2025-06-25
Useless garbage
Do better
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Description
***THIS APP IS ONLY FOR BUSINESSES USING GOOGLE WORKSPACE.***
You would be required to enroll your device with Google Device Policy App, only if your IT Administrator has setup Mobile Management in your company. The app allows your IT Administrator to mandate corporate security policies and keep the enterprise data safe on your device. Your IT Administrator can also configure corporate WiFi networks and work apps that you might require upon device enrollment.
For help with installing, using, or uninstalling the app, visit https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/3521320
What's New in Version 3.25
Minor bug fixes.
Seller
Name
Google LLC
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
3.25
Size
137.1 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 14.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Zulu
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
1.7 of 5 (2,603 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2025-06-24
It would be 0 if i could!
Wanted to access my “work” account but forced me to download this weird app. Couldn’t figure out how to use it, deleted it, and i still has no access to my work account!
2025-06-19
Deserves 0 stars
I got this app because Gmail forced me to get it in order to access my “work” email. It required me to give full access to my phone, including being able to install or delete anything they wanted. It then required me to change my phone passcode twice in about 5 minutes, which I can only assume would have continued had I not removed its management capabilities on my phone. This app is so bad, I’d rather not be able access my email on my phone than use it.
2025-06-16
Simply does not work
The app’s core function does not work.
2025-06-02
No
I tried using this for Google slides but it does not work. Do not download this it genuinely makes me pretty mad
2025-05-29
PLEASE LET ME USE GOOGLE CLASSROOM!
Oh my god,WHY ON EARTH do i need to install another app to use google classroom.im bouta fail if you dont fix this,and plus I CANT EVEN USE MY GOOGLE CLASSROOM NOW …….0 zero stars.
2025-05-27
I don’t understand the meaning of this
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2025-04-18
Cant Delete It
Loaded and deleted it but still get pop up messages. Cant make it stop.
2025-04-15
STOP SENDING ME THE DOWNLOADING BANNER
Whenever i go to chrome, you’re always asking me to download it. I dont need it. Stop pls
2025-03-08
Annoying Install Reminder Popups! :(
Even after I installed the Device Policy app (which shouldn't be a separate app for one thing!)-- it still keeps popping up the stupid "Install the Policy App" reminders.
Idiotic!
2025-02-21
Doesn’t work
Never been able to download policy
2025-02-19
Infuriating
Constant pop up and loop of “you need to update” try to update then back to the pop up. It’s infuriating.
2025-02-12
Cannot fully delete this app from my phone
I thought I needed to instal this app for work. So I installed it and then changed my mind after reading the fine print. I deleted the app…. But I get these pop up messages to finish setting it up, but I already deleted the app. Please devise. The message pops up every 10 seconds on google chrome.
2025-01-29
Evil company
This is such a perverse, immoral, disgusting excuse for an app and company.
2025-01-22
Stupidity by creators
It is so stupid that as a student I need to have this app to access any documents or even classroom. Get it together google!
2025-01-21
Terrible
Awful experience, too difficult to navigate, keeps showing problems that makes no sense.
2025-01-18
Invasive
Don’t. May my phone useless
2025-01-17
Wow
Can’t provide advice about app without google limiting what your response is.
2025-01-15
Horrible
Constant bugs. Doesn’t sync. IT blames the app and have to uninstall and reinstall constantly.
2025-01-08
Bad app
Needs to be fixed. Can no longer log into my school account
2024-12-28
Stupidest app ever
If I could give zero stars on a review I definitely would on this app with no hesitation. I cannot access google classroom or any other google “work” related apps, without downloading this app on my iPad , or google will not let me use the app I want to use. There is no point in having a whole app for a google device policy and I don’t even have a google device I have an Apple IPad with a Magic Keyboard and a MacBook Air that I try to do all my work through. Taking my iPad with the keyboard and using it as a computer sometimes is a lot easier then taking my MacBook Air around but the problem is without this app I can’t access work related apps and this app cuts down my ability to do certain things and from reading other reviews it sounds like other people have the same issue.
2024-12-27
Annoying
I’m getting so many pop-ups from this app, even though I turned off notifications!
