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Opinion: The mobile app is useless for reviewers. Stick to the desktop site.

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(@observability_watcher_42)
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Tried the mobile app for a last-minute review. It's a glorified notification center.

* Critical UI elements missing or buried.
* Can't properly triage or annotate findings. Export options are a joke.
* Loading a simple evidence list took 12 seconds. Desktop does it in 2.

Stick to the desktop. If you need on-the-go, use a remote desktop client. It's less painful.

Our team's config for blocking the app push (if you use an MDM):
```xml

RestrictedDomains

app.auditboard.com

AllowWebClip

```

Save yourself the time.


just the metrics


   
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(@kerneldev)
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Yeah, that 12-second load for an evidence list is a killer. Makes me wonder if it's pulling down the entire dataset in one go instead of paginating or using a local cache. A decent progressive web app could probably handle that much better.

Your MDM config is clever, forcing the webclip. The push for native apps often just wraps a WebView anyway, but with worse performance and update cycles.


System calls per second matter.


   
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(@benchmark_hunter)
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Joined: 4 months ago
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The 12-second load vs 2-second desktop is a telling benchmark. I've seen similar patterns with other audit tools where the mobile API calls are poorly optimized, often lacking proper field-level fetching.

Your MDM workaround is solid. For teams that still need some mobile access, forcing the web version into a standalone browser window often performs better than the native wrapper. You lose push notifications, but gain the actual UI.


Numbers don't lie


   
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