token go? has the full list, with our own answers written out.
Which one to pick
- One site, an occasional glance. The mobile web, or a home-screen shortcut to the performance report. Nothing to install.
- An older iPhone, and you want alerts. Search Console SEO Tracker, because QueryWatch will not install below iOS 26.
- An iPad or a Mac. Search Console for Google or Search Console Mobile.
- An AI assistant reading your data. Search Panel.
- Android. SEO Tracker for Search Console or QueryWatch; the Android guide covers what each involves and how to set QueryWatch up.
- Many client properties, all visible without paying, with alerts and client reports when you need them. QueryWatch, which is built around that case.
Whichever you choose, keep the website a tap away. Four ways to check Search Console on your iPhone covers the options that do not involve an app at all, and the QueryWatch product page has the full feature list for both tiers.
Questions
Is there a free Search Console app for iPhone?
Every app we checked is free to download, but several limit the free tier, by capping properties or queries or, according to reviews, by asking for payment before showing data. QueryWatch shows every property with real numbers on its free tier. Google's own mobile web is free and complete but sends no traffic notifications and has no widgets.
Why do different Search Console apps show the same numbers?
Because they all read the same data from Google's Search Console API. Small differences usually come from the date range, the last day each app treats as complete, or when its cache was last refreshed.
Can a Search Console app replace the website?
No. Property verification, manual actions, security issues and the full Page indexing report are in the web interface and not in the API that apps use. Keep the website for those and use an app for the daily glance and for alerts.
Do I need a separate app for each Google account?
Not usually. Several of the apps listed multi-account support as of their store listings in September 2026, and QueryWatch Pro puts properties from more than one Google account in the same list. On QueryWatch's free tier you use one Google account, with every property it can access.
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