🇦🇺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
3.7327
3myGov
myGovServices Australia
3.6316
4Gallery
GalleryGallery Photos & Videos
3.6216
5Yoti - your digital identity
Yoti - your digital identityYoti
4.0191
6Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDF
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDFAdobe
4.3186
7Beatron - AI Music Maker
Beatron - AI Music MakerOcean Float Mobile
4.4177
8AGL
AGLAGL Energy
4.3171
9PDF Reader, Editor, Converter
PDF Reader, Editor, ConverterEAGLE APPS
3.9165
10Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSX
Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSXiKame Applications - Begamob Global
4.3160
11Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.7154
12Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Corporation
4.7133
13Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.2128
14Microsoft Word: Edit Documents
Microsoft Word: Edit DocumentsMicrosoft Corporation
4.7121
15Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING (SG) PTE. LTD.
4.2120
16Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle LLC
4.5109
17Google NotebookLM
Google NotebookLMGoogle LLC
4.895
18Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel: SpreadsheetsMicrosoft Corporation
4.790
19Queensland Digital Licence
Queensland Digital LicenceDepartment of Transport and Main Roads
2.187
20Grok - AI Chat & Video
Grok - AI Chat & VideoxAI
4.883
21PDF Reader - PDF Viewer
PDF Reader - PDF ViewerQR Code Scanner.
3.680
22Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle LLC
4.777
23Manus AI
Manus AIBUTTERFLY EFFECT PTE. LTD.
4.676
24Gmail – email by Google
Gmail – email by GoogleGoogle
4.672
25Meta AI
Meta AIMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.570
26Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle LLC
4.769
27ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI
4.768
28PDF Reader, PDF Viewer
PDF Reader, PDF ViewerOffice Suite Pro
4.265
29Document Reader & PDF Editor
Document Reader & PDF EditorQR Code Scanner.
3.963
30Open Chat - AI bot app
Open Chat - AI bot appAceTools Team
4.553
31DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai
DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiDuckDuckGo
4.751
32Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle
4.748
33Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft Corporation
4.747
34Link to Windows
Link to WindowsMicrosoft Corporation
3.846
35Microsoft Word
Microsoft WordMicrosoft Corporation
4.645
36Grok - AI Assistant
Grok - AI AssistantX Corp.
4.837
37Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle
4.736
38Google Drive
Google DriveGoogle
4.732
39Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle
4.729
40PDF Reader - All PDF Scanner
PDF Reader - All PDF ScannerDev Globeg
4.228
41Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDriveMicrosoft Corporation
4.627
42Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.726
43Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.722
44VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢
VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy â„¢Mobile Jump Pte Ltd
4.612
45myID - Australian Government
myID - Australian GovernmentAustralian Taxation Office
1.610
46Meta AI – Assistant & glasses
Meta AI – Assistant & glassesMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.58
47Surfshark VPN: Fast & Secure
Surfshark VPN: Fast & SecureSurfshark
4.76
48Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING(SG)PTE.LTD.
4.34
49ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI OpCo, LLC
4.84
50RefAssist
RefAssistRefAssist
0.01

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.