# Google Keep - Notes and lists — user reviews > 1,196 indexed App Store user reviews of Google Keep by Google, rated 4.60/5 from 28,970 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/google-keep-notes-and-lists/id1029207872/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/google-keep-notes-and-lists/id1029207872.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 23,574 · 4★ 2,299 · 3★ 1,049 · 2★ 637 · 1★ 1,411 ## What do users think of Google Keep? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Lean and efficient - 👍 Minimalistic and easy to use - 🤝 Good for collaboration - 💡 Useful for note-taking and lists **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently - 🔄 Sync issues and data loss - 🕰️ Slow performance and lag - 📱 Limited functionality on mobile - 🔒 Lack of security features **Commonly reported bugs** - Notes randomly duplicating or disappearing - Checkboxes not working as expected - Keyboard issues and text input problems - Refresh failures and connectivity problems **Most requested features** - Add support for widgets - Improve text formatting options - Introduce folder/category organization - Enable password protection for notes - Enhance search and sorting capabilities ## Newest reviews (18 of 1,196) ### 3/5 — Ai feature missing *2026-08-19, version 2.2026.33102* I’m assuming by now they should be a Gemini feature within Google Keep. This seems to be an inconsistency and most of the mobile apps for example the Google sheets don’t have Gemini either. Which is weird to.me ### 3/5 — Mediocre but does the job *2026-08-14, version 2.2026.32101* I know it’s a big ask, but how about an expand/collapse nested checklists? ### 4/5 — Schriftgrößen Anpassung ist nachgereicht *2026-08-11* Mit dem letzten Update reagiert die App immerhin auf die dynamischen Schriftarten von Apple, lässt sich also in verschiedenen Stufen anpassen. Damit sind insbesondere die ganz normalen Notizen deutlich besser lesbar. Was immer noch fehlt, ist die Möglichkeit, die Schriftgrößen innerhalb der App individuell anpassen zu können. Insbesondere auch Schriftgröße und Schriftart für selbst erstellte Notizen. Insgesamt aber eine gute Entwicklung, mit der Notizen App von Apple kann sie aber noch nicht mithalten, weil hier im Vergleich einige Funktionen fehlen (zum Beispiel der PDF Export von Notizen, die KI Korrektur von Diktaten hinsichtlich Orthographie und Grammatik u. A. M). ### 4/5 — Recent updates are not have bugs not making “ *2026-08-05, version 2.2026.31101* Google Keep has been my best note app for over 8 years. I really like the app and it’s features even on my iPhone. Recent updates are not have bugs not making “undo” button work on my iPhone. Please look into that! ### 3/5 — Зачем *2026-08-01* Зачем вы каждый день обновляете приложение? Что в нём меняется, напишите хотя бы. Обновление ради обновлений? ### 4/5 — UI Updates *2026-07-28, version 2.2026.30102* I request the team to reflect the format of the text in mobile application. In web, we can use bold italics, underline formatting options but the same is not updated for mobile application Also, please introduce new colors for notes both in Mobile & Web application. ### 4/5 — Good enough ig *2026-07-28, version 2.2026.30102* I just downloaded it but i do not want to sign into a google account. That’s all. PS: It crashes when i press app feedback - although i have lots of storage left. Huh… very weird. ### 3/5 — Needs Work *2026-07-20, version 2.2026.28100* It would be nice if we could add headings, bold, italics, underline, highlighting for school notes, etc. There aren’t many customization options compared to other note style apps. ### 3/5 — More Support *2026-07-20, version 2.2026.28100* *Update* My views have not changed on this the ability to lock individual notes for me would be a game changer so this still only gets 3 stars. I love the look of google keep much nicer than the native notes app on the iPhone but keep lacks two things. The ability to lock individual notes and the ability to attach a PDF hence why I only have it 3 stars. I used to have a google phone and complained about the exact same things. Most note apps let you lock individual notes and add PDFs so why can’t Keep?! ### 4/5 — Great app for small notes *2026-07-13, version 2.2026.27101* Great app for maintaining small notes. Features like checklists, photos, reminders, pinning, reordering, easy archiving are super useful. 4 star for me though as the keyboard is constantly closing /minimising whilst typing which is a frustrating UX. This only happens on Google Keep so is clearly a bug. ### 1/5 — Failure for saving Gemini notes *2026-07-12, version 2.2026.27101* It said down load the app to save intinary for Hawaii. Does not work :-( ### 4/5 — Privacy *2026-07-11, version 2.2026.27101* I would like them to make the app lockable (face ID needed), so notes can be locked and not accessed by everyone but asides from that, it’s a great app ### 1/5 — App won’t open *2026-07-10, version 2.2026.27101* App won’t open. Why even let old users download this? Just give us a freakin' compatible version on the Play Store like always. ### 1/5 — Duplication glitch? *2026-07-09, version 2.2026.27101* I used to love this app until about a week ago when it decided to multiply all of my notes. Now there’s about 40 copies of each note I had which makes it impossible to use and would take forever to delete them all ### 3/5 — Close but no PDF and please a search function! *2026-07-07, version 2.2026.26103* Call this 3 and a half stars. I really like Google Keep, but why can’t I store a PDF in it? I made a PDF of the dog’s vaccination record but Keep only ‘keeps’ images and text. Please Google, add PDF support to make this a great app! And I need a search function within a note. I use Keep to track the book series I’m reading. Yes I can search within all notes in Keep and find the note that has the field I’m looking for, but I’d like to be able to search within the 50 or so entries in a single note ### 4/5 — My Digital “Swiss Army Knife” *2026-07-07, version 