We analyzed 313 negative reviews from the top 5 Mood Finder apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
85% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"This app doesn't work I was feeling so angry and sad and anxious or stressed or one of those things and it said I was in love"
"I was tired/sad and I put my thumb and it said happy?I was VERY confused when it said that"
65% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Why the in world would you download an app where the only thing that you do is give your fingerprint to a random stranger?!"
"you cannot read a fingerprint through a screen. Number two: You can't read a mood through a FINGERPRINT"
45% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I like it but ever like 5 to 10 seconds the stupid glow app comes on. It gets on my nerves"
"the ad for that app still comes up every millisecond. None of my other apps do that it is so freaking annoying"
40% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I don't understand why you would need that. If you don't do enable the voice for the app"
"It asked me for my camera and my microphone and I denied both"
20% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I just downloaded the app to try it out and it still says loading it's been 10 mins"
"all it does is just display a loading screen and never loads!!!"
5% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I download this app to my kids and guess what? after they start playing for 2 minutes on from of me start to coming on my phone from this app pictures of naked woman's!"
"This app then closed and showed a hacker screen and repeatedly told me to call the suicide hotline"
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
The fake fingerprint scanner combined with voice analysis creates a sense of distrust and feeling tricked, especially when users realize it's just a random generator
"I think it is a scam because it scams your 'finger' and then ask you to read a line. There just saying your mood is that kind because of how you say the line"
Parents download hoping to teach emotional literacy to kids but the random inaccurate results actually confuse children about emotions
"My youngest 3 yr old tried scanning while being happy. It said sad... she looked at me and I looked at he"
Even users who understand it's fake and want to use it as a silly time-waster are driven away by constant intrusive ads
"I like it but ever like 5 to 10 seconds the stupid glow app comes on. It gets on my nerves"
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