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Kik Messaging & Chat App App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Going way downhillI previously gave this app a 4 star rating. The actual “chat” feature works most of the time, but more on that later. I’ve had kik for over 7 years, and I saw it improve, and now it’s going downhill. I loved the video chat feature, then they got rid of it. I loved the custom emoji shop and kik points feature. They got rid of that. I loved the many game bots. Most of the good ones are gone. In the past year or so, they’ve added ads, which I noticed made the app slower and crash more. Also, pop up ads (usually for dating apps) come up when you open chats, and you’re constantly asked to personalize ads. Now, you can’t type while the app is still connecting to the internet/data. Half the time you can’t even go out/into different chats while it’s loading, either. This all started about a month or two before the whole “kik is leaving” thing, which is why I believed it. The app has been going downhill for a while. Beyond that, they’ve added some live video feature that contains a lot of sexualized content, some of which appears to be from minors based on the previews it gives in a banner at the top of the screen that no one can choose to remove. As it stands, I cannot recommend someone new download and use kik. For now, I say just use discord or some other chat app..Version: 16.0.6
✓ How do I retrieve my new messages?I have used this app for over four years, then something changed, it said I had new messages but I could not see them, what’s happening with that?.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Grooming and sex appThis app is not made for kids. I joined and always get messages from porn bots, the live section when you open the app is filled with sexual content, and pedophiles have been using it to groom children into sending nudes and CP. this app needs a clean up..Version: 16.1.5
✓ Good for chat but security flawsI started using App based on suggestions that it was a private way to chat with others. Used mainly for adult purposes, or any scenario where you don’t want anyone to see a chat in your phone’s text messaging. The addition of specialized groups you can join to meet others with same interests to you was an added bonus. Actually made some real friends with the groups. What I find very disturbing is the extremely high amount of bots that are in the App. They are usually disguised as attractive women who privately message you, and then try to lure you with spam or a phishing link. Of course, I just report and block and delete them, but when you’re getting up to 10 a day, you start to realize KIK has a major problem. They can also join private groups and wreak havoc with members. Remember, children (17 y.o.’s per KIK, but I’m sure younger are using App) can use this App, so this can create real problems to the unaware. When you report the Spam Bots every…single…day, you would think KIK would take more stringent action to prevent this. Nothing. It simply allows you to block them. I thought reporting them would get their accounts removed, but when I look at my block list they still exist years later. Especially disturbing because the Spam Bots are always sexually explicit. Not for younger, or people sensitive to sexual harassment. Take this seriously, KIK..Version: 16.12.1
✓ Room reporting issueAs a user of Kik and a group owner, there have been several issues that have been affecting the enjoyment of your app. 1. Groups starting with numbers such as #30, #35, #40, #45 have been systematically removed from the public group search. When a group has been started, it will be in the search for a brief time before being removed. This has been very frustrating for many group owners, as we do not know what is causing the groups to be removed. Is it due to a Kik algorithm to shuffle groups? Is it because groups are being reported? 2. If a group is being reported, there should be tighter guidelines to follow in reporting. A group should not be reported at random by someone who was not a member of that specific group. The current choices for reporting a group are too vague. It is not enough to say that the group is offensive or used for abuse. The group chat history is included in each report, but does Kik support actually review each chat history to determine if the report is valid? Thank you.Version: 15.0.0
✓ A Warning to all young girls... it’s not worth it.This app absolutely ruined my life, or at least it felt like it. I spent a huge portion of my childhood on this app, age 11 to 18, and it was traumatizing. I was repeatedly groomed and continued to return because the attention was so addicting. I was exploited sexually and manipulated every day of my life. I was attached to my predators... It took my boyfriend finding my accounts in 2020 for me to finally stop, even at my adult age. It was nearly my entire life; I was obsessed with it. I have countless friends that experienced the same thing. This app is a danger to young girls and the youth in general. The amount of child porn on here is probably ridiculous, and I know my pictures are out there somewhere. Please do not let your children on here — explain to them the dangers, block it, whatever you need: it was not worth all of the issues it caused in my personal life and my mental health. I am now several months clean from this app and just permanently deactivated my accounts. Please reconsider before downloading..Version: 15.28.1
✓ Poo that you have started allowing advertsIn one of the last updates to Kik you have allowed an interface with google advertising , no matter what settings you change on your iPhone or in Kik you still see the adverts , the advert banners are irritating and take up most of the chat screen. You need to ad the ability to have the adverts on or off depends on personal preference , further to this the adverts must breach GDPR rules as they are related to your search history even when this function is disable in you browsers . Really thinking of leaving Kik because of the adverts as it spoilt what has been a really good service upto now.Version: 15.18.0
✓ Notifications?As much as I like using this app I’m disappointed that the notifications don’t seem to operate. Only when I go into the app and someone has messaged me that I’ll get the notification. Even with the updates and the latest iPhone. What’s up with that ?.Version: 16.1.3
✓ Kik disappointingWhat used to be a basic glitchy means of private communication has now transformed into a platform for content sellers and scammers with the occasional mildly entertaining live stream. This app is overrun with spam bots, which when you complain to Kik team you are met with an automated reply and link to create your own spam bot. Yet another instance of money hungry social media developers without a conscious. They try to moderate users live explicit content yet on the other hand, allow and virtually encourage the use of women’s “acquired” explicit images in Kik sanctioned spam bots. When I make the time to find a suitable alternate means of communication I’ll be kicking Kik to the curb..Version: 16.1.0
✓ DisappointedVery upset with new version that I can no longer hashtag search for groups. This was the main feature for me and now it’s gone. Very disappointing!.Version: 16.8.0
✓ Terrible app in every way1. Messages delete if app is deleted. No way to save conversation or cloud save 2. Spam bots galore, seems reporting them does nothing as some accounts are over 300 days old. 3. Pics and vids barely work, and if they do open, they tend to crash the app 4. Sometimes you’ll get new chat notifications, some times you won’t. No consistency with the app..Version: 16.7.1
✓ Don’t download this app.If you’re looking for an app full of almost nothing but predatory people who literally push others to want to off themselves look no further. Trolling isn’t ‘entertainment’ when it’s hurting others and you’re doing it time and time again to the same person. I’ve left you alone, so leave me alone. 95% of the people on here don’t actually want real friends, they just want clout. Treat people with kindness. No wonder the suicide rate is so high..Version: 16.1.5
✓ Please fixI’ve been using Kik for five years now and never has it been as buggy as it currently is. Everyone I know with Kik on an iPhone can’t send messages, can’t receive messages, and it keeps saying ‘Connecting’ and does this for at least a minute and even then, it still won’t load messages we were supposed to have received (I know I have them because I get the notifications for them same as usual). I love this app but if this keeps going on I’m going to have to find a new one because this isn’t practical. Happy New Year. I hope we can leave bugs back in 2017..Version: 11.37.0
✓ Frozen AppI recently had to redownload my app and have found that it only works for a few seconds before freezing. When I first downloaded it this issue seemed to sort itself out and now it won’t. My phone has memory, the app is updated and my phone is fully updated. I have emailed kik help due to the fact that the help articles do not answer my question as to why this is happening since I have followed all the suggestions already. If this bug doesn’t get sorted I will have no choice but to stop using the app because it simply isn’t working..Version: 13.0.0
✓ The “fixes” make it worseWill there ever be a time where the programmers at Kik ever make it so this app simply just works? Every time they release a new version it might fix one thing and then make something else worse. The app does not perform well if you use an Apple product. Using it on iPhone is better than iPad. It crashes on iPad when you try to look at someone’s profile pic and it does t update the group chat when you come back to it to scroll and see what you’ve missed while you were gone. With the most recent update pictures and videos are marked “explicit” even though they are not and now I can’t view the videos and pics people share by clicking on them. It sometimes make it bigger and opens up but mostly it doesn’t anymore. The app is slowly going downhill with too many bugs and glitches and inconsistency among different hardware to run the app..Version: 16.9.0
✓ Used to be much betterI never write reviews but in this instance I feel I should. This app has always been great for me. I’ve never had an issue with it until recently. I changed my phone to an iphone12, since doing this I have had nothing but problems. Maybe it’s the phone??? I don’t think so. I think it’s having to install the latest version, with all the live additions..which are completely unnecessary…whatever it is it’s made the app glitchy, if I can even get it to work at all. I have to turn my phone off and on before it will even connect. Like I said I didn’t have any issues before…..Version: 16.0.6
✓ DowngradedKik must have new owners because now it’s ridiculous. It has been temporary banning people for no reason and suspending many accounts that we can’t get back. Now it’s to the point that we can’t even make another account because it tracks your IP ADDRESS. So if you’ve been hacked, or sent a request KIK NEVER UNBANS YOU AND YOU CANT MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT. Even snapchat or any other app doesn’t do that. So I recommend going to Snapchat or another social media app. Because Kik is no longer user friendly and becoming way too strict. I know they’re trying to be nice to the people but to the point they track your IP?!? And they ban you without a reason. What’s worse is I’ve never had a temporary ban before maybe one 2 hour one from 3 YEARS AGO!!’ I wasn’t even active on Kik and it banned me ?!? Are you serious ?!? Half of my friends even been suspended or temporary banned and it doesn’t tell us why. Have people reported me? Like Kik should tell you what happened and not do it for no reason. I’m starting to think Kik has even been hacked. This is Stupid now half of my friends can’t even go back on Kik. And Kik wonders why everyone uses snapchat.Version: 13.2.0
✓ BadNow full of ads that don't work and get in the way. The ads also cause my phone to get hot and eat up so much data. Terrible..Version: 15.18.0
✓ So glitchySince the update introducing the ads and taking away our video option, this app has been nothing but glitchy. It either won’t loads, loses messages and conversations, freezes or slows your keyboard to a stop or just comes up with an empty screen. I have gone from being Kik’s biggest fan to having to swear a lot while restarting my phone for the 20,000th time during one conversation. If you are going to inundate is with advertisements, and it makes the app so glitchy, you won’t have many users for long. There are plenty of other options that are easier and ad free..Version: 15.17.3
✓ Utterly ruinedWell where do you start? This used to be a good platform but now it’s literally a bot-fest of fake accounts and lies. And the devs do NOTHING to address the issues. I have blocked over 200 accounts so far and there now seems to be a recurring theme with the same pictures and videos clips being used on multiple accounts. They are all bots, they all follow the exact same pattern and it doesn’t matter what you try and do to stop it because for every account you report and block two more appear in their place. The whole sorry mess is an utter shambles, can’t recall the last time I spoke to a real person on here. Utterly ruined and completely pointless now. Such a shame but if the people running Kik don’t care about what’s happening then why should I. I’m packing up and leaving the bot culture to chat with itself. Utterly pathetic and reporting accounts is beyond a joke. Is Liz Truss in charge of this onmishambles?.Version: 16.6.1
✓ RubbishApp doesn’t load unless app open with background refresh on. Lost access to message requests. Use WhatsApp.Version: 16.1.6
