# Red Rover K12 — user reviews > 534 indexed App Store user reviews of Red Rover K12 by Red Rover Technologies, LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 43,324 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/red-rover-k12/id1525229425/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/red-rover-k12/id1525229425.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 36,616 · 4★ 3,383 · 3★ 1,274 · 2★ 546 · 1★ 1,505 ## What do users think of Red Rover K12? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Convenient and easy to use - 👍 User-friendly interface - 💡 Flexible scheduling options - 🚀 Timely notifications of job openings - 👍 Efficient job management **Cons** - 🐛 Delayed or unreliable notifications - 🐛 Disappearing job listings - 🐛 Inconsistent filtering and preferences - 🐛 Calendar integration issues - 🐛 Crashes and glitches **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues on certain devices - Keyboard not hiding properly - Inconsistent behavior when entering absences - Syncing problems between app and website **Most requested features** - Calendar view of available jobs - Improved notification settings - Ability to see job details before accepting - Support for tablets and larger screens - Two-way communication with teachers ## Newest reviews (16 of 534) ### 4/5 — Grade designation *2026-08-27, version 7.0.2* Please add more precise grade designation to teacher absences. ‘Grades 1-8’ is not specific enough. I know Rover has this capability but please ask Cambridge district to give you more precise grade levels. Thx! ### 2/5 — Poor Notification Times *2026-08-17, version 7.0.2* Jobs don’t seem to pop up at the same time for different users. Had much more success with Frontline ### 2/5 — Can’t get sub jobs *2026-08-17, version 7.0.2* Screen doesn’t refresh in time even when open and even though I’m very quick at tapping the notification for an available sub job, it’s already taken. Well, at least someone is getting a job… ### 1/5 — Jobs gone *2026-08-10, version 7.0.2* When the app goes off and I try to accept the job it tells me it is already taken ### 1/5 — Red Rover sucks *2026-08-10, version 7.0.2* Every time I am trying to sign up for a job something goes wrong. Just now a job popped upI pressed accept and the RR said, Upps something went wrong. When I pressed again the job was no longer available. This happens over and over again. The old system was much better. ### 1/5 — App critique *2026-08-10, version 7.0.2* The access app for subs doesn’t match the training app. This makes it hard to visualize availability for pending needs and accepted positions. ### 1/5 — Multiple issues *2026-08-09, version 6.2.10* Notification not loud enough Very slow connectivity When attempting to access calendar it says my phone device cannot access ### 3/5 — Time waster *2026-08-08, version 6.2.10* For a substitute teacher this app presents substitute jobs like Lucy presenting a football to Charlie Brown Brown. Time waster. A companion app for the Apple Watch instead of the now only “Notification” could be a huge benefit. ### 1/5 — Awful! *2026-08-04, version 6.2.10* Keep selecting favorites and saying only notify on favorites. Keeps sending me notifications for EVERY ABSENCE IN ENTIRE DISTRICT. VERY ANNOYING! ### 3/5 — Disappointed *2026-07-29, version 6.2.10* I am unable to set my preferences, under Assignments to Favorites and make it stay. Every time the app closes, it goes back to default. Also, by the time I get the alert, the sub request is unavailable… I’m opening up the app the moment it goes off… are the open assignments sent out all at once or does it go to folks at different times. I’m new to this and find it very frustrating. I’d rather get text messages AND app notifications, but in order to get text I have to delete the app. Seems counterintuitive! ### 4/5 — Substitute teacher *2026-07-28, version 6.2.10* Wish Red River would let me choose specific grades & subjects for subbing. Also would be nice to pick up multiple days for same teacher. Red River lists individual days, while I select one, the other 3 are taken by different subs. ### 1/5 — This app is very hard to get into *2026-07-11, version 6.2.10* I s ### 1/5 — App does not work *2026-07-11, version 6.2.10* This app does not work. It asks for an email and a password as if I’ve already signed up for an account. I haven’t. But I gave my email anyways to reset the password and it never sends the reset link ### 3/5 — Pick up a job *2026-07-09, version 6.2.10* It’s very difficult for a sub to get a job easy on the app because he gets picked up so fast because you have to be on your device 24 seven to get a job he cannot make it very hard on us to sub ### 1/5 — Professional *2026-06-12, version 6.2.10* Why do the para jobs get lumped in with the teacher jobs? That wastes so much of my time. I should be able to filter out all para jobs so I don’t see them. ### 4/5 — Assignments *2026-05-23, version 6.2.10* Wish it was an option to be a let to see shifts regardless if I have excepted one or not ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-08-30, version 7.0.2* App says there is an opening and alerts me I must be the last person to get