Google Drive

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1. ★★★★★ I use Google Drive for everything including right now Dudemansterski · 13 May 2026
   What really upsets me about how Apple Cohen continuously asks for multiple star ratings and actual reviews is that they always do it while you’re in the middle of something important do I enjoy using Google Drive ? I mean it’s a utility and it does the job that it was created for which is why I use it. I also use dropbox and a couple other ones. I don’t think thatone is better than the other. They all just work in my mind for different things that I do would I recommend Google Drive absolutely because it’s an excellent way of organizing files that I save on my Google devices, my Apple iPhone m

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   y MacBook, my Windows, computer, and help sometimes even my screen next to my sink so yeah, I definitely would recommend it, but I would hate myself if I didn’t also say that Google is probably one the most evil organizations on the planet. I believe that they stopped operating as an actual company years ago, and basically run their own little city state they make me sick, but most of their products are free and I’m poor I guess I have to use the product of my enemy five star review
2. ★★★★★ Easy to use, powerful and dependable Yergnik · 4 Sep 2025
   I use google drive for documents, spreadsheets, slides, photos, collaborating with teams and have essentially replaced my need for other company’s word processing, sheets, and presentations. The part I like most is that it easily plugs in to the apps I use and to website developing for example Squarespace asset storage. I also use google sites which shows up in google drive and saves the pages. I’ve never had a security breach and can share file access to people that are google users and also all other email platforms. I’ve tested this as a non-profit board member for file sharing and had no i

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   ssues. I’ve been a google drive user since the beginning of it coming out and over the years have changed computers, phones, and iPads. I mostly use Mac’s and Apple devices, but in the workplace we are on PC’s and there are no issues across the two platforms. I use Safari, Chrome, Edge, Foxfire, and have Duck Duck Go running. All of them fully function on every browser I’ve used. With Word and Excell you have slightly different menu bars and options when switching from Mac to PC. I don’t have to worry about that with Google Drive documents or sheets or slides! It is a fantastic product and has helped me be more efficient in all areas. I highly recommend it and google photos!
3. ★★★★★ Surprisingly iOS Drive works better than Androids version TalysPops · 20 May 2025
   I’m shocked that iOS’s G-Drive is working better than Androids version. This is despite my iPhone 12 Max running on iOS 14.5.1, latest is iOS 18.3 (I think), Jailbroken so can’t update. My Pixel 6 is on A14, and have never seen the thumbnail images of my uploaded pics in Androids Drive. Had no idea that was a thing till I just opened iOS’s version and they all populated super quick. I had issues downloading .AVI video files on my Pixel, when I tried on iOS, zero issues. There’s no option to download those vids on iOS though, however, selecting “open in” I was able to choose my video player app

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   , VLC and it looks like it was saved in that app’s Video List. If you’re wanting to download your saved vids in Drive, you may want to have a good video app installed prior to trying to download them. I’m pretty sure no other options like iOS’s stock “Photos” was an option, but that could be related to my me running 14.5.1. Big props to iOS Devs who did a much better job than Google did on their very own apps, using their very own device. I’m a Fan of both platforms, would never say one is better than the other, I truly believe each have their Pros & Cons, for that reason is why I carry both in my pockets everywhere I go and I’m content with that. Leaving home without either one feels like I forgot my left foot.
4. ★★★★★ Love Google Drive Sharing and Organizing heidispiano · 12 Sep 2023
   I first started using Google Drive regularly as the secretary of my local music teacher association several years ago. I love the ability to organize with colored labeled folders, easily share and automatically update docs, and drag and drop files. Being able to actually see snippets of documents is so much more helpful than just a doc title. Having a platform that I can have easy access to on my pc, phone or any other pc I sign in to away from home is so convenient! I also love that I can add pdfs, word docs and view files and spreadsheets without the hassle of opening multiple programs. My h

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   usband and children have begun using it for college work and business after I showed them how intuitive it is. It’s like having your computer with all its docs right in your pocket for easy access on the go. I can share resources with piano parents via text, track tuition in sheets, use forms for music camp sign ups and create slide presentations for music workshops and view things on the go on my phone if I have inspiration to change a doc, need to check the status of forms etc.
5. ★★★★★ Marvelous Memories Life with CeCe · 3 Aug 2023
   We recently had to part with our beloved little dog, who we think was probably near 17 years old. We had her for 11+ years; her first 5+ years were spent in a puppy mill. Once she learned what being loved is, she learned to play, make up games on her own, and fill our home with her loving presence. Losing her was and still is extremely painful. Our daughter gathered all the videos that we had collected over the years. Having these visual reminders of our beloved CeCe is so comforting. It will take many years to think of her without tears, but the videos and photos help soothe our hearts.

