Google Drive
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Project teams and small businesses use Google Drive to store files in the cloud, share them with set permissions and edit documents together in real time. Drive syncs with Windows and macOS desktops, scans receipts and statements on Android and iOS, and searches files with AI.
Ratings
About the Tools.us.org score
A weighted average of the published ratings below, shown out of 10 in the header above.
Based on 2 sources, 18.8M ratings.
How we calculate this
Each source counts by its number of ratings or reviews, capped at 1,000. Score = 2 × sum(rating × weight) ÷ sum(weights), rounded to one decimal. Inputs are published ratings out of 5; a missing source is left out, never counted as zero. A composite of published scores, not our own test.
Included: App Store 4.8 (weight 1,000), Google Play 4.3 (weight 1,000).
What users say
Summary of 250 App Store reviews, 9 Sep 2026 to 27 Oct 2026 (counted from the reviews)
Reviewers who like the app mention enjoyment of the app and recommendations to others, help with everyday questions and tasks and ease of use and a simple learning curve. Reviewers who complain mention bugs, crashes and features that stop working, sign-in and account problems and the latest update and the changes it brought.
Top praises
- Enjoyment of the app and recommendations to othersmentioned in 41 of 250 reviews
- Help with everyday questions and tasksmentioned in 19 of 250 reviews
- Ease of use and a simple learning curvementioned in 14 of 250 reviews
Top complaints
- Bugs, crashes and features that stop workingmentioned in 13 of 250 reviews
- Sign-in and account problemsmentioned in 5 of 250 reviews
- The latest update and the changes it broughtmentioned in 4 of 250 reviews
Best suited to: People who value enjoyment of the app and recommendations to others.
How it is counted: fixed keyword rules read each review's text, and no model writes the claims. A review counts once per theme and can mention several. Praise is counted in reviews rated 4 or 5 stars, complaints in reviews rated 1 or 2 stars. The reviews are the 250 that Apple's public review feed returned; the feed returns a window of reviews, not all of them.
Updated 5 Nov 2026. Supporting reviews: App Store
Facts at a glance
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Google LLC, Mountain View, California, USA | policies.google.com/terms, checked 5 Nov 2026 |
| Free plan | Freemium: a free plan exists | google.com/drive/pricing, checked 23 Oct 2026 |
| Starting price | $1.99/mo | google.com/drive/pricing, checked 23 Oct 2026 |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Android, iOS | google.com/drive, checked 23 Oct 2026 |
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Sources: google.com/drive
Pricing & plans
Pricing
Free plan · paid from $1.99/mo
USD, billed monthly
Model
Freemium
Free plan available
15 GB of storage per Google Account
Source: google.com/drive/pricing, checked 23 Oct 2026
Alternatives
Dropbox: Free Basic plan gives 2 GB to store and share files, against Drive's 15 GB per Google Account.
Box: Individual free plan includes 10 GB of storage, a 250 MB file upload limit and native e-signature requests.
Nextcloud: Open source file sync platform that organisations can self-host on their own server, with desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Sources: dropbox.com/plans, box.com/pricing, nextcloud.com
Features & platforms
Real-time editing of Docs, Sheets, Slides and Office files
PDF annotation with comments
AI-powered file search
Sharing with edit, comment or view permissions
Document scanning to searchable PDFs on mobile
Desktop sync for Windows and macOS
- Windows
- macOS
- Android
- iOS
Sources: google.com/drive, checked 23 Oct 2026
Data & privacy
The Google-wide policy lets account holders export a copy of their content and delete data from specific Google products
Google says it does not share personal information outside Google except in listed cases such as user consent
Source: policies.google.com/privacy, policy last updated October 16, 2026, checked 5 Nov 2026. These points restate the policy and are not legal advice.
Also in Cloud storage on Tools.us.org: Backblaze, Dropbox
Sources and dates
- App Store: checked 6 Nov 2026, listing
- Google Play: checked 5 Nov 2026, listing
- Plan facts: google.com/drive/pricing, checked 23 Oct 2026
- Official site: google.com/drive
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