G Whizz Plus Reviews

Something changed recently and now in GWhizzPlus being bombarded by ads opening in a video window. Click close and it opens again. Making app useless. It's on the verge of being deleted. Back to google news app.

Caution: Developer Abandoned in Spring 2016.
The “Gmail” part still works, but just about everything else is either deprecated, never connects, or just doesn’t work anymore. I bought in Dec 2015, and within 6 months ir become crippled. The first month it worked quite well. I keep looking for an update, but NO, the developer has abandoned this software since last year. Pretty much dead since Mid 2016...

GWhizzPlus worked fine for two years then Apple required an update of month ago and since then I have deleted it,added it back in and it still does not work. I was told if I got a newer phone it would probably work but my phones on two years old so I found a way to not need G-Whiz.
This is a very to satisfied customer

I wanted to know what the difference between the PLUS version $2.99 & the $0.99 version? I noticed that the description for each version is EXACTLY alike. Thank you in advance for your time.

Seemed fine when I "test drove" the free version, but I upgraded to the paid app and suddenly the settings were different. I bought GWhizzPlus primarily for Reader (although I use a lot of google apps so I figured I would eventually try the others). I finally figured out that the free app had defaulted to "Desktop Look" for Reader and I changed the paid app settings to match. Now it looked the way I wanted, but the functionality was glitchy. It's nearly impossible to "click" the nav pane (on left) in the magical "right" way that GWhizzPlus seems to want. As a result, I find it nearly impossible to change to a different feed. Sometimes the reading pane (right side) is really finicky as well and you can only scroll if your finger is just on top of the scroll bar, which is annoying. I've closed GWhizzPlus , uninstalled and reinstalled several times, retried the free version, updated my OS, everything I can think of to resolve the issue to no avail. The reading pane functionality may have been improved by one of those things, but being largely unable to switch feeds makes that irrelevant. I guess I must not have tested the free version long enough, because GWhizzPlus (for Reader) has become pointless.

Too much going on, too confusing. Hard to figure out what its purpose is. Didn't see any value in it.

It stopped working two weeks ago. I can’t edit or add dates to my calendar.I’ve been using it for years! It’s been a lifeline for my work and appointments. I’m so bummed. 😢

These comments are for the paid version.

Browser like functionality for Gmail use which is nice...you can 'send from' your different email accounts directly from G-Whizz. This is Google's mobile web page, and the GWHIZZ app is only behaving like a browser I believe, so no real points for G-Whizz on that one.

Major problem is if you need to open an attachment in another app...like Dropbox, DocstoGo, Sugarsync or any other (like Sign'nSend to sign a document and send back out with you signature, or any other to markup your attached file and send back out). You canNOT do this with G-Whizz.

To be FAIR you can 'Open in Safari' and Safari allows you to 'Open in...' another app....BUT WHY PAY for an App when Safari will do ALL of the Mail features for free ? This extra step and mis-use of resources is even worse.

HOPE YOU CAN FIX this 'Open in...' missing feature soon...it's a big one to me and probably other users!

PS - Cannot save documents in Google Docs either. Regarding Google Docs, a complimentary desktop (pc, mac, linux) application would make sense to help sync or upload/download folders/files...this one is a wish list because there are a couple of individual programs out there to do this. It's just that if you're promoting app as an "end all" type of solution to work with Google, this is a major issue for Google Docs users...maybe make it an inapp option/purchase for those who need it.

I've just put the Facebook app back on my phone - I can't link a name in a post on GWhizzPlus. And it's a just a web browser, which I knew - but paid anyway. I wanted to get resource and notification hogs like the Facebook app off of my phone. I'm not on social media much - but I need quick access. Ideally GWhizzPlus will still be useful enough to keep.

I have used GWhizzPlus for years and loved it, recommended it to friends and colleagues, and appreciated the all-in-one usability. However since Google did away with Google+ (and I assume this is somehow related to that event), whenever I create an email or reply on GWhizzPlus on my iPhone I end up with several draft versions even after I've sent the final email. I have to go back, click edit for each one, and delete one by one. I deleted GWhizzPlus and reinstalled without success. Extremely frustrating for this longtime user and promoter of G-Whiz Plus!!! :(

I use the tasks feature all the time. I depend on it. It’s very reliable.

GWhizzPlus is essential for viewing google apps in 'Desktop' mode and customizing settings!

This is a re-review of the program. The last update seems to have fixed the image display issue with the e-mail. The program is still a little unstable when changing from e-mail to web and back. I am sure future updates will address the issue. I would give the program a 5 star if the developer would comment on report bugs. Even if it was a form letter.

Prior review

I have been using the program for quite sometime. The program worked very well and I used it for reading my e-mail over other programs. The last upgrade was a actual downgrade. I no longer can display images. The show images button does not work. I have reinstalled the program several times with no results. I contacted the developers of the program with no response. Perhaps when people stop buying the program they will provide a fix. For now, I would stay away from this program.

I like using the IM feature in gmail, and was excited to have it on my phone. "Talk" works great if you keep it on screen/active, but when notified you have a response to a conversation, 9 out of 10 times the conv stream is gone - Gwiz prompts you to "Refresh" and it does not. You end up with just one entry in the field, and if you forgot what the conversation was about you're left with having to go into your gmail and pull up the old part of the conv in Chats, or sometimes the old conv is in your inbox with the update. This is the only thorn for me, and I hope it gets sorted. Otherwise GWhizzPlus encompasses everything in gmail. Nice to have access to my Documents and (online) Picassa albums. Links you click on in GWhizzPlus keep you within GWhizzPlus , this is good, but it can get a little cramped on screen, and feels slow at times. These problems were not enough to keep me from buying the full version - after using the light version.

It keeps getting better.

GWhizzPlus is a must for anyone using Google Apps for EDUs on the iPad!

Although my favorite is Google stand alone app because of its wealthy data base (one needs only to type 2 key words or so) I love the all in one of Google plus!

Super Useful.

As one of the many, who is caught up, or should I dare to say is prompted. Arise from slumber to rush to the iPad, iPhone, laptop, or even desktop. Knowing that there will be dozens of emails notification and pokes and tag and can't forget tweets. The averaged American or should I say person in general is ruled by social media. GWhizzPlus I one of my go to apps when I have a short time to be jumping from app to app. There is everything and anything you would need to get threw your day just here all in this one app. I use this as a way to sum up the average amount of who what when and why of the day is sent to me. Or about me. This world is faster becoming more computer based. Then personal based. Everything a person or personal assistant would do is here at the tap of one app. Why pay to have some one do it for you when it can just be brought to one easily learned app. I'm far from saying don't go on your soul Facebook app twitter app and so on but this will cut the am update time in second. This is an app I have given my self as a thank god it all there and I don't have to keep jumping out and into other apps. If you are a social media driven person that has to have it all there in one app this is GWhizzPlus for you. loves it !!!!

I have always really liked G-whizz -- easy to manage, lots of apps easy to find.
Now that Google Mail has updated itself, to something I rate as low as possible, G-while is even more appealing.

Love GWhizzPlus!

It'd be better it REALLY runs in background, especially music when it's played from drive. Now, you play it, you leave GWhizzPlus , and it stops.

Other than that, it's getting better and better every version! ^_^