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   They give us visual experience of the good and fun times, which were many! Her running circles in the backyard, just celebrating the joy of being free and loved, are treasures. Giving her first trip to the beach was a treat, as we watch her try to dog paddle in the surf that she was seeing for the first time! She never was afraid as long as one of us was within visual or hearing distance. The collection of all the years we had her is priceless, especially in those moments when her absence is so difficult. Thank you for giving a platform where we can collect our most loved moments with our girl. I especially, who spent the most time with her, am so grateful to be able to click on your icon and go to a happy place! This is a wonderful gift for all of life’s memories, captured for viewing whenever we want or need to see our girl again. Thank you so much for this treasure!
6. ★★★★☆ Used to be a 5+ Star App But…🤷🏻‍♂️ Zeeble69 · 7 Jul 2022
   There was a time when I would’ve said, that having drive was a absolute necessity. However, lately i seem to have a new issue every time I open it. Some of which I would call pretty significant like videos I’ve uploaded onto drive that perpetually “Still processing”. and are therefore never watchable. Thats despite the fact that they WERE perfectly watchable BEFORE I uploaded them onto my drive account. Which is a massive issue when you may no longer have access to the original video! Either because It was something that was a bad nice in a lifetime event (eg. The birth of my daughter, my wedd

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   ing, etc. Actual examples) & or the originals got deleted after Receiving a notification stating that the video upload was complete. Or just because It was from someone else. However it’s reached a whole new level of ridiculousness over the past… idk week or so. Because now 99% of the time whenever I attempt to watch a video ANY VIDEO! I get a message/notification at the bottom of the screen that says “no connection" and so I can’t view the file. And it’s clearly not the internet, after all that’s the only online activity that doesn’t work. Everything else in the app seems to work just fine (ie. Creating folders, Deleting files, emptying the trash, searching for specific items, etc.) I mean seriously correct me if I’m wrong here. But I’m pretty sure the description didn’t say, "Google drive is a safe place to occasionally back up & SOMETIMES you MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO access some of your files from any device!? Although it would’ve been awesome to know that it was really a crapshoot, on whether I’d be able to see view those files again or not. Because if I had known, well then I definitely wouldn’t have deleted the original videos of once in a lifetime events!
   Developer reply · 8 Jul 2022

   Hi there. If an uploaded video appears to be still processing, you can download it from Google Drive and play it locally - even if you can't play it in the browser.
7. ★★★☆☆ Ease of Use Sam J-V · 19 Nov 2021
   I overall really like the functionality of drive. There are just a few kind of UI and workflow things that I'd really love to see implemented. It would be great to have a more customizable storage system where you weren't limited to the different macro-tabs like home, starred, shared, and files. It would be cool if we could add our own to make drive the most optimum file storage system for us. It would also be great if there was a way to enable those same tabs, just in different iterations for different file types, so that I could just swipe over to another screen and see all of my starred and

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   shared mp4 files, swipe again to see PDFS, and again to see JPEGs and PSD's or something like that. Additionally, it would be amazing if the download functionality was less cumbersome. I'd love to be able to open the share sheet, and just have the normal iPad menu system options of saving to files or doing all that other stuff. Most importantly, please make it possible to do things like download and move files off drive in bulk. There is nothing more annoying that having pictures of pages of a book and having to download and move each one individually because the function of the Drive's share sheet changes depending on wether or not multiple files are selected. Thanks!
   Developer reply · 21 Nov 2021

