🇦🇺Worst Productivity Apps in Australia

The most complained-about productivity apps in Australia on App Store and Google Play, ranked by total negative reviews (1-2 stars) from real users. Updated weekly.

#AppRatingNegative Reviews
1Okta Verify
Okta VerifyOkta Inc.
4.3405
2Express Plus Centrelink
Express Plus CentrelinkServices Australia
3.7325
3myGov
myGovServices Australia
3.6314
4Gallery
GalleryGallery Photos & Videos
3.6216
5Yoti - your digital identity
Yoti - your digital identityYoti
4.0191
6AI Chatbot - Nova
AI Chatbot - NovaScaleUp
3.6189
7Beatron - AI Music Maker
Beatron - AI Music MakerOcean Float Mobile
4.4177
8Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDF
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDFAdobe
4.3173
9AGL
AGLAGL Energy
4.3172
10PDF Reader, Editor, Converter
PDF Reader, Editor, ConverterEAGLE APPS
3.9165
11Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.7163
12Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSX
Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSXiKame Applications - Begamob Global
4.3147
13Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Corporation
4.7133
14Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING (SG) PTE. LTD.
4.2120
15Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.2120
16Microsoft Word: Edit Documents
Microsoft Word: Edit DocumentsMicrosoft Corporation
4.7115
17PDF Reader, PDF Viewer
PDF Reader, PDF ViewerOffice Suite Pro
4.299
18Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle LLC
4.598
19Google NotebookLM
Google NotebookLMGoogle LLC
4.895
20Queensland Digital Licence
Queensland Digital LicenceDepartment of Transport and Main Roads
2.187
21Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle LLC
4.784
22Grok - AI Chat & Video
Grok - AI Chat & VideoxAI
4.884
23Meta AI
Meta AIMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.583
24Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel: SpreadsheetsMicrosoft Corporation
4.782
25Manus AI
Manus AIBUTTERFLY EFFECT PTE. LTD.
4.676
26Gmail – email by Google
Gmail – email by GoogleGoogle
4.672
27Document Reader & PDF Editor
Document Reader & PDF EditorQR Code Scanner.
3.966
28ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI
4.761
29PDF Reader - PDF Viewer
PDF Reader - PDF ViewerQR Code Scanner.
3.660
30Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle LLC
4.854
31Open Chat - AI bot app
Open Chat - AI bot appAceTools Team
4.553
32DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai
DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiDuckDuckGo
4.751
33Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle
4.748
34Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft Corporation
4.747
35Link to Windows
Link to WindowsMicrosoft Corporation
3.846
36Microsoft Word
Microsoft WordMicrosoft Corporation
4.645
37Grok - AI Assistant
Grok - AI AssistantX Corp.
4.837
38Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle
4.736
39Google Drive
Google DriveGoogle
4.732
40Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle
4.729
41PDF Reader - All PDF Scanner
PDF Reader - All PDF ScannerDev Globeg
4.228
42Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDriveMicrosoft Corporation
4.627
43Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.726
44Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.722
45VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢
VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢Mobile Jump Pte Ltd
4.612
46myID - Australian Government
myID - Australian GovernmentAustralian Taxation Office
1.610
47Meta AI – Assistant & glasses
Meta AI – Assistant & glassesMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.58
48Surfshark VPN: Fast & Secure
Surfshark VPN: Fast & SecureSurfshark
4.76
49Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING(SG)PTE.LTD.
4.34
50ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI OpCo, LLC
4.84

Why Productivity Apps Fail in Australia

Productivity apps that earn the most complaints in Australia usually share the same failure patterns: missing local payment methods, broken integrations with country-specific services, slow servers, missing language support, or feature parity gaps with the global version. Reviews concentrate around the moment a productivity feature works in the US or UK but breaks in Australia.

This page ranks productivity apps in Australia by total number of negative reviews (1-2 stars). Whether you are researching competitors before launching a productivity app in Australia, benchmarking your own app against local pain points, or just curious which productivity apps users in Australia complain about most: this data shows you what is actually happening on the ground, not what marketing pages claim.