2024-12-10
Took away ability to screenshot
bruh
2024-11-20
Keeps asking to update
I have the latest version installed yet it still asks me to update my google policy. Make it stop
2024-11-07
HORRIBLE
This app has ruined my phone. I did not approve or ever try downloading anything and it keeps giving a pop up every minute while trying to access my Internet. DO NOT USE THIS APP
2024-10-29
Accidentally downloaded now cant remove
This garbage is always problematic. I didnt need this and accidentally downloaded it. Now every time i open chrome this “update google device policy “ prompt pops up and i cannot get it to go away.
2024-10-28
TRASH APP
This trash app just help delete my Gmail from my phone and when I try to log into my Gmail account it’s shows no access to my Gmail. I tried so many times and it’s still not working. Just wasting my time.
2024-10-17
It’s For Work and it Works
It’s designed for company managed google workspaces to lockdown your phone. People complaining that it removed apps are complaining about the policies their own company set. This app doesn’t do anything except download and set up google workspace on your device. It also makes sure google sign in is actually working right across all the workspace apps.
It works like it’s supposed to, and it’s a necessity with iOS 18 since the gmail app can’t install device management profiles anymore (or at least at the time of this review).
2024-09-25
In general
I hate you for existing
2024-07-16
dysfunctional app
There are not enough words to state exactly how useless this app is. It simply does not work. It glitches with the current iPhone update. Already I have wasted four hours of my life in the IT department trying to get this resolved and I have to go back again tomorrow. Whoever is in charge of this app, please take note that when you have a 1.7 star review average on an app you created, please take note that your work is terrible.
2024-07-15
Install Profile Error
I’ve pressed and allowed this app to install my profile so many times. It doesn’t work.
2024-06-29
Review
Frustrating! It makes it difficult using google mail. Worst application.
2024-06-09
Blocks my hotspot
Not sure why this is needed for privacy. Such a pain tho. Can’t really use it if this is the case. Would have been nice to use my phone for work things :/
2024-05-13
PIECE OF JUNK APP
this app is so buggy and hard to use. What a fail from Google.
2024-05-12
This app does not have proper instructions
The Chrome pop-up notification asks me to download this app all the time. But after I downloaded it, it denied my access. I installed
and uninstalled multiple times, and it still did not work. I have to use a different web browser because of this stupid app.
2024-05-04
Bad app
My job told me I needed chrome to access work email. When I tried, this app popped up as a requirement. I downloaded it but it still doesn’t allow me to access my email. Now it pops up all the time. I can’t get rid of this stupid app. I hate it
2024-04-29
Can’t give 0 stars
Well… I guess I have to give it one star. My co worker has had nothing but problems since he downloaded this. Ever since I opened and ALMOST installed it, it keeps trying to force me every single time I switch to a different website, Netflix show, YouTube video… EVERYTHING!!!! I cannot get rid of it!
Any helpful hints!? I also heard it’s not a good idea and ‘work’ can get into your phone and disable your camera. Seems like that’s true.
HELP! How do I fix this!?
2024-03-26
do not get this!!!
this app literally controls your phone. it will make you change your password to unlock you phone and further. if you are trying to access your work email, STICK TO A COMPUTER. this is not worth the app’s control over what you do on your personal phone. it’s crazy. also if you went through the trouble of downloading this and are coming to this realization like i did, make sure you “UNREGISTER” your account on the app before you delete it so it no longer has power over what’s on your phone.
google, i don’t know what this is, but it’s crazy.
2024-03-19
Is
Very bad
2024-03-16
Do not download
Coders eat paste and it transferred a virus to my phone.
2024-03-11
This is literally so bad
It doesn’t even let me enter google docs
2024-03-03
Garbage, Google. Do better
Either removes apps for no reason and consistently interferes with email notifications so they read as “New message” instead of showing the preview.
2024-02-16
Doesn’t work
Can’t even get my work email on my new phone. Yes I had IT try to help. Keep getting error “hard stopped by analyze engine” what does this mean?! Help!
2024-02-06
Download profile error
Payload and bunch of stuff doesnt match.
If the product is not ready to use stably, don't release it and waste our time please.
2024-02-04
Fix this silly app
I needed this for work and it’s a terrible experience to set up. The error messages are non existent and the integration between gmail, GDP, and Youtube for auth is so silly. After upgrading my phone I can’t get it working on my new one. It seems I need to unenroll my old phone but I learned that on message boards… not through the app!!!
