We analyzed 27 negative reviews from the top 5 Baking Timer apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
22% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"whenever I go back into the app, it shows me the bakery timer for 5 seconds I need to do the tutorial all over again"
"every time I open the app it goes back to the introductory stage where they give a tutorial on how the timer works and it is frustrating"
19% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Failed to sign in anonymously Please contact support if this issue persits"
"every time i open it it says please testart the app error code #1489"
15% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I studied for 2 hours using this app. I got a golden bundt cake. I was really happy with it. The next time I wanted to use the app it deleted all of my bakes"
"It keeps on deleting all of my progress. :/ Me no like."
15% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I need to get to important things like a calculator or to send something or on google classroom, and I can't do that or the stupid app starts spamming me and then burning things"
"I understand that the point of the app is to stay off of addicting apps, but sometimes I would need to search something up and end up being away for too long and burning my food"
11% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"everytime I just let my phone sit to do my work, it turns off by itself, and then I get a notification saying my cupcake is burning, even though I didn"
"It's burning my cakes without me even touching my phone what's up with that 😡😡😡😡"
4% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"600 coins to unlock a new recipe is SO MUCH. It takes an unbelievable amount of time to earn that many coins. This makes me want to use other apps instead."
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Users accidentally delete their baked goods/study sessions too easily, with no undo or confirmation
"Very VERY easy to accidentally delete the baked goods you just made"
New users struggle with unclear instructions and cannot skip repetitive tutorials
"I kept trying to make a donut, it didn't give any tutorial a difference couldn't get it to work"
Users report that support doesn't investigate or resolve critical bugs
"I reported this to your customer support and was told that they not only did not have a solution for me(u understandable) but that they wouldn't be looking in"
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