✓ “ Unrecoverable Error “I’ve been a user of kik for a total of 2 1/2 years and there’s no doubt that the app itself is a really cool way to communicate with others around the world ; digitally. Although recently , I’ve always had issues where I would be using the app continuously and as I were to exit the app and go onto different ones , sometimes a notification bubble would appear saying “ Unrecoverable Error “ which I fail to understand is about as it tells me that Kik is incapable of generating the previous chats I have and would order me to sign out and reset the app as a ways of allowing it to function better. In no way do I have anything against the app at all , there’s just a few minor issues here and there but overall—don’t let this concern stop you from trying it out. And maybe also the profile pictures when it comes to group chats that I join—sometimes as I change the picture for my user , it doesn’t generate into a chat that I previously join which causes some people to question why it’s the same and what not. Again—only minor issues with kik but overall , it’s a decent social interface that allows many people to communicate with one another globally which is something that I do give Kik credits for. All in all , it’s a great app. Just wish that they could possibly do something about the “Unrecoverable Error” notification on my kik..Version: 15.3.0
✓ Bugging outI’ve been using kik for a long time and never had a problem with it, but now it either doesn’t connect even on full wifi or data it continuously says connecting, then if it does connect no new messages show up then I have to keep trying, now it connects but doesn’t load messages then messages only show up on my lock screen after someone else sends a message then the earlier message pops up then the other messages pop up at random times, I’ve just been told my other friends are having problems like this too, please fix it..Version: 11.37.0
✓ Grooming yet “13+”Being a victim of this app as a child, please, PLEASE. DELETE this app. THIS SHOULD NOT BE PROMOTED FOR ANYONE let alone CHILDREN. ASK YOUR ADULTS BEFORE PERMISSION. please, REMOVE THIS APP ENTIRELY..Version: 16.9.5
✓ Great chatting appI’ve been a user for years and I would love to give it 5 stars but lately it’s become very buggy. My “new chats” have disappeared off the app completely so I can’t add any new friends :( The live section is so spammy. I don’t even mind the ads but it’s just slowed the whole app down so much. Messages get stuck on “Sent” and the app gets stuck “connecting”. So sad as I use the app everyday!.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Used to be good but now unusableHaving lots of issues, first issue is receiving messages but when I go on the app it will have "connecting" and not display the message for an incredibly long periods of time (been over 10mins) even if I turn off my iPod touch on and off. And turning off and on the wifi doesn't work and uninstalling and reinstalling the app doesn't work either. And now when I send messages half of them stay on "s" despite the person receiving the message opening and reading it. I've been using this app for over a year and the last few updates have made this app worse and worse each time. Clearly the developers don't care about the quality of their app anymore..Version: 11.37.0
✓ Remove the live featureThe app is great for talking to new friends and friends in other parts of the world, there was a nice little feature they had called meet new people, where you could talk to random people and add each other but you could only talk for 15 or 20 minutes. The app is good for messaging and groups, but ever since kik live has been added I have to close the app three times five times, just for a message to load, this has happened ever since kik added a live stream feature no matter how many time I update the app, I have to close it three times or more because of the live feature please remove kik live streaming thank you..Version: 16.9.5
✓ Pros and cons for sureI’ve had this app for a bit now. On and off and through multiple accounts. It’s great in many ways, I’ve found many friends and had many laughs. The community overall is full of nice people. But lately it’s died down, sadly. There’s been an overrun of bots that kinda drove people away, and many of the bots- besides rage- just don’t work anymore. Now they’re pushing this new live thing that not many people even use. Sure, some do. But it’s really not that many. And the ads oh my goodness. It’s great. Has a good base and start and all, but slowly it kinda… fell apart. I hope it gets better soon. EDIT: Unable to make your own groups now because of the blacklist thing. I get it, but it’s annoying. I get that you use it to get rid of bots but it really messes with people. The info video basically tells you to either start a new account (and people have accounts for years and don’t wanna restart) or get a new device like. Seriously man? Stop this nonsense and work on it a different way rather than messing with good, creative people..Version: 16.1.0
✓ Not deliveringReally loving the app until a few days ago when it stopped delivering messages..Version: 15.25.1
✓ Advertisements??I've been using KiK since 2013. And that whole time it's been my go to app to talk with online friends. But, now with these ads popping up, it's highly distracting and takes away the need to keep the app. Are you guys gonna fix this? Maybe make an option to pay to remove the ads? Or something? I still enjoy this app, but I'll refrain from using it if there's annoying, unremovable ads..Version: 15.17.2
✓ I’m Not Happy1) Why am I plagued by unsolicited messages from “users” who are obviously fakes? Wanting me to join external websites? 2) These “women” invariably follow a scripted set of responses giving a false url as the location where they got my Kik address 3) The apparent removal of the Meet New Friends feature.Version: 16.8.0
✓ I'm Disappointed – Again.Video chat isn't working again... It was fixed for a little, then it happened again. Furthermore, now Kik doesn't show "Camera" under pictures that I've taken on Kik. Problem #1: I have been trying to start a video chat over and over, and it keeps saying "Failed to Join Video Chat" because of some "Problem Connecting to Network." Except my network is still perfectly fine. It's letting me send messages in a fraction of a second, so why does Kik suddenly say that my network connection is bad only when I want to start a video chat? The video chat feature was working perfectly fine yesterday, so why isn't it working now? Furthermore, why is it saying that there's something wrong with my own personal network? That's not right. Please fix this, because I'm positive that it's not my network that's acting up - it's the Kik app that's acting up. As for the while camera photo thing, this is brand new to me. I've never had this issue in the past, but ever since today's update, it's happening to me. I was reading up on the update history of Kik and it says this was fixed in the past, but guess what? It's happening again and it needs to be fixed again....Version: 11.30.0
✓ Going downhill alreadySince being bought out by Medialab, this app has become completely advert driven; they are literally everywhere. No doubt the owners are trying to cash in and make some fast money. However, people are going to abandon the app in droves, which is exactly what I am doing this evening. I don’t mind seeing an advert, but they are so intrusive over my entire conversation window, there is literally no point using the app. They could have confined ads to the home screen, which is not an issue, but I will not use an app, which fills half my conversation window with flashing and distracting adverts. Goodbye Kik, you used to be awesome..Version: 15.17.3
✓ It used to be good until...........I lost ALL my messages and when I asked support I received standard replies back: At this time we are unable to respond to your message 😡😡😡.Version: 11.33.0
✓ Don’t bother with this appI thought this app was nice at first. After using it a while it became clear that you cannot use it unless you verify your personal information to the owner and admins of chat rooms. In order to stay you are asked to submit your age, exact location and a live picture or you will be removed from the group. I reviewed Kiks community standards and even wrote regarding this issue. I received a response that this is not condoned by Kik and that it would be investigated but it still goes on to this day. I do not feel that this is something that Kik should allow to happen. I feel as if the group owners/ admin are being predatory picture collectors gathering whatever information they can about you. I understand the need for safety but when I am asked to provide this information to admin that do not provide their own information then there is a problem. I do not have a problem with the app itself and think Kik has done a good job with it. I do however think that the way people are misusing it is discouraging. I would not recommend friends to use Kik unless they are comfortable with sharing so much personal information to individuals whom you have no idea who they are..Version: 15.3.0
✓ Was good, no longer worth it.This was a great easy, workable chat app until about 1 year ago. Its now full of spam bots, adverts that play full sound despite having volume turned down or off and lags in speed. Its constantly crashing, then wont let you log back on. Do not WASTE your time on this junk!.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Kik does not work with the new iOS14 or higherHi I have been a member of KIK for over 8 years. Never ever had a complaint about it. However i have recently updated my phone and I went to go on KIK to find out that all my messages were wiped, all my friends, even my profile does not appear. I can not access the app now which is disappointing as I can not communicate with friends. Can you please look further into this. It would be a shame for all those users to lose their accounts and messages due to not having an updated version of the app..Version: 15.24.0
✓ Rubbish since ios15This used to be good. Then came ios15 and it fell apart. Now all I get is adds adds adds. You can’t full screen a picture it just locks app and has to be forced closed. There is no way of contacting the developers to tell them about all this. The only way is to leave them a review, which as the app is bad the review is bad. Ease off on the adds guys oh and also stop asking me if I want to add my contacts. No I don’t and once should be enough why ask me every day or every time I log In ?? The app is going down bill for me. Every time they add a new feature that isn’t a feature. It’s a way to het more adverts in...Version: 16.0.6
✓ Used to be good. Not so much anymoreI have had this app for 8 years now and it used to be so much better when it was just chatting and video, without all the extra features they have now. If I don’t want be live or watch anyone be live I still have to deal with seeing them on my feed. Why? Live is very pointless and everyone on it are pervs and trying to promote sex and being inappropriate indirectly. It’s very annoying. It’s also not more the features, it’s the fact that the app has SO many bugs now bc of these features and it continuously freezes. The only reason I’m still on this app and tolerating this is bc of my old friends that I talk to on the app, however if it continues and it’s not dealt with I’ll have no other choice but to leave the app. Also why do I keep receiving messages from bots or females asking for n**es? Please fix this it’s ridiculously annoying. Focusing on making the messaging better rather than adding pointless features..Version: 16.1.8
✓ Spam due to stream featuresI understand that this app has to make money somehow and that is why they’ve introduced the ads and stream features. The ads are fine, I can live with them but the streams have made me want to leave this app all together. Because of these streams, and ease of accidentally clicking into them I am now being bombarded with spam messages. I have been reporting these as they come in but it seems that Kik is not able to keep up with this volume. If this app were able to create a second tab just for streams that would help prevent any unnecessary clicking into the streams and further will prevent these spam bots from finding my username and sending inappropriate messages which I would be reporting back to kik anyways..Version: 16.1.0
✓ Live video streaming needs to be a bigger imageThe video streaming really needs to be larger or full screen. Its disappointing it’s just a tiny bubble at the top of the screen.Version: 15.1.0
✓ Need helpI love this app and I’ve make so many new friends from other countries but there’s a problem me and my friends are also getting, I am receiving notifications of my friends messaging me but when I open the app the message is not there and when I’ve asked my friends on this other app they said it’s happening to them aswell, I’ve created 4 new accounts because of this in hope it will work again, although yesterday I was having this problem but I created a new account and it was working perfectly fine but then today it starting doing the same thing so I created ANOTHER account in hope it will work again but this time it didn’t and it’s still not working now, please help me.Version: 15.0.0
✓ Worse programIf I could give this program a negative star I tke it to the store I would. KIK is one of the worse chat programs with absolutely no support. Many times as I sent a message earlier often just sit in the sending mode taking for ever to be delivered. I had made up a new profile because I was getting bothered by unwanted people on my first one. Unfortunately I forgotten my password so went to the help center to see how to get a new one I followed the directions. I did exactly as I was supposed to and according to the program my password was changed but it would not except my password during login. So I figured I would just go back and change it again but KIK only lets you change the password once a day, but I tried to change it again then it told me I had to wait three days. Then I wrote to the help center and all you get from them as an automatic response telling you to go back to the forgot your password website which of course does absolutely no good. Now I’m locked out of the program for the next three days so I’m not waiting that long. I downloaded Snapchat using that and much happier so anyone reading this I suggest you do the same as I did..Version: 14.5.0
✓ Bugs!!!Okay so I have 100+ contacts that have just appeared in my contact list. I don’t know ANY of these people and every time I delete all of them they keep just reappearing there. I have tried to sign out, close the app, uninstall the app etc. and nothing has kept them from being added back to my contacts. Not only is this extremely frustrating but it’s a threat to my privacy and the only thing the Kik team can offer is the help centre and and an automatically generated response saying they can’t help with enquiries. This needs to be fixed ASAP..Version: 15.0.0
