2026-05-23
HURM Pictures
Plssss i need the owner of docs to make it so that i can place the pic anywhere it is becoming a little messy but i love this app
Updating
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#13 in Top Free Apps > Productivity
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#71 in Top Free iPad Apps
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#7 in Top Free iPad Apps > Productivity
Description
Create, edit, and collaborate on online documents with the Google Docs app.
Work together in real time
• Share documents with your team
• Edit, comment, and add action items in real time
Create anywhere, anytime—even offline
• Capture spontaneous ideas on the fly
• Get things done, even on the go, with offline mode
• Save time and add polish with easy-to-use templates
Edit and share multiple file types
• Open a variety of files, including Microsoft Word files, right in Google Docs
• Frictionless collaboration, no matter which application your teammates use
• Convert and export files seamlessly
Google Docs is part of Google Workspace: where teams of any size can chat, create, and collaborate.
Google Workspace paid subscribers have access to additional Google Docs features, including:
Use Gemini in Docs to quickly draft and edit content
• Draft outlines, blog posts, briefs, and more on the go
• Improve your writing with AI-powered suggestions
Learn more about Google Docs: https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/
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What's New in Version 1.2026.20100
* Security improvements, bug fixes, and performance improvements.
Seller
Name
Google LLC
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
1.2026.20100
Size
309.8 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 17.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 17e, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Oriya, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Zulu
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.7 of 5 (113,915 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2026-05-20
First time User
Lots of new stuff n it became so easy n easy n I am so pleased and grateful.
2026-05-16
A+
I don’t have anything to say
2026-04-30
Google Docs
This is a brilliant option to MS Word or any other regular word processing program.
2026-04-26
Triple T
Tung Tung Tung sahur is literally Triple T
2026-04-25
Excellent document storage
Google docs is well documented as the best document storage
2026-04-20
Workspace
Greatest ever!
2026-04-19
AMAZING!
Nothing wrong about this that I’ve seen or heard about. Love it. It’s so child-friendly unlike Word, (No offence Microsoft) which can sometimes be confusing or have too much. Docs, on the other hand, is super simple, but not restrictive to the things you do, which is awesome! Thank you, Google, for this amazing app!
2026-04-13
Best document keeper app
I have been using google docs now for years. Across devices both android and apple simultaneously. To keep personal notes and to edit documents with co-creators. For work and personal reasons. I always come back to google docs.
2026-04-11
Research
Awesome
2026-04-09
Microsoft who?
Word what?
2026-04-07
Everyday App
Great for my writing, am keen to see a variety of fonts added, and am keen for the desktop version to have an option to colour the whole background instead of just the actual file.
2026-03-31
iPadOS app needs redesign
iPadOS app isn’t as good as using a browser on any other software. Less powerful tools and clunky to use. Considering so many of the newer iPads have powerful chips, would make most sense for google to utilise this and create a power app for iPad users. Less likely to use competitors apps instead. Notion is a better experience
2026-03-30
Satisfied & Happy!
Satisfied & happy with app & service provided! Very helpful!
2026-03-28
Best on Document protection
I am happy to use this Docs. It’s useful.
2026-03-25
Enjoying this so far
Easy to understand format
2026-03-21
Worst App
I love google docs, but dang this app sucks. So much better to use them on the website than using the application here in apple. So many missing quality of life. Hard to even download a file. Confusing. Just bad…
2026-03-20
🙏
Auto correcting 1+2+3 to 8. Won’t let me do anything else.
2026-03-14
..
This is my favorite app at the moment 🙏🙏 it’s helped with so much for school, home, and just random stuff. <3
2026-03-13
Best docs EVER
I think this is better than sidles
2026-03-10
Not good for sharing docs
This app is hard to use for printing. I own an iPad, android phone & a Lenovo tablet. I am finding sharing documents, printing documents and emailing documents very difficult.
2026-03-09
messy
the app itself is pretty good, even when using on a phone, but it seems kinda cluttered when you have a massive keyboard that blocks a third of the screen, you guys might wanna fix or change it a little
-thanks :D
2026-03-02
Sigma
?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
2026-02-27
Life saving
Made me entire work making a resume so much easier then using a pc. Thank you Google. Also really looking forward to seeing Willow in action 🌟🦀👌🤩
2026-02-13
Good
Good
2026-02-12
Good!!