2024-02-01
Slow
trying to send my professor an email about how i’m sick as a dog and can’t go to class but this stupid app doesn’t let me use my regular gmail anymore for my school account on my phone
2023-11-10
⚠️DO NOT DOWNLOAD⚠️
I don’t know how I feel my administrators having access to my device.. and it doesn’t let me open Google docs or slides and is forcing me to download this app! It was really convenient to be able to work on my assignments when I’m not at home but now I won’t be able to do that. Do not like this app please don’t download
2023-11-05
Dont ever get this
No words can explain how terrible it is.. If I could, I would give this a 0 star.
2023-11-03
NO JUST NO READ THE POLICY
I would give it zero stars if I could because I was going to settings and reading the policy and then I come upon something that changed my whole opinion about google!!! I scroll and see it says “The administrator may collect personal data, add/remove accounts and restrictions” I WAS FLABBERGASTED AND THERE IS MORE!! “Install, manage and list apps and remotely erase data on your iPhone” LIKE NO I DO NOT WANT YOU OR MY SCHOOL TO DO ANYTHING TO MY PHONE!! I just needed this app for google slides because I have to do a project but I guess I’ll fail!😡
2023-10-27
I would like to say every bad words to this app.
I really do not know why Google made it and makes me keep bothering me whenever zi use Chrome if I do not download & update this app
2023-10-18
Please Fix
I give this app one star because I was downloading it so that I could use my work email on my phone, but when I got it, it wouldn’t let me set anything up and my email still wasn’t working. I have since then deleted it, but every time I open Google Chrome, it pops up with “Install the latest version of ‘Google Device Policy’ so you can access your work data.” It’s really annoying and I even tried to restart my phone and it isn’t working.
2023-09-30
Pop up on every time when I open chrome
This is a pathetic app, it keeps showing me pop up to get the latest version to get work data every single time I open the chrome app. A trillion dollar company that has most annoying user experience, initial thought it may be issue because of some bug and thought it will be quickly resolve in next version, but I was wrong it is now almost 2 years and still I have the same issue ..
2023-04-07
It won’t get off my phone now I have a pop up that shows
I have deleted the vpn from my iPhone acct manager. I have reinstalled the app and I don’t get an option to unregister and now every time I go into Google chrome I get a pop up that says I need install the latest update on Google device policy to gain access to work related information. I don’t have this on my phone nothing work related is attached. I want this off my phone!!!
2023-02-15
Garbage system
I tried to access my google classroom from my phone and a notification pops up on my screen telling me i have to download the latest version of this app in order to log onto my google classroom. I do as suggested only to find out that the administrator has denied access to this app, so i am now unable to get onto google classroom on my phone, and this unable to submit the proper photos i need to turn in…
2023-01-29
Broken App
This locked up nearly half of the online apps I use as it was trying to relentlessly force this app’s download. Safari, Need to Download Google app policy—-Facebook, Need to Download Google app policy, Chrome, You Need to Download Google app policy, Office 365, You Need to Download Google app policy….this and my company account HAD to LEAVE my phone. Never again, Google/Alphabet. Fix your G-Suite accounts so educators, professors, students, and administrators can use your product efficiently.
2022-12-15
Can’t do any school work
I was just gonna get on my phone and finish some of my homework since I was on vacation but when I opened Google slides I was met with a notification telling me to download an app for the slides little did I know when I downloaded and put my school account on it I was giving it all my personal information and I still couldn’t use Google slides. I thought deleting the app would get rid of it but no I had to redownload and take my account out of it so now I’m sitting here on vacation and can’t do any work. Google needs to do a better job on this.
2022-11-26
HELP ME!
The app overall is okay, it can help me get any work done I need to outside of school, but DO NOT make a profile. I went to do it and the little anecdote told me that my administration can track what I’m doing on my PERSONAL device, look through my photos, and DELETE APPS ENTIRELY! I am not okay with this, I would rather keep my stuff to myself. I have my home and school account on here, they could be able to access both, and that’s my private stuff. I don’t think they go through people’s personal accounts for a living, but honestly, I’m just not okay with it.
If anyone has any way for me to protect my personal stuff while doing schoolwork on my school account, please let me know. Thanks!
2022-09-24
Privacy Concern
This app is a monitoring app that has access to your entire phone’s content. Think of 1984, Big Brother, this is the beginning of it. If you want your employer having access to your contacts, your texts, your emails, your personal info, your browsing history, and your ability to even use your phone, by all means download this app.
