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Signal - Private Messenger App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Loses voice messages and no scrubbingUpdated review: I have really tried to give this app a long-term chance but I am continuously frustrated with its lack of ability to handle voice messages. If something interrupts your message, for example, a low battery notice, you will lose the entire recording. I still experience situations where messages are lost with no explanation. It is baffling and the frequency of these events is enough for me to ditch it altogether. I do not understand how Signal is not taking this opportunity of so many people moving over from WhatsApp to improve this particular aspect of their app. Goodbye Signal. Prior review: I appreciate how secure this app is, but it loses voice messages if you don’t tap directly on the tiny “send” word (it’s not even a button). The message just disappears if you tap anywhere outside of that area. It is a complete waste of time. This overlooked problem is a dealbreaker. Also, you can’t scrub through received voice messages..Version: 5.8.1
✓ Cannot receive notificationNo messages pop-up notification without opening the app, but it’s good that overall functions are similar to whatsapp.Version: 5.26.9
✓ Suddenly receiving lots of spam from unknown numbersReally upset as I used to love and trust Signal however this last week I've suddenly started receiving message requests from unknown sources with group links to WhatsApp groups about American cash embezzlement. Not something I'd even talk about and I have no US contacts as I'm UK-based. Feel like my details have been leaked and that my number isn't private on here anymore. Had this kind of nonsense on WhatsApp so moved to Signal. Now I’m considering deleting it soon if this continues as clearly my contact details aren't as private or safe as I hoped. P.S I do not use any forms of social media, and I'm incredibly private so not happy at all :(.Version: 6.54
✓ Portrait mode only and no cancel from another app?Glad to see it finally arrived to iPad. However... …The keyboard will only display when in portrait mode, I’m 99.8% landscape, and if I share from an app, portrait mode a must again & there is no cancel option…other than closing the app and relaunch and get back to the place prior to closing. Example, from Flipboard, email, etc. Had issues at first with connecting to my phone, 3 attempts to get the phone to display the iPad in settings. Thanks though..Version: 3.0.6
✓ Lost my history!I changed my phone. Just a warranty thing, exactly the same model restored exactly from backup. But Signal made me do set up again and no longer has any of my history. Due to my phone replacement? That's terrible!.Version: 3.1.0
✓ A good contender to WhatsAppI much more trust this app with my privacy or future of it but it still seems a lot more buggy than it’s rival. Stickers often take a long time to load in. Sending many messages at once can lead to them being sent spaced out over long periods of time (sending lots of stickers or pictures). Calling can be buggy as well. I’ve had calls randomly stop and end. It isn’t as nice feeling as WhatsApp even though it looks amazing and the sound quality is much better - but these problems for me and for my family have been why many have moved back to WhatsApp. On my iPhone 11 it is laggy and on my friends iPhone 7 terrible. Needs to be optimised more for sure. Maybe this lag is because it is more private and has to go through more idk about that but it should be sorted out.Version: 5.26.8
✓ Don’t appreciate the app announcing that I’m on signalI don’t appreciate how this app combs through my contacts and sends me a messages for EVERY one of my contacts that uses signal saying “Jane Smith is also on Signal”. I especially don’t appreciate this privacy geared app sending people I know / whose contacts I am in, that I use Signal either. You should be upfront about this when you ask for permission to access contacts. I assumed I was granting permission to access my contacts from you app, not for you to broadcast that I’m using it or spamming me..Version: 2.45.2
✓ OK but no custom optionsGreat app but dissapointing there is no option to change chat colours on iOS, especially when my partner has a pixel 2 and colors and interface can be changed on that..Version: 2.20.2
✓ Why us transfer process so broken?App is great. Transfer process between iPhones is broken. I’ve tried several time to transfer messages to my new iPhone but keeps saying can’t complete. The phones are basically on top of each other when I try. Very frustrating ..Version: 5.16.1
✓ Cant send multiple picturesI love the fact that signal has an end to end encryption, and we don’t have to worry about our data being collected and sold. However, my family and I recently moved from WhatsApp group chat to signal group chat. Sending multiple picturesOn the WhatsApp group chat was possible, but sending them on the signal group chat doesn’t seem to be. I have an iPhone XR, and I try to select multiple photos from inside the app to send to my family, but an error message appears for about a quarter of a second before disappearing, and doesn’t work. I also try going into my photos app, selecting multiple photos and sending them via signal that way, but it also doesn’t work. How can we make it so that we can send multiple pictures easily? I don’t have this problem with text message app, Facebook messenger app, WhatsApp, or telegram. Only signal. I want to keep using this app, but the photo problem makes it very hard.Version: 5.11.1
