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What is going on with the app on Iphone?

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WhenYouSayNothingAtAll · 27/08/2025 10:57

Not only is it incredibly laggy and keeps freezing/crashing,certain features won’t work unless I refresh or leave a thread and rejoin ,but it also messes up my phone. It gets hot incredibly quickly, brightness goes down , it freezes and it drains the battery. It’s becoming impossible to use for more than 10 minutes at a time. This doesn’t happen with any of my other apps.

It’s incredibly annoying, as I quite like a bit (A LOT) of MN during quiet times and now usage is very limited , but the phone is also useless for a bit .

I’m on an Iphone 13 mini and everything is up to date.

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ErrolTheDragon · 19/09/2025 18:49

TheBafflingIsGenerallyComplete · 19/09/2025 09:03

I find the lack of functionality (no see next for OP posts??) very annoying in the app, especially when the mobile browser site is so awful. Come on Mumsnet, make the site useable!

I find it easy enough to filter the OPs posts and read through them, is that not essentially doing the same thing?

at least the colours aren’t horrible like the browser at the moment!

TheBafflingIsGenerallyComplete · 19/09/2025 09:03

I find the lack of functionality (no see next for OP posts??) very annoying in the app, especially when the mobile browser site is so awful. Come on Mumsnet, make the site useable!

ErrolTheDragon · 14/09/2025 17:45

I’ve maybe had one or two glitches but seems a lot better after the update. (iPad, I’ve not been using the phone app recently)

JaneJeffer · 10/09/2025 22:21

Same thing happens on updated version where you’re typing away but the message box stays blank and you have to exit and reopen the thread

ErrolTheDragon · 10/09/2025 21:26

JaneJeffer · 10/09/2025 20:49

This thread has 500+ posts!

Loaded fine for me just now in latest iPad version

3pears · 10/09/2025 20:53

Website is also terrible. Keeps freezing and I have to close the tab and reopen. I’m pretty sure it’s all the ads causing it. It’s ridiculous

JaneJeffer · 10/09/2025 20:49

This thread has 500+ posts!

What is going on with the app on Iphone?
GingerPaste · 10/09/2025 20:31

Yesterday no posts would load for me. I had to delete the app and re-install it.

I’ve also had a few occasions where I’ve responded to someone’s post and the whole lot has disappeared when I’ve clicked the ‘edit’ or ‘post’ button.

BoilingHotand50something · 10/09/2025 15:57

Is there any update on the mobile website? As with others, I am having all the same issues and was starting to think I needed a new phone before I found this post.

fiorentina · 10/09/2025 15:51

The app is now working today thank you.

PadamPadamPDoom · 10/09/2025 13:40

Ok, I’ve just updated to 45.1.7. Really hope it has fixed things.

MurdoMunro · 10/09/2025 11:49

Same here, being going on for about 3 weeks. Website on iPhone. Pages freeze and then snarl up whole internet access, can’t even navigate away or close the tab. Hot phone too. Things are slow for me on iPad too but not like on phone.

Glad to hear its not just me.

MNHQ
BeckyAMumsnet · 10/09/2025 11:34

ErrolTheDragon · 10/09/2025 09:54

Thanks @BeckyAMumsnet- I was on the previous version, I’ve just updated it.

Thanks, Errol - let us know how you get on.

ErrolTheDragon · 10/09/2025 09:54

Thanks @BeckyAMumsnet- I was on the previous version, I’ve just updated it.

MNHQ
BeckyAMumsnet · 10/09/2025 09:22

@ErrolTheDragon the new version is 45.1.7

@fiorentina can you please check that you have the latest update installed?

fiorentina · 10/09/2025 07:02

I still can’t use the website on my phone as all the same issues are occurring and last night the app wasn’t showing any posts at all.

ErrolTheDragon · 09/09/2025 22:47

BeckyAMumsnet · 09/09/2025 10:48

Morning, everyone. We’ve just released a new version of the Mumsnet iOS app.

This update includes a fix for the recent overheating and battery drain issues that some of you have been experiencing.

We’ve also made it easier to post in your favourite boards - any topics you follow will now appear right at the top of the list when you’re choosing where to post or when using advanced search.

The update is rolling out now, so you should see it on your device soon (you can also head to the App store and check to see if the update is available there).

Thanks so much for your patience while we’ve been working on this – and as always, do let us know how you get on once you’ve updated.

What’s the new version number, please?

SeriouslyWhataMess · 09/09/2025 22:18

I'm also having issues on the iphone and ipad app. Nothing loads, just a message that says "Oops, we can't load this page". I've updated both, but nothing changes.

ToBethornottoBeththatistheUpton · 09/09/2025 21:25

I am still having all the above issues on the website, not the app. I wrote two comments night on different threads and both disappeared half way through posting as the page refreshed.

MNHQ
BeckyAMumsnet · 09/09/2025 10:48

Morning, everyone. We’ve just released a new version of the Mumsnet iOS app.

This update includes a fix for the recent overheating and battery drain issues that some of you have been experiencing.

We’ve also made it easier to post in your favourite boards - any topics you follow will now appear right at the top of the list when you’re choosing where to post or when using advanced search.

The update is rolling out now, so you should see it on your device soon (you can also head to the App store and check to see if the update is available there).

Thanks so much for your patience while we’ve been working on this – and as always, do let us know how you get on once you’ve updated.

Empress13 · 09/09/2025 06:07

Yep it happens when I go to comment, freezes I then have to come out of the app to go bank in

PadamPadamPDoom · 09/09/2025 06:04

I should clarify - in case @MNHQ are eager to improve matters - it isn’t that my comment writing is timed out, (in which case when I try to return to a thread I’m taken to the Home page). What’s happening is that if I leave a comment I’m editing, but return quite swiftly, I’m likely to find myself looking at my username at the bottom of the page but the comments box has completely disappeared. Sometimes a single line of my incomplete comment is visible - but I can’t interact with it at all. At that point I mutter some curses and click to go back to Active or TIO - and the app offers me the choice of continuing to edit, or discarding the comment. Which obviously isn’t a choice because I no longer have access to the now invisible comments box on the thread.

It’s all a bit head-scratch-y.

chimichangaz · 08/09/2025 23:19

I read this thread this morning and was going to comment, quite show offy, how I used to have this problem but no longer did when pow! My phone completely froze and was very hot. Same is happening just now with lag and a boiling hot phone. Battery runs down super quick (phone is only just over 2 years old and I was considering shelling out for a new one!!). iPhone 13 running latest updates.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/09/2025 21:54

PadamPadamPDoom · 08/09/2025 14:50

The newest issue I’m finding on the app is that it disappears the comment I’m in the middle of writing. When it’s working normally I can leave the app mid-comment to search for a link or whatever, and then bring it back to c&p. But all too often now, when I return, the unfinished comment has gone - but the app thinks I’m still editing it.

Weird and frustrating.

(And yes - heat death of MN app crashed my entire phone last week!)

Yes, it’s very annoying. I’ve had a few posts I’ve put quite a bit of thought into disappear or have the app hang before I can post.

TalulahJP · 08/09/2025 16:45

HebeMumsnet · 27/08/2025 11:32

Hello @WhenYouSayNothingAtAll.

We'll look into this now and see if we can find any workarounds for you. It is an issue that has cropped up in the fairly recent past. In the meantime, could you check your settings and see if you're set to view 'all' pages in a thread, as that can really slow things down. Switching to 50 posts per page might help a bit.

Any update for us please MN?