The point of this app I can see is for employees to make sure you do not leak information and it makes leaks easier to track since they have access to every employees info. They can also remotely wipe your phone if your phone is stolen or misplaced, so it is a huge plus for corporations in terms of security for their IP. However this will come at the expense of your privacy and autonomy. Don’t download this app at all costs.
2022-08-02
Breaks every few months with no discernible cause
When it works, it does what it’s supposed to. However, every few months, something changes somewhere and this app locks me out of my work account on my phone (Gmail will prompt me to install the latest version but the app will be up to date). This doesn’t seem tied to anything I do or characteristics of my phone — I haven’t updated the OS or anything. The error messages are incredibly unhelpful and my workspace admin doesn’t see anything amiss on their end.
2022-05-19
*PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLATION* Why you should not download,and how to actually delete it.
This app literally takes over your phone,basically like you’ve been hacked.
I downloaded this to acsess my school email and directly after,wasn’t able to screenshot.
A past experience is where it asks you to change your password…
….I CANNOT stress this enough,DO NOT CHANGE IT! THIS IS LITERALLY A SCAM FOR THEM TO GET MORE CONTROL OVER YOUR PHONE!
Now for the second part deleting it (getting your phone back) ,it’s not as simple as just deleting the app. I will go step by step for you guys:
Step 1 - You will have to open the app
Step 2 - Go to the menu [Three line icon in the top left]
Step 3 - Go to the bottom of the menu and tap “Unregister” and then confirm to unregister your account from this device
If you’ve done all of these steps correctly,then congratulations you’ll have you phone back. Please read the steps carefully. As just deleting the app is not going to work…
Your Welcome!
2022-03-01
Messed up the way my phone auto-locks
I wanted to be able to check my work email on my phone, and that required downloading this app. BIG mistake. I’m not sure how or why, but after downloading this app, my phone now auto-locks every time the screen goes to sleep. Even if I manually change the auto-lock timer to 5 minutes or “never,” it still locks IMMEDIATELY. I guess it’s a safety feature for accessing sensitive material, but my god is this annoying. I deleted the app but my phone is still screwed up, so thanks for nothing, I guess.
2022-01-11
Poor updates and Not Working.
I have to use this for my organization and it was working well until 3 days ago when I was kicked out and now I am unable to log in using secure account access. I keep getting the message to upload the “new version” of Policy Manager, BUT there is no new version.
I have deleted it and reinstalled with no updates or improvements. I would say the overall app is worth 1 star.
2021-07-21
READ BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD
This app allows your employer to administrate your phone with a policy. It’s necessary to access corporate G SUITE features like emails and stuff on your phone. It allows the employer to e.g. wipe the data when the phone is declared lost.
All the other comments claiming that this APP disables their camera and changes the password etc. and thus leaving a 1-star review, you are misinformed. Your employer is the one setting the policy, not this APP.
If you are installing this on your personal device, understand the compromise you are making before continuing.
I’m deducting a star still because Google should better communicate this information in the app before and after people download.
2021-06-17
Simple and Efficient
A very simple and efficient app to provision policies and company apps. We have used the policy manager for a number of companies and over 10 years only had one issue with certificate installation. Other than that, works great!
2021-06-13
Literally Spyware
It requires the download of a configuration profile, which overrides settings and allows administrators to modify the phone. These modifications can control you device password, what apps you can download, if you’re allowed to connect to iCloud, and even wipe the phone clean of all data. All of these settings hinge on what your company wants you to do. In short, only install this if you have a dedicated work phone that you don’t use for any personal function whatsoever.
2021-06-05
Bad reviews are largely from dumb people
If your workplace or school uses this app to enforce policies you don’t like, that is not Google's fault, nor does it indicate a problem with this app. If you’re giving this a one-star review because you can’t use your camera or you had to use a better password than the 0000 you’ve been using, go complain to your administrator instead and stop embarrassing yourselves.
