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ESPN holds 4.40 stars from 1,209,731 Google Play ratings. We read 1,591 substantial negative reviews from the last twelve months. 476 of them mention money, and 107 describe paying for ESPN and still not being able to watch: sign-ins that will not stick, subscriptions the app does not recognise, and blackouts nobody mentioned at checkout.
Pokémon GO holds 3.55 stars from 15,373,009 Google Play ratings. We read 1,324 substantial negative reviews from a 57 day window. 63 describe a paid raid pass consumed by a freeze, crash or server failure, and the September share is 14.0% against 1.3% in August.
Google Home holds 4.02 stars from 3,654,291 Google Play ratings, and 53.1% of its 4,000 most recent US reviews are one star. We read 1,340 substantial complaints spanning 147 days. 136 blame the switch from Google Assistant to Gemini, and that share has not moved in five months.
Samsung Health holds 3.16 stars from 1,578,667 Google Play ratings, and 3,243 of its 4,000 most recent US reviews are 1-3 stars. We read the 2,082 substantial ones. 773 blame the 7.0 redesign, and sorting by installed build shows the first 7.0 release averaging 1.74 stars against 2.57 for the last 6.x.
Pandora holds 3.89 stars on Google Play against 4.80 on the App Store. We read 1,103 substantial negative reviews from nine months: 227 describe the app crashing or stopping on its own, and the rate has not moved across twelve builds. Sorted by hand, they fall into three patterns.
Reviewers reset the password, land back on the login screen, and cannot refill their plan. We read 1,048 substantial negative Google Play reviews: 256 are about signing in, and the rate has not moved in eleven months.
The Subway app will not apply a gift card unless the balance covers the whole order, so the last few dollars stay stuck. We read 2,029 substantial negative Google Play reviews: 140 are about gift cards, 20 name an amount, and two 2026 updates made it worse on dates the reviews can pin down.
Reviewers turn off every Snapchat notification except messages from friends and the alerts keep arriving. We read 1,672 substantial negative Google Play reviews: 152 describe it, and the rate roughly tripled with the 12 August 2026 build.
The Alexa app told a house full of working Echo devices they were offline, but only inside the alarm screen. We read 1,012 substantial negative reviews: 119 describe it, and the app versions they name date the bug to a six week window.
The Toyota app rates 4.73 on Google Play. We read 903 substantial negative reviews: 105 describe a remote command that failed, and Digital Key complaints grew roughly tenfold from January to August 2026.
SiriusXM holds 4.51 stars from 1,130,521 Google Play ratings. We read 697 substantial negative reviews from fourteen months and hand-verified 84 about using the app in a vehicle. The largest group, 21 reviews, is the app launching itself the moment Bluetooth connects, and it spans thirteen version labels without ever being fixed.
The United app holds 4.71 stars from 1,026,826 Google Play ratings. We read 412 substantial negative reviews from six months and hand-verified 167 about failing to check in or reach a boarding pass. One build, 4.2.91, carries a 31.6% crash rate against 0.0% to 14.3% for twelve comparable versions.
ParkMobile holds 4.31 stars from 87,524 Google Play ratings. We read 1,179 substantial negative reviews from nearly three years and confirmed 115 that end in a parking ticket, a tow or a boot, in six distinct ways. The rate has not moved since 2024.
Garmin Connect holds 4.36 stars from 1,105,101 Google Play ratings. We read 557 substantial negative reviews across six comparable builds: five sit between 21.7% and 29.0% negative, and 5.27.3 sits at 38.0%. Plus a pairing box that lost a digit.
My Verizon holds 4.55 stars from 1,296,179 Google Play ratings. We read 475 negative reviews from four months: 113 are about not getting into the app at all, the blank screen half is shrinking while the sign-in half has not moved, and 27 were trying to pay a bill.
Workday holds 4.21 stars from 264,210 Google Play ratings. We read 528 negative reviews from five months: 225 are about signing in, and one build carries 28.6 percent of the reviews describing the app hanging after the password goes in.
