We analyzed 1,231 negative reviews to understand why users abandon the most popular Calendar apps — and what they want instead.
Specific, exploitable gaps in the top Calendar apps on the App Store.
Frequent app crashes and freezes during event creation.
"Freezes when entering location every time."
"App crashes whenever you create a calendar event."
Loss of data and poor sync capabilities.
"ALL my events & appointments in my calendar are done."
"Suddenly today I lost everything in the app."
Essential features locked behind a subscription.
"You have to pay to do anything. I don't want to pay the $20 just to repeat my tasks."
"Can’t make ANY repeating alarms without paying for it."
Frequent data loss and sync problems.
"I’ve used this app for years and today I woke up and check my calendar and all of my events were literally just gone."
"This calendar just deleted all of my stuff saved and future events, like everything!"
Inconsistent notifications and alert failures.
"The alert does not go off, for some reason it only wants to give an alert for time sensitive entries."
"Alarms do not alert."
23% of users complain about basic features being behind a paywall, particularly recurring events and advanced color-coding options.
Users are willing to pay for a one-time purchase, but there is strong resistance to ongoing subscriptions, especially for basic features.
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