✓ Battery killer / Delete ChatsKik needs to be sorted out as it drains the life from every phone it’s connected too. If I log off kik and use my phone as normal throughout the day I can go home with around 85% battery life and by the nd if the day still in the high 70’s, if I’m logged on kik and doing the same I’m lucky if a full charge lasts half a day. Sort it out kik. Also you need to fix the way you can delete chats, example when in a chat if you hold your finger on something you or someone else posted you can choose options to delete or report and if you choose delete it only deletes said line, this should be changed so you could choose multiple lines a delete all together rather than one line at a time. Sort out the app kik.Version: 13.0.0
✓ All good things must dieThis used to be a tremendous app however it is riddled with bots and instead of tackling this problem they decided to now “improve” this app with ads. Good to see they care about there consumers... but they just lost one..Version: 15.18.0
✓ Keeps asking to track meI tell it not to track usually every day but it keeps asking and won’t take no for an answer Apple are you listening? Can you make Kik to stop hassling it’s users..Version: 15.29.4
✓ New Message Notifications Broken, Poor Customer Service, No Plans to Fix IssueIn the latest update of the KIK app, the “new messages” notifications pop up but you’re unable to access or read the new message. At this time I was unable to find a “fix”. So after having to complete an extensive (and confusing) search to report the issue, I was able to email their tech team to inform them that I receive the notification for new messages but I am unable to read them. Their response was, “we know there’s an issue with new notifications and at this time there are no plans to fix it.” Unfortunately the App Store won’t let you download an older version (at least that I can find). If you want a messenger app that you’re already a member of and can only receive messages to those in your history list of people who have already contacted you, then this app will suffice. If you wish to direct new friends to your KIK app or want people to find you via their search function, good luck. You’ll get a notification that you received a message but won’t be able to access it. I used to love this app as it reminded me of the old Yahoo Messenger. I guess I’ll have to find messenger app since they said there’s no plan to fix it..Version: 16.1.6
✓ AddsI now have adds and no filter on camera really disappointed in the new update! It’s so slow and I can’t use it.. 😔.Version: 15.17.3
✓ Kik is brokenThis has been broken since ios15, when you click on a picture or video to enlarge it it freezes the app and you have to force close it.Version: 16.0.6
✓ Kik a bad appThis was an excellent app then bits disappeared and ability to call and video chat. Its so basic and totally ridden with unwanted ads, have to wait 15 or so seconds while video ad plays b4 you can reply to chat. Now end oct 2021 cant expand picture to view and save if i try everything freezes and gave to double click phone to clear kik b4 can do anything. Its jus a basic chat app. Down load a video ha ha its got so bad. 23rd may 22 I only know if o get a message if i lift the phone and look for s chat badge. Notification no sound at all. Was ok a little quiet now no sound have go check to see if got a message. Tried to go thru kik what a wast of time..Version: 16.1.6
✓ The worst appAlways freezing and takes so long to load anything.Version: 16.0.6
✓ AnnoyingFix the stickers please.Version: 12.1.0
✓ Remove the adsWas good until the ads.Version: 15.17.2
✓ Multiple unsolicited nudes sent weeklyWas logged out randomly yesterday by kik and I’ve now lost all my chat history - very unhappy. When this app works, I love it, but over all of the spam messages trying to get me to sign up to your live link. The photos the “women” send are inappropriate and I’m the wrong target market. All the blonde bots with different names but the same nude photos. Kik I don’t want to see this so just stop. Have a friend that’s pretty disgusted her underage son and daughter get the same messages and nude pictures. She’s now banned her kids from kik - imagine how happy that household is right now……...Version: 16.8.0
✓ SadSad that this app has gone to more porn and bots looking for money.Version: 16.2.0
✓ Hackers can basically brick your accountI’ve been using this app for 4 years now, just today I was using it and one of my friends gc removes a pervert off of the chat, and some how he hacks his way into the chat, shows up as a kik account that we can’t remove and nothing on my kik app is loading, tried everything I can like signing out, reinstalling but all I see is *retrieving* on everything. And the chat support on their site has been down for so long so there is nothing I can do to save my account, I just lost so many contacts and so many groupchats..Version: 15.20.0
✓ TerribleI basically never write reviews unless it’s beyond amazing or god awful. I used to use this app back when it first came out up until highschool and it’s fallen so far from where it used to be. The app is awful now. It’s laggy, crashes all the time, has random bugs, ad pop ups constantly, bot accounts, ugly buggy interface, animations are choppy. I’ve only had the app for 2 hours now after not using it for 10 years and I was immediately taken aback by how bad it is. I joined two rooms and was already being messaged by several spam accounts. Then it crashed, then it froze when I was going to the menu. I’ll press an option and it’ll hang for 5 seconds before doing what I needed, that’s just the ones I encountered in my very short time back on it. Beyond disappointed. The app used to work flawlessly, it did it’s job perfectly NO ADS EITHER. A secondary messenger app that was essentially iMessage for people who didn’t have iPhones. I could’ve forgave the bot accounts and ads if the app actually worked well and looked good. There’s nothing redeeming here to make me want to use it. Uninstalling and deleting my account..Version: 16.9.2
✓ Disappointed.Recently I seemed to loose the location to see kik accounts that were trying to start a conversation. As a result, I can’t check new PMs. I tried to find a way to communicate with the developer and the cite just sends you around in loops. I’d read lots of possible issues with kik but nothing seemed to be related. The only kik advices that was close, required a reboot. Then I lost every conversation, picture, vid of 2+ years, eland the icons of those more than the most recent 15 communications. Nothing now always me to recall the rare abusive kik individual or the info that made me realise we were incompatible. To loose everything and not resolve the issue that developed recently and have no way to communicate this has left me deeply saddened and frustrated..Version: 16.1.6
✓ Video control bar overlaid by task managerIt's a nice app, very well built and easy to use. Never had security concerns with it. It has a single problem and that is video control bar. If you have an iPhone X or newer the bar at bottom of the screen will overlay the video control bar, so you won't be able to fast forward any video, it will send you to another app running on the background. Please fix this because every time I try to fast forward a video, it jumps to another app. The bar needs to be mover above that area, so this glitch wouldn't happen. Thank you..Version: 15.25.1
✓ Be awareSince downloading this app, i constantly get messages that it is accessing content pasted from the clipboard. Which means it reads data from your device without you knowing about it, or can get sensitive information. *****USERS BEWARE ******.Version: 16.0.7
✓ All data lost!!Hubby & I have been using this app for a few years with no problems however, today for some reason it firstly, wouldn’t accept our password from my phone but did accept it from my husband’s phone. We reset the password & once we finally got into our account all of our previous conversations were gone! We started a new conversation with a friend & then once the phone was inactive for a period of time it logged us out & upon logging in again, all of the new conversation had disappeared also! I tried to get help through the “support” section of the app but was taken to an “Error screen”. Can someone help with this quickly please as it is majorly frustrating & I’m currently in the process of trying to find a similar app to use instead..Version: 15.25.1
✓ No fixes, bugs or otherwiseEvery update just makes the issues worse. I was getting notifications some of the time but now since I did the most recent one…none, nada, zilch, nothin. I don’t know for sure when it started getting so bad. Either when they added that ridiculous Live feature or started running ads again. Doesn’t matter the cause, they just never fix the problems, then create more the next time & have a severely awful contact feature (that’s on the web, not the app). In the last 6 months or so I’ve also had issues where my messages are sent to the Server but just dangle out there for any length of time & might get Delivered eventually. MIGHT! This happens randomly & frequently. I’ve waited overnight for a message to be Delivered &, well, then it’s pretty useless. If the basics of delivering messages & sending notifications isn’t fixed ASAP I’ll just go w/out the app. Yes, developers, I’ve read all of your helpless FAQ & such & went through the steps provided fixing none of the issues. Even deleted & downloaded the app again, which, obviously, fixed nothing..Version: 16.1.0
✓ Video toggle goneI have used this app successfully for about 6 months now and use the video function most days to talk to my friend in another country. However, today, the video toggle had completely disappeared and I can no longer use it. I have tried force quitting and restarting the app, restarting my phone, changing from Wifi to data, even uninstalling and reinstalling the app and still no luck. My app and OS are both up to date and kik now offers no support if there are any issues like this. I will be moving back to other apps if this can't be fixed..Version: 13.0.0
✓ Stopped workingHave been running with kik for some time then suddenly a couple of months ago it suddenly stopped working. Have tried everything to fix but to no avail 😢.Version: 16.0.6
✓ CameraJust wondering why the camera suddenly not an option for KIK? Its always been a good app until one day the video chatting option is gone. What happened? Kindly fix this..Version: 15.16.0
✓ Group chat removed on latest update and can’t message ‘new’ friends.I installed the latest update on iOS and it’s removed the search new group features. So, thinking it was my account I deleted it and made a new account. Same problem but my friend I speak too I went to see from my new profile and does not get my messages. So in summary 1) removed search new groups 2) can’t message new contacts, stays a solid D but they don’t get it on the other side and 3) there is a group option if you delete all chats but it doesnt take you anywhere other than the rules of community chats. However, I have faith that the developers will fix the issues. I have put 2 stars but will change to five when my friend can get my messages because it really is a good app usually! Developers release updates every month, sometimes multiple to resolve issues so I’m sitting tight. I think the only way they can make sure people get new chats is to set everybody as a default to accept new ones.Version: 16.8.0
✓ BrokenThis app is always broken, and the amount it’s broken seems to change with every IOS update. Use to be there was no deletion of cached files which blew up the app’s storage usage into the 60GBs area, currently it’s deleted the find groups functionality and notifications. Fun stuff..Version: 16.8.0
✓ Used to be greatAs a long time user, I could never understand the bad feedback as I never had any problems. Pretty much worked fine all the time with just a a couple freezes now and then. Like most apps, the ads are really annoying but they are short. However, in the last 2 weeks the ads have started ruining the app. One of the ads you have to wait for a countdown to close it 3 times before it finally disappears, and even more annoying, some of the ads play with sound even if you have you phone set to mute. Embarrassing sitting in a train using it and suddenly an ad pops up blasting out sound..Version: 16.12.2
✓ Pedophile centralThis app has been in the past and continues to be filled with grown adults who prey on and groom children. That is all this app is. Please, be careful and think twice before downloading this app..Version: 16.1.2
✓ Old version was betterDon’t like the fact that the call function has been taken away. And why this adverts???.Version: 15.17.3
✓ Needs To Restore Chat History & Stop Force Closing/CrashingI really like using the Kik app, including to get to stay in touch with friends. But I really don't like that it won't restore and/or bring back the chat history, including the recent chat history & any messages from chatting with my friends from before, whenever I log out & log in again, and I really don't want to have to keep asking my friends to show me their recent chat history to catch up from the last time I chatted/talked with if mine gets cleared off. Also, the app is now starting to keep force closing, including on when I'm trying to send a message to my friends and/or in the Kik groups that I'm a member on. I want to see them get the chat history restored whenever we log out and then log in, and also fix it to stop it force closing a lot while using the Kik app. I want to be able to retrieve all my previous chat histories, so I don't have to ask any of my friends the same thing again, and also needs to be fixed to make it stop force closing / crashing a lot, even when I'm typing a message and/or trying to send a new reply..Version: 11.35.0
