Forever 21
The Forever 21 app has seen a recent update that has improved account access and checkout for some users, but many others report persistent issues with app performance, discount codes, and order tracking.
The Forever 21 app has recently been updated, with some users reporting improvements in account access and checkout speed. However, a significant portion of recent reviews highlight ongoing problems with app stability, discount code functionality, and the accuracy of order tracking and inventory.
What users like
What users complain about
- Many users experience app lag, freezing, and crashing, making it difficult to navigate or complete purchases.R3R4R58R67
- Discount codes and promotions frequently do not work, leading to frustration.R32R47R61R62
- Order tracking is often unreliable or provides insufficient information, and delivery times can be much longer than promised.R9R98R242R51
- The app has issues with displaying available sizes and stock, sometimes showing items as in stock when they are not.R13R15R23R30
- Some users are concerned about the use of AI models for product display.R5
- Customer service is reported to be unhelpful or unresponsive regarding order issues and discount problems.R28R31R48R51
- The app lacks features like gift card options, credit management, and in-stock notifications.R10R17R20R75
- Users report difficulties logging in, with password issues and accounts disappearing.R59R80R231R412
- The app has limited payment options, not accepting methods like Cash App.R6R16R160
- The sorting and filtering features are ineffective or difficult to use.R3R12R30
- Some users report issues with address validation during checkout.R90R105
- There are complaints about discriminatory sizing, particularly in the plus-size section.R7
- The app is not available or fully functional in all regions, such as Canada and Australia, with shipping costs being a barrier.R287R445R524R530
Latest update · v11.7
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
• New and improved user accounts • Easier and faster checkout • View and keep track of your orders
Recurring themes
Who it's for
The Forever 21 app is for shoppers who prioritize affordable, trendy clothing and are willing to navigate potential app glitches and customer service issues. It may be suitable for those who frequently shop online and are patient with delivery times. It is not for users who rely heavily on discount codes, require seamless order tracking, or expect robust customer support.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew negative (53.8%), which contrasts sharply with the lifetime rating of 4.7988. This indicates a significant decline in user satisfaction following recent updates or changes to the app and brand operations. The developer notes claim improvements to user accounts and checkout, but many recent reviews directly contradict these claims, reporting ongoing issues in these areas. There is strong evidence for all listed cons, with multiple citations for each.
Frequently asked
Has the Forever 21 app improved recently?
Are discount codes reliable on the Forever 21 app?
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R1] ❤️ f21: Love shopping the new app. Feels like it works way better now than before and I can actually access my account now!
- [R21] Glad It’s Back!: Love the new app and the new look! I’m so glad it’s back 💖💖
- [R14] My Candy Store: I Shop F21, Twice a month, it’s the perfect store for me since I’m petite. The Best, The Only Store I shop now. Great Quality, On Trend, Awesome tag price, Heaven Sent. I have so much F21 Collection, I have an F21 Boutique @ Home, Thank You.
- [R33] F21: Grate affordable cute clothes if I’m on a budget I go there bc the clothes are super super cute there is all types of clothes there emo pink and girly street wear I just love that store
- [R36] Sale Items: Forever 21 offers amazing clearance items at unbelievable prices. Items are true to size and good quality for the prices❤️
- [R40] My favorite ❤️✔️: This brand is one of my favorite brands. Design, quality, fabrics, all are awesome. I got lot feedback for clothes from this brand. I love it.
- [R69] My favorite app on my phone!: I never have to go to the mall I can just order from my phone and it will take five seconds a day later it will show up at my door. I can track my purchases and I can get new discounts for any new things. everything takes five seconds it is so fast I love it!!
- [R57] Fast shipping: Nice clothes
- [R3] just bad: app is extremely laggy, you can’t shop for all items in a category at once, ai models, app is difficult to navigate. sucks cause f21 used to be that girl :/
- [R4] Glitches: Doesn’t show you your order list when you click on it. It be glitching and freezing
- [R58] App doesn’t work: Doesn’t work at all and is to slow and always freeze up
- [R67] Hate the app, Love the clothes: Love the clothes but this app is awful and incredibly annoying. It reloads every time you click on anything and takes forever to do so. The touch is also very sensitive and reactive. Please fix this so we can enjoy it as much as the clothes. Also please make the number of ‘favorites’ we can save unlimited,
- [R32] Disappointed: I just did a order and i tried to use the discount code and they told me i had to open up the app to be able to use the code so I did that and when i put the code in it didn’t even take nothing off and it said it was applied and am sorry i shop a lot online and when I use the code rather its 5% or 10% whatever i always see the difference in the price and this code claimed to be 20% a
- [R47] Lies: Didn’t get my 20% discount with this app
- [R61] So unfair: You said down the app get an extra 20% off your online purchase and I downloaded the app and it’s not applying the discount code!! That is annoying, to not receive a promised discount is conniving to say the least.
- [R62] Discounts: I get so many offers in my email saying use this code for a discount on your next purchase, but when I put in the code I’m told the offer can’t be applied. I really hate the bait and switch. I where in the print does it tell you why the offer can’t be applied. I think that is just bad business!
- [R9] Delivery dates: They have terrible delivery practices. If it says overnight it’ll be a week if it says it’ll be here in a week it may be two! Their tracking service is terrible and needs fixed I have been shopping here for nearly 5 years and scam myself out of money to ship expedited every time my bad for note learning my lesson. Their clothes are nice usually but don’t pay for overnight it won’t
- [R98] Order Tracking: Hard to track your package through the app, only way of knowing where my package is, is thru my emails and even that does not give enough info…
- [R242] I paid for six day shipping on July 5th it’s now July 17: Even SHEIN packages come in faster then this! it says my expected delivery date is today at five and I swear this is the second time it’s told me something like that so if it’s not here today, I’m definitely getting a refund. I hope the quality was worth the wait. If not, I’m sure you’ll be getting another review from me. Paid $50 plus.
