We analyzed 25 negative reviews from the top 5 Metalworking apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
28% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Square check does not work, you click calculate and nothing calculates"
"I type in measurements and hit calculate and nothing happens"
20% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Not quite sure what I'm doing wrong, but it will not connect. Bluetooth is turned both my measuring device and iPad. Tool not found."
"Bosch GLM 50 C with Bluetooth does not work with this app. There is no app available for this brand new tool."
12% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"the problem is when you write a report on a particular day the report gets stored on the next day??? That's very annoying."
"Good app, but has some bug with calendar. The dates in the report go one day in advance, which can be very stressful."
8% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Seemed like a great app when I first looked at it, but once you open it you see all the fees that you have to pay. There's a lot of apps out there that do a lot more than this one. I would have bought the app but I don't like paying reoccurring fees."
12% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"The options to input information are almost non existent. No seat cut option for rafters, no stair angle option for baluster spacing"
"there numbers look good but never come out to the correct number of going (steps) nor does the actual stringer length come to what it should be"
12% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Compare tools doesn't work. No back arrow or button when browsing."
"I still can't get the tools button to do anything."
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Users encounter error pages when attempting to create accounts or register
"You go to try to register to and it sends you to a page that's nothing but errors it's just so not done properly"
App content appearing in unexpected languages despite device settings
"Took first picture and the app stored it in what looked like my photo library, but everything was in German! Tried to fix it through settings."
Users unable to solve common issues due to lack of guidance
"Very little documentation to help troubleshoot."
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