✓ Why are there so many bugs?Troubleshooting with the app has completely crashed for me an my friend almost, and it’s become very annoying. Our messages will get stuck on Sent and it’s a gamble if they will arrive or not to the chat, and half of the messages never display Delivered and that’s also a gamble for if they actually arrived or not. We’ll get notification sounds for new messages and once we open that chat that we guessed it “arrived” in, it’s not there most of the time and we have to send the message again. I’ve tried doing what the help articles for Connection troubleshooting and Red Recipients along with the Notifications article which are all the same thing, but they’ve done literally nothing. The only noticeable difference was at the beginning whenever one of my messages displayed Delivered, but it never happened again and it appeared to only have worked for the first two minutes. I’ve had to redownload the app as well, which didn’t work in the slightest either. I can’t keep turning my phone on and off every two minutes in the hopes that my messages will actually reach my friends. Please make an effort into fixing this..Version: 11.37.0
✓ Really buggyThe app is full of random little bugs. The current version has an issue with muting group chats (turning off notifications for a group chat) despite being turned to mute the notifications keep coming. So have to turn notifications off for the whole app in the phone settings. Also app support is useless if you email them you just get an automated email saying they can’t respond. Hope it’s fixed in next version and maybe up their service game..Version: 15.13.0
✓ Sex/Pedo App delete it Apple0 Sex/Pedo app you need to take this off the APP Store.Version: 16.1.2
✓ Can’t login as it keeps crashingI have no idea why kik haven’t replied to any of the comments about crashing as soon as the opening main screen loads up. Not a problem with my phone or internet connection or anything because it closes down Meer seconds after the login screen before I can even start typing. I’ve noticed a lot of people have the same issue as myself but kik messenger or anybody that works for them have never replied back to any messages involving this issue. The issue is due to the app and nothing to do with the phones using the app. Maybe it’ll be fixed soon or maybe it won’t be fixed but one thing I do know is that nobody cares about the problem but everybody does care about the fact that you don’t seem to be interested in letting people know that you are looking into the problem and that will definitely make people leave kik in their droves.Version: 16.5.0
✓ BrokenNot getting any new chats since last update, I get the push notifications but nothing there when I go into app.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Such a disappointment.It’s a roller coaster of emotions with you lot. The app use to run mildly okay, then was set to see the last sunset, which was then followed by a revival and now you’re left with an app that hands you ads - no option to remove them and hands you the most laggy experience compared to the competition. Can we just focus on having it be stable and not make us want to throw our phones across the room after it freezes for the 1937th time? Might as well consider jumping aboard to another app at this point🙄.Version: 15.17.3
✓ Love kikWhat is happening again with Kik? Public group search capacity is missing and other glitchy issues since my phone did its recent Apple update. Is there some sort of passive/aggressive war going on between Apple and Kik?? I’ve been a user of kik for several several years in particular kik public groups which I have been a part of since I discovered them 3years ago. Lately though there are so many changes that make it frustrating for the regular, long-term user. LIVE The addition of Live seems irrelevant and annoying. It has forced my kik to lag frequently and it’s cut down the actual viewable screen for kik chats. I would prefer the Live function to be an option you could remove if you’re not interested in it. OPENING PICS Also since my latest Apple upgrade I can no longer open pics/memes/vids to zoom or save. Also if I do forget and tap on a pic the whole Apo freezes and I have to close the app and reopen which is incredibly frustrating PUBLIC ROOMS This feature also seems affected by some block as it constantly comes up as an error message if I try to create a new public room. I’m not sure why so many features of kik are no longer running smoothly. It’s a previously great social media platform that’s spiralling downwards. I wish the issues were resolved as I want to continue using it..Version: 16.8.0
✓ Side apps not workingWhen are you going to fix your side apps?? there's already been 2 updates and they still dont work. maybe try listening to your users once in a while.Version: 15.28.0
✓ Ads on chatting app?I updated the app there’s less lag but now there’s ads? Who wants to be chatting to someone and have a video ad come up in the middle of a conversation that’s so bizarre.Version: 16.0.7
✓ Spam bots are ruining this appI have been getting 10-15 chat requests a day for weeks now. All Spam bots with sexual messages. Block them all but they keep showing up. No way to chat with Kik on app to complain, Will be looking for another app.Version: 16.10.4
✓ New developers are horribleKik used to be a great messenger system ever since it was sold to a new developer it’s gone way down hill. Connection problems constantly where messages won’t send or deliver. They are trying to make it more a social media site. If you don’t let it load fully and (about 30 seconds) and you hit in the incoming message that is where they have their live streaming going on. That opens you to a random live streamer and then shortly after your getting a message to someone’s adult site. The adds are a pain but you get used to them. It also used to have a voice calling option they got rid of. It’s become an increasingly frustrating app. They don’t post anything on social media to find out the app is down or updates. They don’t care about the user just the money it might generate for them. Could be a great app if they’d only listen to the users and it would attract more users = more money..Version: 16.1.0
✓ App is slow, buggy, and it crashes too much.First off, i don’t get notifications for any on my chats even though i have them turned on. the ads slow down the app so much it’s unbelievable. kik constantly crashes on my phone to the point where i don’t even wanna use it anymore.. kik is nothing like it used to be. UPDATE- bruh it says i’m at max chats but i dont even have any open please fix this. yall added live but the chats don’t even work anymore. EDIT- as a new streamer, i’m struggling to keep a steady streaming schedule because of the lag i experience. my chat freezes, trying to make someone bouncer crashes my live, and i can’t even close my live without my live getting stuck.. i’ve done everything from clearing all my chats to deleting the app altogether but other than the bug related problems, the amount of racism me and my peers face on here is unbelievable. i don’t think theres a real banning system on here at all honestly. i have had over 30 fake accounts made of me with racial slurs threaten me relentlessly. they make accounts back to back no matter how many times i kick and block them. i’ve been sent videos of people getting lynched, shot, decapitated just for being a black woman on kik live. when will it stop? why can’t you IP ban these people? it’s been detrimental to my mental health and i can’t even enjoy streaming like i used to. fix this..Version: 16.0.6
✓ Best app to cheat onCaught my girlfriend... sorry I mean ex girlfriend now, cheating on here 2 times. Found her profile and her profile picture... ugh kill me now. Anyways if your looking for an app to cheat on your spouse with, this is definitely too 5, just ask my ex!.Version: 15.28.0
✓ Was good, now pointlessKik used to be ok. Fun, rooms for every taste, and a few good features. It had its issues (too many bots, spammers, and a heavy focus on adult content). But it was still fun. You could meet a lot of fun people, could find rooms you liked, and learned to dodge the crap. HOWEVER, this release is broken garbage. The sex and bots are still as rampant as ever, but now you get far too many pop up ads, and CANNOT join ANY rooms. Absolute garbage. Pointless. And I put in a service ticket where I explained everything (my account, what phone, what os, the problem, the things I had tried, etc). I received an automated response apologizing for the issue and asked me a small list of questions they needed as additional information. Most of which I had already provided in my initial contact. I wrote back with concise answers to each. A day later I got another automated response with another list of questions, several of which were repeats of the first. I patiently provided those answers. It has now been 2 weeks and I have not heard a peep in response despite two more follow up attempts on my part. Point is, their service is as bad as their app. Unless and until they fix this version steer clear. It is a waste of time!.Version: 16.9.6
✓ Fake Identities - ScammersBefore uploading Kik to talk with someone please ask yourself why are they not happy to share their mobile number? This is the ideal social platform for people to try and con you! BE WARNED! A guy told me that he could not share his number because he was in the army and it wasn’t his to share due to security reasons. I did wonder why he couldn’t just buy another phone but he said he was often in places where his location needed to be secure... that was his first lie. After two days chatting on Kik he then said he had lost his wallet and couldn’t afford the journey home from the USA and could I lend him money. SERIOUS ALARM BELLS NOW. Basically this guy was not even who he said he was. He had made his dating profile using pictures from TWO similar looking men. I reported him to dating app developers and they deleted him but I was unfamiliar with Kik to do the same... so he’s still prowling the app for his victims. I deleted the app after taking the necessary screenshot. There is no true reason to not share your mobile number unless you are up to no good. Think twice before being sucked in by someone’s lies and make sure you are certain about their identity..Version: 15.24.0
✓ Kik review I guessI’ve used Kik for quite some time. And it’s been great. Two things rise to mind that are the key issues for me at the moment. One, I don’t know why but as I’m writing this review I can’t see what I’m typing. The main issue is that for some reason Kik has become extremely slow for me when I’m typing. I’ll open a group chat and it will lag to scroll up or down, typing messages and sending them too. I checked around but no one else is having these issues. Otherwise, it’s been a great app, although the number of adult bots invading the group chats is alarming. That’s all. Thanks for reading Id you got this far.Version: 15.24.0
✓ And another fake, great95% of all users on here are just bots with pics don’t know why I bother. The other 5% are real and make a decent conversation before ghosting.Version: 15.24.0
✓ This app sucksI have used this app for years and since the new owners it has immensely gone down hill. My complaints are like everyone else’s. My greatest is the spam bots I report them daily. And it’s all vulgar messages. The ads are a little much and really annoying. The ads don’t have to be so big. The live feature could be on a different page. Improve this app or just shut it down for good..Version: 16.1.0
✓ This app is dead.I have used kik for many, many years. 2392 days, in fact, as of writing this. i’ve made so many friends and met so many people with the same interests and hobbies as me on this app. there have been ups and downs. but at this point? god, it’s awful. it’s not salvageable at this point. the ads are not only annoying and make the app incredibly difficult to use, but are also almost exclusively for scam porn sites. speaking of, what’s with that “live” feature? you just *know* everyone on those is gonna be using it like a free onlyfans. and that’s just scratching the surface. the app has been almost completely overrun by spam bots. they join your group chats, spam random emojis and nonsensical sentences (“i'd wanna dialog with hot guys 😇” real quote, copy and pasted) and flood your DMs with scam links. let’s not even talk about the creepy old men who use the app that make it unsafe and/or uncomfortable for anyone who might be even vaguely feminine-presenting to use the app, or how badly the app has been lagging for the past few updates, or the way the kik team has apparently, and rightly, jump ship and given up on this app. the community guidelines seem to not even exist anymore. sexual harassment is a staple. why is this app even available still?.Version: 16.0.6
✓ Seriously disappointedEmailed your support email about login and connection issues only to get an automatic reply saying you don’t answer them. Why even bother to have a support email address then? I’ve used this app for nearly ten years and this is the first issue I’ve had - but the lack of help is really disappointing.Version: 15.22.1
✓ Help pleaseI have been using this app for many years but today it wasn’t loading and I logged out to try log back in but now it won’t let me log back in it keeps saying login failed this is taking longer then it should please try again in a bit I have been trying on and off for over 6 hours and still nothing. I have deleted the app and re installed its not an internet thing as I have use of all other apps.. please someone fix this asap.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Can't close ad (???)Just updated (03-09-2022,) app opened fast, full-screen ad appears & i can't close it or do anything. Now what do i do???.Version: 16.1.2
✓ Good app that went downhillI have had and used Kik for many years and I don’t know what happened but this app is barely useable nowadays. There are 3 main issues but first let me state that for the last 2 years I had the iPhone 11 Pro Max. And I just got the 13 Pro Max. So these issues aren’t because of an old phone. 1: It’s so laggy! It freezes up all the time. While loading, while trying to type out a message. It just freezes. 2: With the new iPhone 13 Pro Max it will not notify me. At all. I never know if I have a message now unless I actually tap to open the app then it will refresh and be like “Oh! So n so messaged you about an hour ago.” - When I had my 11 Pro Max this only happened randomly. But with the 13 I have not once gotten a notification from Kik. 3: The ads make this almost unusable. I get that you need ads since this is a free app. However, the way you’ve put them in and load are making the experience difficult because of issue number 1 that I listed. The ad freezes and then you have to kill the app which you may or may not need to see another pop up ad. And some of them won’t even close even when you tap the X in the corner resulting in having to kill the app and restart it. I really hope this gets fixed soon because I really do love the app since I’ve used it for many years but I could seriously go to another app like discord and not have to deal with any of these issues. I’m trying to be loyal but it’s getting harder each day….Version: 16.0.6