✓ Signal lacs accessibilitySignal is a great app with excellent audio quality due to its AAC in coding. However it is a nightmare for people who have vision disabilities and need to use the Apple voiceover screen reader. This is because the whole audio goes muted when you are sending a message so you cannot hear where voiceover is on the screen. Another issue is that the focus randomizes on various buttons and elements therefore being unpredictable, so that if you lock the recording button and unless you are very good with your spatial awareness you cannot find the button to complete sending your message. As an access technology trainer I cannot recommend this app until these issues have been rectified and the unlabeled buttons have been labeled..Version: 5.1
✓ Shakey reliabilityWhile Signal’s still my first choice when messaging my friends and family, we’ve had a lot of issues with messages not sending through until 1: The recipient opens the chat, where the unsent messages suddenly flood in. 2: Just send randomly later. Other than that it’s a great service, it’s pretty bare bones so if you’re used to Viber or Line where you get a sticker shop, a currency system and the like, maybe this isn’t for you, but if you want just a straightforward messaging app it’s very good for that..Version: 6.20
✓ Several bugs, not nearly as optimized as other messaging apps.While the concept of this app is good, it cannot live up to its name. There are numerous bugs, and none of them are getting resolved. The most critical bug is that you cannot send videos to people, even short 1-2 minute videos. It kees circling and never ends up sending. Also, this often happens while sending photos as well, which is odd. How can someone switch to Signal without using two of the most utilized and essential features of a messaging app? Additionally, there are several other bugs, but the two mentioned above are the most critical. Before I end this review, I have to mention: for the love of God, Signal, please consider adding a proper backup&restore feature. It would also be nice to transfer my data & chat to a second device like telegram and continue where I left off in my original device. There is certainly a lot of room for improvement. I, for one, will not use nor commit to Signal just yet..Version: 5.9
✓ About phone numberNot everyone is using a sim card , so please add an option for creating an account with an email address only at least , like element..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Calling is sketchyEverything about Signal is fairly intuitive and easy to use, the texting features are great and easy to use with a load of GIFs and emojis to use. The call function leaves a lot to be desired. I would like to point out that I’m a GoogleFi service user in Japan which may play into my experience. The calling features are lacking greatly since I hit call and it’ll ring for a solid 30-60s with the message “Signal Connecting” then finally say “Signal connected” if it does connect and then the signal is spotty at best with a considerable lag between spoken words and when the receiver hears them which always leads to confusion. Also the video chat is considerably grainy and lagging as well which doesn’t make sense since i only use video chat when using WiFi at home with a 500Mbps speed..Version: 6.20
✓ New version Signal and iOS 12.5.5 just keeps on quitting. Boring!Previous version signal worked just fine. The new one just quits after few seconds each time. More useless updates from Apple that make life worse and more intermittent.. 12.5.5...? All this stuff actually seemed to work a lot better years ago!? I had more success with iOS 6. What the heck happened? The spell check has become a nightmare! It's become an obstacle to even type on this thing now..Version: 5.24
✓ Great… when it works.I loved and fiercely supported signal for a long long time, even donated, and then suddenly one day it wouldn’t launch due to “corrupted chat history”. I have contacted support many many times in the 4 months since, and they keep telling me to “wait for an update”… I always update as soon as one is available, the hope reigniting for a moment, but it never fixes the issue. Signal still crashes immediately after launch. I am VERY disappointed that they have been unable (or unwilling) to resolve this..Version: 6.22
✓ Love the app, but has a serious bugWe just moved a large group from WhatsApp to signal. Initial experience was good. But somehow, after we removed some users as admins and added others, the entire group has become read-only with respect to updates of group name, membership, and any group features. Even admins cannot update any of these. We can still send/receive messages. But members cannot leave, we cannot change admins, or change group name — all group updates are rejected. The specific error we get is “Group could not be updated” with no further details on how to resolve the issue. I suspect we triggered a bug in the protocol after we removed/added a bunch of users as admins. We were joking that now have an extremely secure group — members cannot join or leave and no changes allowed! :-) Anyway, I hope Signal gets in touch with us so that we can troubleshoot the bug and get it fixed..Version: 5.2.1
