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Customer Support Failure

The #1 complaint across almost every app category. This pattern appears across 136 different app categories in our analysis of 156,000+ negative App Store reviews.

136
Categories Affected
156K+
Reviews Analyzed

Affected Categories

Invoice

62% frequency

Poor customer service

"There is no customer service. You can spend hours trying to do the chat bot but get nowhere."

Password Manager

58% frequency

Poor customer support

"No customer service. No support when needed."

Fashion

58% frequency

Poor customer service

"Customer service is non-existent. Very disappointing that I cannot email anyone."

Bill Splitter

58% frequency

Poor customer service

"There is no way to contact anyone at all."

Note Taking

55% frequency

Customer support issues

"No Support"

Payroll

55% frequency

Poor customer service and support

"Customer service is horrible, they hang up on me."

Trip Planner

55% frequency

Poor customer service

"The worst customer service. They are always so difficult with attitude every time I need help."

Wine

54% frequency

Poor customer service

"Absolutely horrid customer service. Wines ordered were never delivered."

Meditation

48% frequency

Poor customer support and refund policies

"I canceled my subscription after receiving the email saying I would be charged soon. Despite canceling, my credit card was charged."

Crm

48% frequency

Poor customer support

"There is zero customer service. They don’t have any live agents."

Hotel Booking

48% frequency

Inadequate customer service

"You cannot speak to anyone on the phone to help with this booking. Absolutely terrible (Expedia: Hotels, Flights, Cars)"

Investing

48% frequency

Unresponsive or ineffective customer support

"Customer support is absolutely ridiculous bad. Almost impossible to reach actual human."

Diet Planner

47% frequency

Poor customer service and support

"Customer service is basically non existent."

Coupon

47% frequency

Poor customer service and refund issues

"It's always AI and hard to get to a human agent."

Meal Kit

46% frequency

Poor customer service

"Customer support is a joke. Box hasn’t arrived still charged and customer support does not return calls."

Coding Tutorial

45% frequency

Poor customer service and refund policy

"They refused to issue a refund even though it was requested on the day I got charged."

Savings

45% frequency

Poor customer service and lack of support

"Their customer service is trash and I feel like my only next step is to reach out to a lawyer to get my money."

Yoga

45% frequency

Poor customer service

"Poor customer service. I reached out to the app support and have heard nothing."

Crypto Wallet

43% frequency

Poor customer service and support

"Worst customer service ever. They have scammed me out of 1,200 dollars and their customer service won’t help me withdraw money."

Accounting

43% frequency

Poor customer support

"Customer service is terrible. They will not email you back."

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