Remind: Frustrating School Communication Apps
Users express strong dissatisfaction with the school communication app, describing it as confusing, frustrating, and ineffective. The overwhelming sentiment is that the app is a significant waste of time and fails to meet their needs.
10 different people have complained about this since 24 Sept 2025, most recently on 10 Oct 2026.
- “I hate hate hate every app the school forces us to use.”
- “The only thing I have enjoyed about this app is to let teachers know if my kids will be missing or late.”
- “Remind: School Communication — Terrible.”
10 people in 10 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain moderate, competition low
The pain
shares of 10 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 10 people using Remind: School Communication
- What goes wrong
- Wastes time10% of posts
- Doesn't work10% of posts
- Missing feature10% of posts
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints · pain score moderate (62/100)
- Since
- 24 Sept 2025 → 10 Oct 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
- Remind: School Communication
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% 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
- Complaint10100%
Sources
10 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…tiple children I literally swear out loud every time I get a massage. I hate hate hate every app the school forces us to use.
Strong complaintFrustrated…here to see updates before you joined” — that doesn’t work, either. Frustrating, and a huge waste of time. I honestly don’t understand how so many teachers and schools rely on this app.
FrustratedWastes time…t all. I use it because is popular and basically I’m forced to do it. I hate it with a passion. It sucks.
Strong complaint…icult to go back and find information that was previously discussed. The only thing I have enjoyed about this app is to let teachers know if my kids will be missing or late. We are supposed to be showing kids that we do not need to be on our phones all the time, but this app sure makes it look like our phones are…
Missing featureRemind: School Communication — Terrible — We got signed up for this after the beginning of the school year and I was unable to see the most recent communication from my child’s teacher. I could see everything from the beginning of the year, but the website wouldn’t allow me to scroll up to the most recent, and…
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How the score was measured39 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 Frustrating School Communication Apps 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 10 mentions, the earliest from 24 Sept 2025 and the most recent from 10 Oct 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: rising — mentioned more often than before. Momentum is 61/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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