What people complain about in Ipad
5 reported problems name Ipad as what the person is currently using. Below is what they said was missing, and what they resorted to instead.
- Complaints
- 5
- Avg severity
- 3.0/5
- Would pay to fix
- 0
- Industries
- 4
What they wish it did
Capabilities people described needing that Ipad does not give them, taken from the highest-scoring problems first. These are individual accounts written in each person’s own terms, so two entries may describe the same underlying gap in different words.
- Mobile teaching app that allows annotation and screen control from any device regardless of network restrictions
- Device-agnostic classroom presentation tool compatible with both Apple and non-Apple hardware
- All-in-one teaching app with planning, storage, and projection
- Mobile document scanner with automatic organization by lesson/unit
- Seamless screen sharing between teacher devices without extra hardware
- A wireless transfer app that does not compress image files during transfer from camera to mobile editing device
- Mobile POS that combines inventory, payment processing, and customer data collection in one app
- Offline-capable event POS with automatic sync
- Guided pitch deck creation tool that structures content for investor presentations
- Presentation simulator with different investor meeting environments
What they do instead
The manual processes people built around the gap. A long workaround list is the strongest evidence a problem is real: someone is already paying for it in time. Where several people described the same workaround, it is marked.
- Using personal iPad for annotation (previously allowed)
- Walking around with tablet to control smart board (now restricted)
- Testing new board to find a system that works
- Uses physical papers and random files for lesson materials
- Wants to scan each physical page manually
- Plans to mirror MacBook to iPad to write notes while circulating
- Uses Canon Camera Connect app despite compression
- Uses separate iPad for inventory
- Uses separate Stripe account for processing
- Uses separate Collect App for payment
- Uses separate mobile hotspot for connectivity
- uses pieces of paper over coffee with investor
- swipes on iPad to show ideas
- imagines using whiteboard and projector in a room
The problems themselves
Highest opportunity score first.
A teacher is frustrated because her school district is restricting teacher tech access by banning personal devices on the teacher network and replacing Apple TVs with less flexible Promethean boards, hindering her ability to teach while moving around the classroom.
4HighEducationClassroom ManagementClassroom Mobility HubA student teacher struggles to organize lesson plans, handouts, and digital files, and wants a portable digital solution for planning, projecting, and storing teaching materials.
3MediumEducationClassroom ManagementTeachFlow PlannerCanon Camera Connect app compresses image quality when transferring photos to iPad for editing in Lightroom.
3MediumPhotographyData ManagementSnapTransfer ProUsing multiple disparate tools at event sales leads to inefficiency.
3MediumRetailPoint-of-Sale (POS) ManagementEventPOS All-in-OneFounder lacks a structured process and software tools to create compelling investor pitch materials and deliver presentations.
2MildGeneral Business ServicesBusiness DevelopmentPitchCraft
Read this fairly
These are complaints, and only complaints — nobody posts to say their software worked. A high count mostly reflects how many people use Ipad at all, so this page is not a quality judgement and should not be read as one. What it is good for is the shape of the gaps: the specific jobs people could not get done, which are the same whether the tool is popular or not.