GroupMe: Frustration with GroupMe App Performance
Users are experiencing significant frustration and disappointment with the GroupMe app, citing issues that prevent them from accessing important work-related updates and communicating effectively with their teams. Many users describe the app as broken or useless, highlighting a pervasive inability to join groups or receive messages.
13 different people have complained about this since 22 Jan 2020, most recently on 26 Aug 2026.
- “I use this for work and I suppose not everyone is experiencing this, but a lot of people are and it’s frustrating that all the work related stuff I can’t even see anymore.”
- “Can’t check my urgent work-related updates.”
13 people in 13 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 13 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 13 people using GroupMe
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work8% of posts
- Urgent8% of posts
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 22 Jan 2020 → 26 Aug 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
- GroupMe
- 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
- Complaint13100%
Sources
13 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
GroupMe — Annoying — I didn’t mess with the app for a long time because it’s the summer and my groups from school were not using it at the time. Well the app has logged me out. Because I mistakenly typed in my email wrong when I first got the app (would not let me change it) so when I try to reset my password I can’t…
Frustrated…me log in Ever since the update GroupMe won’t let me login anymore. I use this for work and I suppose not everyone is experiencing this, but a lot of people are and it’s frustrating that all the work related stuff I can’t even see anymore. Please fix this, it’s been weeks and I’m tired of it
FrustratedGroupMe — App is broken! — I’d give this app less than one star if I could. Every couple of days, I’m unable to log in and it says there’s an error. Mysteriously then after a few days, it will work before it happens again. Completely unreliable as a messaging service.
Strong complaintGroupMe — Not able to log in The new update doesn’t let me log in. Can’t check my urgent work-related updates. Can’t connect with my team. This login problem (where I can’t log in without getting kicked out) has been happening for a couple weeks now, on lots of different devices. Please fix this issue, thanks.
UrgentGroupMe — Bro, this app does not work — I can’t sign into it. Even when I try to make a new account, I can’t
Doesn't work
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 unchanged at 23.1 · 15 Oct 2026, 13:00 → 14:15 UTC
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 Frustration with GroupMe App Performance 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?
- 13 different people described it independently, in 13 mentions, the earliest from 22 Jan 2020 and the most recent from 26 Aug 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 28/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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