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Poor UX Design

Confusing navigation and bad design choices driving users away. This pattern appears across 64 different app categories in our analysis of 156,000+ negative App Store reviews.

64
Categories Affected
156K+
Reviews Analyzed

Affected Categories

Simulation Game

72% frequency

Disruptive updates ruining gameplay

"The new services 2.0 update has completely destroyed every bit of enjoyment."

Community

54% frequency

Frequent and disruptive UI changes

"Stop changing the UI. I refuse to go to the popular section now because WHAT WAS WRONG WITH SWIPING LEFT OR RIGHT."

Fan Platform

53% frequency

Poor user interface and navigation

"The UI was difficult to use before and has become significantly less usable within the last year."

Kanban Board

46% frequency

Complex and unintuitive user interface

"The interface is clunky and hard to navigate."

Meditation

43% frequency

Confusing navigation and overwhelming UI

"The UI is content vomit. The titles aren’t clear on what the content is and there's no way to filter out what you don’t want to see."

Car Buying

43% frequency

Difficulty navigating new UI designs

"New layout makes the app practically unusable. Very frustrating."

Group Chat

43% frequency

Confusing navigation and poor UI design

"The new update makes it impossible to navigate."

Recipe

43% frequency

Confusing navigation and poor user experience

"Navigation is confusing. I have to go through 1000 steps just to add a recipe."

Payroll

42% frequency

Confusing navigation and poor UX design

"The app is not user friendly, it’s difficult to navigate."

Road Trip Planner

39% frequency

Navigation issues and unreliable routing

"This app has rerouted me not once or twice but NINE TIMES in the middle of the route."

Project Management

38% frequency

Poor navigation and UX

"Confusing. The most confusing platform I have ever seen."

Pet Supplies

37% frequency

Poor navigation and search functionality

"The search is terrible. Never gives me what I'm looking for."

Smart Home

37% frequency

Poor UX/navigation

"Confusing to use. And why do I need an app just to set a delayed start on my dishwasher? (Home Connect (America))"

Trivia Game

37% frequency

Confusing user interface

"The new UI is horrible! It’s not modern; it looks like a mess."

Net Worth Tracker

35% frequency

Difficult navigation and poor UI

"Navigation is confusing and not intuitive"

Investing

35% frequency

Poor navigation and confusing interface

"The app is incredibly difficult to navigate. Nothing is easy to find."

Instrument Tuner

34% frequency

Confusing and cluttered user interface

"This is the most confusing UI I've ever seen."

Nutrition Tracker

34% frequency

Confusing navigation and poor UX design

"The interface is unnecessarily complex. It’s also extremely buggy."

Skiing

33% frequency

Confusing navigation

"Not as good as the mountain specific apps — It takes 8 clicks to see what used to take 2 clicks to see. (Ikon Pass)"

Contract Signing

31% frequency

Non-intuitive user interface

"The app is not user friendly at all."

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