✓ Late MessagesSometimes messages don’t come through straight away, and are delayed for up to 20 mins. No notifications, no unread messages or anything. I’ve checked to see if it’s my connection but I can confirm I’m sending my messages through a fast network so I can only assume that the app is having trouble getting messages through as soon as possible..Version: 6.40
✓ Not so privateHow is it privacy focused if it announces to the whole world that you are on signal? The developer responded “it’s not anonymous” and suggested their app is only about encryption. On their website, however, the first thing they tout is “an unexpected focus on privacy”. Still not sure how to square broadcasting your name to every single person on Signal that you might be connected too has anything to do with a “focus on privacy”. It sounds like the gist is that no one is snooping on your messages, but everyone knows your on there. What’s silly is that signal thinks it needs to be “more pervasive” for its concept to work, but with unexpected outting of your privacy it’s never going to become more pervasive because it sets the tone by undermining your expectations right out of the gate. Signal should stop using the word “privacy” in its marketing materials and replace it with the word “encryption” because that is all it’s offering. If you’re that worried about it, I’d just use a burner..Version: 3.20
✓ Basic Features BuggyLove the security but I can’t forward to contacts after the last update (when I try scrolling my contacts it keeps glitching and resetting the screen to the top off list). Some messages will only have one tick next to them yet contacts will reply. Other times there is one tick and they say they haven’t had a message off me. I try resending the message but it remains one tick, this happens on 50% of my contacts and I know I’m not blocked. When pasting text into a message you’re editing it will move your cursor back to the start of the message every time you paste something..Version: 5.40
✓ DisappointingIt’s very disappointing to see another app getting into cryptocurrencies..Version: 5.26.2
✓ BuggyA few issues I constantly experience: 1) About half the time I go to send an image, when I press send, the app crashes and the image doesn’t send. I often have to restart my device to get it to work. Which only lasts a few days before it starts crashing again. 2) A lot of the time my message just won’t send for sometimes hours. It’ll look like it’s sent on my end, but there’ll only we one tick below the message. Then a few hours later a second tick will appear and the recipient can actually see it and respond. Not great..Version: 5.8
✓ Your contacts know your in SignalIf I can see my contacts on signal anyone on signal can see. How is that private? Guess it’s meant as a signal to everyone not to use this app if you want privacy. I can’t rate it any lower or I would..Version: 3.8.3
✓ Worst app ever!Wont pop up notification until you open the app, but when the massive message popped out it shuts the app..Version: 5.26.7
✓ Not Ready for Prime Time YetThis supposed encrypted messaging is similar to all the other messaging apps. But many developers like all browsers don’t recognize it and often does not put the links and photos directly into Signal. Work arounds are easy to do. I often have to cut and paste into my mail app and then cut and paste into Signal. A bit painful at times. Often I find myself just going back to using Apple’s messenger. I trust Apple more than other texting apps. I used to trust WhatsApp but not as much anymore as it is a Facebook app. It too is supposed to be encrypted. Most people around the world use WhatsApp or Apple Messenger. But in reality if you are really worrying about total privacy, stay in a cave and never use any electronics. Or develop a private encryption that requires special changing coding -decoding books. All in all, its fun seeing old friends appear on Signal as it gains popularity..Version: 3.19
✓ Say hello to privacy???First thing the make you do, is GIVE UP YOUR PRIVACY by having to accept 3 thing which on iPhone 2 are blank buttons and mentions something about contacts. Reading about repeated complaints on the reviews after, to try and decider what the 2 blank buttons of the 3 you’re giving permission to, I see numerous complaints for the past 3 years of the permission to contacts used as a platform to spam any person on your contacts ADVERTIZING that you’re on this app. That to me is a HUGE breach of my privacy as I do not want to have EVERYONE on my contacts in my phone to know for a fact that that can reach me in this. I prefer to use it for a selected few, but unfortunately as many others have complaint, there’s no switch to opt out of this clear breach of trust and use of the granted privacy access to your very personal contact. And with that, this app will be deleted as fast as it was download. Implement an option or simply, don’t abuse the granted permission as you have clearly been doing for years now. Say hello to Privacy?? I think not!!! Not with Signal, that’s for certain! I dare the developers, to give the option to users to have contacts be informed or NOT informed that he or she is on this app. I DOUBLE DARE THEM. If the users privacy was important at all, they would have made a switch to turn it on or off. Is that simple. Cannot give it more than a 1 Star rating, as I am not willing to go further to try it, and if a user can’t go past their comfort to use something, they will hardly have anything positive to say about that something and rate better. Let’s see if developer cares abut privacy and accept the double dare..Version: 6.4
