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What users hate about Snapchat

65% of the 500 most recent US App Store reviews of Snapchat are 1–2★. Here is what those users complain about, counted and quoted. Snapshot: October 2026.

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Snap, Inc. · Social · reviews 2026-10-08 → 2026-10-18

4.51★all-time (5,968,480)
2.25★last 500 reviews
65%negative (1–2★)
25feature requests
5★106
4★29
3★39
2★38
1★288

Top complaints about Snapchat

Share of the 326 negative reviews that mention each theme.

Ads77 reviews · 24% of negative
★ Forced Payments …choice. I’d either lose the last 15 years of memories or pay them every month. Snap chat has become completely overrun with ads and is overall a very outdated app. It has out lived its time and now forces its user who have been using the app for many years to pay them… v14.27.0.54 · 2026-10-12
Notifications67 reviews · 21% of negative
★ Greedy Corporate Scalpers. …could attach a photo to this review, I would. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Today, I was hit with a notification stating that I had exceeded the free storage limit of 5 GB, despite having 7.5 GB of memories stored. Funny how this limit suddenly becomes… v14.27.0.54 · 2026-10-10
Price & subscription64 reviews · 20% of negative
★ Gone Downhill …missing now too. The Discover page is a complete joke with a bunch of random people I’ve never heard of either begging for money, or showing borderline pornography. The app is riddled with ads now as well and they try to get you to upgrade to Snapchat Plus or whatever… v14.27.0.54 · 2026-10-09
Login & account54 reviews · 17% of negative
Customer support19 reviews · 6% of negative
Crashes & bugs17 reviews · 5% of negative
Bad update17 reviews · 5% of negative
AI features15 reviews · 5% of negative
Sync & data loss6 reviews · 2% of negative
Slow & performance6 reviews · 2% of negative
Confusing UI & UX6 reviews · 2% of negative
Privacy & security4 reviews · 1% of negative

What Snapchat users are asking for

25 feature requests found in total.

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FAQ

What do users complain about most in Snapchat?

In 500 recent US App Store reviews, the biggest complaint themes among the 326 negative (1–2★) reviews are ads (77, 24%), notifications (67, 21%), price & subscription (64, 20%).

Is Snapchat getting worse?

Its all-time rating is 4.51★ from 5,968,480 ratings, while the last 500 written reviews average 2.25★. Written reviews skew negative on most apps, so compare the trend between versions rather than the absolute number.

How was this analysed?

Reviews dated 2026-10-08 to 2026-10-18 were read from Apple's public review feed and matched against complaint patterns (crashes, login, sync, pricing, ads, UI, updates, support and more). One review can count toward several themes.

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