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TimeTree: Shared Calendar
TimeTree, Inc. · 84,724 ratings · ★ 4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 23 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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"calendar"
14 negative reviews mention this · 61% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Add (+). I really really hate that location of the add option. It obstructs the calendar. It should be placed back on the bottom toolbar." - • Avid Reader •
2
"update"
8 negative reviews mention this · 35% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ruined It. This app was fantastic before the latest updates. One of the best way to ruin an app is by reducing the QoL of basic free features to try to push users to pay for the poor quality monthly premium. They’ve done just that. Since the recent up…" - nikisick
3
"family"
7 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lack of Export Ability. It’s a fine calendar for keeping up with family events and the color system does help. The reason I gave it one star is because it does not have the ability to export into my work calendar. I’m having to switch back-and-forth between calend…" - Timmmy_Turner
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"events"
5 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lack of Export Ability. It’s a fine calendar for keeping up with family events and the color system does help. The reason I gave it one star is because it does not have the ability to export into my work calendar. I’m having to switch back-and-forth between calend…" - Timmmy_Turner
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"calendars"
5 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lack of Export Ability. It’s a fine calendar for keeping up with family events and the color system does help. The reason I gave it one star is because it does not have the ability to export into my work calendar. I’m having to switch back-and-forth between calend…" - Timmmy_Turner
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"hate"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Add (+). I really really hate that location of the add option. It obstructs the calendar. It should be placed back on the bottom toolbar." - • Avid Reader •
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"trying"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I did love this app. In the last month it’s started glitching on me like crazy. It’s bad enough you’re trying to making people pay a premium mode for a damn calendar but now you’re messing the code up and I can’t see my events. I’m ready to leave" - Greenabeena
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"user"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Calendar Steps. Too many steps to do what you need to do, not fun and user friendly." - KittynMouse
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"been"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ruined It. This app was fantastic before the latest updates. One of the best way to ruin an app is by reducing the QoL of basic free features to try to push users to pay for the poor quality monthly premium. They’ve done just that. Since the recent up…" - nikisick
10
"years"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "update is terrible. please revert back to old version. where is the last time we checked the calendar part?? i loved that part. it sucks now. i hate it. i’ve had this for YEARS. why ruin a perfectly good thing?" - lyss12x
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"into"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lack of Export Ability. It’s a fine calendar for keeping up with family events and the color system does help. The reason I gave it one star is because it does not have the ability to export into my work calendar. I’m having to switch back-and-forth between calend…" - Timmmy_Turner
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"work"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lack of Export Ability. It’s a fine calendar for keeping up with family events and the color system does help. The reason I gave it one star is because it does not have the ability to export into my work calendar. I’m having to switch back-and-forth between calend…" - Timmmy_Turner
📋 All 23 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").
Add (+)
I really really hate that location of the add option. It obstructs the calendar. It should be placed back on the bottom toolbar.
Meh
Forced to use it
Lack of Export Ability
It’s a fine calendar for keeping up with family events and the color system does help. The reason I gave it one star is because it does not have the ability to export into my work calendar. I’m having to switch back-and-forth between calendars to determine if I can take a meeting or not. Fix this and it would be a good app.
Calendar Steps
Too many steps to do what you need to do, not fun and user friendly.
Ruined It
This app was fantastic before the latest updates. One of the best way to ruin an app is by reducing the QoL of basic free features to try to push users to pay for the poor quality monthly premium. They’ve done just that. Since the recent update I’ve been getting full pop up ads. It’s distracting and obnoxious. Making something that was free before paid (in this case the app being ad-free) makes users want to support you less. Offer better premium features if you want users to pay the subscription.
Revert Memo placement
Extremely annoying to leave memos for my family now. Not an upgrade at all to the UI we are all used to. An absolute downgrade in my honest opinion as someone who works in the same industry.
Doesn’t sync for family.
You will have to put everything in manually and then it will show twice on your own calendar. Takes all the convince out of a shared calendar. Wish I’d known before I paid for a yearly subscription
Help me cancel this app!
