Bloomz: For Teachers & Schools Negative Reviews

Bloomz: For Teachers & Schools App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Bloomz: For Teachers & Schools app received 48 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Bloomz: For Teachers & Schools? Can you share your negative thoughts about bloomz: for teachers & schools?

Bloomz: For Teachers & Schools for Negative User Reviews

✓ Nothing but issuesStarted using this app last year for my child’s class and was not impressed. From the start there has been issues and I am still experiencing issues even with a new teacher using Bloomz. The content doesn’t load 85% of the time and shows that nothing is posted when in fact there has been something posted because the teacher has informed us. I’m now receiving emails that a post has been made but that I haven’t joined the class, when in fact I have joined the class. Today, pictures have been posted and here I am yet again unable to see them. The App doesn’t even open at this point. All I get is the Bloomz blue screen with the wheel the spinning wheel that leads to nothing. This App is not worth your time!!!! 😡.FoxyswifeVersion: 2.46

✓ I Receive notifications but the app will NOT open! :(Prior to recently this app always has been a 5 star app. Now I can’t force it to open. I continue throughout the day to check for an update, but for whatever reason this app will not work on my iPhone 11. I receive the notifications that there are new post, but can’t open the dang app. I have always loved this app and never had issues with it but for the past 2 or 3 months it would not show anything recent that had been posted and now it will not move past the blue screen with white Bloomz on it. I have tried EVERYTHING! So frustrating as this is the line of communication my child’s teacher prefers. Needs attention immediately..1985MommaBearof2Version: 3.18

✓ TerribleThis app is not user friendly at all. One of my kids teachers used class dojo years ago and I️ found it very easy to navigate and use. This one seems very buggy, even after updating the app. All of my kids teachers use bloomz and every single one complains about posts not uploading, communications getting lost and pictures not being uploaded. I️ don’t bother anymore using Bloomz to communicate either directly to the teacher or in a group with other parents. Email is much more efficient and direct. If I️ was able to give it zero stars I️ would. I️ tell every single parent and teacher I️ am in contact with to stop using this and use class dojo instead. Or even using nothing but email would be better. This app is a waste of time and is useless!.RankthetankVersion: 2.30

✓ Incredible when working .... $ is a lotI’ve been using Bloomz as a teacher for almost 2 years and one year as a parent. There are many times when the app isn’t working, I can’t upload pictures to portfolios or even to communicate with parents. If all of the features worked properly it might be worth the money but in the moments (25% of the time) it isn’t working it’s super frustrating! We use the portfolios tab, posts, calendar, parent messaging, and announcement features the most with our class. Trying to communicate with the makers of the app is near impossible. The customer service has definite areas for improvement when it comes to how to assist in problem solving and assisting clients. Next year we will be using a different app, one that doesn’t cost $100 for a service that only works 75% of the time..Miss S & AVersion: 3.24

✓ Terrible app.I have three kids in three schools and three classrooms. I get multiple notifications daily, and no clue what those notifications are for once I go into the app. My feed is littered with new members which is great but I do not care. I would prefer members to be a separate menu that is searchable. Messaging teachers is cumbersome and I usually end up finding their email address on the school website faster and communicate that way. My two stars are simply because I like the feature of sign ups. And when I see what the teachers are trying to communicate, I feel informed. I use it because I have to and am counting the days until I can delete it..Ames-JAMOTVersion: 4.75

✓ No access in AustraliaThis seems to be a great app but when prompted to select my country to set my class up, it literally has every country in the world as an option other than Australia. Very frustrating..JdjeksbVersion: 2.4

✓ On their way up!As a previous user of Remind and Class Dojo, there are a few things I really love on Bloomz! However, there is still much to be desired. The perks? Uploading multiple pictures is incredibly convenient! I love the sign-up feature whenever I’m having a class party. The ability to differentiate between a permanent post vs. temporary announcement has been really convenient. Also, Setting up parent conferences was a breeze with the sign-up feature! Unfortunately, there was a glitch a week before conferences and 2/3 of my times were deleted. That brings me to the other features that are lacking. I still occasionally get a notification bubble when there are none. On the website, I cannot consistently access my messages, as I can often only see the screen that “teaches” me the conveniences of their messaging system. The overall app is not as user friendly as other messaging systems. The BIGGEST issue I have is that the parents names are not visually connected to all of my students names. I have 34 students, there is no way I have all of their parents’ names memorized, so I would greatly appreciate it if the app was updated so students’ names were visible with all parents’ names when messaging and/or signing up parents. I’m looking forward to seeing how this app improves!.PurrfectrekVersion: 2.54