✓ STOP BROADCASTING THAT SOMEONE IS ON SIGNALStop using the excuse that it is more pervasive this way! I don’t want people I’ve never spoken to in years to get notified that I’ve just installed signal! What about the right to be forgotten? Not everybody has a random number they can use to create accounts. This has been the number one complaint for years! DO SOMETHING.Version: 5.31
✓ Fails to NotifyOn 3 separate occasions, Signal has completely failed to notify me of messages (and yes, I have all notifications turned on (sound, banner, lock screen, etc.)). Given that I only use Signal to talk to a couple people roughly once a week because it's the only messenger program they use, 3 times is a lot! None of my other messaging apps have this problem, and it's totally unacceptable from an app whose primary purpose is communication. On two of those three occasions, Signal did finally give me the notifications the moment I reopened the app to double check the conversations several hours later. On the remaining occasion, I was expecting Signal to potentially fail again, and so I kept the app open and switched to it every few minutes. *Despite this*, the thread only updated the next morning, finally notifying me of a message that had been sent to me the day before. During this entire period I had continuous internet access. For me, the added security Signal affords is completely overshadowed by this glaring deficit..Version: 3.6.1
✓ Great App with one caveatThis is a great app for messaging with one major caveat in iOS - there needs to be more control of space usage. I switched to signal from WhatsApp a couple of years ago and have no regrets - it’s a great product. However, could you please provide better options for controlling the amount space used my messages? I know you can set messages to disappear after 4 weeks, say, but the app doesn’t delete any existing messages and the only way to do this is delete the entire thread. Can you add the option to either limit the total amount of storage used, and start deleting the oldest messages when this is exceeded, or update the app so that when you change time limit on a thread all existing messages that exceed this limit are deleted. It would also be useful to keep messages for longer than 4 weeks in some instances - extend this up to 3 months, for example..Version: 5.56
✓ Good App but with minor bugsOverall experience is good. I recently switched to signal due to privacy issues in WhatsApp. Then found that this app has minor bugs and need fixes. 1. My contacts who have signed up and started using signal are not shown in the app’s contact list. While some of them appear, many are missing. I had to manually search for them to make them appear in the contact’s list. 2. Unable to create groups. It errors saying the group cannot be created. No further details are shown. I was able to create only one group after many attempts. The subsequent attempts to create newer groups are failing. Please fix the above two issues..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Signal accessibility needs more workI’m posting this review in the hopes the developer’s will read it and act on my recommendations. Firstly I do like Signal however as an iPhone user who uses Voiceover to interact with the iPhone, a lot of us have emailed the developer’s asking that a very serious bug gets addressed and so far the developer’s haven’t considered our feedback. The bug is when using Voiceover with signal and you tap and flick up to lock the record button, all Voiceover output stops and you can’t then locate the send button to send your voice message. I have no idea why the developer’s thought that stopping all audio while recording was a great idea. It’s terrible and frustrating for many of us who use Voiceover. I emailed the developer’s along with many other Voiceover user’s and so far no joy from the Developer’s. How about taking our feedback onboard and fixing this really serious bug. Thanks in advance..Version: 5.2
✓ Dishonest about securityI have a group chat on signal where messages are supposed to be deleted after 24 hours. If I open Signal on a device that hasn’t used the app in a while, even if I’ve been in the group chat on another device five minutes earlier, the app insists on showing me every message since it was last opened on that device. Messages that are supposed to be deleted. Not only is this the opposite of deleting messages after 24 hours, it’s very time consuming and poor UE design. I’m currently waiting over an hour to sort through a week of “missed” messages that I’ve already seen on another device, and the app won’t let me send messages to this chat until it’s finished loading them all. Terrible terrible design and a major security risk..Version: 5.48
✓ Inbox flooded - instant spamInbox flooded with individual notifications for every single person in my contacts who has signal. Shows that I have dozens of unread messages. Took 10 minutes to clear all the notifications so that I could see number of unread actual messages from people. Spam is still there because because I haven't found out how to delete it yet..Version: 5.27