✓ Disappointed with Kik’s Ad Overload and Bot SpamI have been using Kik for quite some time now, and unfortunately, I must express my disappointment with the platform. My primary concern revolves around the excessive number of ads that plague the user experience. It feels as if every few minutes, another ad pops up, interrupting conversations and causing frustration. The continuous bombardment of ads detracts from the overall enjoyment of the app. Additionally, the prevalence of bots on Kik has become a major issue. It seems that the platform has become a haven for automated spam accounts. These bots flood my chat list with unwanted messages, advertisements, and even attempts to engage in fraudulent activities. Dealing with the constant barrage of bot spam has become a tedious and irritating task. I hope kik offer a paid version of Kik without ads would be a welcome solution to address the ad overload issue. Overall, my experience with Kik has been marred by the overwhelming number of ads and the persistent problem of bot spam. I sincerely hope that the developers take user feedback into consideration and work towards creating a more pleasant and streamlined environment..Version: 16.9.5
✓ A Bygone EraKik used to be a great app for finding groups of likeminded people and hanging out shooting the… well having a good ol’ chinwag. Nowadays most rooms are filled with bots who seek your personal information, posing as attractive people they will dm you and some seem to be almost real. Kik seemingly has no interest in stemming the flow of these spam bots, possibly because they still make up numbers of users on the app and while there are still great rooms with vigilant admin keeping the bots at bay they are few and far between. All in all Kik is not what it once was but hopefully the developers will do something about these bots but I won’t hold my breath. That might be the biggest issue but it’s not the only issue. Kik will randomly open the App Store, gets all buggy if you try to switch between horizontal and vertical, using the in app camera or attempting to upload a picture from camera roll will force you into Kik live streams. It’s really in quite a terrible state..Version: 16.2.0
✓ 👎🏻The video options need to come back, should be able to delete unread conversations, after blocking, the conversations should disappear. Kik needs an upgrade.Version: 15.18.0
✓ UnhappyMy Kik app won’t let me see my new messages.Version: 16.1.6
✓ We Don’t Want Ads!!Recently had an update for Kik that allows other companies to advertise whatever they want on here. Usually I’m okay with this in some form as long as I get to close out the ad and not have it in my face 24/7. Now I have exactly that.. a banner ad hanging over the top of my chat whenever I try to message someone. I think this would be less of a problem if it wasn’t blocking a part of my conversation, but I’m honestly considering leaving Kik for good if they don’t fix this. I completely understand that they need to make money, but there’s other ways to do that. They added the ability to customize your chat room themes. I don’t know why they didn’t just monetize this with a little micro-transaction system. I would have gladly thrown in a couple dollars to help support their app if they had chose this path. Instead, we are stuck with ads hovering over our conversations. Don’t settle for this! Let our voices be heard! Remove these ads or we walk away! Until they change this to some degree I will leave my review as a 1 Star.Version: 15.17.3
✓ App super laggy and slowSince iOS 13 kik has become painfully slow, jittery and laggy. It clearly is unable to access sufficient system memory (not storage memory) to run properly. And it’s so bad that other apps stop running properly while kik is open. The only solution is the send/read a message and close the app off and then reopen at each reply. Clearly not a terribly stable or usable platform. Why is it that other messaging apps with large message caches run super smoothly but more than a few photos in message threads will brick kik completely? Hard system reboots don’t solve the problem so it’s clearly an issue with the kik app and how it uses system resources..Version: 15.18.0
✓ Abandoned app filled with child pornographyThis app, directed at teenagers, is frequently used by people trading pornography of exploited children (just Google kik and child porn). Their help page is defunct, their social media is defunct, and emails go unanswered, even those from people seeking to enforce court orders requiring the removal of illegal explicit images. It should be shut down..Version: 16.0.5
✓ Laggy, Ad-ridden, keeps asking to trackSince Kik’s failed pivot, then pivot BACK to advertising driven business model, it keeps harassing users to enable Personalised Tracking, even after users have refused the request (this is forbidden by AppStore rules). All we get for giving up our privacy is a janky, unreliable messenger that gets no features updates, with the exception of more and more adverts jammed into every corner, and leapi in our faces between messages..Version: 16.7.1
✓ Permanently crashes if you delete & returnUsed it on and off for a few years. I deleted it for a while without leaving 2 groups… big mistake. Now it’s trying to retrieve nearly 7 months of messages from those prolific groups and can’t. App becomes completely frozen trying and shuts down. Only way around it is to create bed log in and lose my contacts. Crappy..Version: 16.1.0
✓ Always lagging, needs fixingI have noticed Kik app to be lagging many times now. The time stamp is not accurate. Some messages do not get delivered and only stay as “sent” although internet connection is ok. Notifications are also very slow and only show up when the app is opened. Please fix these..Version: 15.3.0
✓ Terrible Lag - Can’t communicate properlyFor the last few weeks, the lag in group chats has become so bad that it’s almost impossible to communicate in group. The typing lags so badly that words are all misspelled and to go back and delete to change it takes minutes sometimes so pointless even trying. Please cane your update ASAP and fix the glitches. Seems like all you care about it Kik live now. Make a different app for the Kik live if you need to because the Kik lag is a frequent issue in the messaging/groups. I have an iPhone 12 btw. I’d update comes soon and lag gets fixed I’ll change my review.Version: 16.6.2
✓ Notifications but no messagesI’ve use Kik for years, it’s always been basic but did the job. Nowadays, I not only get bombarded by bots with “nudes” but I’m getting notifications with no message showing in the app! I’ve tried everything (reinstall, log out/in again, restart phone, software updates are all up to date). I hope one of my friends isn’t actually messaging me and thinks I’m not responding! Annoying!!!.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Ruined by ads and botsKik was my go-to chatting app for years but lately I can’t be bothered. The ads are really obnoxious and I don’t know where all of the bots came from but in the past few months I receive several chat invitations from “women” each week. Telegram and Signal both provide the experience that Kik used to. Bye..Version: 16.1.0
✓ Great but lacking a few good featuresKik has fast become my number one messaging app but it loses 2 stars for me over its lack of basic features that other messaging apps have as standard. It would be great to see whether a user was online whilst you have their chat open, a basic in whatsapp and others. Another key feature is the read time stamp, allowing users to see what time the message was read. Other than that great and add these features for a sure fire 5 stars!.Version: 12.1.0
✓ What has happened to the original kik?Kik was the best communication app but not anymore. I have used this app since 2014 and have never had the problems I’m getting now. The app is constantly freezing and only works for a short time when I am not connected to the internet. I have had several messages from “call girls” wanting to show me a good time! I find this app is demeaning and frustrating. I doubt if anything will be done to improve this situation as the people who run this app need to get profits from somewhere. The adverts are annoying but can put up with them. It’s the messages from the “call girls” that is degrading..Version: 16.1.0
✓ CrashesIv had kik for over 2-3 years between the notifications not working to not getting new chats or even the app crashing it’s become more an more difficult to get anywhere with this app let alone the bots plus all this live streaming now. What’s the point at first it was calling then video calls now live we don’t need this what we want is new chat requests being fixed notifications being fixed an all the other bugs being fixed yet we don’t get it not sure if it will ever be fixed.Version: 16.1.8
✓ Ads have ruined thisI understand ads keep a product like this free, but now the ad pops up snd there is no way to view and close. You simply get taken to other websites, returning to Kik puts you back at start of ad. Bye Kik..Version: 16.0.6
✓ ABrought a lot of nostalgia when I used to have it. But to be honest, I'm disappointed as how it's turned out, the lices, disappearance of finding public groups... not what it used to be.Version: 16.8.0
✓ So much has changedUsed to use this app back in ehhh... 2015ish? It was on an old phone, I know that. I can’t remember exactly, but wasn’t there the ability to send gifs straight from your phone? That really needs to be a thing, if not! If so, please bring it back! I find it hard to share my quick animations with friends without it. Another thing: there’s a massive bug going on with the name/profile picture system. In one group the picture will be right, but the name is not. Many scenarios like that, except it corrects itself in private messages. Lastly, it would be nice to have a way to report dead groups. There are a few hashtags that I’d like to get my hands on, turns out the group is flat out dead, but I can’t do anything about it! It clogs up the search and is very frustrating to work around. However, for nostalgia sake, I seem to keep coming back to this app. That, and it’s one of the few that I find is the easiest to search for public groups..Version: 14.5.0
✓ TerribleApp won’t connect to my wifi, absolutely terrible. It lags when it does and crashes all the time..Version: 16.0.6
✓ MehIt’s ok. Lots of delay and network/connection issues.Version: 15.28.1
✓ Used to be greatThis app used to be great, but recent addition of advert banners and videos before opening chats was a huge let down! Subsequently the addition of the live chat banner at the top of the Home Screen is terribly annoying… it is since these additions that app performance has really dropped, constantly running slow, taking ages “connecting”, freezing, crashing, messing up messages in group chats… oh and not to mention the massive app data size, once a few group chats have started and there’s days of messages and photos, the data size really accumulates! Overall disappointed with the recent changes which have spoilt a perfectly functional app. Additionally after the recent iPhone update, clicking on a photo which would precisely make it full screen, now causes the app to freeze… every time!.Version: 16.0.6
✓ WAS an amazing time waster and a good and strong cross platform appThen they disabled sideapps on iOS. Probably will have to find a workaround. Or stop using. Fun times! :) Who cares about chicks going on webcam, there are other apps for that.Version: 16.2.0
✓ Video App GoneI enjoy using kik but the video icon has dropped off. You can only send messages on here now, not sure why theyve changed the settings..Version: 15.16.0
✓ SluggishI’ve been using this app for years and never had any issues. Over the last few months I’ve noticed a few issues. Most importantly every message always says Just Now, even though it was sent hours ago. Secondly my video chat feature has disappeared completely, has not been back since the recent 2 updates. Everyone I chat to had the video chat feature, but I don’t. This app deserves 5 stars but a lot of issues need to be resolved first..Version: 13.2.0
✓ Improvement on the Emoji SelectionI have little to no issue with this app, it works for everything I need it to and has a beautiful display, along with that nothing is confusing/ it’s very easy to use. Despite enjoying Kiks transparency I do see a problem with the current “Emoji Status” options. From the millions of Apple emojis I have access to we are allowed to pick a very stereotypical selection. In this review I hope to raise awareness for us girls out there that feel boxed in by the superiority of males Kiks current Emoji selection seems to curtail. Supporting my argument, if you scroll all the way down the list you’ll find some sports related emojis, there are no “female” sports emojis able to be selected; no volleyball, no softball, etc. Emojis are meant to be gender neutral and up to this point I believe we have achieved this. I’d like to clarify that I’m not angry with this, only slightly upset. I see this issue having a very easy fix, just give us customers a wider variety of emojis to display themselves. Thanks for reading :).Version: 11.37.0
✓ Kik in two words. Zero Privacy.State your privacy policy on the App Store and I will rate 5 stars. From Kik’s wiki (2021), “Kik is known for its features preserving users' anonymity, such as allowing users to register without the need to provide a telephone number or valid email address. However, the application does not employ end-to-end encryption,[6] and the company also logs user IP addresses, which could be used to determine the user's ISP and approximate location.” Whatsapp is at least safer for the end user. Always stay behind a VPN using this unless you want to actively become a potential victim to stalking..Version: 15.25.1