✓ Concept great, execution terribleThe idea around this is awesome, but using this app frustrates us to no end. Extremely slow when loading any data - I spend more time looking at “Loading…” then I do looking at any content. And notifications, not sure what’s going on here, but badge counts show multiple unread notifications where I don’t see anything in the app. Not to mention if an action is pushed to both Mom & Dad, there is no way to tell if the other parent completed the action as the “new” notification persists. Not sure if this is our school’s use of the platform or the platform itself, but either way the issues lie back with the platform itself IMO. We’ve got at least 7 more years with this app, so hopefully it improves..Keithcamp54Version: 4.37

✓ Was good but not anymoreThe app never stays signed in and now always pops up saying there is a problem with the database, kill the app then sign in again; only to not be able to sign in. Frustrating!.EmmycarabearVersion: 3.30

✓ Great idea but nad executionI love the idea of t but the app itself is very confusing and not very intuitive. I’m tech savvy and it took me ages to get what’s what. There’s way too many fancy options if all it has to do is to enable communication parent-teacher. Could and should be much simpler..KamaLovesTheGameVersion: 2.52

✓ DbsjNot a fan sorry, needs to be simplified and the too many glitches that remain unresolved. Class Dojo was so much better! Glad it's our last year with it!.Dykvfujffjhff65488;Version: 2.49

✓ Barely functionalI’ve had this app for the past year and the navigation is not very intuitive in general. I receive regular updates notifications of parents and teachers posting on the app and the ability to discern what the update is can be challenging, or unimportant. I’m just brought to the Home Screen of the app without any guidance around what is new. And often I’ll receive an app notification for something unimportant like if a parent just likes a post. Over the past 2-3 weeks, the app went from usable but not a great experience, to almost completely unusable. One of the recent updates has resulted in my app not initializing and just sitting at a blue startup screen. In order to be able to open the app, I’ve had to uninstall it and reinstall it. I’m on my 5th time of this in 5 days. I have the most recent iPhone and iOS, so not sure what the issue. Many other parents are having similar issues and the school is just basically avoiding posting to Bloomz at this point and is using email instead..Brian S. F.Version: 4.27

✓ BloomzThis app is brutal!!! Needs work!!.FXCWCVersion: 2.24

✓ GlitchyAs a teacher, I love all of the features Bloomz offers, but it’s so glitchy! After over two years using Bloomz, I thought they’d have worked out the glitches by now, but I still get random notifications on the app. I’ll often click through everything to find where it’s coming from without being able to. Often it’ll disappear for a few minutes just to reappear the next time I pick up my phone. It’s maddening! There’s also a few glitchy things in their messaging. I really want Bloomz to be better. It has so much potential! I’m just so disappointed it’s not better by now!.IHeartMailboxVersion: 4.45

✓ Frustrated please fix itSo when my daughter started school, her teacher sent home the instructions t join this app. Cool, no problems. Did fine. Then my daughter chef classes. I received an invite from her new teacher and it didn’t work. Then the teacher added me to the class and I still don’t have anything from her on the app. I have signed out and signed in. I went to your website where there is no actual contact number and only troubleshooting articles which are not helpful. I’m not dumb, I can work an app, but if you wants to make a more complicated and non-user friendly platform, you have succeeded. It would be really helpful if someone in charge of this thing would help me. Thanx..NotVanGoghVersion: 4.38