✓ Sadly, this is turned into an app of annoyanceEvery time you load the app and asked if you want to turn on notifications doesn't give you the option to to dismiss that pop up permanently. It just says rudely "will remind you later." you'll remind me later? I don't want you to remind me later! I have the notifications turned off for a reason. Just because some people like having notifications doesn't mean that all people do. Clearly, the developers are just harassing their customers to do what they want you to do. Absolutely no respect at all. To make matters worse, I attempted to nicely suggest that they change that pop up. I sent a message through the app to them. They just responded. Oh, you have the wrong version of the app. Please update it. Well went into the App Store. And confirmed that indeed I do have the most recent version of the app. So then I email them back in response to the email they sent me where they have "please reply above this line"and they just really say you can't email us this way you have to respond through the app Well guys, I have to say I have never seen such rude in confidence in my life. That's why you get one star. Really if there was an option to give you zero I will give you zero..Version: 6.8
✓ Crypto? Really?Uninstalled. Hope devs will consider an alternative to crypto-assets..Version: 5.48
✓ Can’t forward messages to multiple users from other appsSignal needs a lot of improvement in order to get to a similar comfort level that people had with WhatsApp if you want people to stick with It. I know several people who have already gone back as they can’t do everything they used to with WhatsApp. I tried to forward measages from WhatsApp to multiple users in Signal, but Signal only allows you to select one user at a time. If I go the other way and forward fro Signal to WhatsApp I can send to multiple people - so the limitation is definitely with Signal. I don’t mind taking part to collate issues that users come across and feedback to you to help improve the app so please let me know..Version: 5.1
✓ Blocks all chat backups on iOSThe app prevents any kind of data backup. Unlike all other chat apps, it blocks your ability to back up your data, with no warning. Local backups? No. Cloud backups? Also no. That means, if you lose your phone, or your phone is stolen, or your phone breaks in any way … then all your data is gone. There is nothing you can do. There is no way to get it back. Plainly it’s not a data security thing since backups are possible for versions of the app on other platforms. Be aware: if you use signal, your data can be destroyed at any time by a single point of hardware failure, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Perhaps for a small number of very privacy focused people, this is a feature - though for them, why not just use disappearing messages? For the great majority of us, having every form of data backup forbidden by design is a terrible flaw..Version: 5.54
✓ Need revisionsThis app needs to be edited so that the administrator/creator of a group can select multiple people to remove from the group at once. Another much needed feature is for the administrator/creator to be able to delete all the old messages in a group from EVERYONE. That way, certain chats can be set up one time and then easily maintained by removing temporary members & outdated irrelevant messages WITHOUT deleting entire chat—only to have to set up another chat afterwards with the same group name—and then having to invite all the permanent members again and wait for them to accept etc. Also I don’t know why the app doesn’t easily detect all contacts from my phone Contacts when building groups and adding members. It easily detects some Contacts, but not all. The ones who aren’t detected by name, I have to look for their phone number, type the phone number into the Signal search field. It becomes cumbersome when we are building a dozen or more chats with the same 30 people in each chat. Hope the developers can offer an update with these features soon. Thank you!.Version: 5.49
✓ They try hard to get access to contacts. BewareMy friends and I got this to be we hope to be more secure, and it may in fact be that. On the other hand they do everything they can to try to make you add them to have access to contacts. There’s no reason they need access to all of my contacts, they want that so they can gather the information and eventually sell it or use it for marketing. If that’s not the case They will read this comment and fix the problem. But I suspect this is them long-term way of selling contact information. So when my friends use @…. It pulls up names so you can select who you are writing to and inserts the name you select into the text without type out my name…. However on my end when I receive it it doesn’t show my name it shows my phone number…. Both my friends, one of them by accident because it ask you so often to connect to your contacts and the other on purpose added their contacts it works properly on their end but I’ve never allowed access to my contacts nor do I plan too. Now if I click my phone number in the text that they sent my name pops up, so the program does know what my name is because it’s in my profile, but a little pop-up suggested I add my contacts…. This is proof they’re trying really hard to get access to your contacts and in my opinion and they’re gonna use it for marketing and selling later. Just be aware this program is not a panacea.Version: 5.40
✓ So..So...You say you keep no info and are all about privacy but somehow you feel free to let others know if I’m using the app? FYI to anyone downloading .... if you have someone in your contact group who is also using the app, that person can also see if you are using this app. That means if that person has your contact info but you don’t have theirs in your phone - they can connect with you knowing you’re on here but you have no idea who they are because it only shows as a number. It’s by default - btw..Version: 5.14
