We Analyzed the App Store for 'Google Forms' (2026)
Why We Pulled the Data
“Is there a Google Forms app?” is the most-asked question we cover — usually answered with a screenshot. Screenshots age and can’t be verified, so we did it properly: Apple’s iTunes Search API (the documented public interface behind App Store search), queried on August 20, 2026, for the term google forms in three storefronts, plus a developer lookup of Google’s account for its complete iOS catalog. Raw JSON archived. Anyone can rerun the queries — no API key required.
Honest limits of the method: the API returns relevance-ordered search results, which are not chart rankings; it caps at 50 results per query; and its price field shows download price only — subscriptions and in-app purchases are invisible to it. Every number below is a one-day snapshot.
Finding 1: Google Shows Up — Forms Doesn’t
Of the 39 US results, six are Google’s own apps: Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, and the Google app. None is a Forms app. The developer lookup removes any doubt: Google’s account publishes 73 iOS apps, including ten Workspace apps —
| In Google’s iOS catalog | Forms? |
|---|---|
| Docs · Sheets · Slides · Drive | ✓ all present |
| Gmail · Calendar · Meet · Chat | ✓ all present |
| Keep · Classroom | ✓ both present |
| Google Forms | ✗ absent — 0 of 73 apps |
The UK storefront returns 42 results, Japan 39 — Google Forms apps in either: zero. The absence is global and, as we’ve argued from the product history, evidently deliberate.
Finding 2: A 24-App Shadow Market
33 of 39 US results are third-party, and 24 of those put both Google and Form in their names — a shadow market shaped exactly like the missing official app. Its scale, measured in ratings:
- 73,721 combined ratings across the 24 name-matching apps
- Category leader: Forms for Google Docs (Aurora Innovation) — 4.7 stars, 57,461 ratings
- 5 apps above 1,000 ratings; average across rated apps 4.53
Tens of thousands of people rating Google-Forms companion apps is the cleanest demand signal available: users did not stop wanting a Forms app because Google declined to build one.
Finding 3: The Lookalike Problem Is Real (and Measurable)
Two of the 33 third-party names contain a Cyrillic letter о (U+043E) — pixel-identical to a Latin o — letting a listing render like another app’s name while remaining technically unique. We report the pattern, not the publishers. The practical takeaway for users is the one our safety FAQ already gives: judge an app by its seller field, never its display name, and check that sign-in uses Google’s official OAuth screen.
Also notable: all 39 results are free to download. Monetization lives in subscriptions and in-app purchases the API cannot see — so “free” on the store page tells you nothing about cost. Ours included.
Disclosure: We’re In This Dataset
Forms for Google Drive — our app — appears among the 33, at 4.6 stars with 309 ratings on query day: a small player beside a 57,000-rating leader, published here without varnish because a dataset loses its value the moment its authors curate themselves out of it. What our app does differently is argued elsewhere, with the bias declared; this page is for the numbers.
Method note: iTunes Search API, term “google forms”, entity=software, storefronts US/GB/JP, August 20, 2026; developer lookup on Google’s artist ID. Raw responses archived. Numbers will drift — cite with the date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an official Google Forms app in the App Store?
No, and this dataset shows it directly two ways: none of the 39 US search results for 'google forms' is a Forms app by Google, and Google's own developer catalog — all 73 iOS apps published under its account — contains Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Keep, Chat, and Classroom, but no Forms. The same holds in the UK and Japan storefronts we checked.
Where did this data come from?
Apple's public iTunes Search API — the documented interface behind App Store search — queried on August 20, 2026 for the term 'google forms' in the US, UK, and Japan storefronts, plus a developer lookup of Google's account for its complete iOS catalog. No scraping, no estimates; we archived the raw JSON responses so the analysis is reproducible.
What are all those third-party 'Google Forms' apps?
Independent apps filling the gap Google left: 33 of the 39 US results are third-party, and 24 of them carry both 'Google' and 'Form' in their names. They connect to real Google Forms through Google's sign-in and APIs. Quality varies widely — from a market leader with 57,000+ ratings to listings with none — so the publisher field deserves a look before installing.
Are any of the results misleading?
Two of the 33 third-party names contain a Cyrillic letter 'о' (U+043E) visually identical to the Latin 'o' — a lookalike-character technique that makes a name render like another app's while remaining technically distinct. We name the pattern rather than the publishers; the practical defense is simple: judge apps by the seller field, not the display name.
Doesn't your own app appear in this data?
Yes — Forms for Google Drive by BurningFlower INC, our app, is among the 33 third-party results, rated 4.6 with 309 ratings at query time. That is a small fraction of the category leader's 57,000+, which we publish unflinchingly: this article's value is the dataset, and the dataset only stays credible if our own modest numbers are in it.
Can I verify or reuse these numbers?
Yes. The iTunes Search API is public — the same queries (search term 'google forms', entity software, per storefront) return current data to anyone, no key required. Numbers will have drifted from our August 20, 2026 snapshot; that is expected. If you cite this article, the date matters.