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Terrible software choice frustration

The software chosen by employers is perceived as ineffective and frustrating by users. Many express strong dissatisfaction, describing it as useless and terrible, with limited functionality.

4 different people have complained about this since 13 Sept 2020, most recently on 13 May 2026.

  • “I really wish my employer didn’t choose this software because it is terrible.”

    App Store (English storefronts)·13 Sept 2020read the original ↗
  • “This app is absolutely useless with the exception that you can check your schedule.”

    App Store (English storefronts)·22 Jan 2020read the original ↗
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4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low

Pain pointStableEvidence: low
Index score
31.5
ahead of 60% of the rest of this market
—0.0%signals / 7d
Demand
0.0low
Momentum
42.8moderate
Pain
0.0low
Competition
0.0low
lower is better
Monetization
0.0low
Market size
7.7low
Evidence
44.0moderate

The pain

shares of 4 quoted posts

What goes wrong, and for whom

Who
4 people using InTime Scheduling
What goes wrong
Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
How bad
100% of posts are complaints
Since
13 Sept 2020 → 13 May 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
InTime Scheduling
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

4posts
  • Complaint4100%
23 Aug 20184 posts13 May 2026

Sources

4 signals · 1 sources

App Store (English storefronts)4
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

  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·13 Sept 2020·Complaintsource ↗

    …the functionality of the website or software and frequently crashes. I really wish my employer didn’t choose this software because it is terrible.

    Wishes it existedStrong complaint
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·22 Jan 2020·Complaintsource ↗

    InTime Scheduling — God awful This app is absolutely useless with the exception that you can check your schedule. It clunky and featureless on and iPhone. Truly worthless

    Strong complaint
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·23 Aug 2018·Complaintsource ↗

    InTime Scheduling — Garbage This app is garbage. The layout is horrible and not user friendly. Should get 0 stars

    Strong complaint
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Payroll & HR·13 May 2026·Complaintsource ↗

    InTime Scheduling — Doesn’t make sense This app is terrible

    Strong complaint
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Market and score

Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of

Opportunity history

Every score change is stored as a snapshot — click a sub-score to overlay it

Not enough history yet

Why did it move?

Needs at least two snapshots

No movement recorded yet

A second snapshot is needed to explain a change.

How the score was measured
36 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 affected4 → 21
Distinct communities0 → 0
Distinct sources0 → 0
Adjacent categories0 → 0
Regions / languages0 → 0
Competition
Existing products0 → 0
New entrants (90d)0 → 0
Funded players0 → 0
Momentum
Period-over-period growth0 → 40
Latest period growth0 → 43
Sustained trend0 → 43
Acceleration0 → 50
Monetization
Stated willingness to pay0 → 0
Existing paid products0 → 0
Pricing complaints0 → 0
Business context0 → 0
Pain
Complaint intensity0 → 0
Negative sentiment0 → 0
Complaint frequency0 → 0
Willingness to switch0 → 0
Urgency0 → 0
Willingness to pay0 → 0
Repeat complaints0 → 0
Evidence
Evidence volume4 → 20
Source diversity1 → 35
Source credibility72 → 72
Extraction confidence31.8 → 32
Duplicate rate0 → 100
Freshness135.2 → 0
Cluster cohesion100 → 100
Demand
Mention volume0 → 0
Explicit requests0 → 0
Distinct people0 → 0
Questions asked0 → 0
Alternative searches0 → 0
Feature requests0 → 0

Questions about this idea

Is Terrible software choice frustration 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?
4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 13 Sept 2020 and the most recent from 13 May 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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