✓ Horrible AppReally wish the school district would go back to Remind. I signed up for this app in order to be included in my step-son’s class information. The app doesn’t allow you to sign up just for one kid. It shoves you into ALL the kids classes. I don’t need to be involved in my teenage stepdaughter’s classes but I didn’t get a choice. There’s NOTHING intuitive about this app. It’s a nightmare to navigate. Busy parents don’t have time to spend learning a complicated and poorly designed new app. I just need the basics which Remind does easily but Bloomz does not. I tried to message the teacher and was about to send when it said it was going to go to 84 people. What the heck?! I’m trying to message the teacher only!! I just got a notification on my phone. Besides the fact that it takes AGES to load anything in Bloomz, I see this important alert message was sent 37 minutes prior to my getting the alert. I have a brand new iPhone and I’m on fiber wifi. It shouldn’t take that long to load this app or get an alert. I know it’s not my phone or my service. It’s this app. Super disappointed. No idea why any school district or parent would want to deal with this..MirahndaVersion: 4.77

✓ Too Busy and Too MuchWe have been using this app starting fall semester of 2020 for both of our kids because our child’s school implemented it. Both of us parents have spent a lot of time on this app just to figure out how it works. It definitely does a lot. It does a lot more than our school will ever use. It’s not as intuitive as it could be. I would like to see everything I need to see in one or two buttons. There’s just too many places to put information, so every time I check into this app I have to check many places for information. I have found it to be a little bit more of a waste of time then I savior off time. My wife is a superintendent of a school district, and has a background in tech. She has basically given up on using this app. We gave it three stars because it’s a good start. It be great if Bloomz could streamline the app and make it more user-friendly. For now we still just use emails and texts with our teachers and classmates. Also, Google classroom has most of the useful Bloomz features which the teachers and parents at our child’s school seems to be using over this app..Under_whelmedVersion: 4.2

✓ Wouldn't open once I downloaded it.So for this user, USELESS. One star...only because I can't rate it 'Zero'..Ddgs1362Version: 1.0.12

✓ Bad as a parentI’m in my second year of using Bloomz for my son’s school. Although it has become slightly more user friendly, it still feels very awkward and clunky. Difficult to navigate and had to find obvious thing. Notifications show up different on the app icon than 2 different locations for notifications once app is opened. Bell icon for notifications doesn’t work. Just shows super old and outdated invites instead of what my new alerts are. When scrolling down on my son’s class site, the app jumps around making it hard to make sure I’ve seen everything and just frustrating and time consuming. There should be clear places to go for updates from teachers, photos from school, events calendar. Having everything in one feed is fine as long as you can also see it clearly separated..Ram1006Version: 2.50

✓ Glitchy AFI paid the ransom to download pics ... now every time I try to d/l a pic, it says starting download, then the app crashes 3 seconds later..IBroke.caVersion: 2.28

✓ Won't openApp doesn't open..Mwhitleyf2bVersion: 2.1

✓ Glitchy!This app worked great last year but this year there has been soooooo many problems! Pictures constantly fail to upload, messages to and from parents are delayed by days, and posts often won’t work. I have tried using it both on my school network and personal data but they same problems occur on both. It’s becoming to much work and not easy and convenient to use..Glovjenn2439Version: 2.27

✓ It’s a great start, but APP is glitchyI just started using Bloomz, in the middle of the school year. I increased parent connection to class announcements from 3 parents, on my old website, to 25 parents on Bloomz. I love how I can message parents in a less intimidating way, that is more like a text message than a formal email. I love that I can see who has viewed my updates, and parents can interact with it through comments and likes. I also love that families, who don’t speak or read English, can have my updates auto-translated into any language. Then, parents can write to me in the language that they are comfortable with, and I can read it in English. The down side is when I use the app, verses the online platform, I find there is a lag in posting, and items take very long to load. This is especially frustrating when I am accepting and welcoming parents. After I accept a parent on the app, it doesn’t update and shows I still need to approve. It makes it unclear to me if a parent is welcomed, and causes me to worry that it looks as though I am ignoring some parents..ShellenarenaeVersion: 2.38

✓ Too many notificationsI like the interaction between teacher and parent etc but I get tonnes of notifications every time I log out of the app, literally 32 notifications waiting for me all the time! Very annoying.Lhaigh1Version: 2.15

✓ Love the sign up functionLetting parents sign themselves up for parent/teacher interviews was amazing. The posting/communication with parents has also been great. I would really like Bloomz to allow me to easily link parents email to their child’s portfolio. As it stands now, when I want to email a parent, I have a long list of email addresses to choose from - how am I supposed to remember each parents email address?.AmashcoVersion: 2.54

