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DD-WRT App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Don't updateNewest update now isn't free. You have to earn coins in order to use it. You earn coins by installing apps and games. Can't even use the app unless you buy it or install various apps. Kinda BS. I'll be uninstalling and moving on.Version: 2.3
✓ Could not even test this app10 min ad for. 1 min use? Or was it the other way round? Doesn't matter I don't need the blood & gore games before I see what my router does Zero stars.Version: 2.5.2
✓ Does not include apple watch app for LITE versionDoes not include apple watch app for LITE version.Version: 2.4
✓ Ads like cancerIf you force me to watch commercials before testing your app, I will uninstall it and never buy the pro version.Version: 2.4
✓ Monthly fee ? You guys nuts?One last chance at a money grab? Look don’t worry about it. Dd-wrt is dying out. More and more router companies are making better oem firmwares..Version: 2.6.2
✓ Broken after May 5th updateUpdate broke WAN live graph. Didn't (couldn't) check the rest of the functionality as I ran out of "coins", an unannounced "feature" slipped into the update. A suggestion to the developer - second tier of paid app (@$0.99 or $1.99), which is limited to one router would be worth a look. For monitoring my home router, $4.99 is too much for the full version - and having to perform some arbitrary installs of other apps to earn coins to see my router status on the Lite version from time to time is just silly. There is an actual free app available with the graphing feature on the App Store, so I've moved on. Really not impressed with the ethically questionable way the update was released as *only* a bug fix. Doubt I'd support this developer in future due to this move, though I would have understood if the changes were clearly communicated up front - I'm also not keen to work for free. Two stars because it does what it says on the tin when you have enough coins - except the graphing, that is..Version: 2.3.9
✓ Nice app but...Would love to use the app but there are so many features locked down until you purchase a subscription... wouldn’t be that big of a deal except it’s a reoccurring fee every 3 months, 6 months or a year. Disappointing that it’s not a one time purchase..Version: 2.9.2
✓ Shouldn’t be a subscription!One should not have to pay for a subscription to use features of a router we own!! Sell it as a one time purchase!!.Version: 3.0.15
✓ Free version uselessThe free version is useless because it will ask for subscription for anything other than status. Strange since devs do not have to offer any services for this. And it is not a trial version, as developer say, it is LITE version..Version: 2.6.3
✓ Just okIt offers nothing over the web interface, really not as much, unless you are willing to pay more each month..Version: 2.9.7
✓ Nice status page but seriously lacking everywhere elseThe "admin" part just pulls up the web page... I could do that in my browser and not have ads. Very disappointed..Version: 2.4.2
✓ I don't expect to have to pay for developers to work to make me appsWhat’s the point of even offering this? You can’t do anything unless you pay. Just make it a paid app. I don’t like wasting my time downloading only to find out it isn’t free. If you want to charge money, list it as a non-free app..Version: 2.9.7
✓ Completely brokenThe app is broken...it says I have to add a router, but then when I try, the "save" button is greyed out, even after I have filled in every field. I have tried at least a dozen times, and it just doesn't work..Version: 2.4.2
✓ Doesn't workFirst, can you trust an app that makes you watch ads before you can let it get full access to your home wireless administration? It turns out you can, since the wifi admin part of the app didn't work. But, you can change the app background color. Priorities....Version: 2.4.2
✓ Can't connectWon't connect remotly.Version: 2.4.4
✓ Video advert every 10 Minutes, NopeLook, I’m all for developers making money. That’s fine. But if the business model is excessively annoying, it makes the app pointless. People who use a Dd-wrt app is trying to save time, instead of going through the web interface. I’m not watching a video every time I launch this app. Perhaps the new app trial business model would work better, but using a video ad wall for money is just plain annoying..Version: 2.5.7
✓ Can’t get it to connect to my routerCan’t get it to connect to my Archer C7 router with DD-WRT standard. What am I doing wrong? I will update my rating if I can get the app to connect..Version: 3.0.4
✓ ClumsyHangs. The web interface access is pointless. Please improve..Version: 2.3.5
✓ Need to pay before notWhy now I will pay/by months to restart my router via this app I was free before..Version: 2.6.7
✓ BewareWhile using version prior to 2.14.4 my router was hacked, I could not login to the router even after power down/up. I had to do a hard reset to DD-WRT firmware and setup router password. I can’t prove that this app was the cause, I’m only going by sequence of events. I used this app to login remotely a few times (no subscription). This app is the only app that had my router password to login remotely. No longer using the app, browser will do. Update after developer response. I’m not blaming the app. However ive been running the same firmware for over two years without any problems until I used the app. As I said I can’t prove that you or your app compromised my password. Based on my investigation and analysis this was not a firmware glitch (25 years experience in computer and network engineering). Thank you for your response..Version: 2.14.4
✓ Subscribed for 1 year and open vpn is not workingWhen it is free open vpn client was working fine, after purchased the subscription for 1 year, open VPN client was not working..Version: 2.6.3
✓ Limited executionsThere's a counter within that limits the number of times it can be used..Version: 2.3.7
✓ Not recommendedAlthough not many apps can do what it does it has a bad interface and a subscription plan with most useful features locked behind it, I definitely prefer a one time payment or at least per feature payment options..Version: 2.14.7