✓ Good until the ads dismantle itThe app itself works great but the ads are to the point I can no longer be bothered and moved to another app. Ads bombard you and freeze on unless you open them . The close ads X does not work on any ad unless you hit it within a millisecond of the ad appearing , then it bombards you instantly with more ads that again you need to open or reboot your phone to get rid of them. Had lots of potential and started great. It becomes unusable quickly. Sad.Version: 16.0.6
✓ DisgustingNothing works! constant “connecting” and I can’t send any messages, it’s not connecting! all messages marked with “S” and that’s all. This app is a brick. Also ads are so irritating, if you want to put ads put them only on the main page, not in each chat!.Version: 15.18.0
✓ Why addsHonestly I’ve been using kik since it’s released date I’ve been through it all supporting kik and using it as my main source of messaging and connecting with other people and friends but I simply cannot understand why in the world do you need adds it now feels like a last ditch to support the app for longer and it feels like you guys have given up on the app a lot of people have come to love please guys change it back to how it use to be with no adds the app is much better without them and people will start leaving if it’s not changed I remember a time that we were able to play games in the app itself and a time were it was fun to use this app but the adds simply just kill the app entirely and is just not a good thing for the longevity of the app please I strongly suggest that this add be removed you guys can implement so many great things in that app that can get more people to get the app and communicate with others in the app itself please I really don’t want this app to just die overtime I hope you guys evaluate my review and make the needed changes.Version: 15.17.2
✓ Going downhillThis app has steadily gone downhill since being taken over by American corporate interests. When Kik was a Canadian service, it was useful, ad-free, and felt secure. Now it’s full of ads, a ridiculous live feature, and never-ending spam messages — that is when it works at all..Version: 16.2.0
✓ Abusive groupsI love Kik I get to join groups and roleplay. I can make new friends. But it also has rude people and mean people who bully you. There ran us I've and offensive and Kik doesn't disband the group immediately after being reported more than once. I'm not even sure if they di remove reported groups. And because if it Kik is not good. People are relying groups for a reason. O want groups that are being reported to be disbanded immediately. This app seems to be a place for people to gang up and drive people to suicide. This app should be taken down especially if it can't remove people or groups that's are causing problems for people to have fun. I've seem some very very toxic people and groups..Version: 15.25.1
✓ It SucksKik used to actually be decent but now it’s full of bots and ads. I’m also having issues creating public groups despite my account being more than 100 days old. I also hate how there’s so many sex bots on the app. This isn’t a dating/hook up site or anything. Kik has only just gotten worse. Something seriously needs to be done about this, the developers or whoever are just making this app so much worse. I miss having Kik where I could talk with friends and not have to worry about stupid bots, where I could create public groups and grow a community out of it. But now I can’t because of the stupid error message that shows up no matter how long I wait to create a public group. Something NEEDS to be done. Now..Version: 15.27.0
✓ Bad UpdateThe app was all good and was nice to use, until they introduced live chat and more ads. The app 1. Takes very long to connect and update the messages when opened 2. Stopped refreshing in the background that it can notify on arrival of a new message, instead gives notification of newly arrived messages only when opened… means chatting to someone then one should check kik often (by opening) to continue chatting else you miss the message 3. The live chats placement is so horrible that it often ends up in the way of accessing chats and makes one go to live chats even if you never intend to be there 4. A BIG BUG WHICH I SEE IS IT NO MORE SHOWS THE NEW CHATS. When new chats arrive (and when kik is opened) Kik gives us notifications yet you have no way to access the new chat… making it almost impossible to use kik anymore at all. Overall unless the issues are fixed I think kik is not a place for chats with friends.Version: 16.1.8
✓ Update Nov 24th 2019I’ve used Kik for over two years now. Yes, the video chat option is now gone yet that hasn’t improved performance. Kik fails to get new message alerts to my locked screen. Even while in the app there are issues. I will get the alert sound or vibration if my phone is silenced that I have a new message yet nothing shows up in the chat I’m in and when I go back to my list of current chats there isn’t a new message there either. I have to leave Kik, close the app entirely and restart it to get the new message to show up. This delay is even noticeable when the alert that someone is typing goes up on the top of the screen yet the messages you just sent them stay on D for delivered instead of changing to R for read even after you receive a new message in the same chat! I’ve restarted my iPhone several times with no improvement in the app’s performance. There are now ads on every screen in the app so maybe so much priority is being given to their refresh rate that only the barest crumbs of the app’s ability are left for my messaging functions. I’m actively seeking a replacement platform which saddens me as I was so excited to hear that Kik would be staying..Version: 15.17.3
✓ Get rid of the Live FeatureI’ve used this app for years and counting, I’ve seen it through its ups and downs. I’ve tolerated a majority of people migrating to Discord, seeing Kik almost go bankrupt and shut down, then get revived by a new foundation. I’ve seen the emergence of ads, which was a little jarring, but I tolerated it. The Kik Live feature was at first strange, but I was able to ignore it. Now, not only does the UI for the Kik Live feature take up almost half my screen, but it is now to the point where the app barely even loads because of it. I cannot even so much as connect to message anybody, and yet the live feature functions just fine. I’ve reset my phone, router, everything when this happens, and yet the issue will still repeat and last for hours on end. I’ve tolerated a lot of things about Kik, but the UI and basic functionality of Kik has passed the measures of awful, it’s closer to non-functioning. The Live feature needs to be tweaked or Nixed entirely, because it’s a horribly distracting UI for a feature I don’t care for, and it’s starting to make the messaging feature of the message app close to defunct by this point. I’ve defended this app for god knows what reason to the ends of the earth to keep groups intact on it, and the amount of negligence in maintaining a basic, functioning server to message on a messaging app is astounding. I seriously hope something is done about this soon..Version: 16.1.0
✓ HORRIBLEAwful app, full of ads these days and often doesn’t refresh/pick up messages that you’ve received. I’ve deleted it..Version: 16.0.6
✓ Better, but still needs workAfter the last update and my last review, you fixed one of the major issues and complaints I had; you fixed the notification bug, now they come though again and I can actually talk with people again, however there's still two issues that plague the app; the ads and the bots, I'll go over both issues: 1. The ads are extremely frequent and annoying, they're often unskippable or straight up lock you in them so you can't access messages easily, I've had to close the app a total of three times to get out of some ads. 2. The bots, dear god the bots, they're out of control. Over the last month, I have gotten over 35 invites from random sex bots trying to scam me for a website (and since my last review, twenty more have added me), this can all be fixed if you simply add the ability to disable people from inviting you or if you purge the app of these bots. Please PLEASE do something about the bots, I can wait with the ads, just put something out that either purges all the bot accounts or give us the feature to disable invites -A user who had used your app since 2018.Version: 16.7.0
✓ Video callWorks great but is there a video call feature still I can’t find it.Version: 15.17.3
✓ Beware - Safety and support centres are uncontactableThis company does not respond to either of its safety and support email addresses - you just get an auto reply directing you to the web page. Seems pretty dodgy..Version: 15.15.0
✓ Good but annoyingI’ve used this app since I was a teenager and I’ve loved it. However things aren’t the same anymore with the over abundance of messages from spam bots. I would have given this app a higher rating if there weren’t so many spam bots. Something need be done about it. I am sure I am not the only one who is sick of the spam bots..Version: 16.9.5
✓ BrokenApp just closes itself after opening, worked fine just days ago.Version: 16.1.2
✓ EwSo many perverts. Don’t download this crap.Version: 15.3.0
✓ My thoughts about kikHave used kik for a long time and was unhappy when we thought that we were loosing it. Happily though it survived but not without some annoying changes and I talk about the adds. Some of them start playing without notice and the only way to stop some of them is to shut off my phone and re start. So with this being an annoyance I now tell friends to move to WhatsApp which many have done and you will loose many more am sure. I am only here because a couple of my chat friends refuse to move as they don’t like their mobile number being displayed..Version: 16.3.1
✓ Notification message receivedUsed to enjoy this app for 6hrs but over past months App failed to show when new messages had come thru unless entered each person then it would appear. Eventually gave in and did update 2wks ago I now see notification previews of incoming message & how many messages waiting to be viewed but can not find them anywhere. Have logged out and lost all valued messages… HATE that about this app… and tried all the previous checks to no avail. The previews just vanish & numbers just keep adding up. Looks like I might have to farewell this once loved App. 😢.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Horrible bug with one accountI log into my main account and messages begin to load but suddenly after 10 seconds the app completely bugs out and just pauses, I have to shut down the app and open it again to continue loading messages, but that only lasts for 10 seconds before I have to restart it again. It’s a constant cycle I frankly can’t be bothered with. Therefor I literally can’t use my account or reply to messages from very old friends. The issue only occurs through my main account which I’ve had for an extremely long amount of time, I’ve created another account specifically to test if the issue occurs and IT DOESN'T. So the problem is specifically with the account ( Evangeliah ) I have no interest in using kik anymore due to this issue, I don’t want to base my conversations from another account, I can’t even retrieve old usernames of friends from my main account because of the bug. So I’ve been forced to quit using the app. Please fix my account, I attempted to contact through email but there hasn’t been a response. I want to start using the app again..Version: 13.1.0
✓ “Live” has ruined this appI don’t care to chat with strangers live, especially when most of it goes directly against the terms and conditions as its basically porn, and the app now automatically picks a random person who is live and sticks it above the last conversation I had. The result is that I go into the app and click on a conversation I’m having, but as the app loads, it loads tons of live people along the top and then also some random live person. Thus instead of opening my personal conversation I clicked on, the live one often loads. Also the recent editions constantly pop up a blue screen to have me make sure I don’t lose my info, but when you click on it, it doesn’t offer an update, it instead takes you to settings. Using this app, I usually open it and close it twice to get past the b.s. auto-loaded content and just get to the conversations with people I know. It used to be great before live—I wish I could disable that..Version: 16.1.6
✓ Since LIVE added it freezesSince you added the new LIVE area app just freezes and crashes. Nothing loads takes forever. Fix it!!!.Version: 16.0.6
✓ Stop all the spam messagesReceiving a lot of messages from unknown accounts offering sex and illicit pictures.Version: 16.1.5
✓ Crashing, not connecting, unable to do anything .Have tried all options to fix . Will just delete . Have deleted before for same reasons ..Version: 16.1.0
✓ So glitchyWhere to begin….. whether or not you have the notifications switched on, it can be pot luck if you get them. I have it switched on and don’t get them but many of my friends do. The app randomly crashes from time to time and erases the message you were in the process of sending. More recently the ability to start a group has disappeared and when you try you just get a message telling you an unexpected error has occurred. The frequent disgusting messages from people you didn’t ask to contact you or don’t even know are draining and don’t stop no matter how many times you report it to kik. The adverts that randomly pop up at odd times you can just about live with but the fact this app is so unused friendly and miles behind many other chat apps makes it a poor choice. Often people can tell you they have sent you a message but when you look in the stream there is nothing at my end but when they send you a screen shot of theirs they clearly have and it tells you it’s been delivered by not read. If it wasn’t for the fact that I don’t have to give people my number to use this I really wouldn’t waste my time. Worst chat app ever..Version: 16.1.3
