We analyzed 20 negative reviews from the top 5 Ventriloquism apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
30% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"You have to pay for or get vip for nearly 80% of the dolls, if not more."
"When I first got this app there were dolls that were actually good- for free. And now anything's that's worth it needs to be paid for."
25% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"The game crashes and deletes all my stuff and it's unfair I'm so upset and when I download models it deletes them"
"I keep importing my VRoid characters and when ever I do it crashes"
20% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Please make it able to import your own models… like from files. Not just from the Vroid Hub.."
"Why do I have to pay to import .pmx files..?"
15% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"MAKE IT SO WE CAN ALSO MAKE OUR OWN ANIMATIONS ITS SO ANNOYING THAT WE ONLY USE PRESETS MAKE IT MORE FUN"
"I have been looking for one of these apps and they don't let you create your own pls make we're I can do that"
5% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I was drawn to this app after seeing that we could use our VRoid models as dancers but I can't figure out how to switch from the default character that appears when the app is first opened."
"Trying to remove model but keeps saying there must be a character. I can't even do advanced math!!!"
5% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"New MMDs import show no valid bones, "make sure hips bond and middle finger" error and after inputting all bones it doesn't work properly"
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Users find the process of downloading dances through external platforms like Notion overly complicated and unreliable
"Notion wasn't working for me so I couldn't download any dances by the way this is way to much just to download ONE DANCE please fix this and already have dances I'm not being lazy it's just notion is not working and this is a long process"
Users cannot figure out how to switch from default characters to their imported models
"I was drawn to this app after seeing that we could use our VRoid models as dancers but I can't figure out how to switch from the default character that appears when the app is first opened. Every time I try, all I see are two green arrows pointing at"
Technical error messages are unclear and frustrating for non-technical users
"Trying to remove model but keeps saying there must be a character. I can't even do advanced math!!!"
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