I’m writing a novel on here! Super useful for printing, word count, layout stuff, ect.
2026-02-04
Docs on iPad
Wish i could use my Apple Pencil to scribble, it works in sheets but not on docs, otherwise great app
2026-02-02
Easy to Use
Once you are accustomed to how the functions work easy to use..
2026-01-30
Docs Review
I like
2026-01-21
Hi
Good
2026-01-17
Hijacked 🏴☠️
Can’t find where to log out.
Opened up Help which had simple instructions, but when instructions followed there is still no sign out option. Looked through all available account options but not there.
Some things I do *not want sucked up by Google’s AI LLM, but cannot find any logout.
I’m feeling hijacked by Google. 🏴☠️
2026-01-17
Great App!
Google Docs is a great app. I write stories and it helps me so much. I can write offline, online, it saves every letter I type. I can do it on my computer, or on my ipad! I love this, I’ve found almost nothing that annoys me. I just really wish I could change size and what the words look like, so I can make new stories on my ipad and don’t have to do it on my computer
2026-01-10
fsnfik
i lob resding fanfisx tha tme or myfrinds have made woohoo
2026-01-10
Very good
Very nice
2025-12-29
Crashes w/ find and replace - 2025 Update
Crashes every time I try to find a word, on iphone and ipad. It always just immediately crashes as soon as you start typing!
And I still want a “pick up where you left off” and “ignore suggestion” options for iphone/ipad.
2025-12-22
Writing tools
I really find this one of the best writing apps. It has great tools
2025-12-15
So limited
You cannot use the full features as in the desktop version.
2025-12-11
Comment
Tuyệt vời. Tuyệt lắm. Nhất là miễn phí.
2025-12-07
IOS version lacking
Hello, I’ve noticed that the IOS version is lacking significantly compared to the PC version, such as that text aren’t automatically set to print layout mode? And how we are unable to access the full colour wheel for text and highlight?
2025-12-05
文档的妙处
方便，实用，是积蓄素材和创作的重要途径。
2025-12-05
Annoying.
Using any of these apps on Ipad or IOS is a pain, and waist of time
2025-12-03
Awet’s docs
I love because you can do anything on it
2025-12-01
Fantastic. No internet needed. You need this!
Very convenient and efficient
2025-11-30
Crashes
This app keeps crashing every time I find and replace. Errrrgh!
2025-11-28
What’s up Doc
This review is based on AI automated algorithms that have been developed to improve performance
2025-11-27
Gut
Gut
2025-11-23
Google Docs review
It could be made heaps clearer and simpler and smoother to use and easier to understand
2025-11-23
Master Vish Codex
0369
2025-11-22
Perfect
Am a long time user of Google Docs and appreciate the ease of use !
2025-11-22
Easy to use
Easy to use the features and straight and simple pretty good app makes it easy to share docs and create them to your liking
2025-09-23
Totally get if you are the tidy person type
Whoa I was shocked when I got this app. There was so many things I could do. I have to write many presentations and this also helps me with my homework because basically whenever I get to the shop to buy a paper, it cost a lot, but I could just use socks to write what I need for homework and assignments! I get to highlight things and also write down things, plus I can do it in anyway I want. Though, I wish they could be more fonts. There’s only like six of them and I really want it to be like to be like many more like so much more fonts like the same amount of fonts in the app Word. But totally would recommend. Plus you could do it in any style you like cute, classic, or just some normal writing with highlights!
2025-09-03
Indispensable, but memory hungry and idiosyncratic interface
The functionality is amazing, and ideal for shared documents.
But the app grabs far more memory than it should, and startup is slow on older devices.
The GUI is also really quirky, making it far harder to use than the web version on a PC. Simple things that are hard to do include: bold and italic, copy and paste, and using headings for document navigation. Adding an external keyboard doesn't help much. Admittedly, some of this is at least partly Apple's fault.
