FreshBooks App Crashes and Errors
The FreshBooks Invoicing App frequently crashes, leading to significant frustration for users. Despite some positive aspects of the app's design, its reliability issues severely hinder its functionality, particularly during critical tasks like submitting invoices.
7 different people have complained about this since 25 Mar 2020, most recently on 26 Jun 2026.
“FreshBooks Invoicing App — The app is just awful.”
“FreshBooks Invoicing App — Website works okay, but app is terrible.”
“FreshBooks Invoicing App — Keeps Crashing.”
7 people in 7 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 7 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 7 people using FreshBooks Invoicing App
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 86% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 25 Mar 2020 → 26 Jun 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
- FreshBooks Invoicing App
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 14% 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
- Complaint686%
- Request114%
Sources
7 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
FreshBooks Invoicing App — The app is just awful I have been a freshbooks customer for many years, maybe 12 or more... the mobile app is just awful, I have not been able to synchronize my account in weeks, doesn’t matter what I do, uninstall install again, log in log out... it’s just so frustrating... not worth using…
Strong complaintFrustratedFreshBooks Invoicing App — Website works okay, but app is terrible I have never experienced an accounting app with more bugs. I’ve called customer support years ago and still dealing with the same bugs to this day, app freezes nonstop, never stays logged in, takes minutes to upload photos and then half the time just…
Strong complaintFreshBooks Invoicing App — Keeps Crashing So frustrating. I can barely get anything done on this app. It keeps kicking me out and I have to go back and redo all the work. Not worth the money! The desktop software is good I just couldn’t use this app anymore I was about to pull my hair out lol
Frustrated…zes when finalizing invoice ready to send and have to start all over. Extremely frustrating words can’t describe. Has our our tech looking extremely unprofessional when invoicing clients on site
FrustratedFreshBooks Invoicing App — Terribly optimized app Always crashes, server syncing is spotty and fails at every login. Erases all work unless explicitly saved. I can’t imagine most of these reviews being legitimate with how poorly programmed this app and data infrastructure is
Market and score
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 25.9 → 25.5 · 26 Sept 2026, 12:00 → 13:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is FreshBooks App Crashes and Errors 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?
- 7 different people described it independently, in 7 mentions, the earliest from 25 Mar 2020 and the most recent from 26 Jun 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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