App functionality
I downloaded this app to find volunteering opportunities in my area. The site has been very helpful for me and I was excited to be able to search more conveniently on my phone. However, the app is lacking in some basic functionality features making app is overall useless to me. For some reason, there is no way to filter by location, so I see thousands of results with no way to narrow them down. I live in a very populous city. For a company whose ethos is community service it is quite difficult to service my community without a filter to locate it. As others have noted, there is no “back” button, so one has to go through the tedious process of redoing every search after you tap on a job listing. I will probably just use the site from now on.
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Used to be good
This so used to work great but now I’m prompted to sign in via Google, FB & Apple every 5 seconds. Can’t even use the app anymore
Time to delete
Time to delete
Great listings. Terrible app
This app glitches so badly it’s practically unusable. I have to log in after I open each listing to read. I have to redo my search settings each time I log in.
The listings are great, but using this app is painful.
The listings are great, but using this app is painful.
Can’t log in
I log in through google, and then App keeps telling me to fill out information below first. there’s no place to enter info, i hit save, and then am take to sign in screen where it says sign in first.
Google Login crash
Got an email about an awesome job so I went to check it out on mobile Safari. Realized I maxed out my main tab group so thought I’d download the app so I don’t have to worry about it right now. I log in with Google as that’s how I signed up, it successfully authenticates, takes me to the app home screen (logged in), then immediately force logs me out and says I need to be logged in to view the page I was on. Tried 3 more times, the removed the app from my phone. I have a 12 Pro Max running current iOS software. I MIGHT consider redownloading if the basic bugs were fixed bc the app is more accessible for someone like me with adhd and 500 open tabs on safari, but also might just suck it up and stick with the site so I don’t have to deal with the unnecessary additions that seem superfluous for an app most people know for the job board exclusively. Seems like the devs could consider splitting this into different apps for different target user personas/user journeys, but that is based on anecdotal data seeing as I’ve not been able to use the app myself.
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Great Idea, Poor App
The app was a bit difficult when I first started using it, but I was able to figure it out. Since then, I have not been able to figure out how to update any settings, or easily navigate the app whatsoever. I will continue checking in to see if the app has gotten any updates that might have addressed this issue. I will certainly re-attempt if it improves!
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Where did location go?
I used to search for remote work and change my radius to entire country, but can’t do that anymore. Sent a message but never got a response
App is useless for job search
Get a new search engine and filters. Waste of time trying to look for a job using this app.
Can’t use filters
I love this site and have used it for years. However the app isn’t usable on a phone since you can’t access the filters at all. When you click one you can’t see the options. Very frustrating. I’m on a year old iPhone. Sadly I guess the only way to really use this site is on a desktop.
Back button
Almost useless without a back button or the ability to swipe to go back.
EDIT: I promise you if this one issue is fixed your AppStore rating would gain a whole new star.
EDIT: I promise you if this one issue is fixed your AppStore rating would gain a whole new star.
NO BACK BUTTON
It seems like it’s been a while and this major problem has not been fixed.
Back button
Almost useless without a back button or the ability to swipe to go back.
Back button makes app inconvenient
When searching you are able to go back to the search via that “back to results” button. Unfortunately, if you go into a listing organization’s profile or click on any of the tabs for more information, you are not able to toggle back and have to start your search from the beginning. Makes using the app less desirable than webpage.
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Freezes mid-use
The app freezes and doesn’t work very well. The website works better.
Back button would really help
Great start just like the site but adding a back button would really help with UX.
app doesn’t work at all, it’s bugged out
I can’t even use the app it just shows a white screen. It’s completely unusable and needs to be fixed
Just like the site!
I like that this app is just like the Idealist website. It’s so much easier to search and apply to nonprofit jobs.
Great for finding social-impact work
This app is simple and easy-to-use. I love how it offers jobs at nonprofit organizations, as well as tools to help me in my social-impact career!
Jobs posted are great, App functionality is really lacking
As others have shared, I recognize that Idealist itself doesn’t identify as a site for job seekers. The problem is two-fold: 1) the platform hosts excellent position descriptions, often ones that I don’t see listed elsewhere, and it beckons for you to use it for your job search 2) the actual job search feature and functionality is frustratingly awful.
Start with the fact that jobs are lumped in with two other options that randomly shuffle when you open the app, daring you to click “Internships” by mistake because you moved faster than the shuffler. That is OBNOXIOUS.
Second, it’s easy enough to like/save an interesting job but actually viewing those saved jobs later is an option hidden within several menus that are not intuitive. When you find a saved job, there is no way to mark it as applied or update the status to keep track. Rather, you can unsave it or just leave it there in perpetuity. WHY?
If the career opportunities/job seeker feature is something that so many people want and would use (as evidenced in just these App Store reviews), why on earth wouldn’t Idealist jump on this? I don’t get it.
Maybe they themselves can’t figure out the jobs feature enough to post a position to hire a developer to make it useful? Just a thought.
Start with the fact that jobs are lumped in with two other options that randomly shuffle when you open the app, daring you to click “Internships” by mistake because you moved faster than the shuffler. That is OBNOXIOUS.
Second, it’s easy enough to like/save an interesting job but actually viewing those saved jobs later is an option hidden within several menus that are not intuitive. When you find a saved job, there is no way to mark it as applied or update the status to keep track. Rather, you can unsave it or just leave it there in perpetuity. WHY?
If the career opportunities/job seeker feature is something that so many people want and would use (as evidenced in just these App Store reviews), why on earth wouldn’t Idealist jump on this? I don’t get it.
Maybe they themselves can’t figure out the jobs feature enough to post a position to hire a developer to make it useful? Just a thought.
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Not awful, but not far from it.
Their focus is certainly on the social aspect of the site, which I’ve never used. Like many, I downloaded to aid in my job search. It works for that. How well it works, however, depends on who you ask.
It’s not terribly intuitive. In fact, at times, it seems purposefully confusing. In order to see the jobs and volunteering opportunities you have to scroll to the bottom and tap an unlabeled button. Why they thought this was a good idea, I do not know. Next comes the part I find most baffling, if not a bit infuriating. After tapping the unlabeled button and clicking “jobs - internships - organizations” you’re taken to a section where you can choose one of the three. The buttons are lined up at the bottom. The order of the buttons is randomized. Why. WHY is it randomized? When the page first loads, it will load in the order it appeared in the last time you visited. A millisecond later, it shuffles. So I’ve accidentally clicked the wrong thing many times.
Apart from the strange decisions they’ve made with the UI/UX, it’s functional. You can search, the filters work well, etc etc. I feel a bit bad complaining about a free app that is genuinely helpful, but what the heck are these people thinking?
It’s not terribly intuitive. In fact, at times, it seems purposefully confusing. In order to see the jobs and volunteering opportunities you have to scroll to the bottom and tap an unlabeled button. Why they thought this was a good idea, I do not know. Next comes the part I find most baffling, if not a bit infuriating. After tapping the unlabeled button and clicking “jobs - internships - organizations” you’re taken to a section where you can choose one of the three. The buttons are lined up at the bottom. The order of the buttons is randomized. Why. WHY is it randomized? When the page first loads, it will load in the order it appeared in the last time you visited. A millisecond later, it shuffles. So I’ve accidentally clicked the wrong thing many times.
Apart from the strange decisions they’ve made with the UI/UX, it’s functional. You can search, the filters work well, etc etc. I feel a bit bad complaining about a free app that is genuinely helpful, but what the heck are these people thinking?
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