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MacroDroid - Device Automation
ArloSoft · 92,220 ratings · ★ 4.4
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Top complaints - extracted from 21 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "paid not free" - Es24plus
2
"days"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "not only is it confusing and seemingly pointless, it runs out of "free days", so i ran out without getting it to do anything at all." - Loki Anansi
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"does"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "who told y'all that limiting macros to 5 is a good idea? does having 10 macros on someones phone cost y'all anything? does 15? does 20?" - XVSOFT
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"anything"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "who told y'all that limiting macros to 5 is a good idea? does having 10 macros on someones phone cost y'all anything? does 15? does 20?" - XVSOFT
5
"google"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I got this app so that I could respond immediately to a group message that is related to work, even testing it with an individual conversation in Google messages. it didn't do anything I want a refund" - Zach Murphy
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"watch"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I created a Macro for an hourly chime, saved it and then was subjected to watching an incredibly obnoxious game demo... And then after found the Macro wasn't actually saved. I would be willing to pay for the app if it was good and worked bu…" - Bradley Bertrim
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who told y'all that limiting macros to 5 is a good idea? does having 10 macros on someones phone cost y'all anything? does 15? does 20?
“Bad apps hack phones and cannot be uninstalled. They steal data and commit fraud. Remove them from the Play Store.”
paid not free
jeez, do you need a degree to use. All I want is to turn off NFC when I launch an app. I either get needs to be rooted message or the workaround using the UI and quick toggle is impossible to understand. make your bloody app understandable. not everyone is a teenager
I created a Macro for an hourly chime, saved it and then was subjected to watching an incredibly obnoxious game demo... And then after found the Macro wasn't actually saved. I would be willing to pay for the app if it was good and worked but its enshitified monetization makes it unusable.
I don't understand why to enable the airplane mode we should activate the microphone full time even if the app is off. This microphone feature should be active only if we use it, not all the time. could you please tell us when you will fix this? thanks
I got this app so that I could respond immediately to a group message that is related to work, even testing it with an individual conversation in Google messages. it didn't do anything I want a refund
Very poor on Google Pixel 10 Pro. I don't like ads, so I bought the full version immediately. Macros are hit and miss at best as there are timings problems, and some send intents, for example, do not work at all, due to Android restrictions, even with Shizuku installed and paired. This is because Macrodroid does not have seamless integration with Shizuku allowing such commands. It is probably OK for simple macros, but I don't need simple ones. I can't find a way of getting a refund.
not only is it confusing and seemingly pointless, it runs out of "free days", so i ran out without getting it to do anything at all.
latest update gpay not allowing to pay
it is bad
don't be fooled it's not free. it doesn't tell you that anywhere here but it'll let you act like it's free and then 5 days later it shuts you down and you have to watch ads every 3 days in order to unlock it back and there's like several ads you have to watch for several minutes before it unlocks it it is not free
Only works for 7 days? Claude AI told me that some basic options like playing music at set times are always free. I guess AI lied?
I JUST WANNA GET NOTIFS FROM JOBBOT💔💔💔
DONT EVEN TRY IT IT STEALS UR DATA UR PASSWORDS EVERYTING
When I watch a lot of adverts to claim it dosent come, I had 3 I watched it "fully" and still it dosent come, multiple adverts I try and still it doesn't come, how did Google play allow you to release this
caution bricked my phone
Payment from Kotak Bank app and gpay gets stopped or blocked due to security issues when this app is installed.
Best app
I'd actually give this more stars if the stupid add days worked. When I click "add more days" to watch their ads, it will finish, and nothing happens. I have to kill the app, try again and repeat until it finally randomly works and gives me more days. It actually does what I need to keep my tablet awake etc. but the ad setup is junk.
very good.
Sentiment summary
83%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
14%
Negative (1-2★)