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Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask if anyone else using an Apple device is finding Mumsnet unusable at the moment?

17 replies

KimberleyClark · 24/02/2026 14:10

It is dreadful. Constant freezing and pages not loading. I have an iPad mini 6th generation. My android phone works fine so I'm thinking it's just Apple!

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Baker111 · 24/02/2026 14:12

Yes, I’m having the same on my iPhone. I assumed it was the number adverts causing the issue, not my phone but you may be right.

WeepingAngelInTheTardis · 24/02/2026 14:12

Works fine on my iphone, using the app though.

Dearg · 24/02/2026 14:14

It’s fine on my iPad , using DuckduckGo ( which blocks ads) but awful on my iPhone where I use Safari. I don’t have good experience with the app.

DancingLions · 24/02/2026 14:15

Yep, it's awful on my ipad. I've given up even trying tbh. Absolutely fine on my android phone. I dont really understand what the issue is.

toomuchfaff · 24/02/2026 14:16

I'm on Samsung and have had to close 3 pages today; I assumed it was something to do with ads.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 24/02/2026 14:17

Seems ok on the app. It’s had some terrible days recently though.

KitsyWitsy · 24/02/2026 14:18

Sometimes.. I use safari on my MacBooks mostly and I just assumed it was due to all my adblocking stuff I have going on. I get no ads, but also sometimes, no posts either!

Justawaterformeplease · 24/02/2026 14:19

It’s terrible on Safari but fine on Google Chrome - worth a try?

poetryandwine · 24/02/2026 14:20

This has happened a couple of times recently with my iPhone, using Safari.

Sgtmajormummy · 24/02/2026 14:32

Dear God, it’s like trying to communicate with a decrepit cranky dial-up modem. It even glitched on this thread with 9 responses!
Safari on iPad/iPhone.

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 24/02/2026 14:36

It’s the ads. I deregged for a while as I had been trying to play ball with the ‘accept cookies and ads or pay’ when it came in, but the website became literally unusable. I wanted to come back for the menopause support so I reluctantly downloaded DuckDuckGo and now it runs like a dream. So it’s definitely the mad amount and type of ads the site usually uses.

Occasionaluser · 24/02/2026 14:39

It goes through phases but it’s the ads definitely- safari on iPhone 13 here

HatStickBoots · 24/02/2026 14:45

Install DuckDuckGo onto your iPhones if you can. I have and it’s fine. I wouldn’t be able to come on this site at all otherwise… it drained my battery very quickly and was hell to scroll, load, post. Completely inoperable.

cramptramp · 24/02/2026 14:57

No. My iPhone is fine to read it. Are you using the app?

KimberleyClark · 24/02/2026 18:59

Justawaterformeplease · 24/02/2026 14:19

It’s terrible on Safari but fine on Google Chrome - worth a try?

It does seem to be better on Google chrome, thanks!

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Cherrysoup · 24/02/2026 19:04

Appalling recently on my iPad. I just give up most days. If there are lots of posts, I scroll, posts disappear, I have scroll back up the patiently and repeatedly scroll to get past the first 100 posts. Same happens if I quote a post, won’t let me respond until I’ve spent several minutes scrolling, page re-loads, then I get a big black banner that says rotate your device (from landscape to portrait). Page re-loads repeatedly. It’s extremely frustrating.

MyDogHumpsThings · 24/02/2026 19:06

Same here

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