Squarespace: Glitchy App Hinders Business Management
The app is plagued by significant glitches and usability issues, rendering it nearly unusable for users trying to manage their websites. Many users express frustration over frequent crashes, slow loading times, and the inability to perform basic tasks, leading to a reconsideration of their subscription.
150 different people have complained about this since 29 Sept 2021, most recently on 04 Nov 2026. 2 of them in the last 30 days.
- “Already looking into switching from squarespace to another service that actually has a functional app.”
- “Squarespace: Run your business — Mobile experience is horrible.”
- “Furthermore to this, the app is missing a LOT of tools available on the main site, even simple stuff like adding a photo album to a blog post, is unavailable on the app.”
150 people in 150 posts across 1 source · 2 in the last 30 days, 6 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 150 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 150 people using Squarespace: Run your business
- What goes wrong
- Crashes and freezes when editing website48 people · 32%
- Unable to edit website on iPad or tablet33 people · 22%
- Changes not saved or deleted19 people · 13%
- Blog editing broken or limited15 people · 10%
- Since
- 29 Sept 2021 → 04 Nov 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
- Squarespace: Run your business
- Looking for something else
- 1% want an alternative · 9% 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
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“Screens not sizing properly, functions missing or impossible to find.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint13590%
- Looking for an alternative11%
- Request139%
- About price11%
Sources
150 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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…rashes and freezes every time. Incredibly frustrating to do anything! THE APP IS USELESS
Strong complaintFrustrated…No development or improvements have been made and it’s frustrating. Already looking into switching from squarespace to another service that actually has a functional app.
FrustratedSwitching awaySquarespace: Run your business — Mobile experience is horrible It’s literally become unmanageable to manage my website on the mobile app or mobile browser. It either crashes or will only load one page to let me edit it before it stops loading new content. Updating the app doesn’t work. I never used to have these…
Strong complaint…n scrolls away, locking out of highlighting the text to add a link). Furthermore to this, the app is missing a LOT of tools available on the main site, even simple stuff like adding a photo album to a blog post, is unavailable on the app. I’m greatly disappointed, as one of my goals with the site was to update it…
FrustratedMissing feature…It’s ok. I’ve used this for a few months now, on a 2024, m2 iPad. It’s very frustrating at times because it constantly shows me pages with old edits and edit functions are often just not there, or not working (I couldn’t publish or unpublish the site because the “settings” button just didn’t work). I’ve seen a lot of…
Frustrated
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 34.8 · 13 Nov 2026, 03:00 → 04:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Glitchy App Hinders Business Management 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?
- 150 different people described it independently, in 150 mentions, the earliest from 29 Sept 2021 and the most recent from 04 Nov 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. 2 people raised it in the last 30 days and 6 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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Squarespace's app crashes whenever people try to edit their websites, making it nearly impossible to manage business tasks on the go. We've heard from 49 people who are frustrated with issues like this, especially when trying to add photos or write blog posts. If you switched to a different platform, did it actually make managing your site easier?