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Re:Google Analytics iOS app by jkbr on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:21AM (#8046734)
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...

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by harveynick on Thursday July 17, 2014 @08:46AM (#8047157)
I developed AdSense for iPhone, so your comment made my day. I'm glad you find it useful.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by jkbr on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:41AM (#8047778)
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...

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by jp_welch on Thursday July 17, 2014 @01:00PM (#8048709)
i use it every day. nice work.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by bnycum on Thursday July 17, 2014 @01:12PM (#8048800)
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.

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by carleverett on Thursday July 17, 2014 @02:10PM (#8049155)
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 :(
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by david555 on Thursday July 17, 2014 @03:03PM (#8049481)
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...

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by fursund on Thursday July 17, 2014 @02:37PM (#8049328)
Yup, same issues here.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by wooptoo on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:29AM (#8046759)
Have been using the Android version for quite a while and I love it. It's such an intuitive and well done app.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by jurre on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:21AM (#8046736)
Wonder if the charting is native and if so if google might open source it
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by hopeless on Thursday July 17, 2014 @09:59AM (#8047526)
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)

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by kalasoo on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:32AM (#8046766)
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.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by karolisd on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:43AM (#8047788)
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.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by Brajeshwar on Thursday July 17, 2014 @01:01PM (#8048710)
So, how does this affects http://www.myanalyticsapp.com/
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by cr3ative on Thursday July 17, 2014 @03:59PM (#8049833)
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.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by sidcool on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:20AM (#8046881)
I didn't know this did not exist. Seems like pretty late to release an iOS app for one of their core businesses.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by UweSchmidt on Thursday July 17, 2014 @08:12AM (#8047022)
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.

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by ctdonath on Thursday July 17, 2014 @09:59AM (#8047527)
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.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by AznHisoka on Thursday July 17, 2014 @11:51AM (#8048184)
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.

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by BaconJuice on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:23AM (#8047683)
Does anyone know if there is some sort of UI kit they are using for those graphs for the app?
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by trvz on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:47AM (#8046958)
Having those bottom borders on all their app icons is some serious trolling by Google.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by BaconJuice on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:22AM (#8047674)
how so?
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by prawn on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:29AM (#8047714)
I think they're referencing Apple's move to flat icon design.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by bbayer on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:15AM (#8046867)
I was wondering why they delayed this. Android version is on store for a while.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by maresca on Thursday July 17, 2014 @09:18AM (#8047309)
Good. Now maybe they'll release an iOS version of Keep.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by james33 on Thursday July 17, 2014 @09:21AM (#8047328)
Somewhat frustrating that searching for "Google Analytics" on the iOS store doesn't return this app until #13.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by tannerc on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:49AM (#8047831)
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.

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by rsynnott on Thursday July 17, 2014 @01:07PM (#8048767)
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.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by jasonwilk on Thursday July 17, 2014 @02:16PM (#8049195)
About. damn. time.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by SimeVidas on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:48AM (#8046963)
Oh, thanks for reminding me that GA has an Android app :)
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by sideproject on Thursday July 17, 2014 @08:22AM (#8047055)
It's about time!
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by JoshTheGeek on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:47AM (#8046957)
It's iPhone only, and looks rather annoying on an iPad.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by pohl on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:28AM (#8046895)
Sadly, this is not a universal app (it looks terrible on iPad.)

They just phoned it in, as it were.

Re:Google Analytics iOS app by vblord on Thursday July 17, 2014 @08:44AM (#8047147)
About time they did that. Too bad they didn't do that 3 years ago when people actually used iPhones.
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by hvs on Thursday July 17, 2014 @08:53AM (#8047193)
People no longer use iPhones?
Re:Google Analytics iOS app by BaconJuice on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:12AM (#8047598)
apparently not anymore.