# Blackboard — user reviews > 1,980 indexed App Store user reviews of Blackboard by Anthology Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 441,012 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blackboard/id950424861/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blackboard/id950424861.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 357,903 · 4★ 36,283 · 3★ 17,787 · 2★ 7,442 · 1★ 21,597 ## What do users think of Blackboard? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🔒 Secure login process - 💡 Helpful for busy students **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔄 Constant need to re-login - 🕰️ Slow loading times - 📱 Not optimized for mobile/tablets **Commonly reported bugs** - Activity stream not loading properly - Inconsistent behavior across mobile and web - Inability to view full assignment details **Most requested features** - Ability to customize course order - Improved notifications and alerts - Split-screen functionality for multitasking - Offline access to course materials ## Newest reviews (18 of 1,980) ### 2/5 — Functional *2026-08-21, version 11.6.0* VERY hard to navigate back and forth when clicking links you often have to return to the page with all your classes after opening a link which is annoying when you should just be able to click a back arrow or forward arrow to return to a page again. ### 2/5 — Issues *2026-08-20, version 11.6.0* I am using iPadOS 26.5.2. I have a teribite hard drive and I attend Big sandy. When I clock the reading material for me courses it takes me to Mc Graw Hill and its pretty 50/50 on if it will load or give me the loading wheel of death. It will let me click to start and then not take me to the book or assessment. It works on the browser no problem. I’m very frustrated with this. ### 2/5 — Logging in from different devices is a human torture trap *2026-08-19, version 11.6.0* Can’t. Canvas is better at this in this area. What do you mean there is no forgot password. I have to go to my university log (two factor authentication btw) and then get the chance to sign into blackboard. Y’all are acting like you got billing info in here. It’s literally not the at deep. You’re making my life so hard here. How about up your firewalls and not make my life 3x harder trying to do anything, like printing at the library. Also, can’t stand how many limited option you guys have for each class. Finding Specifics (links, books, etc) for each class is like a scavenger hunt. Not everything in the whole class should be under “content” and that’s the only option for actual class content lol. Isn’t having option for content like your guys whole point? And you give us one option for organization? Literally who’s behind the thought process here, maybe you guys should tap into AI atp. Because you’re obviously not using it. ### 2/5 — Buggy *2026-08-19, version 11.6.0* It’s buggy and hardly works, it will sit and spin until you refresh, choppy and frankly unprofessional how this app operates ### 2/5 — Some outrageous UI misses that detract from an otherwise fine app *2026-08-09, version 11.6.0* App forces me to go back to the main course selection page whenever I have material open and want to switch to another section. Why o why can’t I just go back up one level? Why does the app think it necessary to start my navigation from the very beginning? Who designed this UI?? PDFs are even worse, somehow. The overlay UI disappears entirely and all you’re able to do is scroll and zoom. No back. No home. No exit. Those buttons are gone. No amount of scrolling, talking, or uttering lines from the Dark Grimoire will get you what you need. Just exit the app and start navigating from the very beginning, again. Sigh ### 3/5 — UI and usability trash *2026-08-06, version 11.6.0* If it weren’t for my school using this platform over something like canvas I wouldn’t use this app at all! I hate logging in every time I open the app and sometimes when I try to login it does nothing. As someone who’s studied UX/UI in my opinion this app needs a major overhaul! I can’t even subscribe to my calendar easily without having issues with time zones, etc. ### 3/5 — "An issue on our side" *2026-08-06, version 11.6.0* It's a pretty good app don't get me wrong but half the time it displays a message "There seems to be an issue on out side. Please try again later." Thank goodness the app lets me download the content in advance so I can still access it when this problem happens but it still occurs too often and for days at a time. ### 1/5 — Bug *2026-07-25, version 11.6.0* When you click on a discussion post it just loads forever and refuses to open. You are constantly met with a white screen. Please fix this as I don’t always have access to a laptop. ### 2/5 — A lot of bugs *2026-07-19, version 11.6.0* Buttons and icons overlap, app gets stuck when opening the submissions of homework. ### 2/5 — ALEKS constantly breaks in the app *2026-07-05, version 11.5.0* As a way to submit assignments or access simple materials it works great, trying to do any kinda of math work in ALEKS via BlackBoard is horrible. If you go to the ebook through ALEKS you can’t go back to the assignments without going all the way back to courses and starting over. All because Blackboard doesn’t give you access to any type of tab or back button, if you swipe back it just takes you to the course selection page. Any kind of popup on a webpage accessed via BlackBoard completely breaks scrolling, locking the page to whatever was viewable at the time. For example, during an ALEKs assignment if you tap the review button to read a bit more about the current problem you can no longer scroll once leaving the review popup. You have to go all the way back to courses select, then the carouse, go through the ALEKS access from BlackBoard, find the assignment and get back to the correct problem. Not to mention the analytics just flat out doesn’t work on iOS it seems, not once has it shown anything but works just fine on a computer. Some of this may be an issue with ALEKS, but since you can’t access ALEKS without going through BlackBoard it needs to be fixed. ### 1/5 — Janky and Frustrating *2026-07-02, version 