🇦🇺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
2Ailo
AiloAilo Pty Ltd
3.2403
3Express Plus Centrelink
Express Plus CentrelinkServices Australia
3.7324
4myGov
myGovServices Australia
3.6310
5Gallery
GalleryGallery Photos & Videos
3.6216
6Yoti - your digital identity
Yoti - your digital identityYoti
4.0191
7AI Chatbot - Nova
AI Chatbot - NovaScaleUp
3.6189
8Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDF
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDFAdobe
4.3188
9Beatron - AI Music Maker
Beatron - AI Music MakerOcean Float Mobile
4.4177
10AGL
AGLAGL Energy
4.3173
11PDF Reader, Editor, Converter
PDF Reader, Editor, ConverterEAGLE APPS
3.9165
12Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.7157
13Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSX
Word Document: DOCX, PDF, XLSXiKame Applications - Begamob Global
4.3147
14PDF Reader, PDF Viewer
PDF Reader, PDF ViewerOffice Suite Pro
3.7143
15Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Corporation
4.7133
16Dola: Smart AI Assistant
Dola: Smart AI AssistantSPRING (SG) PTE. LTD.
4.2120
17Microsoft Word: Edit Documents
Microsoft Word: Edit DocumentsMicrosoft Corporation
4.7110
18Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.2108
19Manus AI
Manus AIBUTTERFLY EFFECT PTE. LTD.
4.6106
20Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle LLC
4.5102
21Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle LLC
4.7101
22Meta AI
Meta AIMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.595
23Google NotebookLM
Google NotebookLMGoogle LLC
4.895
24Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel: SpreadsheetsMicrosoft Corporation
4.791
25Queensland Digital Licence
Queensland Digital LicenceDepartment of Transport and Main Roads
2.187
26Grok - AI Chat & Video
Grok - AI Chat & VideoxAI
4.887
27Deep Clean Elite
Deep Clean ElitePDI Turbo
4.373
28Gmail – email by Google
Gmail – email by GoogleGoogle
4.672
29PDF Reader - PDF Viewer
PDF Reader - PDF ViewerQR Code Scanner.
3.670
30Document Reader & PDF Editor
Document Reader & PDF EditorQR Code Scanner.
3.966
31ChatGPT
ChatGPTOpenAI
4.755
32Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle LLC
4.854
33Open Chat - AI bot app
Open Chat - AI bot appAceTools Team
4.553
34DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai
DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiDuckDuckGo
4.751
35Google Docs
Google DocsGoogle
4.748
36Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft Corporation
4.747
37Link to Windows
Link to WindowsMicrosoft Corporation
3.846
38Microsoft Word
Microsoft WordMicrosoft Corporation
4.645
39Grok - AI Assistant
Grok - AI AssistantX Corp.
4.837
40Google Gemini
Google GeminiGoogle
4.736
41Google Drive
Google DriveGoogle
4.732
42Google Sheets
Google SheetsGoogle
4.729
43PDF Reader - All PDF Scanner
PDF Reader - All PDF ScannerDev Globeg
4.228
44Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDriveMicrosoft Corporation
4.627
45Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation
4.726
46Claude by Anthropic
Claude by AnthropicAnthropic PBC
4.722
47VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy ™
VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy ™Mobile Jump Pte Ltd
4.612
48myID - Australian Government
myID - Australian GovernmentAustralian Taxation Office
1.610
49Meta AI – Assistant & glasses
Meta AI – Assistant & glassesMeta Platforms, Inc.
4.58
50Surfshark VPN: Fast & Secure
Surfshark VPN: Fast & SecureSurfshark
4.76

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.