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