11.5.0* This app is the most janky thing I use on a regular basis. It takes forever to log into my account which I am required to do with the security level of a federal prison every time I open the app despite every time saying that I want to stay logged in. Once I’m in the app and look at my courses, I don’t know what any of them are because the UI formats the text in such a way that I can’t see who the instructor is or whether it is Chem I or Chem II without going into them. This app will also give me a null error every time I want to download a document that a professor posts. With how widespread this poor quality educational platform is, you would think they could afford some halfway decent designs. Instead, it feels like I am transported back in time 15 years ago to a website programmed by a highschooler. ### 3/5 — Black hole *2026-06-29, version 11.5.0* Glitchy SW. Inconsistent experiences across platforms. ### 2/5 — Constantly freezes and crashes. *2026-06-28, version 11.5.0* Very rarely works for me. Quickly freezes and crashes, when it opens at all. ### 1/5 — Worse app ever *2026-06-24, version 11.5.0* Blackboard doesn’t even let you open simple syllabus through the link. An error pops up Everytime. The app it’s self is so slow and glitches if you try to go to one course to another. You can’t miss around with your grade percentages to see what grade u need on something to get your goal overall grade. Canvas is so much more advanced. Learn some tips from them. ### 1/5 — Bugs *2026-06-23, version 11.5.0* Impossible to see any kind of feedback on this app, or even scroll on the grades tab ### 1/5 — Ugh *2026-06-22, version 11.5.0* My app keeps crashing and not working. I am trying to complete my assignments on my lunch break, which I don’t have the energy to do 🙄 ### 1/5 — Genuinely the worst app *2026-06-22, version 11.5.0* Completely dysfunctional app crashes every time you use it and won’t let you upload anything. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2026-06-19, version 11.5.0* Never had issues till lately and now the app keeps crashing after loading for a couple seconds ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Freezing and crashing *2026-08-25, version 11.6.0* App keeps freezing and crashing on IPhone 14 Pro. Loads course list, then freezes when you click anything ### 1/5 — Literally unusable *2026-08-24, version 11.6.0* Takes me back to the main menu every 5 seconds, I can’t see what my professor messaged me or message them back while I’m in the hospital and don’t have access to my main computer. ### 1/5 — Canvas is better *2026-08-24, version 11.6.0* I began using this app as I transferred universities and this was what they use. Previously I had only used Canvas so that was my standard for what an educational app should be like. Blackboard needs to take notes on how to make an app for iPhone and iPad. I cannot open a link on this app because if I do the only way to close out of it is to get off the app and clear it from the phone. I cannot open barely do work on my phone on the app and submitting assignments is out the window. It’s clear though that the company does not care about their reviews because they have not replied to a single one nor have they tried to fix it. ### 1/5 — Can't login on the app *2026-08-23, version 11.6.0* I logged out around a month ago ans literally could not log back in at all no matter what i did. Cross site tracking, restarted my phone, deleted the app and redownloades it and nothing seems to work. I can login perfectly fine on desktop or website but the app? Nope. It doesn't work at all, and now I have to just go through my mac or the website to see what my teachers post immediately instead of being able to check on my phone. ### 1/5 — Chile. *2026-08-19, version 11.6.0* The app is glitchy. ### 1/5 — Bs *2026-08-19, version 11.6.0* It won’t even take me pass success for duo authorization. How is this even remotely beneficial as an app when I can not even log on ### 1/5 — Lixo puro esse app *2026-08-17* Aplicativo péssimo 👎 Horrível não consigo acessar a página do Senac. Não merece nenhuma estrela. ### 1/5 — Can’t see the whole page *2026-08-07, version 11.6.0* I just downloaded this app for school and can’t see the bottom of the page properly! Is there a solution for that issue?? ### 1/5 — What are we doing here? *2026-08-07, version 11.6.0* I’m starting College in a few weeks. I need this app for my classes. I’ve been trying for days to login on the app. I can login through the website but the app nothing. I’ve tried probably 20 times with the exact same login information I online to login through the website. ### 1/5 — Not good *2026-07-25, version 11.6.0* Really not good ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app for university support *2026-07-24, version 11.6.0* Supported me through my undergraduate degree I’m able to access my assignments and classes from anywhere down load lecture slide on all devices. Submitting assignments can be challenging so I recommend going on a browser rather than the app. ### 5/5 — App muito bom. *2026-06-30* Excelente aplicativo, muito intuitivo e funcional. ### 5/5 — Perfect for online students! *2026-06-06, version 11.4.0* I love this app, I’m 100% online and a I don’t always have access to my computer so this app is a life saver! I don’t experience no glitches or slow activity. Works great. ### 5/5 — Very cool *2026-05-12, version 11.4.0* I can see everything from grad school on my phone! ### 5/5 — Black board mobile *2026-05-02, version 11.3.1* This is so accurate and useful for on the go and having class work in the palm of your hand. ### 5/5 — Great *2026-04-30, version 11.3.1* Can we get color schemes though ? ### 5/5 — رائع *2026-04-25, version 11.3.1* 👍🏻 ### 5/5 — cok iyi *2026-04-11, version 11.3.1* cok iyi ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-03-29, version 11.2.0* The App has gotten so much better throughout the years. I happy with how easy it is to navigate. ### 5/5 — It is the best *2026-03-27, version 11.2.0* From the perspective of a student Blackboard is quite user friendly and is secure --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*