The Roku app holds 4.73 stars from 4,690,092 Google Play ratings. We read 298 negative reviews from three months: 64 are about the app failing to reach the TV, the share has not moved across four builds, and six reviewers hit a catch worth knowing first.
UPS holds 4.53 stars from 306,167 Google Play ratings. We read the 735 substantial negative reviews from April to August 2026: 84 are about changing a delivery, 31 could not make the change at all, and 16 paid for the membership and still hit a fee or a wall.
Strava holds 4.59 stars from 1,170,105 Google Play ratings. We read the 152 negative reviews that mention recording: 40 describe an activity that would not save, 38 a recording that stopped mid run, and the save failures cluster on app versions 459 to 462.
Ford holds 4.69 stars from 438,921 Google Play ratings. We read 650 substantial negative reviews from six months: 73 describe a sign-in loop, 62 of those landed in July 2026 on app versions 6.16 and 6.17, and a separate 93 describe commands to the car failing all year.
Steam's mobile app holds 3.11 stars on Google Play and 2.64 on the App Store. We read 887 substantial negative reviews spanning six months and hand-verified the 45 describing the same circle: the app asks for a code that only the app you cannot open can produce.
CineDash holds 4.59 stars from 15,475 ratings, but 19 of its 124 substantial negative reviews describe a video filter tool rather than a streaming catalogue, and five reviewers report different behaviour on two of their own devices. What 982 recent reviews actually say.
Sonos holds 4.29 stars on Google Play from 341,521 ratings, with 35,158 at one star. We read 1,856 negative reviews: 169 describe the app failing to find or hold onto speakers, and the share blaming an update has stayed between 15.6 and 20.4 percent for ten straight months. What reviewers report, and what to check first.
Chick-fil-A holds 4.54 stars on Google Play from 210,527 ratings. We read 923 negative reviews: 45 name a VPN or privacy-browser error at sign-in, and 25 of those say they were not using a VPN. The share of complaints naming it roughly quadrupled in April 2026. What reviewers report, and what to check first.
Taco Bell shipped app version 10.0.3 on 12 August 2026 and the Google Play rating is now 2.41 from 197,231 ratings, 108,281 of them one star. We read 253 negative reviews to find what the redesign actually removed: search, rewards access, gift card stacking, customization, and a working checkout.
MyBlock holds 3.91 stars on Google Play from 122,126 ratings. Of the 105 negative reviews we read, 28 are about being unable to sign in, and 71 of them sit on a single build, 14.7.0, with complaints spanning five months. What reviewers report, and the workaround that keeps coming up.
Blink holds 4.47 stars on Google Play. We read 520 negative reviews from ten storefronts in five languages: missing clips, late alerts, and the USB storage boundary nobody mentions.
Waze rates 4.31 on Google Play. We read 1,500 negative reviews from both stores and tagged each by build: only two complaints move with a version.
The PlayStation App rates 3.49 on Google Play. We read 799 negative reviews across twelve store listings: 175 describe a sign-in that loops.
Google Health (Fitbit) rates 3.65 on Google Play. We read 3,349 negative reviews in nine store listings: 935 are about the switch itself.
Audible rates 4.58 on Google Play. We read 453 negative reviews in eight languages: 63 say the player forgets where you stopped.
ADP Mobile rates 4.54 on Google Play and 4.71 on the App Store. We read 453 recent 1-3 star reviews. It forgets your login across eight builds.
Fidelity rates 4.11 on Google Play against 4.79 on the App Store. We read 217 recent 1-3 star reviews. The newest build locks up on one screen.
Starbucks rates 4.84 on Google Play. We read 222 recent 1-3 star reviews and 41% describe one screen: an age check that locks the whole app.
Domino's rates 4.59 on Google Play. We read 462 recent 1-3 star reviews: 31.8% are about deals, points and rewards the app will not let you apply.
LinkedIn's Play rating is 3.91. We read 221 recent 1-3 star reviews and 34.4% describe the same loop: restricted, told to verify, verification fails.