✓ Wouldn't recommend downloading thisI've been using this for about a year and a half because I needed it for business, some clients were on it. It does work, but there are some very annoying things about it that you should know. The biggest dealbreaker is when you send graphics, it only keep them for certain amount of time in the message, then it's gone, forget about it. The fact when you log out there's no message history when you login, I find that horrible. And the last very annoying thing is I travel, and I access Wi-Fi, or through LTE. I would say it logs me out twice a month and makes you authenticate. All conversations and history at that point is gone, lost. You should see the process involved to re-authenticate, it's so incredibly time-consuming and amateurish, that you can't believe what you're seeing, with these tiny little dinosaur animals. There is potential here, but I don't know if anyone serious about the thing anymore, would like to see you develop more. At the moment I would not recommend it to anyone..Version: 11.37.0
✓ To many adsThis app was great to start with and I have used it for a long long time but coming back to it I’m now getting ads in every conversation I have. Looks like another app that’s gone the way of profit over user and I’m done with it.Version: 15.22.1
✓ Used to good, not so sure now...After over 5 years using Kik I had no real gripes with it whatsoever, even when the video calling function disappeared and the ads came rolling in I was still happy to use it. But this week, out of nowhere, off the back of a presumed update, I can no longer access the app, let alone my account and it seems there is no way of contacting customer support/ the developers to rectify this significant problem. I’m aware it’s a free app but it’s still a pretty shoddy way to end my user time with it. I’m now in the dark about whether I’ll be able to contact any of the other users I built connections with ever again. Disappointed tbqh.Version: 16.1.2
✓ Meet new people buttonHey, maybe its just me but i dont seem to have the “meet new people” button. I checked the “+” button and scrolled all the way down on my chats but its nowhere to be found..Version: 16.9.5
✓ So yeahSo if you have time to look at my review thank you so much this is going to probably be very long so I hope you read all the way through it so the app works just fine I mean if you get it with a friend you guys contacts and that’s OK but they are very inappropriate group chats on this app so if you’re not looking for any of that type of content you might actually by accident stumble in there I may start to be intrigued by it which can be very bad as much as it is your own action if you do decide to win groups it can be very harmful like severely because I myself started going in groups just to make friends and I found myself digging a deeper hole then I will wanted and I just went onto some wrong groups and then I just continued going on these chats and always going on them and it just really got me not to a good place . I’m so glad that Jesus saved me and now I don’t go on this app but I just wanted to let you know just in case anyways thank you for reading this review🥰😊😇❤️🙂 Jesus Christ loves you the Holy Spirit is amazing and God is good🙃.Version: 16.0.6
✓ Fantastic but could use some workIve had my kik account for over 6 and a half years. I remember a time when everything worked and it was fantastic, and it still is but its not the same anymore. as far as issues currently in the app there are times when kik triggers a notification even though none of my unmuted chats had a message, and most of all there are times where kik simply doesn’t update chats, it will act as if there has been no update to a chat since say 7:33 pm the day before when that specific chat has a reliable history of being active, especially in the in the hours since and its not just that chat, it does the same thing for all my chats. Closing the app entirely and even shutting off my phone doesn’t fix it and theres been more numerous occasions where i had to actually delete the app and redownload it and doing so resets all the chat history. Ive had a lot of good times and the app still seems to be going strong despite same sizable hiccups in the past but these current issues have ended up pushing me away towards discord and frankly, the format and mechanics kik has for joining new chats is incredible streamlined and is one of the main reasons i stay. I really hope the dev team can manage to fix these issues, id hate to see such a fantastic app go down the drain.Version: 15.25.1
✓ Inappropriate adsI’ve used this app for a while now to communicate with family and it has worked well. Unfortunately recently the amount of ads and ads that pop up have increased. They have also been provocative, like dating ads with women dressed with inappropriate clothing. As a result my family and I will be going to a different app from now on..Version: 16.0.6
✓ Bug Issues!This app is eh. It has a decent text chat, with some nice emoji features and gifs and can allow for some decent groups. The texting is often fluid and there have only been a few app crashes here and there. However, there seems to be a bug with the group texts. You have this option to mute the group for an hour, a day, and until you turn off the mute (forever). So, I have all my groups muted until I want to turn them on. However, I still get notifications from these groups despite muting the groups. I’m not supposed to receive these notifications. I’ve been forced to turn off notifications for Kik all together because I receive so many. I’m in a few large groups and so the notifications pile up. But this problem shouldn’t be happening. I’d ask Kik to look into it. There is also, occasionally, a problem with the app itself. It’ll be stuck on the “loading...” State and you won’t be able to text anyone or receiver texts. Kik bugs out and basically you can’t do anything until it decides to stop. And so I hope Kik does something about these two issues..Version: 12.1.0
✓ No more group chatsThe only reason I used this application was to communicate through text with strangers and find new friends that way, now that the “find groups” using the hashtags are gone or glitched I have no reason to use the app..Version: 16.8.0
✓ App is falling apartThe app used to be very versatile and active but with the shutting down rumor many groups have members that no longer use the app even owners. Is there a plan for an an update to make it so users can take a group back if the owner is no longer around? Like after a certain time period the most active member in the group is promoted to owner if the owner has been gone and no admins are available to inherit the ownership. Also with the ban cap. Many people tire of having to manually remove bans so that they can ban toxic members. Could we get an update where when a new member is banned after the cap. The longest ban would be lifted as the banned member most likely won’t be back after that time. We also would like a feature to hand over ownership without having to leave a group. Some people just want to pass on that torch and be another member for a while. Oh. And groups would automatically be deleted if all members exceed 3 months of inactivity? One last one. I highly recommend that the role play bot come back with a block feature that’s accessible. Even if the bot was misused. It was an excellent opportunity for role players to share their ideas and connect with people that had the same style. I loved the format personally of the old bot. Even just bringing that back would make my day..Version: 15.16.0
✓ New messages function is brokenI’ve had the app for about 2 years. In the past it’s been alright… lots of message loading issues and general glitches. Plus I have never been able to receive push notifications, even though I’ve done the troubleshooting and done everything recommended to turn on push notifications. They just don’t work. Which is annoying. Now the new message function is broken, which is just as frustrating as it sounds. I’m getting new message requests from friends and I’m 100% unable to view or access them. So I essentially can’t chat with those friends at all and their messages are just hanging in cyber limbo. I contacted customer support and they said they’re aware of the issue and that there is no fix for it, but that they’re working on it. It’s been broken for about a week now. You would think that an app pretty much dedicated to chatting with people would be more concerned about the fact that… people are currently unable to chat with each other. From what I’ve read, all iOS users are experiencing this. This is a huge glitch for what is probably over half of their user base. What’s the point of the app if I can’t talk to my friends? Kik developers need to get their act together and fix it before people just ditch for Snapchat entirely..Version: 16.1.6
✓ STOP WITH THE NEW FEATURES YOU JUST BREAK IT MORE!!!So I got a notification to update my apps like I always do. Everything seems alright and I see this kik update promised a new feature. "Emoji express" so yeah I happily download the new version hoping I'll get some of the other new features. First off, I didn't. Kik why is your updates so spotty? There was a feature to send multiple pictures at once, a feature I wanted but every time I updated I never got it. There was also a feature that let you write a bio on the settings page, also never got. Then I see some people finally got the profile picture rings, something I had gotten weeks ago before the next update got rid of them. I get none of these but instead nothing but bugs. My profile picture will no longer change. Just like the emoji express when I go to change it I get a message that I have a network error and bad signal. But I'm hooked up to wifi with data support if it did need that. How is there a network problem when my messages send just fine? Kik you are breaking a good app and the few good features by trying to add more. Please fix the profile problem and just take awake emoji express..Version: 11.30.0
✓ What's happening?I've used kik for a long time. I love the app but recently I haven't been wanting to use it. It's been having some many problems. I am using the app on a 5th gen iPod but this should affect the way the app works. Problems: 1. When I'm not using the app. It's doesn't refresh in background so when I open it, i have to let it sit for like 20 mins to refresh. When before the problems, I could open the app and use it straight away and the new message would already be there 2. The closes on me all the time. It is very frustrating when in the middle of typing a message or reading messages. 3. Can't find friends as easy.Version: 12.1.0
✓ So laggy!Just returned to the app after a few years and it’s soooo laggy now! Take like 5 minutes to get my message from sent to delivered which is very frustrating!.Version: 16.1.0
✓ Still a One StarThere was a new update that gave hope to my Disappearing New Chats, however a few days later we are back where we started. I can see the notification counter just keeps climbing and no new chats to be seen. So frustrating and disappointing..Version: 16.1.8
✓ Really Kik?I’ve had Kik for a long time because it’s how me and an online friend keep in touch, and it’s been pretty good as an app for the most part. But now I get stupid video ads when I want to read my messages. Like I’ll go to open the chat and a 15 second ad plays. I get having banner ads and I can live with that but this is a messenger app and no other messenger apps that I’ve seen or have make you watch an ad video before you can open your chat. It’s just stupid. I’m going to look for an alternative because it’s ridiculous to have video ads before opening a chat- this isn’t a mobile game where you can go ads free either. And now the live streams are above my chat list, combined w the ad banner at the bottom, I can have less and less room for my chat list. It’s annoying and distracting and it’s ugly. I hate the layout even more after the most recent update sort it out !!! I have never engaged with livestreams on Kik and don’t want to but now they’re front and centre on my screen when all I wanna do is chat with my friend..Version: 16.0.6
✓ Who even uses the feature?The new live feature has become the big thing of the app for some reason, I haven’t seen a stream have more than like 10 people actually showing interest that aren’t a bot. On top of that I have adds when I open a chat, I have adds sometimes when opening kik, I have ads above and below the chat, on top of the stupid amount of ads I also have about 1/6 of the screen taken up trying to get me to click on live with a bit st the bottom, a bit at the search and now huge blocks larger than chats to try entice me to click on one which I don’t intend to. You can literally only see two chats without scrolling in the current state.Version: 16.0.6
✓ Too many bugsSo many bugs always not receiving messages, write to the help team but it's very complicated and never get a response......Version: 16.1.8
✓ Love it but..I love this app but there’s one bug after another. I currently can’t receive new chats. Nowhere to be seen. Last week I couldn’t get notifications on my phone. And before that it stopped connecting and crashed so bad I had to re install it. But then it wouldn’t let me login for two days. And when I did everything was gone..Version: 16.1.6
✓ App Issues -IOSNo notifications (checked Notification Centre.. app isn’t even listed) Too many fake profiles/phishing bots Messages aren’t sending properly - sent messages only have ‘S’ next to them - no mods on my account or the other users’ accounts WAYYY too many ads. Seriously need to rethink them because they’re annoying and will interfere in conversations. 99% of them can’t be skipped. Dev team needs to reevaluate their approach if they want users to stay with the app..Version: 16.9.6
✓ PotentialThis app has the potential to be really good. However, as time goes by the app gets worse rather than better. I've used this app for years and I used to be a big fan of this app and would always be recommending it to others. Recently it's got to the point where I've considered deleting the app. I'm constantly bombarded with bots, old messages are now deleted to the point I now have no chat history, I get notified that people have messaged me when they have not (but shows very old messages instead). No way of backing up chat history and Video calling needs to be a bit simpler (e.g. how to make full screen etc)..Version: 15.3.0
