What users complain about in Emburse Professional
43 complaints about Emburse Professional from 43 people, read from Google Play reviews rated 1–3 stars (11 Jun 2016 – 16 Aug 2026). The complaints have not yet formed a repeated theme. Complaints about v2026.3.2 are 9 points less painful than about v2026.0.3.
What they complain about
Complaints grouped by meaning, largest group first. Each name is a verbatim fragment of something somebody wrote, not an editorial label.
The autofill function often locked up the app making it necessary to restart.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 20I have to say Certify is by far the worst I’ve used and I’ve used something called Skovik.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 40This is a very frustrating app to use.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 52The update with their AI and new interface is just awful.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 91I had to uninstall and reinstall to fix it.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 40Emburse Professional — Slow.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 15Both PC version and mobile are GARBAGE
1 complaint · 1 personpain 91No TouchID, you're stuck having to remember to manually start a "Sync" because it will sh…
1 complaint · 1 personpain 58Very buggy and frustrating.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 88I do not recommend using the app.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 6Expense reports are already a hassle, but this software is garbage.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 91Emburse Professional — Terrible quality.
1 complaint · 1 personpain 40
Did the last release help?
Complaints about v2026.3.2 are 9 points less painful than v2026.0.3. App Store only — Play reviews carry no version.
- v2026.3.2413 complaints11 Aug 2026
- v2026.0.3505 complaints23 Mar 2026
- v715493 complaints17 Nov 2025
- v3.1.6654 complaints31 May 2023
- v3.0.5294 complaints04 Jan 2022
- v1.0.584510 complaints11 Jun 2016
The reviews themselves
40 of 43 complaints, most painful first. Every one links to the review on the store.
Emburse Professional — Horrible update
The update with their AI and new interface is just awful.
Emburse Professional — Piece of garbage
Both PC version and mobile are GARBAGE
Emburse Professional — Awful
Expense reports are already a hassle, but this software is garbage.
Emburse Professional — App is BAD
Auto-fill feature is terrible.
Emburse Professional — Most recent update is the WORST!
It’s so annoying to deal with now!
Emburse Professional — Clunky interface, worse with new camera settings
Lately they’ve added this automated camera function that can potentially insert the data into the expense report however it takes over the camera with blue flashing rectangles that are annoying and obnoxious and make it harder to use.
Emburse Professional — Freezes all the time
Very buggy and frustrating.
Emburse Professional — Talk to text bug
Very frustrating!
Emburse Professional — Ok, but some annoying limitations
Emburse Professional — Ok, but some annoying limitations.
Emburse Professional — Update bug
With the last update my app will not work
Emburse Professional — Decent solution, poor app
No TouchID, you're stuck having to remember to manually start a "Sync" because it will show info that's weeks or months old otherwise.
Emburse Professional — Mediocre
Mobile app gets very basic job done, but lacking in useful management tools.
Emburse Professional — Not intuitive
This is a very frustrating app to use.
Emburse Professional — Difficult App
App does not work like it should.
Emburse Professional — Needs work
I like the ability to snap shots of receipts but auto fill doesn't work great and it doesn't remember previous text entries.
Emburse Professional — It’s broken! And useless at this time!
And useless at this time!.
Emburse Professional — Garbage app
Emburse Professional — Garbage app.
Emburse Professional — So unnecessarily difficult to use
There’s just no way that someone who has used a smartphone in the last 18 years would make the app work the way it does; so clunky and slow, so much jerking in and out of fields and up and down on the screen, with such huge delays between…
Emburse Professional — Offline?!
I had to uninstall and reinstall to fix it.
Emburse Professional — Zero stars
This new update is absolute TRASH!
Emburse Professional — Terrible quality
Emburse Professional — Terrible quality.
Emburse Professional — Junk
Junky app and terrible underlying service.
Emburse Professional — HTML is unacceptable for an App
I have to say Certify is by far the worst I’ve used and I’ve used something called Skovik.
Emburse Professional — Worst Expense App
Emburse Professional — Worst Expense App.
Emburse Professional — Can’t use - show password needed
Fails every time so deleted app.
Emburse Professional — Bad
Emburse Professional — Bad.
Emburse Professional — Spending so much time reconciling expenses
It’s actually painful.
Emburse Professional — Doesn’t work/overly complicated
Emburse Professional — Doesn’t work/overly complicated.
Emburse Professional — OCR Needs Work
A real disappointment.
Emburse Professional — It use to be good
This newest update is the biggest piece of trash and has completely ruined the QOL of the app.
Emburse Professional — Poor UI
Emburse Professional — Poor UI.
Emburse Professional — Annoyingly tedious app.
Emburse Professional — Annoyingly tedious app..
Emburse Professional — New “AI” update
I used to love this app and be able to do my expenses in about 4 mins.
Emburse Professional — Confusing & Redundant
Emburse Professional — Confusing & Redundant.
Emburse Professional — Kept asking for a review
The autofill function often locked up the app making it necessary to restart.
Emburse Professional — Don’t recommend
Awful cumbersome app
Emburse Professional — Slow
Emburse Professional — Slow.
Emburse Professional — Very slow application as well as website
Emburse Professional — Very slow application as well as website.
Emburse Professional — Worse expense app
The apps suffers from poor usability and performance.
Emburse Professional — Difficult to use
Difficult to use, one month of data gone and had to rebuild the entire month.
Questions about Emburse Professional
- What do users complain about in Emburse Professional?
- No complaint repeats yet: the 43 themes so far each hold a single review, so it is too early to call any one of them the main problem.
- How many people complain about Emburse Professional?
- 43 reviews rated 3 stars or below from 43 people on Google Play, written between 11 Jun 2016 and 16 Aug 2026. The reviews themselves, each linked to the store, are listed on this page.
- Did the latest Emburse Professional update make things better?
- Complaints about v2026.3.2 are 9 points less painful than about v2026.0.3. Measured on 3 and 5 App Store reviews — Google Play reviews carry no version.
- Is this Emburse Professional's store rating?
- No. Only reviews rated 3 stars or below are collected, so these numbers describe complaints and cannot be read as the app's App Store or Google Play score.
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