2021-05-10
Made me uncomfortable
This is my personal phone as I am a highschool student. I do not have the ability to purchase a separate phone for completing my work. I used Google Classroom on my device to upload pictures of homework, notes, and drawings as it is easier to take photos using my phone than the school issued computer. I also used google drive to upload audio recordings for my music class. This app prevents me from using these applications. When I was in the process of downloading this app, it was telling me that the administrator would have access to my information on my phone. I don’t care whether it’s my personal account or my school account, the idea of my school having weight in my PERSONAL device made me very, very uncomfortable. This has made uploading recordings and files finicky as I had to remove my apps I have relied on for the majority of my school career. It renders these apps utterly useless. Please read the other reviews people have left on this app.
2021-04-28
Even after deleting, I get nonstop notifications from this app
I ended up not needing this app and deleted it off my phone within 24 hours. I continue to get nonstop notifications to update the app in order for it to work effectively with my phone. I have quadruple checked it’s deleted from my phone - via settings, notifications, App Store. I’ve even tried reinstalling and deleting it. Still. I need this to stop. I’m about to throw my phone.
2021-03-28
Need to explain additional steps if any
There MUST be additional steps that aren’t being explained. It’s telling me to go to my phone’s settings to download, when I try to install my profile. But it's already installed. There is obviously something not communicating on the back-end or there are missing steps for the user.
Now this keeps telling me to download the latest version over and over and over again, and directs me to the App Store, but there are no updates.
2021-02-22
Do not use this app!
I usually don’t write reviews but I feel like I need to warn people about this app. I downloaded it for my work email. I installed it believing since it’s for work it should be safe. I was wrong. Literally a few seconds after installing this app it made me make a new password to get into my phone. Why? I don’t know but it wouldn’t let me not do this. After this I immediately deleted the app thinking that would be the end of it. When I went to change my password back it wouldn’t let me do a numerical password. I googled it and this app still had control over my phone so I have to reinstall it and manually unregister the app from my phone. Then my phone was back to normal... hopefully. I did not expect this app to have so much control over my phone just for my work email. I will just stick to going on my computer to look at my emails. Long story short don’t use this app unless you’re okay with an app completely taking over your phone.
2021-01-21
Terrible
I have been using this app for the past couple of months and it has been fine. But now, it. Keeps asking me to update it even though I have done it multiple times. Not to mention the quality is poor and the instructions on how to fix this problem are not in any way amazing. I use this app so I may access my school account and when I am in a meeting I do not need to be bothered by the notice popping up. In conclusion it will most definitely be needing some improvements!
2021-01-21
Constant Notifications
I’m the IT manager for my company and insisted that everyone install this app onto their mobile devices so that we could protect company data, particularly when an employee left our organization. In spite of having up-to-date device policies for all Google Apps, I receive constant notifications to update the policy when opening any app. Even after dismissing the notification, I receive it again and again within seconds. Also, this policy not available for Google Notes, which limits my ability to access Google Notes from my work account on my private device. It’s all very frustrating.
2020-12-22
Buggy and doesn’t work
It used to work when I added my Gsuite email to Gmail app. Then it just stopped working so I had to remove Gmail as it said I didn’t have access to it anymore. No biggie, using email through other apps. But I needed Keep on my phone and it asked me to install the app to access Google Keep. Then it says I can’t access it and to contact my Gsuite admin. I am the admin.
Tried looking for other solutions, help files don’t have it.
Last thing I tried is to just remove my account completely and re-add it, start over. Can’t because the app started bugging and just keep popping info popup without any option but to click OK and as soon as you do the same pop up shows up again. Over and over. USELESS and you can’t even use Gsuite on iOs without it. Guess I should stop paying for Gsuite now.
2020-12-20
Junk
I can’t access my work data. There is no update. It says I have to update the app. I have asked our head tech guy and he had no idea what the message means (telling me to get my organizational admin to give me access)
I rely on my phone/tablets to have access on the go. I can’t get into any of my google stuff with my work address.
Everything was fine until 24 hours ago. Total junk. Avoid this app if possible.
Update: same thing happening again. There is no update, but I can’t access my work email and apps without this mysterious update.
2020-12-10
5 star for functionality but 1 star for usability
I will give this app 5 star for functionality but 1 star for usability.
Once it’s properly configured, it works great, but configuring it took me some time and effort since the UI is very user-unfriendly. At the end of profile installation, there is a line of text on the screen saying something like copying the URL to Safari. I was switching to a new iPhone, I think the text might even be cut off or something on the screen. I was expecting simply clicking some buttons in the installation/configuration process and therefore totally missed the text for a manual operation. I ended up in some kind of weird incomplete installation loop for a couple of days until I finally read the text and did that manual operation. Reading some user feedback, I think that’s probably what’s tripped some other users as well. Please make that manual operation more apparent!