✓ Not friendly for more family membersIt’s ok. The “news” feed is really busy. For example, do I really need to see every time some kids parent (ehem KAREN!) in my kids class changes their profile picture? No, no one needs to see that. I don’t need to see every little change that the “other parents” are making to their profile. Stop being terrible Facebook and be original. The app is also glitches and freezes in some screens. You have have to force close the app to get it working again. Also, I find it challenging to see what is newly posted and what is old. That could be on me. But my REAL ISSUE I have with the app is for a family you can have yourself, a spouse, and your children. End of story. That is so ridiculous. When is the last you’ve seen a traditional 1940 nuclear family? We have step parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, step children, cousins, foster parents, etc. Why can’t they get be apart of the family? At the very least there should be room for both parents and step parents. These are my thoughts. Thank you. That is all..Plojkiqnwkrvr9991Version: 3.6

✓ Good but needs workThis app is good because I can communicate with teachers and other parents without having to their personal info or give out mine. I get the whole year schedule of testing and field trips and events. And I can upload pics of those events. What could use work is the notifications and calendar. I have missed entire conversations I should have been a part of because the notification didn’t come in or I couldn’t find what the notification was for. In the calendar, it’s great to know what’s coming, but being able to click on the event and add it to my own device calendar would make it better. Or to be ale to set a reminder for the event from Bloomz. Then I wouldn’t miss special clothing days, dressing appropriately for field trips, etc..BrainandPinkyVersion: 2.35

✓ New Limits extremely disappointingThe new limits that Bloomz has instituted for the sponsored level are unbelievably disappointing. Between not being able to now archive one class while you have an active class to only having two teacher accesses to never now never receiving message notifications ever, this invaluable teacher tool is now useless. I don’t have the disposable income as a teacher to pay for the premium myself to prevent these limitations. Will definitely be switching platforms! In response to your response….you should have an actual educator on your staff as a content consultant! Perhaps they would help you understand a teacher can not afford the amount you are charging per year, the importance of notifications actually working, and that teacher and student limitations are not acceptable. Disappointed that an app made specifically for teachers has become so anti- educator!.TNfan2000Version: 4.74

✓ MrTruly appalling app extremely confusing to use very little intuitive features.Fr3d3lloVersion: 4.27

✓ This app is NOT free to use as intendedAfter several years on Class Dojo our son started at a new school with the teachers using Bloomz. We got signed up fine, and the second day of class a parent posted a picture to share via the messaging section. I clicked the button to download the picture and all of a sudden got a pop-up requiring a $20 payment to be able to download photos. One of the selling points of Bloomz in the app description is the ability to share class photos. But that’s not the case unless every parent pays the $20/year subscription. I’ll stick with Facebook, text, email, or Class Dojo—all of which are free for parents to use for keeping up with class happenings and sharing class photos..BrianwyattVersion: 2.45

✓ Horrible UX & insecureThe UX layout is terrible confusing - trying to find where/why you have a notification is a process every time. My biggest gripe though is the fact that this app and its website does not use any encryption- it is child’s play to see what data is being sent or received from the app including my child’s information..JustynStefVersion: 4.11

✓ Fix the bugsThe app is a great tool when it works. Unfortunately, we have encountered countless glitches recently that are annoying & render the app useless. Specifically, we receive notification of a new posting or message from the school or from a teacher & when we attempt to open the app to see the post, it just buffers & doesn’t respond unless we shut down our phones to allow the app to reboot. I thought it was a problem with my phone or perhaps I was doing something wrong since I am not the most tech savvy person. However, my son & daughter-in-law, both of whom work in IT, have encountered the same problem so it must be the app..Febbie 10Version: 4.27

✓ This app actually hinders communication!The above statement may sound perverse, but it actually puts up a barrier between direct communication between other parents. While I like being able to communicate with the teacher - who I generally wouldn't just text directly - there's no reason there has to be so many steps between you and another parent. Because of this app, parents don't get each other's information, and school directories are becoming obsolete. With the ability to email and text directly, there is no need for this app. If you want to create a real community in your school, you have to have some level of trust. This app works against that, and fosters disconnection and distrust. Plus, it's so clunky and unreliable! I frequently miss group messages, and so do other teachers. School leaders - don't believe the hype!! This app complicates communication, rather than facilitates it..KatebloomerVersion: 2.40