the notifications because before I can finish reading it gone ### 1/5 — It’s not working *2026-08-29, version 7.0.2* I can’t get jobs and I’m not able to find help ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-08-28, version 7.0.2* It doesn’t work like it should it shows work on some people and not others ### 1/5 — Red Rover Review *2026-08-25, version 7.0.2* My husband is a sub, but I am the one who always has to have my phone with me and preferably right in my hand unless there is a job that pops up. I don’t even look at it when it comes up because if I don’t tap on it immediately it’s gone to someone else. My finger can’t move fast enough. I’m sorry to say, but I dislike Red Rover very much. ### 1/5 — Stressful *2026-08-24, version 7.0.2* A very stressful experience. Notice of an assignment is received and by the time you open up the request, it’s already taken. Unlike Smartfinder Express, it doesn’t give you any time to check dates and accept. Very stress inducing experience. ### 1/5 — PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CREATE A DARK MODE *2026-08-24, version 7.0.2* This is 2026. Create a Dark Mode already ### 1/5 — No password code *2026-08-18, version 7.0.2* I downloaded the Red Rover app. I put in my username I didn’t have a password one, a code was supposed to be sent to me, but it never came. I cannot get in it Red Rover. ### 1/5 — Late notifications *2026-08-18, version 7.0.2* I am getting notifications when someone have already picked the job ### 1/5 — No calendar link to my iPhone *2026-08-14, version 7.0.2* Very frustrating that when I accept a job I cannot link it to my iPhone calendar! ### 1/5 — Substitute teacher *2026-08-13, version 7.0.2* Your app is extremely challenging for me to try to accept jobs. I can be on my phone and get a notification, and go to it immediately, only to find out that the job has already been taken. I can’t figure out how somebody can get to it faster than I can repeatedly. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Sub with ease! *2026-08-25, version 7.0.2* Red Rover makes it easy to be made aware of jobs - at your fingertips at all times! ### 5/5 — Awesome App *2026-08-14, version 7.0.2* I’ve been using this app since our school district adopted it. As a retired teacher, being a senior citizen, I found it easy to use and customize it to my needs. Since I am not too tech savvy, using Red Rover makes me feel like I am. ### 5/5 — Ok *2026-08-10, version 6.2.10* It’s ok. ### 5/5 — Cool jobs *2026-05-29, version 6.2.10* I like the app. Fast and easy. Not perfect but gr8 ### 5/5 — Sub for Celia Clinton Elementary *2026-04-10, version 6.2.9* I love what I do to help teachers and to help students strive. And to learn the things I didn’t when I was in school. They need us and we need them. Dream Big ### 5/5 — Pros and Cons *2026-04-09, version 6.2.9* I like that you can cancel any job within 2 days notice. We cannot cancel the day before so that would be nice to change so the job is immediately put up again instead of the office scrambling to try to fill it. Jobs are easy to accept and bypass. Easy to eliminate schools. Wish we could classes. I don’t like that the alarm I have set to go off when a job is posted doesn’t always go off or goes off hours later. I often miss out on posted jobs because of this. I am notified not once but three times for the next days job for some reason. Doesn’t transfer to my iPhone calendar right away or on rare occasions at all. Then they disappear sometimes even though the job is still scheduled. I would like them to always be available no matter how long the time has been as I like to go back and see where I was. The app is way to use but not everyone works as it should. ### 5/5 — Felix Sharpe *2026-03-12, version 6.2.9* No other app on my IPhone…works better than Red Rover ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Great app! Suggestion for even better… *2026-03-12, version 6.2.9* I love the app, it works great. I was thinking it would be cool if teachers could request the subs they like through the app, like if they want to put in a day off and want a certain sub, they could send the request to that sub who would get notified and be able to accept or reject the assignment. Maybe they could also rank a few favorite choices and if the first one denied the request, it would automatically send a request to the second one, and so forth. Personally I would prefer not to have to leave my personal number or email address for teacher contacts if the app would take care of that for me. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Easy to use App *2026-03-10, version 6.2.9* Very easy to use. I can access everything I need. ### 5/5 — Red Rover *2026-03-10, version 6.2.9* Overall I have had a great experience using the Red Rover App! I am never confused or left to figure things out by myself. It provides effective and helpful grade level, lesson planning, times of arrival, location/addressing, and what is expected, etc etc. I am a college student attending for elementary education and I have found this overall experience super helpful and encouraging. --- *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 2026-09-02.*