2.2026.26103* This is a great catch”Catch All” for notes, ideas, photos, and lists! I use it every day. It is something that helps to make my life run smoothly. ### 2/5 — Needs to have features added *2026-07-06, version 2.2026.26103* We started using keep notes because our apple notes we had shared wouldn’t update. Keep notes does update, but there are a lot of things that could be improved. Problems: -if you want checkboxes in a note then everything has to have a checkbox, so you can’t have headings etc. - you cannot bold, underline, italicize, etc the text - you cannot change font sizes - when you make a numbered list it doesn’t tab the text so the list looks messy and hard to read. (same with a list with dashes) Overall I feel that keep notes should be able to do everything that Google Docs can do but in a notes form. ### 1/5 — The app won’t open *2026-07-06, version 2.2026.26103* The app won’t open. Even after Google pulled out of China, I kept using this for years—so much critical data is stored in it. It hasn’t been synced in about a year. On iOS 26.5 with my iPhone 13… is there any way to retrieve my data? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Missing home screen widget *2026-08-16, version 2.2026.32101* Without the home screen widget this is unusable for me. And makes it a completely different experience on android vs ios ### 1/5 — Only opens all the way 50% of the time *2026-08-01, version 2.2026.30102* Not sure what’s up. It gets stuck opening. Maybe the Gemini team messed this up too? ### 1/5 — New update ruined everything *2026-08-01, version 2.2026.30102* Used this app forever and on the new update it no longer opens only perpetually loads the logo. A decade of writing waisted ### 1/5 — Glitchy and Low Functioning *2026-07-31, version 2.2026.30102* On a mobile Apple product, I can’t even format text. The app is also regularly buggy and does not save work. ### 1/5 — Apple Watch Ultra 3 *2026-07-23, version 2.2026.29102* I want the app back on my watch. Why stop support? ### 1/5 — Need Dark Mode *2026-07-23, version 2.2026.29102* Give me dark mode ### 1/5 — Switching after over a decade *2026-07-22, version 2.2026.29102* I wanted to keep using this app after I moved to iOS, but it has never functioned on my phone. There is a constant blinking banner at the bottom of screen that says can’t connect, try again. It flashes very fast and is always there, making the app useless. Even after all the updates this problem still happens. I’m very sad to leave this app, but I need something that will work. ### 1/5 — Memories and information lost *2026-07-21, version 2.2026.29102* I’ve been using this app for 10 years. I had probably 1000 notes. Recently the app started to malfunction. Since updating, the app won’t even open on my phone. I tried the refresh instructions being given in these reviews which hasn’t worked. I tried the app on my other device (ipad and laptop) and now all my notes are blank. ### 1/5 — No dates / “last edited” anymore *2026-07-21, version 2.2026.29102* I love this app but after recent update, they’ve taken away the Last Edited which used to be at the bottom. Now there’s no way to see when a Note was created or last edited. Can this please be fixed? Baffled as to why this would be removed, possible glitch? ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2026-07-15, version 2.2026.28100* Months ago my google keep quit opening up I can’t get it ! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Simplicity is the key *2026-08-12, version 2.2026.32101* I use a daily! My y company has me do three different reports for the same function, the simple text copy and paste help you not have to rewrite everything three different times. I also use it in my personal life to keep me on track especially like the check off boxes for things to do. ### 5/5 — App User *2026-07-31, version 2.2026.30102* Convenient notes app. ### 5/5 — great *2026-07-03, version 2.2026.26103* i was able to come out as bi with this app thanks for letting me spread myself ### 5/5 — 글자 크기 조절하게 해주세요 *2026-06-23* 안녕하세요. PC와 연동되어 아주 잘 쓰고 있습니다. 그런데, 글씨가 작아서, 잠이 덜 깬 채로 볼땐 잘 안 보입니다. 글자 크기 조절이 가능하면 좋겠습니다. ### 5/5 — Application géniale ! Non compatible Apple Watch… *2026-06-16* À quand une version sur l’Apple Watch ? Préparer ses courses sur iPhone Faire ses courses avec juste son Apple Watch sans iPhone le rêve ! ### 5/5 — Great app. Terrible new icon *2026-06-12, version 2.2026.23102* New icon looks like a someone bending over with a gaping anus. At least that’s what it looks like when you have your screen set to tinted. Otherwise a great app. Update: Three weeks later they updated the app icon again and now it looks less like a gaping anus when screen is set to tinted. Thumbs up emoji ### 5/5 — Productivity *2026-06-03, version 2.2026.22200* I love this app! It is the perfect place to brain dump when I need it and keep my daily to-do list, shopping list, morning routine, after work routine, and night routine with the checklist function. I like that I can pin the notes I continually use throughout the week and color code them as well. I also appreciate that I can label notes to keep things organized. This app has made a big difference in my productivity and organizing all of my thoughts and responsibilities. It’s also really helpful if you have ADHD, OCD, or just have a lot of things to juggle in your life. ### 5/5 — Great app. Terrible new icon *2026-05-22, version 2.2026.20100* New icon looks like a someone bending over with a gaping anus. At least that’s what it looks like when you have your screen set to tinted. Otherwise a great app. ### 5/5 — Man, I like that new app icon (fantastic) *2026-05-18, version 2.2026.20100* Beautiful icon. Keep improving it. With Kind Regards ~ ### 5/5 — Good *2026-05-16, version 2.2026.19103* I mean well it’s nice but what else am I supposed to do? Is it just a thing where you put on stuff and then you forget about it I don’t know.🧐🧐 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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