✓ Hot garbageThis app don’t fall for it, there is no portfolio for the child, there are no documents from teachers nothing and when you think well maybe if I pay the $20 I will be able to see something from the school... maybe see my child’s progress, nope it’s exactly the same no change to the app at all when you give them $20 dollars! So you try to get your money back guess what that ain’t happening there is absolutely no place to get any support, I know what your thinking how about the support button? Yeah I thought that too but psych! It’s not support, they are generic questions with answers they have nothing to do with your problems or questions no way to speak to anyone. So that’s your family friendly app... short for appreciate my money back or do anything that you advertise.Choke on my money bloomsVersion: 2.50

✓ ClunkyBloomz in theory offers a lot of great features. However, I often find it slow to load, or it loads without the information I need to do anything. Several times I have gone to give behavior points and my students just are not there in the app. It often has the red dot to alert me to a message, but when I log in there is nothing there. Or vice versa. I want to love this app, but it just isn’t seamless and I wish it operated smoothly..MBR2000Version: 3.6

✓ Very GlitchyRarely loads properly, very glitchy and often closes and I have to restart my phone to get it to work. This has happened on multiple phones..Pip2345Version: 4.57

✓ My favorite parent communication appI used Bloomz last year and loved it! It translated messages for my parents, it differentiated between a message and an alert, and it allowed me to schedule conferences/ask for volunteers. The calendar feature is probably my favorite part of Bloomz because it made communicating and scheduling so much easier when everything is done on one app. Unfortunately, you only get 125 media uploads, which I didn’t realize until I went to start my new class. There’s no way to archive the class and I’m not willing to delete the entire class yet. I teach special Ed and will still work closely with those students! I’m not willing to pay $100 when other apps are free, so I’ll be switching to Class Dojo 😔.Ms_brown14Version: 2.69

✓ DisappointedI was super excited to try bloomz for my 1st grade classroom, and in short, I have been disappointed and frustrated. Things I Like: -Conference sign up and materials sign up! This was so easy and awesome for me and families! Excellent feature. Things I Don’t Like: -Glitchy. I receive notifications late or not at all and when I do receive notifications, they lead me to nothing. My app did not work for an entire month and I had to use my computer. Even updating and restarting my phone did not help. -Not very intuitive. Often confusing to navigate. There a lot of different places information is stored (feed, media, portfolios, etc) and they are not easy to locate. -Messaging. I don’t like that group messages are actually a group message. I want to send a message to parents individually, but all at once. I don’t have time to type the separate message 25 times. Difficult to send media (see next point). -Photo Sharing - One main reason I wanted Bloomz was to share photos with families. That has proven extremely difficult. In messages they are difficult to upload and send out of order. They also don’t download when I receive them from parents. If you send a message with a photo, they sometimes cancel each other out and the photo will not send. When families post and share photos, they seem to only share with me, when families would like to share with the rest of the class. Unfortunately, this app did not suit my needs and I will not be using it next year..FSGoldenVersion: 3.24

✓ Bugs, and glitches, and “system updates” OH MYThis app is one of the worst in the parent-teacher communication category. It’s constantly down, glitching, or running a system update that never seems to change anything. As a teacher, I get phantom notifications all the time, but when a parent actually tries to send me a message I don’t get any notification whatsoever. Parents experience glitches in notifications as well, causing them to miss important posts or direct messages I send out. The website takes forever to load and the app is just as clunky and out of date. Worst of all, you have to pay for a premium subscription if you want access to features that other classroom apps give you for free. Save yourself the hassle and pick one of them!.MergiepooVersion: 4.72