2025-09-03
I BEG GOOGLE FIX IT ALL PLEASE
As a school student i use docs very frequently for nearly every single assignment, BUT… on IOS the app is horrible. Having the app on laptop works perfectly fine, however when using it on IOS iPads, you CAN’T Collaborate. I can never see when members in my group are typing, i can’t even see them ON THE DOCUMENT! Please fix this google, it is extremely annoying. SECONDLY: a lot of the time to access my docs i use Google classroom to look at the task with the doc attached to it, but when i now do this IT TAKES ME STRAIGHT TO THE DOCS APP AND TAKES AN ETERNITY TO LOAD so then i have to go to the docs website BUT EVEN THEN IT DOSEN’T ALWAYS WORK, and if you thought “why don’t you just delete the app” I CAN’T! I’VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS FOR 6 MONTHS AT SCHOOL AND NOTHING IS FIXING IT. Google don’t take this as me hating the app, i love docs, but i can’t currently use the app at school, so please google, fix it
2025-02-22
Maybe why it doesn't work for you on IPad
I use it for zoom English lessons where the teacher sends this link in the zoom and as they talk we just swipe in the docs. This is also ok for split screen and iPad. For reviews about troubles with IPad, for every lesson I use an iPad and there has been no problem for me on iPad I have been using IPad for 1 year now? Maybe you just need to downgrade it. I've also used it on google and safari at the start and their is no problems? On iPad if you want all the functions I know of just press the three dots: more
2025-02-15
Great App, But Needs Some Browser Components
I think Google Docs is a great app, and I’ve been using it for 4 years now. It is easy to type, and is useful for recording information. I use it as a checklist, and you can tick things off the list as you go! Some minor improvements need to be made though. Firstly, there is no equation editor like the browser, and the tables are less complex than in the browser. So to sum up, I think Docs needs some of components from the browser. DEVELOPER THANK YOU AND PLEASE READ THIS!
2024-12-01
Best thing in the world ever probably
I am honestly in love with google docs. It’s visually appealing, it’s easy to use, and most importantly I DON’T NEED A USB. Google docs saved my life. No joke. I can access all my files just under my Gmail. I don’t have to spend hours figuring out word, nor do I spend days looking for my assignment that I somehow misplaced and then have to redo the whole like 30 minutes before it’s due, and then not finishing and getting a 0 and failing a the class (only to find the lost assignment a few days later) and I don’t have to figure out how to put my things in the usb. Seriously, it’s perfect. And if you accidentally delete something, you can just open up history and revert it back. I love you google docs
2024-10-23
Great in General
Personally I think this is a good app, except there are abilities in the website I wish were in the app, such as transferring ownership of docs. Another feature I wish was in the app is being able to go to wherever your friends are in a click of their profile( which only shows when they're online).
Me and my friends are trying to write a book so there are a lot of pages. We find docs helpful in general and very useful, too.
2024-08-24
It’s worth it!
Being a 7th standard student I have to make some notes or questions for practice which could help me in my finals. Even though our school provides question answers but still to have the best grades I try my best. I found many apps for making documents for my finals but still I didn’t find something like that. Thanks for making it easier for me!
2024-05-19
ITS LIKE REALLY REALLY (i would write more really buttt not bothered/lazy) GOOOOOODDDD
I think you should DEFINENTLY but this if you need to like take down alot of notes and plus its really fun to sometimes send things to friends or family. I REALLY love the fact how there like a comment section and that makes it you can have a friendly chat about the doc. But i would also love it if there was more fonts like can you add the font bradley hand itc or kristen itc pretty please with a nightmare on top?
But either way I LOVE IT I LOVE THIS THING and i hope continue to produce this doc and add amzing features✨
2024-04-30
Awesome for chatting!
As someone who has screen time across all texting platforms, communication with friends can be tough. What’s even harder is my best friends parents hate me, so my friend can’t use messages. Docs was the best solution! You can use @ to let them know, you can see what they say straight away, it’s so awesome. Oh and you can also use it to do schoolwork as well :)
2023-12-10
Google a powerful companion - Google Cloud Platform with AI
As a long time Google Cloud user, I am continually blown away by the progress, power and ease of accessibility to Docs, Sheets, Slides and the Drive suite. The implementation of AI has turbocharged Google products to an unprecedented level for user experience and productivity.
