We analyzed 46 negative reviews from the top 5 Garden Manager apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
26% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I can only use the app for about 30-45 seconds before it crashes and I have to open it up and start again."
"The last 2 updates have completely disabled the app. It either freezes or crashes when opened."
22% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"You created an iPad app that doesn't work on an iPad. The application appears so small on an iPad that it is unusable."
"It's a fixed window the size of a phone screen. Totally horrible on an iPad."
17% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"The dates to start seeds, transplant and harvest are 1 month behind the appropriate dates for my area based on the calendar from the state."
"Starting tomatoes and peppers from seed in May (6b) is disastrous."
13% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"After the latest update, it deleted all of my information and would not let me log back in."
"Every year in the spring it completely wipes my garden plan clean and won't even load the screen to allow me to plan out a new garden."
15% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Inability to delete overdue tasks is quite silly. There are seeds which maybe don't germinate or bed preparation / cultivation that never occurred."
"I was unable to change dates, modify dates do you know life happens if I plan to plant something on one day, but get too busy and unable to do it I should be able to change it."
11% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I've reached out to customer service 3 times over 2 weeks and no one will even respond or attempt to help me cancel/refund membership."
"They make extremely difficult to get out of their subscription. Lies and avoidance."
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Users cannot scroll through plant lists, keyboard blocks text input, and UI elements are inaccessible
"When opening the crop dropdown and attempting to scroll the list. The full page scrolls and the lots does not."
Users struggle to find basic features, navigation sends them to wrong places, features are hidden or non-existent
"I made an account online and then downloaded the app but it just has a tasks page, journal page and then like a menu page. That's it. There's nowhere to add a new crop or look at the calendar or anything."
Calendar shows only 1-2 weeks at a time, preventing users from seeing seasonal planning
"With the limited vertical orientation you can literally view only a week or two of the calendar and you can't visualize the work ahead or see the tasks laid out as they really are."
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