About Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
Daily App Check Frustration
Users are frustrated with the app's performance, citing issues like constant glitches, lagging, and freezing, which hinder its usability. Despite its great features, many feel the only solution is to check the app daily, as it fails to meet their needs effectively.
5 different people have complained about this since 13 Jun 2019, most recently on 15 Jul 2026.
“Would rate 5, but the mobile version does not work as well for me since the last update.”
“It’s always lagging and freezing, and takes forever to load half the information.”
“App works well and seems to have a lot of great features, but it was useless to me.”
5 people in 6 posts across 2 sources · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 5 people using Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work17% of posts
- How bad
- 83% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 13 Jun 2019 → 15 Jul 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
- Looking for something else
- 17% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- 17% are looking for an alternative — if there is an opening, it is with them.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint583%
- Looking for an alternative117%
Sources
6 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
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Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker Would rate 5, but the mobile version does not work as well for me since the last update. It used to run so smoothly, and I have enjoyed using it for the last two years. But now, neither my shift notes nor unpublished shifts on my desktop sync to mobile, and vise versa. I also can't select…
Doesn't work…k with, and offer shifts to people. But this app is also super buggy. It’s always lagging and freezing, and takes forever to load half the information. On top of that, many of the addresses for shifts appear in random places on the map, even with the correct address on the shift information. If they fixed the bugs and…
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker App works well and seems to have a lot of great features, but it was useless to me. I couldn't send invites to my team through the mobile app, and it took forever to try and create schedules. It's easier to just drag and drop into a spreadsheet or Google calendar. There didn't seem to be…
Strong complaintDeputy: Shift Schedule Maker — Horrible — Tried to get a shift for two weeks with no luck only thing this app is good for is sending notifications to your email and phone. WOULD NOT TRY!!!!
…app. uninstalling it, then restarting my phone and downloading it... I cant find a solution other than checking the app everyday.
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Why did it move?
Score 25.7 → 24.2 · 25 Sept 2026, 07:00 → 08:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Daily App Check Frustration a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 5 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 13 Jun 2019 and the most recent from 15 Jul 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: quiet — no recent mentions. Momentum is 30/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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