Best Buy sells the technology this app runs on. We read 305 recent 1-3 star reviews and 56.7% describe the same problem: the app is slow.
State Farm's app scores the phone in your pocket, not the car in your driveway. We read 149 recent 1-3 star reviews from both app stores.
MyChart login failures have three separate owners: the app, your hospital, and the app store. We read 147 recent 1-3 star reviews to tell them apart.
Hilton's digital key fails at the door for a reason the app never shows you. We read 302 recent 1-3 star reviews across both stores and 14 markets.
Costco's app search misses items you are standing next to, carts empty themselves, and a passkey prompt covers your card at the door. 338 reviews read.
The Kroger app's My List broke and stayed broken across nine releases. We read 309 recent 1-3 star reviews for what changed and how to work around it.
The Planet Fitness app emails a sign-in code, then stalls on Continue. We read 169 recent 1-3 star reviews for the workaround and what it costs you.
The McDonald's app opens to the golden arches and stops. We read 411 recent 1-3 star reviews to find the fix people use and what it quietly costs.
Disney+ downloads ask for internet exactly when you have none. We read 307 US reviews plus 640 in 13 other languages to find when it broke.
The Amazon app vanished from the Play Store for working tablets, and search now runs through Alexa with no off switch. We read 276 negative reviews.
One in three Fly Delta complaints is the login screen, and the trigger is leaving the app for your password manager. We read 154 negative reviews.
FedEx alerts you switched on never fire, and the login that would fix them loops. We read 514 recent 1-3 star reviews from both stores to map what actually breaks.
AT&T rebuilt its app around an AI assistant, and Android sign-ins have looped since 20 July. We read 334 recent 1-3 star reviews from both stores to see what changed.
Chase pushed dark mode onto Android with no in-app toggle, then dropped support for older phones. We read 215 recent 1-3 star reviews to see what that update cost users.
T-Life tells some customers their government plan is not eligible for full access, and they do not have a government plan. We read 220 recent 1-3 star reviews to find when it started, who it hits, and what actually works.
The CVS app says a prescription is ready and the pharmacy says it is not. We read 123 recent 1-3 star reviews to see how often the app disagrees with the counter, and what that costs people.
Grubhub scores 4.54 on Google Play and 4.75 on iOS. 292 recent 1-3 star reviews explain the $5 credit, the refund that is not a refund, and one Android regression.
Coinbase scores 4.35 on Google Play and 4.68 on iOS. 237 recent 1-3 star reviews explain the deposit holds, the withdrawal wait, the fees, and one Android regression.
Southwest scores 4.42 on Google Play but 4.84 on iOS. 290 recent 1-3 star reviews explain the boarding pass wall, trips that never save, and real fixes.
We read the 300 most recent US Google Play reviews for Paramount+. 149 were 1-3 stars and 79% of them landed on one build. The pattern underneath is the useful part: the app fails far harder on Android than on Apple hardware, and reviewers who found working routes name them.
We read the 300 most recent US Google Play reviews for the Hulu app. 191 were 1-3 stars, and 83% of them landed on the two builds shipped this month. The reports are specific: an age restriction that locks adults out of accounts they pay for, playback that fails mid-episode, casting that stopped working, and an ad load that paying subscribers measured themselves. Here is what is broken and what actually helps.
We read the 300 most recent US Google Play reviews for the Xfinity app. 242 of them were 1-3 stars, and they describe the same failures over and over: an "update required" loop that never ends, phones declared incompatible overnight, an AI assistant with no route to a human, and a troubleshooter that blames your modem during a cable outage. Here is what is actually broken and what reviewers found that worked.
We pulled the 300 most recent US Google Play reviews for Ticketmaster. 253 of them were 1-3 stars, and they describe the same handful of failures: a login screen that never loads, accounts flagged as bots, barcodes that will not display at the gate, and sessions that log you out every time you close the app. Here is what is actually breaking, what reviewers found that worked, and what to do if you are already standing outside the venue.