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What users complain about in QuickBooks Workforce

Payroll & HRApp Store28 Jul 202617 Sept 2026

38 complaints about QuickBooks Workforce from 38 people, read from Google Play reviews rated 1–3 stars (28 Jul 2026 – 17 Sept 2026). The most repeated complaint is “Never had any issues with this app until the latest updates now I can’t do anything I nee…”, with 9 reviews. Complaints about v5.30.1 are 17 points more painful than about v5.29.1.

How to read these numbers: Only reviews rated 3 stars or below are collected, on purpose: this is a record of complaints, not a rating. It is not the app's App Store or Play Store score and must not be read as one.
Complaints
38
People
38
one per review
Themes
17
Avg pain
53

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.

  • Never had any issues with this app until the latest updates now I can’t do anything I nee…
    9 complaints · 9 peoplepain 47
  • I find myself getting very frustrated with doing the most basic of tasks on this app now.
    7 complaints · 7 peoplepain 43
  • This app has issues regularly and I despise having to use it.
    5 complaints · 5 peoplepain 46
  • Quickbooks needs to reverse this update ASAP.
    4 complaints · 4 peoplepain 49
  • This new update is garbage.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 91
  • App keeps crashing can’t track hours
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 81
  • Drains battery on phone and if you turn off tracking, it will not work until tracking is…
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 45
  • QuickBooks Workforce — Update rendered unusable for clocking in and out.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 40
  • QuickBooks is terrible when he comes to recovering old paystub’s
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 91
  • QuickBooks Workforce — Update is terrible!.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 91
  • Very frustrating, if they can't correct may have to switch companies.
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 81
  • This is exemplary frustrating and feels very careless .
    1 complaint · 1 personpain 88

Did the last release help?

Complaints about v5.30.1 are 17 points more painful than v5.29.1. App Store only — Play reviews carry no version.

  • v5.30.1
    6710 complaints02 Sept 2026
  • v5.29.1
    4919 complaints15 Aug 2026
  • v5.23.3
    417 complaints28 Jul 2026

The reviews themselves

38 of 38 complaints, most painful first. Every one links to the review on the store.

  • App Storev5.30.113d agopain 91on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Update is terrible!

    QuickBooks Workforce — Update is terrible!.

  • App Storev5.30.116d agopain 91on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Glitchy

    This new update is garbage.

  • App Storev5.29.120 Aug 2026pain 91on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Recovering old pay stubs

    QuickBooks is terrible when he comes to recovering old paystub’s

  • App Storev5.29.121 Aug 2026pain 88on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — I cannot add/edit timesheets

    Terrible app experience and frustrating

  • App Storev5.29.120 Aug 2026pain 88on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Terrible update

    I find myself getting very frustrated with doing the most basic of tasks on this app now.

  • App Storev5.29.116 Aug 2026pain 88on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Very disappointed

    This is exemplary frustrating and feels very careless .

  • App Storev5.29.116 Aug 2026pain 88on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Buggy

    Can’t add a timesheet without getting a prompt saying “info didn’t load” or “refresh.” Really annoying please fix!

  • App Storev5.23.330 Jul 2026pain 84on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — New update is horrible!

    QuickBooks Workforce — New update is horrible!.

  • App Storev5.30.111d agopain 83on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Your Info Didn’t Load

    We have done every troubleshooting still does not resolve the issue.

  • App Storev5.30.16d agopain 81on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Fix issue

    App keeps crashing can’t track hours

  • App Storev5.30.18d agopain 81on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Update bad

    Very frustrating, if they can't correct may have to switch companies.

  • App Storev5.28.113 Aug 2026pain 75on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Not letting me clock in

    It’s annoying Can’t clock in and clock out

  • App Storev5.30.121d agopain 67on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Was good, isn’t now.

    Used to be a flawless app, always worked when you needed it too, now your always going to be late clocking in and out because they updated it to make it a “better experience“ my coworkers and I have to restart the app over and over and ove…

  • App Storev5.29.115 Aug 2026pain 54on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — So glitchy

    This app has issues regularly and I despise having to use it.

  • App Storev5.30.113d agopain 51on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — New update

    The drop down menu is terrible.

  • App Storev5.23.330 Jul 2026pain 51on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Won’t work

    This app is garbage.

