We analyzed 48 negative reviews from the top 5 Event Planning Assistant apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
33% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Only lets you add 5 guests to guest list - then it tries to make you buy the full app. Lame!"
"The free version only allows you to enter 5 guests, which really doesn't allow you to plan a party at all"
35% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"It keep shuting down. I wouldn't even give it a star if I could"
"The app kept kicking me out so I had to delete. When I redownloaded, i realized i have to pay for the app again. Also, i lost all of the info i had saved"
21% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I wish you could organize the task list and it had filters the way the guest list did. I want to color coordinate my tasks (food related things are this color, guest related things are this color, etc)"
"I could not keep track or customize my to do, make shopping lists, order flowers, send emails, keep track of suppliers. It was nothing"
10% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Just wish that party data could be synced across my devices so if I'm at home planning I could use my ipad but if I'm on"
"App doesn't show in device settings and information entered in app will not sync between phone and ipad"
6% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I can't invite anyone else on my team to see the notes and to-do's . For this app to succeed it needs to offer sharing log in information so multiple people can work on a project/event"
"It would be nice to see iCloud or Dropbox support so multiple users can administer the planned event"
15% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"It's super basic"
"Unfortunately, this is just a checklist"
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Critical UX failures prevent users from even starting to use the app, with crashes on first screen or event type selection
"Once I click on 'Type of Event' to type in the description it boots me right out. Tried it at least 10 times and it boots me out every sin"
Adding guests is unnecessarily complicated and lacks basic categorization options
"adding guests in stupidly hard and complicated. Crashes"
Users struggle with basic event lifecycle management
"Not clear on how to delete old party and start a new one. Other than that helpful"
Ad placement disrupts the planning experience at critical moments
"Also there is an ad every single time you create a to do list item even after"
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