Mailchimp Email Marketing: Difficulty Modifying Templates on Mobile Devices
Modifying templates and managing contacts on mobile devices is highly challenging due to frequent app freezes and limited functionality. Users find it nearly impossible to effectively perform these tasks without access to a PC.
10 different people have complained about this since 27 Jan 2019, most recently on 15 Sept 2026.
- “There’s no mobile browser workaround - it just locks you out and forces you to use the app.”
- “Another problem I have is that it freezes up when I'm editing and then when I go to press DONE, the screen freezes and I have to close the app.”
- “Mailchimp Email Marketing — Terrible on an iPad, very frustrating, waste of time..”
10 people in 12 posts across 2 sources · 0 in the last 30 days, 1 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 10 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 10 people using Mailchimp Email Marketing
- What goes wrong
- Unable to edit campaign content8 people · 80%
- App crashes or freezes during use4 people · 40%
- Since
- 27 Jan 2019 → 15 Sept 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
- Mailchimp Email Marketing
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 25% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
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
- Complaint975%
- Request325%
Sources
12 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
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…lpful message “unsupported on mobile” and kicks you out of the email. There’s no mobile browser workaround - it just locks you out and forces you to use the app. You can only edit a campaign on a Windows desktop computer, which rather negates the entire point of a mobile app. This is only a reporting tool, not a…
Using a workaround…only about half an inch wide and I have to scroll carefully to edit. Another problem I have is that it freezes up when I'm editing and then when I go to press DONE, the screen freezes and I have to close the app.
Mailchimp Email Marketing — Terrible on an iPad, very frustrating, waste of time. -App no layouts to select from content studio not able to edit photos or logos clicking help crashes the app Testing from MailChimp website can’t drag and drop content blocks, not able to build an email.
FrustratedWastes time…t be typed on, and I can't see the rest of the text I'm working with. Also, when I try to add a link to a text, the app freezes with an overlay, I have to close and restart the app several times even with a phone that has 6GB of RAM.
…your template or go on to a web browser and create the message first. Also adding which groups of recipients you want to send something to if you use tags is frustrating on the browser and pretty much impossible in the app. Finally generating the web link to your message doesn’t now seem possible, what’s going on…
Frustrated
Market and score
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 22.5 · 09 Nov 2026, 09:00 → 10:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Difficulty Modifying Templates on Mobile Devices 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?
- 10 different people described it independently, in 12 mentions, the earliest from 27 Jan 2019 and the most recent from 15 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: steady — no change the counts can show. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 1 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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Mailchimp's mobile app seems to struggle with basic editing tasks like resizing images or adding links, often freezing or providing limited space for text. Nine people have mentioned these issues, making it tough to manage campaigns without a PC. How do you currently handle email editing when you're away from your computer?