Hope this can help some people.
2020-12-10
Not Working
It used to work so fine and perfect until I encountered some difficulties and now when I try to use my google drive it doesn’t want to work even after I downloaded this app. It’s the absolute worst and they need to fix or remove this app. I already uninstalled it but I was planning on installing it again but then I say the reviews saying things like it’s stealing data and documents from your phone and don’t even get me started with this app now stealing and hiding apps. It’s a no for me.
2020-08-18
It hid my camera!
I had this app for not even 24 hours and it was working fine until my camera was removed. I couldn’t find it anywhere on my phone. I search and looked up ways to bring back my camera but it turns out that THIS app hid my camera and I was no longer able to use it. At All! It took a bit of searching until I got a notification that website was trying to access information on my device. I was really disappointed because being able to work in my phone to finish up assignments was convenient. I uninstalled this app and other google apps because I don’t want to be blocked from using my phones other features and applications. I had high hopes for this app. I like that I could access everything I needed from one area but oh well.
2020-06-14
Works for me
Some people were raising concerns about privacy, the help section of the app outlines it in detail, and the claim that all privacy is taken away seems unfounded: If you access multiple Google Accounts on your device, only data from your work or school account can be controlled by your organization. For example, if you have a personal Gmail account and a work email account, only information from the work account is available to your employer. Browser activity in private or Incognito mode in Chrome Browser or Apple®Safari® stays private.
2020-05-21
I mean..
Ok first of all, this app is not TOO bad... it’s just really annoying when there’s these pop ups.. i only downloaded this on my iphone because unfortunately Gmail kept telling me to “Open “Google Device Policy” so you can access your work data” and it kept popping up so i got annoyed and downloaded this app.. and honestly this app is much rather disappointing because i expected wayyy better than this, it’s actually so empty when you open up the app..
2020-04-07
DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!
Upon going through the extremely lengthy process to be able to use my Google Drive on my phone and make it easier to upload and work on projects, I now realized that I simply cannot work on my phone anymore. What used to be a reliable app system that Google created, is now a scam. When I went into my settings to install the profiles as asked, I was presented with “Warning: The administrator may collect personal data, add/remove accounts and restrictions, install, manage, and list apps, and remotely erase data on your iPhone.” .... WHAT?! My phone and what I do on it is not property WHATSOEVER of my school or the organizations I am volunteering or working for. Will NEVER use any Google apps anymore, and immediately uninstalling ALL of them, since they’re useless now. I’m highly disappointed that such an invasion of privacy within my own device is coming from Google. I was even thinking of getting a Pixel, but this just left a bad taste in my mouth. If I could give it 0 stars I would.
2020-01-11
What Just Happened?
I’ve been accessing both my personal and company emails on the Gmail app with no issue for years, and then December 19,2019, BAM, I can’t get my business gmail account to load on my phone, stating device policy not authorized. So I downloaded this app, to no avail. I’ve spent way more time then I care to trying to resolve this, and am extremely frustrated! If anyone can explain how to fix this, please comment somewhere! Why does google have to complicate GSuite? And yes, I went to administrator page to make sure my iPhone is approved.
2019-09-30
If you really want to remove this...
If you really need to remove this app. You'll have to go under the Settings App --> General --> Device Management --> Tap on "Google Apps Device Policy" --> Tap "Remove Management". Personally, I love this app since I have a GSuite domain but organizations use it too as a means of securing their accounts.
2019-09-19
Absolutely Garbage
I have a test due tomorrow and I have been working on it for school a little bit so I downloaded because it said I had to download this app to use google docs before I even got the app it made me a bit unsettled that it said the app had access to my phone but of course I expected so I could work on my essay which is a test grade by the way and it said that my school administrators had to accept my account to even use the app so now I can’t work and it’s all this apps fault I used to be able to do tons of productive work on my mobile phone and as a broke student I wasn’t going to buy a laptop when I could do all my work on my phone now I am thinking I should get one. Do not download this app. Also side note really creepy how I can’t revoke the permission I gave my administration to have access to my phone, also now gonna fail this test because of this stupid update please remove.