I thought this was something else and trying to cancel but having great difficulty
update is terrible
please revert back to old version. where is the last time we checked the calendar part?? i loved that part. it sucks now. i hate it. i’ve had this for YEARS. why ruin a perfectly good thing?
New UI is poor
Been using time tree for years, but the new update is definitely a down grade. I can normally intuit new interfaces, but this one is just so not user friendly. Everything is less convenient than it was before, which is not what you want to achieve with an update.
There are free versions of this
Lame calendar, it does the same as other calendars but this one you have to pay for to make it actually functional. Not worth $4.99 when I can get a different app that’s ACTUALLY FREE!
Getting bad ads now
Getting video ads that take up a lot of the screen
Never had ads before at least not bothersome to the point where I noticed it
Never had ads before at least not bothersome to the point where I noticed it
Useless after the update
The app became absolutely impossible to use after the last update. How do you not have an easily reached “search” button in a calendar??? And navigattion between the calendars got so much worse too. We keep getting downgrades instead of upgrades. Our whole business depended on this up but I really don’t know how we can continue using this. It’s a nightmare
Hard to read/search
We have used the calendar as a family that comes on your phone for years. It works but lacks some functions so we decided to try this one about 7 months ago. It is just so hard to read which really defeats much of the usefulness. It takes a minute to even find the current date as the calendar is so small. It is very frustrating.
Change it back
Memos are much harder to access. You now have to click a tab under the initial calender that opens with the app. Then you have to select a calendar (I only have one anyway, my family's) then you click another tab under THAT calendar and THEN you can access memos. It used to be a one click process.
Still the Best App - Please Bring Back the Old View
I’ve been using TimeTree for over 5 years and honestly I don’t know what I would do without it. My entire management business, cleaners’ schedules, team coordination and guest bookings depend on this app.
I’m leaving 1 star only to get attention - this is truly a 5-star app for me. The latest update made it very hard to find all calendars. The previous version, where all calendars were visible at the top, was much easier and more efficient.
If possible, please consider bringing that view back. Also, an automatic Airbnb sync would be amazing for reservations.
Thank you for such an important tool in my daily work.
I’m leaving 1 star only to get attention - this is truly a 5-star app for me. The latest update made it very hard to find all calendars. The previous version, where all calendars were visible at the top, was much easier and more efficient.
If possible, please consider bringing that view back. Also, an automatic Airbnb sync would be amazing for reservations.
Thank you for such an important tool in my daily work.
Not useful at all
So at first I was thrilled with this app. Finally, an easy way to keep my husband and I on the same page as far as scheduling. Then eventually we realized that the events I am entering into the calendar aren’t shown on his calendar. Or at least, not all of them. We can’t for the life of us figure out the rhyme or reason as to why some events are shared, while others aren’t. But it renders the app entirely useless. And there’s no way to contact customer service to trouble shoot as far as I can see. Very disappointing.
I did love this app
In the last month it’s started glitching on me like crazy. It’s bad enough you’re trying to making people pay a premium mode for a damn calendar but now you’re messing the code up and I can’t see my events. I’m ready to leave
Love this app for family organization & multiple businesses. Glitches are not fun though.
Love how this app allows you to categorize our different calendars with color codes! I have recently been having issues where events placed on my calendar by shared users end up in the wrong day. VERY detrimental to my schedule and negates the entire purpose of using a calendar.
Updated UI is absolute rubbish
I used to love using this app for our family. It let us easily keep track of events for each family member and used the memo section for things like groceries and to-do lists. With the updated UI trying to navigate the app has become a chore and a frustrating experience. Cannot state how much I hate “minimalist” UIs that bury all its user features. Where it used to be a single tap, things are now buried in sub-menus. Terrible update, a real step backwards for a former favourite.
Hate new update
annoying
Difficult to search for entries.
Use this app daily but disappointed with update. Can no longer search while in calendar view. Will be looking for another option.
Confusing
Trying to put my Apple calendar into my time tree, which is a function. I’ve read forums on time tree’s website, and it makes absolutely no sense. This app isn’t intuitive whatsoever. The user interface needs a lot of work
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)