Hive Reviews

Desktop and web version are good but it was shocking how miserable the mobile version is. This is hardly to be able to be considered as a complete mobile product.

Not only it only has bare minimum existing functions (You can have any tasks app on market offers way more complicated functions as Hive), but the user experience is just chaotic.

When you delete/add a task, it wouldn’t ref-elect so immediately (I cannot believe in 2023 that a simple function couldn’t be done properly), even after you restart/refresh Hive .

You can’t edit/add a project directly form mobile (only actions).

In “my action”, Hive would only display “random” 5 actions, out of all your actions. you cannot scroll to view more unless you move into the actual project.

And what the actions Hive choose to display doesn’t even make too much sense. I have actions due in 5 days but it choose to show something with further due, it’s not based on the action card order in the project, it’s not based on alphabetical order.

I honestly don’t understand why a company would put a product like this on the market. It doesn’t look good for the company’s image and I have seriously doubt for their judgement after using the mobile app.

Not even sure I can tell you about Hive itself since no matter which method I follow (sign in with google) or (use email) north works. It keeps saying it can’t find my email, then it sends a verification to my email it can’t find? Then I try again, still no go. Then I try to find assistance but all it seems to have is the “helpful articles” none of which address my issue. So this has been some very unproductive time spent trying to set up this productivity app…

Don't expect to use Hive with any kind of consistent quality. The mobile version often doesn't show notifications correctly. I will open Hive , which says outwardly that I have no notifications, and find that there's several in there. Once I've opened Hive , the notification count on Hive icon will suddenly appear, like it's "remembered." So I have to manually check for notifications, which is obviously not helpful. Other times, it will show a notification count when there are none. Recently I haven't been able to send any messages at all from mobile because of some kind of bug, which makes Hive pretty much unusable. I will type the message, hit send, nothing happens. I've signed out, redownloaded Hive , problem still persists.

Hive barely functions. Sure, you can pull up and view your tasks and notes. But beyond that, almost every feature does not work on the iPad Pro 11in 3rd Gen. You cannot comment on anything, the links from email that force open Hive do not ever lead to the action, and in general most taps do not respond.

this app functions best in a web browser. I have similar ‘brokenness’ issues on the desktop app. I have also uninstalled it from my PC and solely rely on the web browser to use this app.

Glad to be able to get notifications on the go, but checking proofs and annotations still requires a browser/laptop.

I use video proofing for our team so we are constantly getting feedback that needs to be viewed on laptops. If I’m on a shoot, i can’t see what it is or respond quickly.

The notifications don’t mirror my settings in Hive so I sometimes have a wildly different list of to-dos.

Someone else said it was “chaotic” and i agree. Using Hive introduces chaos where it needs to provide stability.

I like your macOS app, but your iOS and iPadOS apps definitely need work. The iPadOS app really is buggy, especially when a user goes to landscape mode to try and replicate the desktop app. You also cannot scroll through a conversation in landscape mode. I can understand trying to make it resemble the desktop app, but it needs some major work to make for a smoother experience. I hope that more changes are in the pipeline, as I do like the platform overall.

Feels like this is a very small team which is fine but they’re missing the mark on so much. This is supposed to be for project management by the limitations and inconsistencies and insane. For example, the have several options for how to view tasks but then all the task options aren’t available in every view…that’s just weird.

That’s comment on this app in general (don’t get me wrong, it’s a good free alternative to others) but the mobile app is awful. Notifications are never right, badge apps either don’t exist, or show up when there’s no actual notification. Mobile app needs work.

I love this app on desktop. The mobile app is VERY disappointing! Especially since the last update. There are so many simple things you cannot do; forms, create a project, assign an action to a project, etc. Worst of all the my actions screen only shows 5 actions, the other half of the screen is blank! Why would you limit the list of actions to have blank space?!? Multiple people on my team need mobile access. I hope this gets fixed soon.

Hive did a great job on replicating the look and feel of the IPod Classic.

My concerns are Hive did not up in Settings with the usual options to regulate access to Wi-Fi, background refresh, location, etc. Since these options are standard on almost all iPhone applications i deleted Hive .

Again love the look, but the concerns were too big to continue use.

The IPad version of Hive presents very different views in portrait and landscape. Portrait is like the iPhone version. The landscape is like the web version. The problem is that in landscape it will crash and display a white screen and has to be terminated to function again. Hopefully the creator will remedy this since the landscape version on the IPad can be very useful.

For some reason, it will get stuck on the “signing in” portion of my SSO login. I’ve re-installed Hive multiple times already. Not sure if it was a connection issue but the this app on Safari was working so it may be an app issue.

Works for every project that I need. They also have great customer service, when I submitted issue to them some guy immediately emailed me back, not a robot, and said they fixed the issue and asked me to test it to see if it was working. That’s five-star customer service right there!

The this app mobile app has been so helpful with keeping tabs on my work when I’m away from my laptop. I use the chat function for quick updates with my team, my actions to stay on top of the deliverables I manage, and the Notification Center for up to the minute information on status for our projects. I never miss a beat!

I rely on Hive to keep up with my teammates around the world, which is super easy with the notification feed and chat. It’s a pared down experience from desktop but they plucked out the most important things you need to stay in touch and keep work moving ahead and simplified that on mobile.

Especially helpful for me is the approvals on mobile - I can be literally anyway in my day, get a ping that it’s my turn to take a look or approve something and I can do that in seconds. Maybe sorry for me but good for productivity, I’m able to do this from anywhere and I don’t keep my team waiting.

Love the consistent updates this app has made to chat and search functionality, making it easier than ever to stay connected when away from my computer. Keep the updates coming!

this app’s mobile app works great for exactly what I need— keeping up with my team via chat or checking on action progress while I’m out and about. Clean and simple!

I can chat with coworkers easily and pull up any action details on the go. A lot of updates since the beginning of this year - keep up the great work!

It’s so nice not to need my laptop on me to be able to check in on work stuff. The mobile app is a great compliment to a wonderful product

Clean user interface and very easy to use while executing on tasks on the go.

this app has really increased my productivity during this time of remote work. Their mobile app is great for checking up on tasks on-the-go.