🇦🇺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
3.7339
3myGov
myGovServices Australia
3.6325
4PDF Reader, Editor, Converter
PDF Reader, Editor, ConverterEAGLE APPS
3.9189
5Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDF
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDFAdobe
4.3187
6AGL
AGLAGL Energy
4.3169
7Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSX
Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSXiKame Applications - Begamob Global
4.3169
8Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.3165
9Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.8154
10Yoti - your digital identity
Yoti - your digital identityYoti
4.4153
11Beatron - AI Music Maker
Beatron - AI Music MakerOcean Float Mobile
4.6137
12Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Corporation
4.7133
13Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING (SG) PTE. LTD.
4.2120
14Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle LLC
4.7118
15Manus AI
Manus AIBUTTERFLY EFFECT PTE. LTD.
4.6105
16Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle LLC
4.594
17Grok - AI Chat & Video
Grok - AI Chat & VideoxAI
4.794
18Microsoft Word: Edit Documents
Microsoft Word: Edit DocumentsMicrosoft Corporation
4.791
19Google NotebookLM
Google NotebookLMGoogle LLC
4.889
20PDF Reader - PDF Viewer
PDF Reader - PDF ViewerQR Code Scanner.
3.689
21Queensland Digital Licence
Queensland Digital LicenceDepartment of Transport and Main Roads
2.187
22Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel: SpreadsheetsMicrosoft Corporation
4.782
23Meta AI
Meta AIMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.477
24Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle LLC
4.773
25Gmail – email by Google
Gmail – email by GoogleGoogle
4.672
26Document Reader & PDF Editor
Document Reader & PDF EditorQR Code Scanner.
3.963
27ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI
4.762
28Open Chat - AI bot app
Open Chat - AI bot appAceTools Team
4.560
29DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai
DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiDuckDuckGo
4.751
30Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle
4.748
31Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft Corporation
4.747
32Link to Windows
Link to WindowsMicrosoft Corporation
3.846
33Microsoft Word
Microsoft WordMicrosoft Corporation
4.645
34Grok - AI Assistant
Grok - AI AssistantX Corp.
4.837
35Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle
4.736
36Google Drive
Google DriveGoogle
4.732
37Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle
4.729
38PDF Reader - All PDF Scanner
PDF Reader - All PDF ScannerDev Globeg
4.228
39Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDriveMicrosoft Corporation
4.627
40Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.726
41Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.722
42VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢
VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢Mobile Jump Pte Ltd
4.612
43myID - Australian Government
myID - Australian GovernmentAustralian Taxation Office
1.610
44Meta AI – Assistant & glasses
Meta AI – Assistant & glassesMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.58
45Surfshark VPN: Fast & Secure
Surfshark VPN: Fast & SecureSurfshark
4.76
46ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI OpCo, LLC
4.84
47Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING(SG)PTE.LTD.
4.34
48RefAssist
RefAssistRefAssist
0.01
49Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Corporation
4.80
50Yoti - Your digital identity
Yoti - Your digital identityYoti Limited
3.90

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.