Feature comparison
| Task | Mobile app | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Reply to comments | Yes, good | Yes |
| Basic view and subscriber stats | Yes | Yes |
| Retention graph | Limited | Full, with relative comparison |
| Impressions funnel | No | Yes |
| Custom date ranges | Limited presets | Full, with comparison periods |
| Bulk editing | No | Yes |
| End screens and cards | No | Yes |
| Thumbnail Test & Compare | No | Yes |
| Upload defaults and permissions | No | Yes |
| Data export | No | Yes, CSV |
Things that go wrong on mobile
- Judging a thumbnail without seeing its click-through rate against impressions
- Reading a retention curve too small to identify a timestamp
- Comparing two videos with no custom date range
- Concluding views 'dropped' from a 7-day preset that includes a partial day
A workable split
- 1Mobile, daily: comments, community posts, notification triage.
- 2Desktop, weekly: the 15-minute analytics review.
- 3Desktop, per upload: end screens, thumbnail test, description and chapters.
- 4Anywhere, monthly: reporting, if your tool supports it on mobile.