  • App Storev5.29.124 Aug 2026pain 45on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Was once good, now not so much

    Drains battery on phone and if you turn off tracking, it will not work until tracking is turned back on.

  • App Storev5.28.109 Aug 2026pain 45on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Doesn’t work

    App literally does not work anymore.

  • App Storev5.29.124 Aug 2026pain 44on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Quickbooks

    I would never recommend anybody to use this app.

  • App Storev5.30.17d agopain 40on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Terrible “Update”

    QuickBooks Workforce — Terrible “Update”.

  • App Storev5.30.19d agopain 40on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Update rendered unusable for clocking in and out

    QuickBooks Workforce — Update rendered unusable for clocking in and out.

  • App Storev5.29.119d agopain 40on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Slow and stupid

    Slow, glitchy and pretty much terrible

  • App Storev5.30.120d agopain 40on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Broken mess of an app after update

    Come try this steamy pile of hot garbage today!

  • App Storev5.29.127d agopain 40on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — This app is a travesty

    7 years of constants crashes, information not being saved, freezing, slow to react, and it’s an app that just sucks the life out of your phones battery, lost data, and all this across 3 different iPhones.

  • App Storev5.29.124 Aug 2026pain 40on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Recent update

    The new update is abysmal, it’s slightly inconvenient in all the worst ways.

  • App Storev5.29.115 Aug 2026pain 40on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — New Update Bad

    App sucks now, please revert it They rolled it back for about a week and updated it again, still sucks, please just use the old UI

  • App Storev5.29.117 Aug 2026pain 36on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — App not working

    I can’t clock out or in, I can’t add timesheets, and my manager is too busy to be spending his time manually doing everyone’s timesheets.

  • App Storev5.23.303 Aug 2026pain 36on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Recent update and now I can’t clock out

    Manually adding hours won’t be productive this week

  • App Storev5.23.328 Jul 2026pain 36on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Updated screwed up time keeping

    Quickbooks needs to reverse this update ASAP.

  • App Storev5.29.117 Aug 2026pain 32on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Keeps getting worse

    I wish my company had a better alternative.

  • App Storev5.29.129d agopain 28on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Only use one company

    I get paid from multiple companies and the set up to add another company is a nightmare.

  • App Storev5.29.119 Aug 2026pain 28on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Terrible app

    QuickBooks Workforce — Terrible app.

  • App Storev5.29.121 Aug 2026pain 27on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Why?

    utterly disappointed in the amount of time that I have to reenter the information that already been provided… really one would expect more from a app like this.

  • App Storev5.23.330 Jul 2026pain 27on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Most Buggy App

    QuickBooks Workforce — Most Buggy App.

  • App Storev5.23.329 Jul 2026pain 27on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — This app sucks

    The app was buggy before the last update.

  • App Storev5.23.329 Jul 2026pain 27on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — They broke it

    Never had any issues with this app until the latest updates now I can’t do anything I need to without 15 minutes in a buffering screen very disappointing

  • App Storev5.29.127d agopain 20on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — The new update

    Whatever this new update that was done in the last couple months has ruined this app and how easy it is that it should be used to be operational and I’m doing everything in my power to try and get my company to not use this anymore By far…

  • App Storev5.29.120 Aug 2026pain 20on the store ↗

    QuickBooks Workforce — Worse with every update

    The app has always been slow and is now even slower.

Questions about QuickBooks Workforce

What do users complain about in QuickBooks Workforce?
The most repeated complaints, grouped by meaning: “Never had any issues with this app until the latest updates now I can’t do anything I nee…” (9); “I find myself getting very frustrated with doing the most basic of tasks on this app now” (7); “This app has issues regularly and I despise having to use it” (5). Each theme name is quoted from a review, not a label we assigned.
How many people complain about QuickBooks Workforce?
38 reviews rated 3 stars or below from 38 people on Google Play, written between 28 Jul 2026 and 17 Sept 2026. The reviews themselves, each linked to the store, are listed on this page.
Did the latest QuickBooks Workforce update make things better?
Complaints about v5.30.1 are 17 points more painful than about v5.29.1. Measured on 10 and 19 App Store reviews — Google Play reviews carry no version.
Is this QuickBooks Workforce'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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