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4.8 3213758 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Great for short writing; struggles with longer works

   I’ve been using Google Docs on my tablet ever since back when Textilus (now named Notes Writer + I believe) had a full makeover and became too hard to use. For further reference, my primary uses for Google Docs have been for various essays, idea jotting, and poetry, but mostly writing long fictional works for fun. Google Docs works well for the first few categories. However, it is very disheartening when I’ve been working on a story for so long only for it to be nearly impossible to scroll through and work on it without serious lag and crashes. Works around/above 10,000 works tend to struggle the most. Typing words can take several moments, with it lagging a few seconds between each letter being typed. Using Search and Replace on things like names I decide to change quickly causes it to crash. Selecting (executed with double tapping on my tablet) and deleting can be finicky as well. This, plus the lag that Google already gives me due to an overflowing storage (which I cannot seem to fix outside of its constant begging to get a subscription), makes writing not fun anymore. Google Docs is not a bad application. It is very good for what it is mostly meant for; business writing, joint writing (which worked well most of the time for when I used it), and short writing. I just miss being able to write lengthy stories, with the means to edit them in complex ways, without consequence.

   MegaManFanForever · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Cool

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   Kelby Frownfelter · 30 Aug 2026

3. 3/5NOTE – This Is NOT Word.

   Having gotten that out of the way, let's talk about what it IS. 1) It is a fine word processor – It lacks some of the power of platform packages like Word. Still, it does the job I need it to, and I have enormous confidence in the development team. 2) It is totally web-based. This means I can work with it from any system that can access the web. I can start work on my iPad on the bus, continue work on a desktop PC at work, and finish up on my Mac at home. 3) It is a catalyst for teamwork. It shares this with the rest of the Google suite. I was able to make good use of this while I was in school – those group projects that everyone always hated because of the need to arrange for periodic powwows, suddenly became a breeze. We could all be working on the same project online. At the same time. We could communicate with each other in real time. We could leave comments for each other and know that we would be able to find the answers to our questions when we accessed the work file. 4) It is, most importantly, a work in progress. Sure, it might not have a function I want––NOW––but who is to say that the developers won't find a way to put that function in next week? They are always working to improve the software, the interface, the storage... everything. All the time. 5) There has been considerable talk by users of the loss of control/command key combinations for text formatting; this does not appear to have been addressed or corrected. Google Nerds, get on it!

   Certified Vampire · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Great mobile solution for my schoolwork!

   Google docs has helped me out of more jams than I can count with my schoolwork. For starters, because the computers at my work restrict my access to personal webmail and other services including google docs, I frequently have my laptop out at work on my breaks. Working for the federal government puts more restrictions on a person than just the access to what we have on computers. Google docs helps me with access through my phone when my time is restricted, and I don't have time to get my laptop out. My iPhone is particularly accurate at voice recognition, for which I have written/spoken many English papers. Sometimes I have to be on the work floor waiting for 10 to 20 minutes for work to get started, and having access on my phone I don't lose any productivity by picking up right where I left off on my laptop; not wasting any time. Essentially Google Docs is and has been a time saver. Google docs has also been an incredible tool for study groups in my college courses, and writing assignments with my colleagues simultaneously in real time; which has saved me tremendous amounts of headaches in regards to teamwork assignments in classes. Something I wish more college students would become familiar with as a tool for doing group assignments. I can't stress enough the amount of help it has been in study groups and group assignments. I wouldn't recommend this next part to anyone who struggles using a speakerphone or ear piece while they drive. I have used my iPhone microphone voice recognition through my earpiece to write notes and papers during long work commutes. But I don't recommend doing anything but driving during major rush hour traffic.

   Killin' me smalls · 30 Aug 2026

5. 4/5Highly recommended, but definitely room for improvement

   Google Docs is very, very useful as a whole, providing services that allow seamless collaboration and that solve many past horrors of word-processors (like the classic “I didn’t save my doc and now it’s gone foreverrrrr!!”). As great as it is on desktop, I personally found the transfer to mobile devices a little, well, less great. It’s obviously difficult to find an intuitive way to lay out all the functions of Docs on desktop onto a smaller screen, but it’s honestly such a huge hassle navigating comments and suggestions, even when I’m on my iPad. It’s also kind of annoying that I can’t zoom out more on a doc—basically, once the width of the page fills the screen, I can no longer zoom out. This doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but it makes for a lot of tedious scrolling when an already long document has relatively large text. Additionally, there are these small annoying glitches that occasionally occur. For example, when I was editing a doc, I kept trying to delete a space, but it would always delete the space and the letter behind it. I tried over and over again to no avail... sigh.... It also seems to me that Docs can get kind of slow? I’m on a new device, so the hardware should be working fine, but there’s a huge lag when I’m trying to type in the app. Other than these few problems, everything else has been working fine and going smoothly.

   Silvercove · 30 Aug 2026

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4.7 2793699 ratings · Google Play

1. 1/5

   Good interface. But not being able to access your docs in times of need is unbearable

   Ovie David · 29 Jul 2026

2. 5/5

   good

   Carlos Beckford · 29 Jul 2026

3. 4/5

   Easy to use

   Grace Achor · 29 Jul 2026

4. 1/5

   After clearing memory & cache, app still won't show highlights in searches of documents.

   Drguy ks · 29 Jul 2026

5. 1/5

   i cant upload my resume to get hired

   TK Kulzer · 29 Jul 2026

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