The integration of AI into Gmail, and the rest of the Google suite is an absolute game changer. The feature of real time collaboration with others has revolutionised teamwork and overall efficiency. Well done Google
2023-11-20
Google Docs Surpasses All Other Similar Applications
You can never lose your thoughts, your notes, your important documents, your stories and anything that you wish to find it at a moments notice across all your devices. This is possible with Google Docs!
Ensure you have Google Docs App across all your devices. Write using any device and you can find it across all your devices. I am a writer and my thoughts have to be penned immediately and I go for the closest device at hand. This ensures that this information can be retrieved across all my other devices! Besides the application is so easy to use, so versatile and you can learn it so quickly.
I love, love , love Google Docs and I have stopped using everything else.
2023-08-02
The best word processing document available yet has its limitations
If there was a star rating of four and three-quarters, I would have selected that. But there are several functions that are lacking that prevent a perfect score. They are as follows: Page numbers don’t allow for appendixes (i.e. Having the choice to have Roman numerals for foreword etc.), Having more than two choices for when Headers begin to appear on each page of the documents (i.e. I’d prefer to have Header begin after the contents pages, title page etc.), Have the search results in ‘Help’ to be more accurate, intuitive etc. (It rarely provides information pertinent to respective request).
Pretty minor issues in comparison to the ease of functionality and high standard of processing and performance that provides applications far beyond other free and paid-for word processing platforms. Excellent.
2023-07-17
Good app to use
The Google Docs app is easy to use and it is a great way to access your documents when you are offline. The offline mode is my favourite part of the app.
However, there is one thing I would like to see in future updates. I have an issue on my iPad where I cannot quick scroll through my documents, which is really annoying especially for long ones.
Overall, it is a good app and I recommend using it. Although the laptop browser version has more capabilities, this is a good backup or substitute.
2023-07-14
WOW, Just wow!
This app allows users to change fonts and highlight text for primary, high, and college students, as well as job applications. It displays word, sentence, letter, and paragraph counts. Additionally, the app offers various customization options such as adjusting font size, color, and style to cater to individual preferences. It also provides a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for users to navigate and access all the features effortlessly.
2023-07-03
Google Docs are great guys!
I highly recommend using google docs as a writing tool. I use it for writing essays, novels, and simply planing life. Google docs help me sort my work into segments and focus on what I need to do. Plus you can also use google docs on your phone! The on the go version is an amazing tool as I am a busy person and when an idea pops into my head I can put it straight into my document!
Again I highly recommend! It’s amazing!
2023-06-16
Great but wish for a few extra features
Great app I use it daily to write but would be great if there was an option for a lock as I don't really want anyone seeing what I write. would love it if I could access the version history through the app instead of through my computer and it gets very glitchy when the writing is long (I write fanfic so I have quite a few long stories and it sometimes can take a while to write more) and folders/files, it would be good to be able to separate the documents by each show instead of colour coordination
2023-01-17
Change Language and Add 'wrong' words
I love Google Docs. One thing I do NOT love is the fact you can't switch the 'language' on the app. You can do it on the website version but not on the app. My app is stuck on American English.
I do not live in America. I live in Australia, thus I use Australian (UK) English. It is frustrating as all being forced to change 'realise' to 'realize' or 'colour' to 'color'. There is also no way of adding a new word to Google Docs.
Its a function that word has, it'll allow you to add a new word to your dictionary so it stops coming up wrong. I can't do that. Which is beyond irritating. You could at one point but can't anymore.
It's particularly frustrating if you use foregin words or, like me, write fanfiction where unusal names are going to come up and they will always be wrong no matter how many times you attempt to add it it to the dictionary.
2023-01-16
Notification of this update as of 16th of January 2023.
I received no notification to update this Docs app for Google which recognises existing and previous document file history and format information in order to be able to open document file formats recognised by our common intermediate everyday apps such as Microsoft word, PowerPoint, excel, etc. & including all of Googles documents etc etc.
I found out about this Docs app update required while I was manually browsing the Search for Apps app on my tiny iPhone SE, very old second generation.
