Quick verdict
- What it is
- Google Drive is a cloud storage and collaboration app that allows users to store, access, and share files from anywhere, on any device.
- Best for
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- someone who needs to access files on multiple devices
- someone who needs to collaborate on documents with others
- At a glance
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- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Productivity
AppCorpus categories
People use this app to
Relevant searches
- OCR scanner without watermark
- camera to PDF
- document scanner
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Document scanning | Yes | Unknown | — |
From listing
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| Family Sharing | Yes | Unknown | App Store | Store published |
| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
15 store screenshots
15 store screenshots
Pricing & paywalls
- 100 GB — $1.99
- 100 GB — $19.99
- 200 GB — $2.99
- Google AI Plus (2 TB) — $9.99
- Free to download
- In-app purchases: $0.99 - $1,024.00 per item
Ratings & reviews
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5/5Marvelous Memories
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. 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!
Life with CeCe · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5Saved my pictures I thought I lost forever
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 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!
soojlisa · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5Surprisingly iOS Drive works better than Androids version
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, 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.
TalysPops · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5Google Wins
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 included 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.
SattireSam · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5Easy to use, powerful and dependable
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 issues. 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!
Yergnik · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5
good
aslam numan · 1 Aug 2026
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1/5
I can't update my app please help me
Abdulmalik Rukky · 1 Aug 2026
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5/5
it uses more data to upload
Franklin Nartey · 1 Aug 2026
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5/5
there's always good to be used
BLESSING ROBINSON JONATHAN · 1 Aug 2026
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4/5
Ok but a progress bar for uploading would be useful.
A Google user · 1 Aug 2026
Privacy & accessibility
Privacy
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
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- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Identifiers — Device ID Developer declared
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- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Location — Coarse Location Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Other Data — Other Data Types Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Purchases — Purchase History Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Search History Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — User Content — Customer Support Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — User Content — Other User Content Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contact Info — Name Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contact Info — Phone Number Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contact Info — Physical Address Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Contacts Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Crash Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Other Diagnostic Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Performance Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Identifiers — Device ID Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Location — Coarse Location Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Other Data — Other Data Types Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Purchases — Purchase History Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Search History Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — User Content — Audio Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — User Content — Customer Support Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — User Content — Other User Content Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — User Content — Photos or Videos Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Developer’s Advertising or Marketing — Identifiers — Device ID Developer declared
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- Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — Contact Info — Email Address Developer declared
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- Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — Search History Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — User Content — Audio Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — User Content — Other User Content Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Product Personalization — User Content — Photos or Videos Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Contact Info Developer declared
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- Data Linked to You — Diagnostics Developer declared
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- Data Linked to You — Location Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Other Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Purchases Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Search History Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Usage Data Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — User Content Developer declared
Accessibility
No accessibility labels collected yet.
Privacy
- Data collected — Account management — Audio — Voice or sound recordings Developer declared
- Data collected — Account management — Personal info — Address Developer declared
- Data collected — Analytics — App info and performance — Crash logs Developer declared
- Data collected — Analytics — App info and performance — Diagnostics Developer declared
- Data collected — Analytics — App info and performance — Other app performance data Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality — Photos and videos — Videos Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Account management — Personal info — Phone number Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Account management — Photos and videos — Photos Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics — Location — Approximate location Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics — Messages — Other in-app messages Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Account management — Personal info — Other info Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Developer communications, Account management — Financial info — Purchase history Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Developer communications, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Account management — Personal info — Email address Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Developer communications, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Personalization — App activity — App interactions Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Developer communications, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Personalization, Account management — Personal info — User IDs Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance — App activity — Installed apps Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance — App activity — Other actions Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Account management — Device or other IDs Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Personalization — Files and docs Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Personalization — App activity — In-app search history Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Personalization — App activity — Other user-generated content Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Analytics, Personalization, Account management — Contacts Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Developer communications, Account management — Personal info — Name Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Personalization — Audio — Music files Developer declared
- Data collected — App functionality, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Personalization — Audio — Other audio files Developer declared
- Security practices — Your data is transferred over a secure connection — Data is encrypted in transit Developer declared
- Security practices — This app has been independently validated against a global security standard. See details — Independent security review Developer declared
- Security practices — The developer provides a way for you to request that your data be deleted — You can request that data be deleted Developer declared
Accessibility
No accessibility labels collected yet.
Versions
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4.2610.41600
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4.2611.41400
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4.2612.41200
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4.2613.41403
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4.2615.41600
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4.2617.41201
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4.2620.41203
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4.2621.41000
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4.2622.41004
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4.2622.41005
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4.2624.41402
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4.2624.41402b
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4.2625.41405
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4.2628.31200
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4.2629.41000
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4.2630.41400
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4.2633.41200
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4.2634.41400
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Alternatives
- Microsoft OneDrive — Same category + similar ratings
- Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup — Same category + similar ratings
- Microsoft Outlook — Same category + similar ratings
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Availability by market
- US
Data quality & evidence
- Page completeness
- Independent summary published
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
- Sources
- App Store, Google Play