# Half-Staff — user reviews > 20 indexed App Store user reviews of Half by Aptitude Apps, LLC, rated 4.34/5 from 140 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/half-staff/id1482774313/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/half-staff/id1482774313.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 108 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 16 ## Newest reviews (7 of 20) ### 1/5 — There are Inconsistencies *2023-12-19, version 1.0.0* I just paid a $1.99 and the main page shows Full Staff while if you drill down it shows half-staff for Justice Sandra O’Conner. In addition, the first thing I saw when I opened the app was the Google Advertisement and I paid $1.99 for the App so why am I seeing advertisements? I would like my money back please since I don’t trust the accuracy of this App and I was depending on being informed as it’s part of my job to make sure that our flag is in the appropriate position. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2023-12-05, version 1.0.0* Not updated often enough to be useful. ### 1/5 — Half staff instead of full staff *2023-12-04* Flags were at half staff until 11/29/2023 for the death former First Lady Carter but are still left at half staff in the app on 12/4, 5 days later. This app is not accurate and I can’t rely on it. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t get updated *2023-12-03, version 1.0.0* No point if not properly updated. National flag back to full staff for 4 days now and still reads half. ### 1/5 — Full staff all the time *2023-09-11, version 1.0.0* App does not appear to work. I have had it for approximately two months. I have never received any sort of notification, so need to check it every day. Today is 9/11 and flags have been ordered to be at Half-Staff. Despite that order, my app still says to keep my US flag at full staff. ### 1/5 — Rarely get it right *2023-05-08, version 1.0.0* Here we are again. 6:42am 5/8/23. Flag is at half staff yet these folks have no idea. I’m pretty sure the country was notified 5/5/23 that flags would be half staff starting 5/7/23. ### 1/5 — Miserably inadequate! *2022-10-07, version 1.0.0* This app missed Patriot’s Day, September 11. It is now missing Fallen Firefighters Day on October 9. This is worthless garbage - do not buy! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fix *2026-07-13, version 1.0.0* It isn’t showing any thing for the flag to be at half- staff for the death of Lindsey graham and from what I’m seeing in other reviews the developer abandoned this ### 1/5 — Hasn’t Been Correct Yet *2025-09-15, version 1.0.0* Had the app for a month with at least 4 half staff events. Not once did it tell me or show correct information in the app. Not Federal or State. App is trash, I know it’s only $2 but save it. ### 1/5 — No notification *2025-09-03, version 1.0.0* Although I have notifications on for this app, I never get notified when a flag should be half mast. That’s the whole reason I paid for this app to begin with ### 1/5 — I paid for this? *2025-08-27, version 1.0.0* Can’t believe that at 7:20 Eastern time it still says full staff for US flag when POTUS flags at half staff many hours ago for the school shooting today. ### 1/5 — No alerts *2025-01-13, version 1.0.0* This app has yet to give me an alert to notify me to change my flag to half staff ### 1/5 — Not reliable for North Carolina *2024-10-27, version 1.0.0* At one time this app was reliable. No longer. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-08-06, version 1.0.0* It’s a paid app but yet it is still on version 1.0.0 which tells me it was abandoned, but they still got my money. No matter what filters are selected it will not work to show any half-staff events and if you don’t have the majority of the filters activated it won’t work at all, period. Hot garbage, smelly hot garbage, recommend trying something else, like your horoscope, which might provide more info than what’s in this app. ### 1/5 — NY State Half Mast *2024-05-28, version 1.0.0* The app has NY having the flag at half mast for a funeral held two weeks ago! I would have not bought the app if I known it wasn't going to be kept updated! ### 1/5 — Incorrect Flag Notifications *2024-05-27, version 1.0.0* When you open the app it shows the current flag status but it is incorrect. It is Memorial Day and the flag needs to be half staff. But the app shows full staff. I hope the developer does an update and fixes the problem so I didn’t was my money buying the app. ### 1/5 — Bought on memorial day. Incorrect *2024-05-27, version 1.0.0* Memorial day is showing full mast all day. Incorrect. Can't refund either. Don't bother. ## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Doesn’t work *2023-05-08, version 1.0.0* App does not tell me when to lower the flag. Example today 05/08/2023 for victims of tragedy in Allen Texas. ### 3/5 — Missing Half Staff *2023-08-17, version 1.0.0* At first glance it’s missing multiple federal half staff days. Disappointing. ### 2/5 — Not updating for my state *2022-11-29, version 1.0.0* In Colorado we are currently at half staff. I have refreshed several times and reinstalled the app but I do not get notifications and it does not show my state nor the American flag at half staff status (both of them are at the moment). Disappointing. --- *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 2026-08-28.*