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Room to ImproveCommon complaints summarized from real App Store user reviews

• 🐛 App quits frequently
• 🐛 Interface is medieval and not intuitive
• 🐛 Notifications are hit or miss
• 🐛 Customization is nonexistent
• 🐛 Relentless Bluetooth reminder
• 🐛 Cannot mute messages
• 🐛 Cannot find hidden chats
• 🐛 Invasive location permission requests
• 🐛 Unusable for calls due to static
• 🐛 Crashes every other time on sign-on
• 🐛 No way to set Home Screen defaults
• 🐛 No way to set default to all contacts
• 🐛 No way to set default to all patients
• 🐛 No function/aspect works smoothly
• 🐛 Finding contacts is hard
• 🐛 Messages don't pop up until phone is opened
• 🐛 Call button defaults to Vocera instead of regular phone call
• 🐛 Cannot change PIN within the app
• 🐛 Requires location to be on always for calls
• 🐛 Randomly crashes
• 🐛 Takes up large amount of memory
• 🐛 Bad UI in 2025
• 🐛 Call function never works
• 🐛 Misses urgent messages
• 🐛 Adds stress to job
• 🐛 High background battery drain
• 🐛 Clunky and crashes regularly
• 🐛 Not user-friendly
• 🐛 Works poorly, almost lost job
• 🐛 User unfriendly
• 🐛 Horrible app for iPhone Pro Max
• 🐛 Removes user from on-call status randomly
• 🐛 Crashes every time it becomes active
• 🐛 Multiple glitches with iOS
• 🐛 Screen responsiveness delayed
• 🐛 Awful for busy ICU providers
• 🐛 App automatically drops calls
• 🐛 Doesn't deliver messages well over cell signals
• 🐛 Requires specific Vocera WiFi
• 🐛 Communication failures due to network issues
• 🐛 Too many uncontrolled variables for communication
• 🐛 High rate of communication failure
• 🐛 Horrible for emergencies
• 🐛 Doesn't work for STEMI calls over 70% of time
• 🐛 Logs out if app is closed
• 🐛 Misses EMERGENCY calls
• 🐛 Delayed messages
• 🐛 App disconnects and reconnects for calls
• 🐛 Not helpful in emergency situations
• 🐛 New version does not activate speaker on incoming calls
• 🐛 Impossible to hear incoming calls
• 🐛 Keeps disconnecting since iOS 14
• 🐛 Hard to be available if calls don't connect
• 🐛 Nukes battery
• 🐛 Voice recognition is trash
• 🐛 Requires taking off mask for voice recognition
• 🐛 No touch function to sign in or add to groups
• 🐛 Emergent calls never go through
• 🐛 Always asking for permissions (microphone, Bluetooth)
• 🐛 Constant banner pop-ups for Bluetooth
• 🐛 Cannot turn off Bluetooth prompts
• 🐛 Sending text messages is cumbersome
• 🐛 Frequently incompatible with iOS upgrades
• 🐛 Drains battery, constant background activity
• 🐛 Bluetooth device battery drain
• 🐛 Missing calls throughout the day
• 🐛 Embarrassing for representing organization
• 🐛 Intolerable battery drain
• 🐛 Drains battery even when forced off and on airplane mode
• 🐛 Sound configurations don't work
• 🐛 Random phantom banner notifications
• 🐛 Worst alarm sounds even when notifications are off
• 🐛 Halved battery life
• 🐛 No API for integrating third-party messaging
• 🐛 Not formatted for iPhone X
• 🐛 Notifications routinely missed and delayed
• 🐛 Customer service incompetent/rude
• 🐛 Battery usage gone through the roof
• 🐛 Does not show messages on iPhone lock screen
• 🐛 Needs an acknowledge button
• 🐛 Spaces must be entered for room texts
• 🐛 Scrolling to find numbers is difficult
• 🐛 Cannot stay on template screen after sending
• 🐛 Eliminates camera use
• 🐛 Causes contacts to freeze
• 🐛 Keeps sending calls to voicemail
• 🐛 Last update was terrible
• 🐛 Last version is usable, this version is garbage
• 🐛 Never updated for larger screens
• 🐛 Crashes camera
• 🐛 Breaks all audio on the phone
• 🐛 Pauses audio (Apple Music, podcasts)
• 🐛 Latest version horrible battery drain
• 🐛 Update killing battery
• 🐛 Fills recent call list
• 🐛 Pauses audio after a few minutes
• 🐛 Very clunky interface
• 🐛 Interferes with iPhone audio
• 🐛 Podcasts and audiobooks stop