Please continue the great work keeping me updated on my existing and new Apple ID registered devices.
Thank you & legitimate regard’s,
👋🥴💡
2022-10-14
Awesome recommended -feedback
Its good for anything as your job and its good even i edited it and it was spectacular and change things and it can pick the words if you don't know how to but maybe you can try yourself and see how good this is for yourself and tell me why you think something is bad or good and special characters are allowed in conclusion its awesome above everything and if don't you try words
Regards myself
The end :)
2022-04-28
Almost Perfect 4.9/5
This app is amazing on computer - a bit harder to use on mobile devices but basically flawless otherwise. A suggestion for future updates: having a toggle option for the outline on the left hand side and within the document. For example, if I made a “Heading 1” and underneath I had 3 “Heading 2’s”, a toggle option would allow me to hide the “Heading 2’s” instead of having them all displayed at once. It would make things neater and easier to navigate.
2022-03-29
Good on PC, Horrible on iOS
Google docs is the better version of word, which is the better version of GDocs on an IPad. Why?
Well, go read all the other reviews. Grammar problems, overzealous autocorrect, inability to format dot points, slide transitions, and half the features on PC (there’s no search? They couldn’t implement the search bar?) seemingly evaporated in the transition of their flagship word editor to their flagship model of handheld computers.
But there’s a single thing that strikes it down 2 stars: the fact that on iOS, it doesn’t properly work with Classroom.
Imagine this. You’ve uploaded a piece of work when, heavens forbid, you discover a spelling mistake. Well, simply unsubmit it, edit it, and resubmit! Or so that’s be the case if GDocs actually gave you back owner or even EDIT permissions upon unsubmit…?
As it stands, you have to completely paste your current document into a whole new doc, fix your spelling mistake, and delete your current document’s link (to avoid confusion with two identical versions) and replace it with the new, edited document’s link, all because you spelled “hemorrhage” wrong.
If you’re stuck in the situation I am—editing a time-sensitive piece of work all while being required to have some version of the piece up at all times—let me offer you this one advice: pray. And get a PC. I have legitimately ‘delayed’ work because it has actually been faster to catch a train or bus all the way home, fix the issue on computer, and submit a batch-fixed version hours late than to even attempt anything of the sort on IPad.
Apple, fix your apps.
2021-10-31
Impractical for IOS use. Don’t recommend if you only have an iPad!
Google docs works well on the laptop browsers, however IOS usage is another story.
When my laptop I had used for google docs was destroyed, I felt nervous about continuing use of docs on my iPad that I already had. After using the app edition for several weeks I can confidently say, it needs much improvement. For starters a lot of the core laptop functions are either missing or hard to access such as the margin function and bullet point functions I.e changing the bullet symbols, sub bulleting etc. Another major annoyance is the single page format (everything is continuous as if it is one page) - it’s impossible for large documents to add numbers, see the proper format of the page etc. AND I have not been able to change my table of contents to update it.
Additionally, overall this is a hard to use platform which should not be the case. The iPad screen size is only a fraction smaller yet the system is buggy, laggy and just hard to use.
As a viewing platform this is an ‘ok’ app, but for the many users who don’t have laptops, you need to improve the interface and systems of this application to make it easier to USE.
2021-10-12
Browser is better
The app is great for simple typing and editing but anything beyond that scope is difficult as the app is not very well integrated with the iPad cursor support. This wouldn’t be much of an issue, but when the app is opened in safari I am able to use all features that come in the desktop version of google docs. A lot of these features such as being able to use a cursor to select sentences and use desktop class editing makes google docs much easier just from the browser.
2021-09-12
Poor iPad performance
The app looks extremely promising however after weeks of usage google docs become extremely frustrating to use on the ipad. You cannot highlight over text, move images around, by default you are viewing not editing. Personally, I think the app was built around people using the touch screen rather than people using the magic keyboard. I would recommend uninstalling the app and using the web version to enjoy the full features of google docs.
2021-05-25
Devices Change Things
When I was on the laptop I had the image perfectly placed but after I visited it on my iPad which is around the screen size but about a couple millimetres different but where the picture was changed. You could put it back but after I left the doc the picture changed again and it’s really annoying because you would need to change it again. But it’s overall a great app for writing.
