We analyzed 101 negative reviews of Grid Diary Classic from the App Store. Here's what users are saying.
Catastrophic technical debt, abandoned lifetime customers for subscription model, chronic crashes and data loss, non-existent customer support, broken core features (template persistence, sync, photo limits)
"Back in 2018 or 2019 I paid for the lifetime use of the app because I loved the app and wanted to use it as my journal forever. Well, in 2024 instead of continuing to improve and update this version, the company decided to launch a Grid Diary 2 and i"
"I thought I loved this app until it kept changing my template grid to include prompts I never chose. Then when it lost a journal entry for the second time, I was done. Great concept. Inconsistent and poor execution."
Back in 2018 or 2019 I paid for the lifetime use of the app because I loved the app and wanted to use it as my journal forever. Well, in 2024 instead of continuing to improve and update this version, the company decided to launch a Grid Diary 2 and it does not grandfather a lifetime membership from ...
Every day I have a red “1” for notification. Every day I open the app and see nothing. I have not changed any settings. I have no idea what this is and I’ve emailed support three times. Each time, I get a reply back that they will be right back in touch. I am afraid I’m getting ready to lose some d...
Not very happy that I can no longer export my diary unless I upgrade to grid diary 2 and forced to pay subscription. Had a feature and it was taken away. Will just copy paste one by one and delete this app.
**UPDATED 7/17/19*** Left my original review below so you’d know how much I loved this app. But now the developers got greedy and decide to flip the bird to everyone that supported them in early development. Now my classic version suddenly doesn’t except my password. I have no way to access the app ...
Because my phone was taken.. On my new phone I looked into the sync settings to see if I could restore my entries. Turns out that by default, cloud sync is disabled. Plus (I'm adding to this months later) you can't change the default questions. Thanks for taking our money buddy
Wish you could delete some of the grids
A greedy company who asks you to buy the premium features then they change to subscription model and they ask you to pay again
I just updated to the latest version and now the app doesn't even open, it just crashes
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