   Hi there. Thanks for the feedback! You can also send it here: Google Drive app > Menu > Help & Feedback. Appreciate it.
8. ★★★☆☆ I have some problems with the Ipad version of the app LDJ3090 · 14 Oct 2019
   This is a message for developers: It does the job, and I use it everyday every hour, but I personally think it’s still a BIG MESS if you also constantly use DOCS+SHEETS+SLIDES, Etc in an iPad and different types of files in different folders. I use Docs, Slides and Sheets, and organize my files depending on their projects, so all these different types of files are in different folders (that’s why they exist, no?) BUT the fact that the folders are in DRIVE, while the actual files are in their separate apps, it’s just a big mess. Every time I open a file from my Drive, it takes me to its separat

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   e file app (aka Docs or any other), and then when I hit back, wanting to go back to the original folder, I’m actually going back to all the DOCS list of files because I’m in that app not in Drive anymore. Even with having the folder icon that shows you the folders in the Drive, the folders only show the type of files of the app you are using. (Meaning if I have a folder with a sheet file and a doc file, if I go to the doc file and want to see the sheet file, when I hit the folder icon, the sheet file doesn’t show up because I’m in the Docs app, so I have to go to the Sheets app. That’s not user friendly at all) I have so many type of files for different projects/folders because of my work, and I bet a lot of people do. I hope developers read my message. Can’t DRIVE come with DOCS, SHEETS, ETC already in the same Drive app??? Just like when you are using a laptop?? Does it really need to have it all separate?? Making us have to go back and forth between apps and folders and files??
9. ★★★★★ Saved my pictures I thought I lost forever soojlisa · 3 Oct 2018
   I’m writing this review to thank Google! A few years back, I was syncing my new MacBook and somehow ended up erasing ALL my pictures. I was so distraught and it took me sometime to finally accept it. So, yesterday, I’m on Google Drive on one of my gmail accounts, when I have the idea to just check my Trash; of course it has been over three years and I’m not getting any of my hopes up. WELL! Omg, I see that in the trash are ALL my pics that were deleted! I was beyond ecstatic, like finding lost treasure or something! Not to be totally dramatic, but losing ALL your memories is a bit of a tiny

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   trauma! It has happened twice before, both times due to using Apple products! The first time was due to that iCloud fiasco few years back where we all thought syncing meant that Apple was backing up all our stuff to the cloud but that wasn’t it at all! So bam, lost a TON of pics from the two best summers of my life! And then when I bought a new MacBook I was trying to “sync” my photos to Google, not trusting the Apple ICloud anymore, and again I erase literally ten-fifteen years worth of pics ! So anyway, when I found these pics it was like getting back all these great memories and I can’t thank Google Drive enough!!! I mean most Trash just saves things for 30 days max but i just cannot believe my luck, and the fact that somehow I was backing up my stuff to Google Drive and not just Google Photos. It’s the best app guys, iTS LITERALLY THE BEST app to back up photos! Google rocks!
10. ★★★★★ Google Wins SattireSam · 12 May 2018
    There are so many drives to choose from nowadays... Google, Outlook, ICloud, Dropbox, Zoho. While I do love Zoho, and think that, like google, they are a very tech savvy and innovated company that actually listens and takes advice from their users, I think Google Drive is probably the easiest to use. But- take notice that,if I didn’t have thousands of documents stored in google already, there’s a good chance I would’ve made the switch to Zoho. The main reason being storage limits. google used to offer ways to earn or win extra storage space, and now I don’t believe they do. Also, the storage i

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    ncluded is smaller than most drives offer. The winning factor is that google photos will store unlimited pictures & if that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t be able to use google at all. I have over 500gb of photos stored currently. I would like to see other ways to gain access to additional storage. There are people that refuse to purchase things that aren’t Physical objects, or people who refuse to put their banking into on the internet. Then there are people who simply can’t afford extras in life. I contribute a lot to all of googles programs, including Express & detailed reviews / data on google maps etc. That could be a way to reward people with storage space. I guess I’m saying that Zoho might be small, but they are on your heels. They offer these options & google needs to step-up. There are millions of people in the market for couponing which means that today’s internet users are cheap. Google isn’t going to go bankrupt by offering ways to earn free storage.

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