2021-03-22
Awesome
I use this app all the time! The only problem is that it glitches sometimes, but rarely. Going through the reviews, I can see people complaining about how it has flaws and it glitches—SO WHAT? Nothing is perfect! If docs is that bad, what would you use? Don’t expect the best app in the universe to be perfect! Anyway, what:s better than docs? If docs is “a horrible horrible app” then what would you use instead?
2021-03-12
Good functionality, doesn’t pull live content
The app is pretty good, has a lot of functionality and does let me keep up to date on the go. However, it’s terrible at fetching new versions of documents. If my team and I are working from a doc, when I open it, it will never be the latest version, and you can’t manually get it to check for updates so you’re working from the latest version, you just have to wait for it to realise there’s an update which can sometimes take minutes. This is a glaring oversight on an otherwise good app.
2020-12-05
Great app
By far my favourite document editor thingy.
I do just wish that we could save the current text style, as well as set default text styles, like we can on the desktop version. (If this is already possible, please let me know, I’d love to know 😊)
There are also just a few very minor visual things that I’d like to mention. I cant imagine they’d be overly difficult to fix, though I’m not a developer myself.
- The top bar on the main menu is off centre (the gap on the left is bigger than on the right)
- I like in light mode that the bar at the top of the document and the document background are both white, but it bugs me that in dark mode the document background is black yet the top bar is dark grey! Why oh why must you do this to me? 😢😢😢
2020-08-20
This app is a good educational app!
This app is easy to use because you can edit and create story’s and brainstorm ideas I recommend you should try this if you read this or your getting this app but one thing I have to announce that you have to put your google account in before you use the app and if you have bad internet connection you can possibly have to do the verification again :( but I still think you should try it:)🤞🙂
2020-08-12
Can Be Really Annoying
This app can be really annoying to use, especially on iPads. On iPads, I usually cannot move or change the size of the pictures that I put in. It is a lot more limited than something like Microsoft Word, and isn’t nearly as good as editing grammar, punctuation, or suggesting edits to do with grammar. It can sometimes glitch and when you are using it for work or school this can irritate me a lot. Although to be fair, it is reasonably easy to use when you are not adding images or any other things like that. On laptops it is a lot easier to use because it is set out differently and has more actions. It is simple when sharing documents with other people and is good for when you just want to type up a simple document with nothing to complicated to add into it.
2020-06-11
Amazing
Docs is an amazing up I can literally use it anywhere and it is so easy to use. I love the app and I also like how we can switch accounts so that we can have different documents for our school/ work/ personal life. The only thing is that I print my documents at my work and I have to convert every file to a PDF otherwise it changes how my Google Documents look when I have the hard copy. Other than that it is a great app with a lot of versatility.
2020-06-10
wow
i totally reccomend this app for teachers, students and workers needed for their assignments. there is never any glitches and it works wonderfully without an internet source, meaning you could always do your work. Google docs allows me to be creative and arrange my writing, create graphs etc. Google docs also runs smoothly with free writing assistant Grammarly. i hope my message encourages you to try it out and believe what im trying to say about this remarkable app. keep up the good work google. 👏🏻👍🤗🤩
2020-05-23
Amazing app!
I actually use it at school and at home, and it’s absolutely amazing! I don’t know what I would do without it! Plus, you can use it offline, unlike many other apps like this one. Once, I was doing online learning school, when I couldn’t do any work because there was no internet. Docs saved me because... well you know. 🤩🤪 I highly recommend getting this app,!!
The only thing/ problem is that, well, there is no problem. An that is a problem because there’s no point in writing this thing cuz everyone would say this apps great. 👍 100%!!!💯
2020-04-11
Just amazing to have cloud store document
I get use to this google document when I forced to switched from Microsoft word to G- doc.
Eventually, I stared to like this and now it’s my full time tool to do my personal work as well as the studies .
I am a blogger also I have back pain so I can’t sit long in a place so time to time I switch my work from laptop to mobile phone or tablet . I am a rider who love outdoor camping so I can do my work wherever I want . This is simply amazing.
