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Mobile Apps opportunities·tracked since 30 Sept 2026·evidence from 12 Aug 2016·scored 56m ago

iFax App Send Fax From iPhone: iFax App Reliability Issues

The iFax app consistently fails to function as intended, leading to user frustration and dissatisfaction. Many users report wasted time and money due to poor performance and low-quality output.

9 different people have complained about this since 12 Aug 2016, most recently on 25 May 2021.

  • user·d0cb· App Store· 26 Jul 2016original ↗
    “iFax App Send Fax From iPhone — THIS DOESNT WORK.”
  • user·7203· App Store· 06 Jan 2015original ↗
    “Don't waste your time or money, set up a fax to send to Australia although i'm in Australia, 3 pages, $1.49!”
  • user·6d74· App Store· 02 Jul 2013original ↗
    “Not useful and cost money to send the documents with very bad quality.....”
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9 people in 9 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate

Pain pointStable⚠️ CrowdedEvidence: low
Index score
22.2
ahead of 16% of the rest of this market
0.0%score / 7d0.0%signals / 7d
Demand
0.0low
Momentum
42.8moderate
Pain
0.0low
Competition
49.6moderate
lower is better
Monetization
0.0low
Market size
11.0low
Evidence
44.2moderate

The pain

shares of 9 quoted posts

What goes wrong, and for whom

Who
9 people using iFax App Send Fax From iPhone
What goes wrong
  • Doesn't work22% of posts
  • Wastes time11% of posts
How bad
100% of posts are complaints
Since
12 Aug 2016 → 25 May 2021

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
iFax App Send Fax From iPhone
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.
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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

9posts
  • Complaint9100%
28 Apr 20139 posts25 May 2021

Sources

9 signals · 1 sources

App Store9
Only public content is collected, author names are stored as one-way hashes, and every excerpt links back to its original post.

Evidence

Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original

  • user·d0cbApp StoreApp Store AU/Notes & documents·26 Jul 2016·Complaintsource ↗

    iFax App Send Fax From iPhone — THIS DOESNT WORK I paid $20 to fax pages I needed for work purposes and it never worked. Complete rip off. I will be contacting the developers for a refund. I had to leave 1 star to write a review but if I could leave 0 stars I would.

    Doesn't work
  • user·5068App StoreApp Store AU/Notes & documents·29 Oct 2017·Complaintsource ↗

    …free 7 day trail, but first you must pay a minimum of $179.99 for it. Waste of my time.

    Wastes time
  • user·7203App StoreApp Store AU/Notes & documents·06 Jan 2015·Complaintsource ↗

    iFax App Send Fax From iPhone — Rubbish Don't waste your time or money, set up a fax to send to Australia although i'm in Australia, 3 pages, $1.49! which you pay before the fax sends. Then it just keeps saying try again unable to send. I checked the number, i even rang it to make sure it was correct, it was but the…

  • user·cff0App StoreApp Store AU/Notes & documents·12 Aug 2016·Complaintsource ↗

    iFax App Send Fax From iPhone — Useless app Doesn't work at all. Useless app don't waste your time and money

    Doesn't work
  • user·6d74App StoreApp Store AU/Notes & documents·02 Jul 2013·Complaintsource ↗

    …From iPhone — Wasting my money to use it do the fax last night..... Not useful and cost money to send the documents with very bad quality.....

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Market and score

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Opportunity history

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Why did it move?

Score 32.1 → 22.2 · 30 Sept 2026, 18:00 → 19:15 UTC

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How the score was measured
38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100
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Market size
Distinct people affected9 → 31
Distinct communities0 → 0
Distinct sources0 → 0
Adjacent categories0 → 0
Regions / languages0 → 0
Competition
Existing products5 → 50
New entrants (90d)0 → 0
Funded players3 → 57
Market maturity16.6 → 98
Incumbent activity76.6 → 77
Monetization
Stated willingness to pay0 → 0
Existing paid products0 → 0
Pricing complaints0 → 0
Business context0 → 0
Momentum
Period-over-period growth0 → 40
Latest period growth0 → 43
Sustained trend0 → 43
Acceleration0 → 50
Pain
Complaint intensity0 → 0
Complaint frequency0 → 0
Negative sentiment0 → 0
Willingness to switch0 → 0
Urgency0 → 0
Willingness to pay0 → 0
Repeat complaints0 → 0
Demand
Mention volume0 → 0
Explicit requests0 → 0
Distinct people0 → 0
Questions asked0 → 0
Alternative searches0 → 0
Feature requests0 → 0
Evidence
Evidence volume9 → 28
Source diversity1 → 35
Extraction confidence20.5 → 21
Source credibility72 → 72
Duplicate rate0 → 100
Freshness2.0k → 0
Cluster cohesion96.8 → 97

Questions about this idea

Is iFax App Reliability Issues 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?
9 different people described it independently, in 9 mentions, the earliest from 12 Aug 2016 and the most recent from 25 May 2021. 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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