✓ Raised from 1 to 3Edit: 3/4/22: The developers response to my previous comment below, confirms my suspicion that a decision was made by the DD-WRT developers to kill access management from apple iPhone Safari browser so that they sell MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION to a router management app. Show me an app that only requires a one time unlock fee for Non Professional Home users and I’ll consider changing my rating. I raised my raiting from 1 to 2 but only because the developer is upset that I gave him a 1. I don’t like the app. I especially do not like that there is subscription fee. If there was a one time unlock everything for life fee i might feel better about it. WHY? because DD-WRT has always been free Open Source and all I need to be able to do from my iPhone is look at my connected devices on my home LAN and signal strength and I might only need to do it once or twice / year. I was able to do that for free for the past 20 years simply by using the FREE access to my DD-WRT routers via Safari on my iPhone. When I saw that I need to pay to unlock those features with this app, I got angry. When I saw that this app simply accesses the web pages within the Firmware for anything that one might want to configure. I got even angrier and decided to end the free trial. When the developer got angry about my review and wrote me complaining about my review….he’s lucky they don’t allow Zero. I’ll give him a 2 for 2 expensive for my needs..Version: 2.14.9
✓ Previous supporter now disappointedI had previously supported this app when it was called DD-WRT HD and it was a great app. However I haven’t had to use it for a while. Today I opened it and received a message that the new app requires subscriptions, but as a previous supporter I can get a free permanent unlimited subscription by downloading the new app. That sounds great, but when I open the new app I am bombarded by a screen asking me subscribe, so I can only assume that the account transfer doesn't really work. I was also informed by my original app that I could download the original legacy app for free by going into my purchase history, but this is also appears to be untrue. I’m wondering if it is because my version of the app doesn’t match the same name as has replaced it in the App Store. I am willing to change my rating if it is an error on my part for trying to upgrade incorrectly, but I’m not holding my breath..Version: 3.0.4
✓ Used to be great—now it's worthless!This app used to be excellent, and extremely useful. Even donated to the project. I updated, which turns out was a terrible mistake. After the update, all it does is list the basic information. To do ANYTHING now requires a subscription! I can't even reboot the router from the app now, not without forking over more money. I regret making my donation, and I'm deleting this useless app..Version: 2.6.8
✓ Waste of moneyCan believe what they have done with this application. It was ok I the past, but you can login to the router and do the same think. How you have to pay to do anything. I will be deleting from my devices..Version: 3.0
✓ Crash crash crashUseless. Crashes after clicking through a setting or two. Quick way to ensure I'll never pay for the full app when the "lite" version doesn't work..Version: 2.5.3
✓ Not very usefullRequires subscription for everything but status monitoring. ddwrt is free, apps like this should also be free. it is scam calling it free if real functionality requires €€€.Version: 2.14.1
✓ Do yourself a favor. Just go download a different app for your routerYou’re better off looking for a different DD-WRT control app from the App Store (or using the normal web interface for your router). The alternatives have to work better than this subscription locked app from a company that doesn’t appear to value the customers that helped it get to where it is today. It would be kind to say that the Version 3 update is garbage. Garbage can often be composted or turned into energy or recycled. This app is only suitable for the delete bin. In defense of the update one could say that the version 3 update “looks pretty”. Unfortunately that “pretty face” hides a total lack of functionality as none of the buttons or features now work in the new app after the developer updated the app from version 2. In version 2, the prior major release, all the tools, the web gui links, and everything worked great. The UI was responsive and users could easily reboot their router. This changed with the new version 3 app update. Nothing works, there is no functionality available after the update. Just a pretty UI and a “this requires a subscription” screen that appears whenever you click anything. To do anything with the router users need to download a different app. In short: The New v3 app version is useless. I wish I could trust the positive 5 star glowing reviews, but they seem like they are from when the developer had a good product and support process prior to the v3 release and when they valued their prior customers. They provided a lot of customer support back then as the company used to care for the customers who had helped get the company to where it is today. You can tell they used to care about customers. It was apparent from their patch notes where they gave an unlimited free subscription to this new app to their original customers (who had purchased their non-subscription app) after moving to the new application that used a subscription model. Now the company has moved on … to a “what have you done for me lately” point of view. Apparently that care they used to have? It just isn’t there anymore because they took that unlimited subscription they granted to the new app away for all their old supporters and now try to wave their hands saying that nothing was taken away. “Go download a different app. You can’t use this new app where we gave you an unlimited free subscription.” So do yourself a favor. Just go download a different app for your router. It’s the advice the dev is giving their old customers..Version: 3.0.3
✓ Ad every hour? Got be kiddingDeleting this app, ad make the app feel like a insecure adware, spyware, what ashame.Version: 2.4
✓ UselessDoesn’t even connect!!.Version: 2.5.7
✓ Paid for upgrade, still says its in demo modeSo I had the previous version of this, which was free and I loved it. I paid for a year’s subscription for this new version but it still says it’s a demo and asks me to upgrade again. Scam. Update: yes, I tried tapping “Restore Purchases” but it still keeps asking me to subscribe..Version: 2.6.6
✓ Useless! Disconnects After 2 SecondsThe app will connect to my router and display the status page for 2 seconds before it crashes and disconnects. It happens every single time, so I have not been able to use it at all. Completely useless!.Version: 2.11
✓ It’s not workingSupport didn’t reply my email, I payed for the pro version and this version is not showing the GUI..Version: 2.9.3
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