xfinity xfi home wont get past opening screen

I set up the xfi account, downloaded the app and set up the gateway but now I keep getting constant notices from the app and cannot access it beyond "get started".  Only options are setting it up again (which i've done a couple of times now) or signing out.  Is this all the app does?  They advertise being able to do the basic asus router stuff but the app seems like it's just for setting up and nothing else.  If so ill just set up my better router for my mother and get a new one for myself.