We analyzed 68 negative reviews from the top 5 Wishlist apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
32% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"After about a month of happily using it, suddenly it started crashing every single time I would try to add a link to S"
"But half the time it freezes when I go to save an item to a list"
26% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"This app was great until I recently tried to open it. Wishlists categories show how many items I have saved, but I can't open the lists. A constant error says it cannot load"
"I spent a lot of time to create my wishlists using this app. When I tried to open it a week later, the app shows multiple errors and I can't open a single wish list I created"
15% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"If you select a certain color or details for a product on the website and then add it to your list on Sortd, it shows the wrong color/size"
"Whenever I save a clothing item it saves in the wrong color that isn't the one I chose"
12% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"After recently updating the app since I downloaded it, I reopened it to find all of the links I saved in my wishlist to have disappeared"
"After a bit, it deletes your whole wishlist. I'm super disappointed; now I have to find all the products again"
10% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"You can't use it to save items from within a browser while you're looking at products. The only way I can find to do that is if you copy and paste the URL"
"The extension to save directly very rarely works so I often have to copy the link into the app to save to a wishlist. Defeats the whole purpose"
6% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I downloaded this to keep an eye on a high priced item across several platforms and not once did I get a notice during any changes. In fact the prices they had for each website would just not update"
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Users report severe lag, slow loading times, and frequent force closures making the app frustrating to use
"Honestly the app concept is amazing but from a user standpoint it's very slow and laggy. every time i open the app it closes by itself"
Critical navigation buttons (back, close, menu) are not accessible on iPhone screens
"Absolutely love the idea of not having a million screenshots on my phone however, the app is useless because it wasn't developed to fit on an iPhone screen. The back arrow, X, and … icons are all positioned too high up on the screen and cannot be cli"
Users frustrated by being forced to update frequently and app not working without updates
"Everyone I click into the app which is almost everyday it says update is overall a good app I just hate going to it everyday and I have to update it"
Saved items cannot be easily reopened to compare products or view details
"I appreciate the app for allowing me to save all of my wishlist items in one place but I can't seem to reopen said links in the site or in an external browser. It makes trying to compare various items kind of a pain"
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