2019-09-19
i hate my life
ok so basically don’t get this app if your a student. this app holds not right to access so much information on my phone, most of which isn’t even needed for google docs. i have an URGENT project that needs to get done and i cannot because of this filthy app. 0/10 would not recommend. i’m most likely going to do bad on my test tomorrow :,( to be frank, did google docs need an update? NO, IT DID NOT! it was perfectly fine before. this is just super problematic for students like me. if you are looking for a stressful life then this is the perfect app for you.
2019-09-11
i hate this
the worst app i’ve ever seen. it doesn’t do anything to help you use your work accounts. i tried using this for my school account, but when it showed my status all it said was “to gain access to your work account, contact your organizations admin.” i was able to tap on it, but when i did the app did absolutely NOTHING. i can’t access my online schoolwork on my phone anymore, making me have to wait to do my work until i get home, which might be a little late in the day sometimes. so inconvenient. google, you need to either get rid of this app altogether, or make this so it actually works and helps people. i suggest the first option.
2019-06-02
This is the worst app in history
So I can’t do my work because of this message that keeps on showing up and says to regain access to your work contact your organization admin so please fix this because I contacted my administrator but they didn’t know how to fix this so I don’t know what’s happening or either my administrator is preventing me from using this app or this is just a bug so fix this bug or I’ll contact my administrator for details about why this is happening
2019-05-16
Works Great!
You need to remove other device MDM profiles for it to work. I had set one up manually and it conflicted.
If you are not an admin on the google business account, you may (will) have problems.... you will need to contact your admin... that’s easy if you are the admin.
If you are not the admin and trying to install it, then it may or may not be configured.
If you haven’t talked to your IT Dept., and you are not the IT Debt, don’t install it.
This is for corporate google accounts, not your free gmail account.
The purpose is for MDM... so you should probably accept all of the prompts that indicate it can remotely manage and wipe your device... that’s is the point.
2019-05-07
Cancer for your phone
Avoid this at all costs if you can. It is way more complicated than it should be. I downloaded it to view my emails from work, but it has never worked properly. It just keeps taking me to a menu to download a bunch of other junk and I still can’t see my emails! Also, every time I use the browser on my phone, it reminds me that I haven’t completed the installation. (You also can’t delete it once it is installed, otherwise I would have removed it by now!)
Edit: Now I’m just stuck in a loop trying to install my profile. It asks me to download, I hit accept and then it tells me to review my settings. Then it just kicks me back to the install profile section. What a joke!
2019-04-25
Is Privacy in Google dictionary ？
To use google suite with business account, you need to install some profile from this app, which allows remote admin collect and modify data on your phone.
Yeah you can say no. But then you cannot check your gmail, get google calendar notification and chat with your coworker using Google Chat. Destroy your business life if you rely on Google suite heavily.
I truly understand the concern of the data leakage caused by losing phone. But forcing us to give out our privacy is definitely not a solution .
2019-04-21
Redundant
I don’t see the point of this app because it doesn’t work. I was notified to download this App to access Google drive and other google apps. Every time I try to use it it says “To regain access to your work account, contact your organizer’s admin.” Even though I’m using my personal email! I’ve tried using other emails and the same message will pop up or it would say that I have to sign into G suite, even though I already have. They need to fix this ASAP and the inconvenience is causing delay with attaining assignments for work.
2019-03-13
Work profile
On samsung phones when google device policy is administered, an separate work profile will be created where all the G Suite apps can be found and they are not mixed-up with personal google apps of the device. If your employer want to wipe their data or user enter wrong password several time to unlock the device only the work profile is goes wiped out keeping the personal data untouched.
Please add the separate work profile feature for iOS platform as well.
2019-02-26
Works well
As an IT professional we use this is in our environment for mobile device management and find it works well.
If you don’t want your device invaded you could always, you know....not add your email account to your phone. If you want company information on your phone you inherit the risks associated with that.
2019-01-03
Works like it should
The people that have issues with the app have never had to manage or try to manage iOS devices in the wild. Apple makes it nearly impossible to implement security in an enterprise in any meaningful way, they still think in the consumer space.
2018-03-09
A necessity for Google apps powered enterprises
Allows your company‘s IT department to manage security profiles on our corporate or personal device to provide you with access to corporate resources. You would only download this app if instructed by your company or if you manage your enterprise security.