✓ Random notificationApp send shows you have 2 or 3 messages all the time when there are none. Please fix this.Version: 16.1.6
✓ Bots, Crashes, No useful updatesThis app has been buggy for months! Efforts should be put into making the basic features run flawlessly. Messages don’t get delivered; it doesn’t recognise me as an Admin in groups so I can’t remove bots or troublemakers; you can’t even take a photo using the volume buttons - you have to use their awkwardly placed button. Stop putting effort into adding features we don’t need. Put your energy into perfecting the essential features. The latest update continually crashed and wouldn’t let me in!!! Most recently, I haven’t been able to receive new chat requests, most likely because they disabled the feature to try and stop all the bots bombarding the system..Version: 16.1.8
✓ Service sucksCut out to of.Version: 16.1.0
✓ DisappointedI’ve sent an email to your help address on your website however immediately received a generated reply saying you’re not replying to “general enquiries at the time” but basically here are some links that have no information on how to *actually* help. Again, pretty disappointed. I’ll ask my question here since there’s really no other way - my option to video chat has completed disappeared. I’ve been able to video chat for quite a while and now it’s gone. I would have attached a photo showing the issues (which I did in the email) but alas cannot in a “review” - if someone could assist me with my issues, that would be great. Regards, someone who is about to delete the app for good..Version: 13.2.0
✓ Please update too many bugsThe app is in need of a serious update hasn’t been an update in some time and has not had an update since the most recent iOS came out and all these issues have started since then. Most apps update weekly but kik is lucky to have an update every 2 months. The app freezes when clicking on any pics or videos received in chat. Notifications weren’t coming thru so deleted and redownloaded the app and now there is no options to turn on notifications in the kik tab in phone settings at all. App also crashes on a regular basis..Version: 16.0.6
✓ ToxicI feel like kik has given us way too much power with the ridiculous “48 hour ban” and the “24hr rule” it’s really a pain and most people receive this for no valid reasoning behind it. Everyone usually abuses their powers and will simply ban you for doing something little such as “Private messaging without permission” there’s no such thing as that, it’s just salty people you don’t like to be privately messaged on a CHATTING APP. There is no good reason to why I have to wait 48 hours just to use this freaking app over slightly offending a special snowflake online. Please change this 24 hour waiting issue and the abuse of the 48 hour ban. It’s just not fair..Version: 15.15.0
✓ MehThis used to be a great app but now it’s full of ads. Takes away from the chatting experience..Version: 15.18.0
✓ DANGEROUS FOR YOUR CHILDRENPlease. If you read this review by chance do not let anyone you know who is young or old download this app. This app is FILLED with predators who will, without doubt, sexually harass and traumatize your children. I have been, and countless others have been groomed on this program and the fact it is still up is distrusting. This programs creators and developers are horrible horrible people. Do not fall down this grooming app. AN AGE RESTRICTION ISNT ENOUGH. THIS APP IS NOTHING BUT HORRIBLE..Version: 16.8.3
✓ Ads strategy needs to be re-evaluatedSince being bought out by Medialab, this app has become far worse (despite promised improvements). If ads are really necessary, they should have been added somewhere like the home screen, not in groups, which is absolutely intrusive. Something tells me Medialab are just trying to make a quick buck out of this app, rather than investing in it, until it dies a slow death. Now glitchier than ever, and no sign of working to prevent bots. Also, try and be more honest with the updates. The recent one was to include ads, not primarily for bug fixes and performance improvements. Definitely hope that either Medialab sorts Kik out or a better replacement comes along..Version: 15.17.3
✓ GlitchesThe app is pretty fun and I have been hooked but there’s been issues with quite a few things and not just with my account. When you upload a new profile pic, sometimes in other groups or with a person it still shows your old pic. When I zoom in on text that I’m I’ve been typing to fix a spelling mistake for example the magnifying glass zooms in to show a ghost picture. Meaning a picture that isn’t actually there and it’s the same picture that shows every time I zoom in on text that I have written, with anyone on kik. It’s very annoying. Sometimes a person will be typing a reply but the messages I’ve sent prior still display s or D but not r. Someone had trouble with their kik account and had their conversation deleted. Finally, the most frustrating one is when with certain people after a day, I cannot open their images or sometimes even my own. There’s lots of glitchy problems.Version: 14.3.0
✓ All fake chats from spam botsAny new chats I’ve received are from spam bots. All the same profile pictures, the same opening lines and scripted chat from any response. I’ve literally replied in one chat with “hello” to everything they said and they replied with scripted chat responses (all the same) to eventually end with “go to this site to verify you’re real” and promising sex after you sign up. Kik is just spam bots trying to lure you to other siteS with false promises of hook ups. I receive 5-10 new chats A DAY. DO NOT RECOMMEND!.Version: 16.9.3
✓ Can’t log in or create new accountHi. I had connection issue with my account today so I deleted the app and tried to log in again. I kept getting a message saying it is taking too long try again a bit later. I then tried to create a new account and keep getting an error message saying network is not available make sure your device has an active connection and try again. Can you please assist ASAP as I need to get into my account and make contact with my friends. My son and partner also tried to create accounts and received the same error message about no connection make sure your device has an active connection and try again. There is nothing wrong with our connection as we are able to access Snapchat, instagram, etc. your urgent assistance would be greatly appreciated. Can anyone please help..Version: 15.3.0
✓ Nice bugsChats will just disappear and "eat" peoples messages so i never get them then i have to sign out or delete the app. So annoying.Version: 11.30.0
✓ Why?!Have been using this app forever, and now they’ve included ads in it. I don’t care at all for the ads. Also, if you change devices, you lose your message history. I emailed them about this months ago and received NO response. I need to update my phone, but if I open Kik on another device, I will lose the conversations I had with my friend who sadly passed away this summer....Version: 15.17.3
✓ Chat?You can’t even chat on this, just got it and it keeps saying I’ve reached my limit for the day. Haven’t sent one message. Full of bots wanting you to “join them cause they are bored/horny” sending links asking for your email and credit card..Version: 16.0.8
✓ So hit and missThis app will often have days where it stays on ‘Connecting’ for hours and is unusable. Internet connection either via broadband wifi or cellular has been testing and fine so this is not the issue. Currently I cannot open an image or video. If I try the app crashes and needs to be restarted. Have deleted and reinstalled a number of times with no change. I have plenty of storage space and a stable connection. Ironically if I load the app on my iPad it works fine. But the app continues to crash on my iPhone 11 Pro. Super, super frustrating. I believe this has been ongoing since the addition of all the live steam stuff and the full screen ads which I so wish I could remove. Aside from this the app is ok..Version: 16.0.6
✓ Get rid of the bots & fix the bugs!This app was fantastic a few short years ago but now it constantly crashes, causing me to have to log back in again — each time this happens I lose all my chat history which is a real pain. Also there are so many bots that constantly come into public groups which really makes for a frustrating experience. These issues have been ongoing for a while now and I wish Kik would resolve them so the app can be restored to its former glory..Version: 15.24.0
✓ Profile picture disappearingI’ve been using kik for years. Not once have I had this issue before. For the past three days, I’ve had to reset my profile picture about 100 times. And every time it just goes back to the default picture in place when you don’t have one set. I’ll get a random message every now and again just asking me where my profile picture has gone. And when I check, sure enough it’s no longer there. It’s really quite frustrating as it’s had me kicked from multiple group chats for “not having a profile picture” Please fix the bug Kik Interactive. I know I’m not the only one with this problem.Version: 15.17.3
✓ Why are there so much pornLike you go n type in a group for games to look for people but it just pop up girls girl wanting money or they just want nudes. But when you want to go n type in a game it just a bunch of naked girls,catfishes,bots, like please fix the bot problem. Do a better update where there isn’t no sexual content on the page or do something so it’s better for us to talk to long term friends. And why did you have to take off the live cam? Since it’s 2021 you should do that for people that can’t see there family from where they are. But that’s all I have to say.Version: 15.26.0
✓ Great app but..I love Kik as it lets me keep in contact with friends overseas. However in the past the app only allowed you to be logged in on one device only. I am wondering if this is still the case because I don’t want to risk logging in on my phone and losing everything on my ipad because it logged me out. Please let me know.Version: 15.1.0
✓ Kik Keeps DisconnectingFor me the app has been having trouble connecting at all, I can barely get it to work most days! Really hope they update it soon....Version: 11.37.0
✓ Good, but it has NO ACTUAL SUPPORTKik overall is pretty good. Me and my friends actually uses it almost everyday and we enjoy it. I really would give this app 5 stars; HOWEVER, I am giving it only 1 star because good luck trying to actually talk to an actual human whenever you need customer support. Especially if it’s something specific. I’ve been trying to get help regarding my kik bot for a while now and I’m about to just give up. Tried using the help center, YET it does not help. Tried asking my question in the center, I can’t do it. Tried viewing my support ticket, but I CANNOT login and yes i have an account for it. Tried emailing kik, all I get was freaking automatic replies that says the SAME THING: “We got your email, try looking into the help center” which again, DOES NOT WORK. I tried reaching out to kik on social media, but again that does not work. So I’m just like screw this and give this app 1 star. It’s good overall but I should be able to EASILY contact an actual human if i need extra support. You can’t have any sort of product, but not have good support for it..Version: 14.8.0
✓ BruhKik is a great app,really good besides some minor glitches but that’s alright. But my problem is that there’s way to many rude people on there and can’t even sometimes have a decent chat..Version: 15.18.0
✓ Not always reliableLately message seem to lag and not get delivered at all. Ads are annoying and there are a lot of bots around. Having said that, it’s a relatively easy use and is pretty common.Version: 16.13.1
✓ FrustratingCan be great, can be appalling. The number of times I am mid conversation and the “connecting” banner comes up. And stays up. Normally I would delete the app and start again but of course that means losing all the conversations. This problem was supposedly fixed three months ago but it only seems to have got worse. Other than that, it’s an ok messaging app so long as you aren’t sentimental and want to keep your messages..Version: 15.3.0
✓ Needs sortingUsed to be a great way of staying in touch with friends from around the world without having to be on social media... but it seems since the last couple of updates it’s turned to garbage... messages are saying they’ve sent when they haven’t and others are saying they’ve been read when they haven’t.. it’s frustrating!! I’ve had messages sitting on delivered all day only to find that the other person has never actually got them!! I’ve sent messages to the Kik team and e-mailed them but you get no response, I honestly don’t think they care about their app anymore.. thinks it’s time to find a new one!!.Version: 14.5.0
✓ Child pornoWhy Apple do you allow this kind of apps?.Version: 16.0.6
✓ Kik please fix the bugsTeam I have been part of this app for a long time now . But since the release of kik live I have spotted more problems then I can comment on . . I don’t know what type of . IT people you have working for you. But a large shake up needs to happen . And some good old fashioned dedication needs to happen so that people are not getting kick from chats and app crashing stops may friend of mine can not access my chat as it looks like thy have been blocked . Please address ASAP Team ..Version: 16.4.1
✓ Ads?!I’ve been using this app for years to talk to friends and have had my fair share of pros and cons. Regarding glitches I’ve always shrugged off the and had a laugh at. However, this sudden and massive ad wave has taken over the platform and I’m sick of it. For me in particular there’s fairly rude and sexual ads... all I’ve wanted from this platform is to chat calmly with my friends and now I have ads that you can’t escape from. It’s so frustrating and annoying to use this app now because of it, I find every day I’m trying to not use Kik just to get away from this ad-pocalypse. I can’t even talk to my friends without this ad staring me in the face over our conversation! I just hope you change this, because I and a lot of people can’t cope with this..Version: 15.17.3
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