- [R51] Thieves: I paid extra money for 1-2 day shipping on Monday 10:22 they said Wednesday 1pm-5pm so I was ok but then times roles around and they change it to Thursday 1pm-5pm spoke to customer service and they didn’t do anything
- [R13] Wont recommend anymore..: I love forever 21 but they be closing the stores. So i had to do online shopping and everytime i search up some things they only have 1 SPECIFIC SIZE and COLOR like it showed XXL And orange but i dont want that and last year i tried to buy things but i didnt have the time to do so sooo now i im tryna find what i wanted to find last year and its not even in the app anymore
- [R15] Ordering online: It’s hard to order when the size button doesn’t work. Have installed multiple times and it does not work.
- [R23] Why do you guys leave things that are sold out in the shop still: Honestly if that was fixed I’d love to buy things from here I miss the actual shops
- [R30] Falls Behind: •sold-out not properly corroborated between showing the same item. Too frequently you add an item that’s in stock only to be told it’s out of stock… only to be told it’s in stock once removed…. BUT it’s actually OUT OF STOCK. Cmon, this seems kinda simple functionality goal-wise. •sorting isn’t the clearest. One section can be dedicated to shirts but not include some shirt for whate
- [R5] Unbelievable: How can I now trust your clothes when you are using generative Ai as models. I’ve shopping on this app for a good while. I’m deleting it, I don’t want Ai models, so disappointing.
- [R28] Mal administración: Hice un pedido y me llegó incompleto e estado tratando de contactarme para que me devuelvan mi dinero o en su caso me envíen las prendas faltantes y no me responden, aparte de que en la app no tiene la opción para estos caso
- [R31] The worst company: The worst people working there the rudest people working there. I’m so glad you guys are closing because you never had a good customer service.
- [R48] Payment: I pay wat i ordered and put my cc info all of a sudden i check transactions in my account. Get my payment plus two additional transactions that i dunno foe wat the payment. Trying to reach the customer service help cant need ro wait until they are open.
- [R10] No option to manage credit on app: Title is self explanatory.
- [R17] Gift cards: I have a $100 gift card I can’t use because new ownership won’t allow it!! Very bad business outlook on you! I can’t spend it anywhere else why would I not be able to use a forever 21 gift card at forever 21 is just beyond ridiculous!!!
- [R20] terrible: i dont know why they took away gift cards i literally have a $50 gift card so its literally a waste of my money they shouldve still accepted gift cards #disappointed.
- [R75] No notify button for when an item comes back in stock: There’s no button that you’re able to press to get notified when an item out of stock is back in stock. I had to search up how I would be able to get notified and Forever 21 say through the website so I went to the website but it still doesn’t let me.
- [R59] AWFUL!: It never works! I can NEVER log into it, bc it is always saying my password doesn’t match! You need to have face recognition on this app!!
- [R80] Unhappy Camper: had a very difficult time checking out. this site offered me a promo code when i applied promo code it said only valued in app. i downloaded app applied promo code then it to me to sign in my account. i forgot my password and it send me link to create new password when i did it say it dosent match. no fault of mine because you were suppose to send two line for new password then a s
- [R231] Irritating: The app keeps logging me out. I find it irritating.
- [R412] 😡: It worked perfectly fine before the update the. I logged in then my Account was gone my email apperently disappeared 😔 I had a lot of good clothes on that Account i wish I could get it back somehow
- [R6] App not operable: So called went out of business and app was down for a few months now back up and running only for online purchases of overstocked inventory . But no payment options.
- [R16] How do we make payments thru App?: Suffered thru months of not being able to pay thru app and now it appears on updated app, that online payments unavailable thru app
- [R160] Love love love forever 21: Always loved and always have but how don’t you accept cash app or all forms of payment??
- [R12] The sort feature does absolutely nothing: If you want to manually search through everything and have no sort option then it’s fine but I’m not doing all that
- [R90] My adress is invalid?!: I have been living here 35 years. I think it’s time you upgrade your system. Took me through alot to make a purchase via Apple Pay
- [R105] Invalid Address notification: I couldn’t process my order because there was a letter before the apartment number! It took me several tries before I realized I had to eliminate the letter!
- [R7] Again with the “Fat people can’t feel sexy”: The regular skinny women get to have “lingerie + intimates” while the plus size section gets “lounge + sleepwear” it’s a shame
- [R287] Still not available for Canada?: We have stores in here why can’t we get the app?
- [R445] Shipping: It’s a good app. Although I wish they shipped to more stores because the nearest store was still very far from my house and I didn’t pay to ship to my house.
- [R524] AUSTRALIA???!: Well I'm looking forward to the day Australia F21 is online and available so we Aussie can buy F21 stuff online.
- [R530] Alright: At the top of the app it says 50% off shipping but that is only in America, if you want it to come to Australia it is an extra 48 dollars!
- [R24] Estafadores: Lamentablemente hice un pedido el abril 26 /2025 y no puede ser posible que no lo haya recibido muy mala la verdad Perdí mi dinero por que nunca recibí lo que pedí ósea me estafaron
- [R18] Yahoo: So happy your back!!!!!Now let the fun begin,!!!
- [R19] My opinion: I just love forever 21 AND NOW THERE FINALLY BACKKKKKKKKKK
- [R2] WTF. Why make the app worse?: It was working well. Why change the app?
- [R119] Online ordering: Not gift purchase friendly; no gift card options, and when one item was canceled after Black Friday/Cyber Day, a substitute was not offered and I had to reselect and pay for shipping which was earlier free
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store