✓ Just OKI’ve been using Bloomz for my son’s class since September 2018. It is my first experience with a classroom app and I have to say that I’m not too impressed. It seems glitchy and not very intuitive. I have badge notifications that seem to take days and days to finally go away after I’ve seen any updates. This alone drives me crazy! When I see a notification badge I end up searching all through the app to find something new, alas it’s all old news. Then magically a day or 3 later the badge will finally disappear. I’m always left wondering if I’ve missed something important from the teacher or another parent. My other issue is that I get notified for every little “like” and “comment” on a post, yet when someone posts photos, there’s no notification. Nothing. Crickets. I’ve recently just stumbled upon some fun pics of my son from October that I had never seen. I’ve also been the main poster of photos for the class and I am 100% certain that no one has seen them. So now I’m wondering that if I post class photos, do I then have to separately send a class-message informing parents to head to the media section to see pics of their kids? Seems very silly and redundant when it could be a simple badge when anything new in any part of the app has been added. I could go on and on. I do like some features, but it could be a LOT better..TochitaVersion: 2.58

✓ Customer service not helpfulThis app worked great for me last year, regardless of the little bug issues. However, this year it seems to be going downhill. Since the beginning of the school year, parents have told me that they are not receiving my notifications for my posts/ announcements but receive them from my messages. Because of this, they have missed many important posts. I have worked with parents to check their notification settings, and everything is how it should be (along with mine). I reached out to Bloomz about 4-5 times via email since the issue started and have gotten absolutely no help. They told me that phone calls are only for paid customers, so I have no way to contact them other than email, which they do not help with. I am very saddened since I did enjoy this app and it made it easy to communicate with parents, but I am afraid that I will have to find a new communication app to use since parents and myself are unhappy..StephshabVersion: 4.57

✓ Years of unimproved glitchesI have used Bloomz for 4 years with my children’s classes. Bloomz continues to have serious glitches that freeze the phone, do not allow photo uploads, etc. As an iPhone user (have had 2 different phones while using Bloomz) I cannot upload a photo in the messages to communicate with our teachers. If I try to upload a photo it always freezes. I have to shut down app and start the message over. Never am I able to post a photo. Not once. Our entire school (26 classrooms) have wanted to love and use Bloomz as a school wide platform but it has too many glitches that make the app freeze. This is a huge bummer. I love all the potential features of Bloomz when they actually work. We will be moving to Class Tag even though we in theory like Bloomz features better- if they actually worked. Bloomz- Why have these glitches not been fixed in 4 years? Many of us have asked for these specific features to work. Make the switch to make it work or take away the false features. The first thing out of every parent’s mouth in regards to Bloomz, “It has a lot of glitches.” “It’s very glitchy.” “I can’t ever get it to work.” “It keeps freezing.” “I can’t upload photos to an album.” “I can’t message a photo assignment to teacher.”.GBSJB_FamilyVersion: 3.29

✓ Not working.Currently using iOS 8.4.1. App fails to launch.JinnaisndVersion: 2.4

✓ Absolutely awfulReally hard to find your way around. The back button doesn’t work - keep having to close the app and start again. Can reply to messages from the teachers on the phone, can’t see the shared screen when using the iPad, and the place where you upload assignments has disappeared since uploading my kid’s first assignment. Horrific app..HjfeuikgeeckknVersion: 4.39

✓ So many bugs!This app has so many bugs! Sometimes it force quits randomly and other times it doesn’t show messages parents have sent. Now it is not letting me upload any pictures at all and keeps giving me “upload has failed”. I am honestly so annoyed because this is supposed to be an app I use to communicate and and update parents and it’s making communication very difficult!.MartreeVersion: 3.22

✓ Not functional or user friendlyLast week, I was trying to reply to a teacher’s class message with a personal message but it sent a message only to myself (not the teacher). I was trying to message a teacher this morning about an urgent matter and it keeps changing the recipient back to a different teacher (not my child’s teacher) who accidentally added us to their class, so I can’t message my child’s actual teacher at all. The push notifications aren’t coming through. Email notifications were not getting sent with the requested frequency so I had to shut them off. Our district is trying to have ALL communication go through the app now but I hate this app..Nuovo-ikatVersion: 4.74

✓ No horizontal view with updateMy app just updated but won't rotate to landscape view which is how I usually view it on my iPad. Please fix this.Need a better Facebook AppVersion: 2.0

✓ Stopped workingIf you'd have asked last year I'd have said Bloomz was a good app however start of a new term and I'm unable to access as I need to UPGRADE to have critical updates. Been to both the App Store and clicked on upgrade to do this and nothing... now I have no access to Bloomz. Fab 🙄.FatFittieVersion: 2.22

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