🇦🇺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
3.7343
3myGov
myGovServices Australia
3.6320
4Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.7263
5Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDF
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDFAdobe
4.3231
6Microsoft Word: Edit Documents
Microsoft Word: Edit DocumentsMicrosoft Corporation
4.7221
7Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle LLC
4.5188
8Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel: SpreadsheetsMicrosoft Corporation
4.7186
9Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.3184
10Grok - AI Chat & Video
Grok - AI Chat & VideoxAI
4.9182
11PDF Reader, Editor, Converter
PDF Reader, Editor, ConverterEAGLE APPS
3.7179
12Meta AI - Assistant & Glasses
Meta AI - Assistant & GlassesMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.3171
13AGL
AGLAGL Energy
4.3164
14Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING (SG) PTE. LTD.
3.3158
15Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle LLC
4.7148
16Yoti - your digital identity
Yoti - your digital identityYoti
4.2141
17ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI
4.7138
18Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Corporation
4.7130
19Manus AI
Manus AIBUTTERFLY EFFECT PTE. LTD.
4.6122
20Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle LLC
4.793
21PDF Reader - PDF Viewer
PDF Reader - PDF ViewerQR Code Scanner.
3.590
22Document Reader & PDF Editor
Document Reader & PDF EditorQR Code Scanner.
3.969
23Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle
4.70
24Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.70
25ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI OpCo, LLC
4.80
26Gmail – email by Google
Gmail – email by GoogleGoogle
4.60
27VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢
VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢Mobile Jump Pte Ltd
4.60
28Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle
4.70
29Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.70
30Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft Corporation
4.70
31Microsoft Word
Microsoft WordMicrosoft Corporation
4.60
32myID - Australian Government
myID - Australian GovernmentAustralian Taxation Office
1.60
33Turbo VPN Private Browser
Turbo VPN Private BrowserINNOVATIVE CONNECTING PTE.LIMITED
4.60
34Link to Windows
Link to WindowsMicrosoft Corporation
3.80
35Yoti - Your digital identity
Yoti - Your digital identityYoti Limited
3.90
36Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle
4.70
37Meta AI – Assistant & glasses
Meta AI – Assistant & glassesMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.50
38Google Drive
Google DriveGoogle
4.70
39Queensland Digital Licence
Queensland Digital LicenceDepartment of Transport and Main Roads
2.20
40Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Corporation
4.80
41Perplexity - AI Search & Chat
Perplexity - AI Search & ChatPerplexity AI, Inc.
4.80
42Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING(SG)PTE.LTD.
4.40
43Surfshark VPN: Secure VPN App
Surfshark VPN: Secure VPN AppSurfshark
4.70
44Grok - AI Assistant
Grok - AI AssistantX Corp.
4.90

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.