2020-02-09
Crashes and lags
Ok, so I have a massive document that I’m always on, if I can actually try to type without the app crashing first the lag is so severe that I’m typing and it takes up to ten seconds to respond for each letter meaning that I will have typed an entire sentence before it actually does anything and then it might just crash anyway before it loads.
Although this problem is only really for one document that has an obscene amount of pages it is really annoying since it’s my main document.
2020-01-07
Hot diggedy docs!
Google docs is the only google product I use, trust and recommend. I do not use its search engine. I use a far more trustworthy one.
However, google docs is revolutionary in the simplest of ways. I can’t believe no one has come up with this (in the public domain - this type of system has been in use in universities for decades, but without a GUI (graphical user interface) and required knowledge of some basic “coding”.
Google docs is an excellent tool! It has revolutionised file sharing and text editing for collaborative projects.
I am able to work on and offline. I am able to share and modify the content of my collaborative writing projects, efficiently, simply, easily. Notes, annotation, comments; are among the many tools in this versatile app.
Google. You finally got something right! You allow your users control over privacy. A first for a company that makes a living selling our information to third parties for a tasty profit. The marketing of the search engine was a stroke of marketing genius. But I am happy to say that there are people who are going back to the old ways of shopping for search engines before this company marauded the market.
Google docs was a pleasant surprise!
Well done! I am co-author and edit entire novels, articles and blogs with this tool. My co-authors have complete access if it is a 50/50 collaborative work. Or I can decide what level (if any) of access other users have to my work.
So far it’s five stars from me. And I’m not easily impressed.
Thank you for creating free software that is of benefit to creatives and not just share-holders. Keep this app alive and you’ll retain many happy customers... let it die and watch the altruistic world of open source work its magic in the form of a replacement program that offers what docs does, and more.
Keep up the good work with google docs! As a writer and a creative, it changed my life! That’s a big statement, but true!
Five thumbs up (my hands have mutated extra digits for the sole purpose of rating apps and typing faster on a smart phone)!
2019-12-10
most stupid app ever
UGH. THIS STUPID THING DOESN’T WORK PROPERLY AND IS SO FRUSTRATING!
1) It glitches and recently it refused to let me open a doc which was an important assignment for school. Luckily, I was able to open it on the safari version and continue working on it. But still, regardless of the fact that I modified it and made a copy, it still wouldn’t open on the app version. I have had to delete and reinstall it multiple times.
2) Whenever I’m in a group document, nothing I do can be seen on my classmate’s screens. We all tried restarting the app and my friend eventually completely turned off her iPad, but it still didn’t work.
3) What’s with the lack of fonts and tools? This app is so lame. There are barely any features. It is nothing compared to Word. And not to mention it’s difficult to move and crop photos. Seriously, how hard is it for Google to make a decent word app?
So please Google developers, actually put effort into your applications. This app is truly mediocre and I’m sad its actually required for school. Disappointing.
2019-11-10
The perfect writing tool
Originally, I used pages to write my things and I still do write stories on it today. Then, one of my friends introduced me to a program called google drive, which was amazingly useful for some of the things I do. But there was one problem about it, I could figure out how to write on it. I searched through the whole app, and then in the corner I spotted, google docs. It became such a useful writing tool for things that I want to share!!
2019-08-29
Self Published Author Eathen Carruthers
I have been a Self Published Author of History for just over 3 years and I discovered Google Docs only 2016 it is a amazing app in the sense you need to save your documents it saves them automatically
So you can go back to them whenever and also you have we’re ever you go for printing purposes you don’t have access to a computer Google Docs is on your phone it’s just handy and simple
Just love it
Eathen Carruthers, Author
2019-07-25
Glitch.
In the beginning, or rather when I began using this app, it was great. Since that time it has become increasingly more unstable. It glitches, shutting down mid-typing and then doesn’t even save the work (even after I’ve clicked the ‘done’ tick. It happened repeatedly in the space of ten minutes and I have rewritten the same sentences too many times.
I’m hoping there will be some updates to this as soon as possible because I have been predominately using this for my work on my laptop and as it’s collaboration work it’s imperative to be used on google drive until the project is finished. If it continues, I can only recommend switching to OneDrive (I use this for my other teaching job) as it does not seem to have this issue.
