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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.”

    Google Play·12 Jan 2023read the original ↗
  • “It’s always lagging and freezing, and takes forever to load half the information.”

    App Store (English storefronts)·15 Jul 2026read the original ↗
  • “App works well and seems to have a lot of great features, but it was useless to me.”

    Google Play·04 Aug 2019read the original ↗
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5 people in 6 posts across 2 sources · demand low, pain low, competition low

Pain pointQuiet💤 QuietEvidence: low
Index score
24.2
ahead of 24% of the rest of this market
0.0%signals / 7d
Demand
0.0low
Momentum
29.9low
Pain
0.0low
Competition
33.0low
lower is better
Monetization
7.1low
Market size
8.5low
Evidence
51.3moderate

The pain

shares of 6 quoted posts

What 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.
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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

6posts
  • Complaint583%
  • Looking for an alternative117%
13 Jun 20196 posts15 Jul 2026

Sources

6 signals · 2 sources

Google Play4
App Store (English storefronts)2
Only public content is collected, author names are stored as one-way hashes, and every excerpt links back to its original post.

Evidence

Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original

  • Google PlayGoogle Play US/Payroll & HR·12 Jan 2023·Complaintsource ↗

    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
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·15 Jul 2026·Complaintsource ↗

    …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…

  • Google PlayGoogle Play US/Payroll & HR·04 Aug 2019·Complaintsource ↗

    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 complaint
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·15 Jun 2023·Complaintsource ↗

    Deputy: 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!!!!

  • Google PlayGoogle Play US/Payroll & HR·13 Jun 2019·Looking for an alternativesource ↗

    …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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Market and score

Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of

Opportunity history

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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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How the score was measured
38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100
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Market size
Distinct people affected5 → 24
Distinct communities0 → 0
Distinct sources0 → 0
Adjacent categories0 → 0
Regions / languages0 → 0
Competition
Existing products5 → 50
New entrants (90d)0 → 0
Funded players0 → 0
Market maturity8.7 → 78
Incumbent activity30.5 → 31
Monetization
Stated willingness to pay0 → 0
Existing paid products2 → 30
Pricing complaints0 → 0
Business context0 → 0
Momentum
Period-over-period growth-100 → 2
Latest period growth0 → 43
Sustained trend-2.2 → 39
Acceleration5.9 → 57
Pain
Complaint intensity0 → 0
Complaint frequency0 → 0
Negative sentiment0 → 0
Willingness to switch0 → 0
Urgency0 → 0
Willingness to pay0 → 0
Repeat complaints0 → 0
Demand
Mention volume0 → 0
Explicit requests0 → 0
Distinct people0 → 0
Questions asked0 → 0
Alternative searches0 → 0
Feature requests0 → 0
Evidence
Evidence volume6 → 24
Source diversity2 → 55
Extraction confidence47.4 → 47
Source credibility70.7 → 71
Duplicate rate0 → 100
Freshness73.3 → 3
Cluster cohesion100 → 100

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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