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GMX - Mail & Cloud
1&1 Mail & Media GmbH · 16,853 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 15 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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"email"
6 negative reviews mention this · 40% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Refuses to accept password. I tried my normal password, incorrect. I tried app-specific. Incorrect. Reset password on web. Retried. Incorrect. I give up. Terrible app. I’ll stick to using this as a rarely used backup email since it won’t let me use it on my phone." - Bdundun
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"slow"
3 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too big too slow. Keep fast tiny light!!!!!!!! UI. Function not simple! reflaction not fast!" - china obama
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"every"
3 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads and search. App crashes almost every time I try to search for something. Also no option to remove ads." - CrakS
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"something"
3 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads and search. App crashes almost every time I try to search for something. Also no option to remove ads." - CrakS
📋 All 15 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Refuses to accept password
I tried my normal password, incorrect. I tried app-specific. Incorrect. Reset password on web. Retried. Incorrect. I give up. Terrible app. I’ll stick to using this as a rarely used backup email since it won’t let me use it on my phone.
Email isn't working
They just blocked my email account for no reason, after a year and a half of use. That account contained a lot of important data for me, and there’s no way to recover it. Customer support isn’t responding-what a mess!
Doesn't work.
I can't sign up. Keeps telling me we're sorry error. Tried on multiple platforms. Think I may have dodged a future headache.
Leider keine 2FA mit US Nummer möglich
Benutze GMX seit 20 Jahren und bin inzwischen von DE in die USA gezogen. Leider kann ich keine 2FA ohne eine deutsche, schweizer oder österreichische Telefonnummer einrichten, die ich schon lange nicht mehr besitze. Das heisst langfristig muss ich mich von GMX leider verabschieden, da es zum Sicherheitsrisiko wird. Ich wünschte ich bräuchte keine Telefonnummer, sondern nur eine Authentifizierungs App. :-(
App not loading email
The app is not loading my emails. The app is stuck on loading when opening the app. I am on iPhone 17 pro max running iOS 26.4
Very glitchy over the years.
Used 4 yrs plus. Thanks!
App stürzt erfolgreich ab beim starten und das jedes Mal, aktuell für mich nicht nutzbar
App stürzt nach Update erfolgreich ab beim starten und das jedes Mal, aktuell für mich nicht nutzbar - obwohl ich für premium bezahle.
Too big too slow
Keep fast tiny light!!!!!!!! UI. Function not simple! reflaction not fast!
Slow and annoying
Very slow and annoyingly a tons of ads … rather use a conventional email app, works better!
Non-German
How do I change the Language over to English?
Nine
Let’s do more
Something Occurred
I am currently very unhappy with the GMX app. Some strange thing recently occurred: I click on the app and my email account opens and appears briefly, then a box pops up asking for the email password or do I want to remove this email account. WTH?
So I enter the password, then it takes me to a scrolling newsfeed - but all in German, so everything looks like it’s yelling at me. No English whatsoever. And it’s a newsfeed, not my email account.
Is GMX infected?
How do I once gain control of my GMX app?
So I enter the password, then it takes me to a scrolling newsfeed - but all in German, so everything looks like it’s yelling at me. No English whatsoever. And it’s a newsfeed, not my email account.
Is GMX infected?
How do I once gain control of my GMX app?
Painfully slow loading time
Update: a year later (7-3-25): Guys, this is absolutely ridiculous. How can it POSSIBLY be this slow to load an inbox? I have never seen such a pathetic performance in any other email client EVER. You honestly, truly should be embarrassed; this is PATHETIC. I have been sitting here for over a minute just waiting for it to LOAD, something every other email client does within SECONDS! This is a staggering level of incompetence.
Original review:
I have never seen a loading time so slow for an inbox. You swipe down, and it stutters, loads a few emails, then a few more after an interminably long pause, then a few more, etc, etc. Even CompuServe Dialup laughs at this app’s pathetic loading speed; the only thing missing is the squawking fax noise while connecting to the internet.
Original review:
I have never seen a loading time so slow for an inbox. You swipe down, and it stutters, loads a few emails, then a few more after an interminably long pause, then a few more, etc, etc. Even CompuServe Dialup laughs at this app’s pathetic loading speed; the only thing missing is the squawking fax noise while connecting to the internet.
***Data privacy scam***
**!Warning: You cannot turn off their cookies, data sharing or other massive DATA RAIDING practices. Most settings to ‘disable’ don’t work if you actually try to disable, and the ones that do work will get reset back to ‘on’ if turned off…and if you go through the list, they share your data with HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS…and probably THOUSANDS…of sketchy third parties of every sort, with untold numbers of them including highly suspect foreign entities.
Ads and search
App crashes almost every time I try to search for something. Also no option to remove ads.
Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
4%
Negative (1-2★)