2019-06-17
My Review (must read)
This app is very useful for school, work etc. This app has many great features and is very helpful in multiple ways. The auto correct to help you make it look fancy with a different fonts there is many things you can do to make your work just a little bit extra I would rate this app 5 out of 5 I use this pretty much every day and it’s so helpful for me I would definitely recommend this app!!!
2019-02-03
Amazing
I love google docs, I love writing stories and it is the best. Although, sometimes it does a red underline for a word which is spelt correctly and is in the right context. I would also suggest that you can make a option to turn it into a book set up (horizontal and the words reach the middle...etc.) but other than the correction thing, google docs is really good.
Thank you so much for reading this. ❤️❤️❤️
-Unicornpoop 🦄🦄🦄
2018-08-28
Input lag
Along with some other reviews here, I think that this app needs to be fixed. It is the best idea- a cloud, collaborative app that can be used in conjunction with google docs for computers. However the execution is terrible. When I am typing the app will be a full paragraph behind and I watch it slowly catch up to where I am at, which skips characters. When you click select all it takes 20 seconds to load and by then if you click anything it closes the doc or deletes all. The input lag is terrible. The features available are nothing compared to google docs online. You can’t resize images and the app is broke. Please fix
2018-07-31
Really, Really Bad App
This app is horrible. Unlike the version on the computer you can not chat with people when they are on the same doc, making collaboration impossible. This app has absolutely NO compatibility with hyperlinks. You can’t change the browser your link sends you to and also can not delete hyperlinks. You try to and it will either take you straight to the website OR it will stop and freeze instantly. When that happens, you can not use it until you swipe it up and go back in. Even then, once you do that it still won’t work. Horrible, Horrible app. Very Disappointed.
2018-04-12
Author’s perspective
As an author without Microsoft Word, this is the next best thing. Pages Mac OS doesn’t seem to have the same settings and format styles, but Google docs seems to be the right styles, and it’s easier to use for book formatting and writing. The next best program would be Adobe InDesign, which I have, being a graphic design student, but it’s not a mobile and portable app. Google Docs can be used on computers and mobile devices online and offline.
2018-04-05
Line Spacing
Please make it available to iPads, iPhones and other touchscreen devices to be able to choose if there's going to be an extra space between paragraphs when you press enter. Because when I'm doing dialogue it puts another space in because it thinks it's another paragraph. But for some reason you can choose whether or not you can have this on computers but not touch screen devices. So please make this setting available to touch screen devices. It would be appreciated.
2017-10-12
Love how generous google is in giving us a place to store documents
I really appreciate the generosity of Google in giving so freely a place for me to store my documents online.
I really appreciate that. I would love to see their products be more child friendly though. Unfortunately there are no parental controls on their new pixel phone. This is where Apple has been responsible.
It would be nice to see google make the internet a whole lot safer for kids as well by making it so much more difficult for kids to access porn, Maybe insist on all porn companies to have a completely plain entrance with no porn pictures.
And to look to making this public space that we all enjoy more safer by blocking all nude images. I don’t see nudes when I go out shopping in public in real life and I would appreciate it if the internet had a little bit of an overhaul using some common sense and put up a more public friendly internet.
Google, please be more responsible instead of bowing down to the big payload you get from porn companies so they can prey on children. All children should be freely given their right to enjoy their innocence.
2017-09-27
Recommended
This app is fantastic, it is really easy to use and you can make changes to essays and documents while driving to sport. Along with this the sharing feature is very useful as you can share documents with peers or teachers for feed back with two clicks. Coming from a school which doesn’t provide office in which you can share docs like this. It’s much easier to share on google docs as oppose to email a word document, get it reviewed and then open it and save it and make changes. This app is almost flawless however I have one problem with it, I hate the way the formatting and text section is laid out. I would rather it be a button which drops down the specific tools needed. Example, I would prefer if it the letter icon would drop down all the text options (colour font ect) and another icon drop down the formatting icons. I know it isn’t possible to put those in one bar due to screen size but I do that that the icon idea would be easier to use.