Teacher
Very frustrating. Parents are sending messages, but I can not view them on the App or web browser.
Worst App Ever!
Not sure why our school district partnered with this App company. The app constantly freezes. Not user friendly. My parents hate it!
Game Changer
Allows me to communicate on the go!!! Great customer service as well.
Very Useful and Easy to Use
We are new to Apptegy and I have been thoroughly impressed with how easy it is to use and what it’s capable of. Our school district is really excited about this addition to our communication methods.
Just no
This app is not good. I used dojo for 10 years before our district was forced to switch to this and it’s such a sad app in comparison. Drab colors, the messages don’t fully show and parents most likely won’t click them to see the rest. Photo uploads take FOREVER and then parents can’t even open them. Photos sent from parents to teacher and vice versa through the messaging feature don’t open or show on mobile. On the desktop you can’t see them all. It will say 14+ photos and only let you click on 4 of them. To see them you have to manually download all of them (no one will be doing that!) can’t post videos on the main announcement page. As others mentioned, it’s hard to find the parents to message them because it says their first and last name but not the child’s name so you have to go figure out which guardian goes with the child you are messaging about. On dojo it would say “Sally’s parent” so you knew easily. Also, I have parents connected to me from previous years which makes it really confusing as well. I don’t like this app at all and I know the parents don’t because they barely log in and read the messages or complain about it crashing and freezing. ALSO PLEASE ADD EVENTS FEATURE! Dojo had it and it was so much easier to schedule all the days off or events so parents could see them.
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Horrible
Literally one of the worst communication apps for school. I miss being able to use Band so much. Not having a calendar feature for Theater is ridiculous, can’t message a group of 6 or more people, you post an update for students and parents to see AND THEY CANT COMMENT! So you get the same question 15 times. The students just made their own Band app group instead and keep up with each other instead and don’t want to use the app because it does not function well. School districts are idiots for choosing this platform.
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Run away from this app
My district is forcing this on all buildings across the district. This is such a clunky app. It’s not user friendly. Lacks appeal for elementary schools. It lacks all of the things that make Class Dojo a great app. If I could give it less than a zero rating, I would. Promises are made about new features, but no timeline is given. Run from this app.
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Not Great
This app is not user friendly, doesn’t look nice or appealing, and is just overall poorly made. It’s inconvenient for staff and parents.
Great App for Schools!
I use this for constantly posting on social media for our organization. It’s easy to use and is consistently improving features!
Terrible
Doesn’t give notifications (even though that setting is turned on) so you miss time sensitive information, such as telling a student to ride car vs bus, etc.
Hate that we are forced by our district to use it.
Hate even more that it’s the same complaints over and over and the developers have done nothing to address this.
What a waste of school funds!
Hate that we are forced by our district to use it.
Hate even more that it’s the same complaints over and over and the developers have done nothing to address this.
What a waste of school funds!
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Not Great
All I’m asking for is to have a calendar function on this platform.
I’m 25 and chronically online, this app stinks
This app is prehistoric. I miss Remind. I have checked my notifications settings a million times and I still am not notified every time I receive a message. It goes to my work email which I don’t check after work. All my messages are difficult to locate. I’m 25 and chronically online. I can’t even figure out this app. Imagine the older teachers who don’t use technology on a regular basis.
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Response from developer
Please contact our Support team at support@apptegy.com so that we can better understand the notifications issue you're describing and help troubleshoot.
Unreliable
Frustrating and unreliable
FIX IT NOW
It keeps looping into the same message again and again and it won’t dare work. It keeps glitching and glitching. Why do schools even use this app?
Response from developer
Please contact our Support team at support@apptegy.com so that we can better understand the issue you're describing and help troubleshoot.
Pretty Awful
The most sensible things are missing for this communication tool. who needs a calendar, right? The app consistently freezes when trying to add or remove users to your room. The app gives an emoji and comment option, but those don’t work at all. Outside of being able to private message, this is a one way communication tool with very few options.
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Response from developer
We really appreciate your feedback. Please contact our Support team at support@apptegy.com so that we can better understand the issues you're describing and help troubleshoot along with you. You're describing bugs we haven't encountered before, but our team is investigating these aspects of the platform and conducting testing to clear up any potential issues.
Poor quality - possibly AI coded
App changes often. So often I wonder if it’s coded by AI. Changes are frustrating and glitchy
Response from developer
Your feedback is taken seriously, and we appreciate your response. If you can, please reach out to our Support team at support@apptegy.com and let us know specifics about what glitches you are seeing. Our team can help troubleshoot any concerns.
Go with any other messaging app
My district switched to this app from Remind, and it has been a disaster. It is not user friendly, and many messages get lost in the wireless abyss. I have always had good communication with the parents of my students, this year I have not.
Response from developer
Thank you for your concern. Please reach out to our Support team at support@apptegy.com and our team can help troubleshoot any issues with message notifications on your account.
Buggy
The app freezes a lot. I have to use my desktop to post across multiple classrooms.
Response from developer
Thank you for reaching out. Please contact our Support team at support@apptegy.com and we can help with any app issues you're encountering.
Worst app ever!
My school district made the foolish mistake of purchasing this app. I only get notification of messages on the hour and sometimes at that point I miss a lot of them and it’s difficult to create small group conversations. Overall, it is awful would not recommend anyone.
Response from developer
Thank you for your concern. Please reach out to our Support team at support@apptegy.com and our team can help troubleshoot the message notifications on your account.
Not great
My school used to use Remind and then switched to thrill share. It’s so much more complicated to use and does not work as well. I don’t like that I can’t just added parents with their phone numbers myself like I used to be able to. It takes longer to send photographs