✓ Why notify everyone if it’s for privacy?Once you join everyone and anyone who has ever had you in their contact list gets notification with your name on it! How is this private?!.Version: 5.4
✓ Good privacy but missing some featuresThis is a solid instant messaging app with an emphasis on privacy and security. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, the worst company on the planet, who allow racism, sexism and the corruption of democracy through lies and fake news to proliferate and they've proved time and again that as long as the dollars keep rolling in they absolutely don't care about any of those things. There are some features in Signal that are missing though. Image and video management are abysmal. In every other messaging app you have a MANAGE feature where you can select exactly the images you want the app to have access to and therefore to share. With Signal, almost unbelievably, there's no such feature. You cannot select new images to share within the app but instead have to manually select them from your photo roll then send them to your Signal contacts in order to share them - either that or open up every single one of your images and videos to the Signal app, which seems to run counter to notions of good privacy..Version: 6.30
✓ Nice app...butI like the fact that is anonymous and faster, but lately looks like that with the calls and photos there are some troubles, not very reliable on calls not always connect even with full internet or wifi on both phones (l tried one next to the other, on the same wifi network), and photos, taking them even directly fron the gallery or sharing from other apps, is not showing the image, so you send and send again, and after a while you will find 5/6 photos sent to the sane contact, another thing is, why can’t dekete a nessage, like in other apps (for me only or for all), l hope these bugs will be fixed soon, because l like the app and l dont want to use an app whiich is not reliabke.Version: 2.32.2
✓ Signal is in decline, non existent service & constant issuesAttention Signal management…you need to start reading reviews & address ALL the multitude of issues. Your now leaving your company wide open for others to develop a better App. Here are a few issues; Verifications requirements come through constantly, can’t transfer data to a new phone, can’t back up data, customer service only sends useless automated responses, no phone number to resolve issues efficiently, doesn’t keep all your recent contacts up the top of contact list, can’t send same text to more than 5 people at once! Need I go on…..extremely disappointing..Version: 6.6
✓ Data deleted!!!I went from loving signal to being appalled in one day. When I received a new phone and transferred my data across via Apple I assumed (like every other app) that my signal data would transfer. It does not. There is nothing on the app warning users that if they change phones their data will be deleted. I can’t find any mention of how to back up data. Customer service also unhelpful. When writing to ask about this I’ve only received automatic responses telling me to update - despite the fact that I have. After searching further, I’ve been informed that to update properly I need to reinstall signal but wait … “ Uninstalling Signal will clear your message history.” It says. But, there is nothing listed as to how to back up or save those messages instead. Really unhelpful and sad..Version: 6.0
✓ Stickers have broken the app, unusable nowI was a very happy customer of this app since I found out about it but the insane race to the lowest common denominator, adding “stickers” to an app whose main purpose is secure and reliable communications have broken the application. Messages do not send, or send after hours, and in one epic case over a day later. No other application has an issue connecting to the internet or sending messages, including WhatsApp and FB Messenger. The “sending” icon gets stuck and nothing happens. If you go to the settings, you can see the “network status” switching between “connected” “connecting” and “offline” And before anyone blames my settings, I made sure the app has all the recommended rights, low battery mode is disabled and no app or connection restrictions are set on the app. This happens on both WiFi and LTE, so it is not tied to a bad WiFi or data connection, especially since I have tested it on multiple WiFi networks and not just my home one. So, tl; dr, add stickers, make communications impossible. Great move , I hope people enjoy their little cats and stuff while I look for a proper secure communications app....Version: 3.1.0
✓ No backward compatible for updatesI understand it's hard to write reliable application and service for public, but I have auto updates disabled. Signal app became outdated at some point and silently stopped receiving messages, which is the main feature of this app. I realized it only few months later when tried to send a message and it was failing due to outdated version. I did an update and... tons of missed messages arrived, more over with broken media files attached. nice. I mean, a lot of years for this app and this still kind of.. you can't rely on. Why you guys just don't wipe everything next release, would be easy to carry an update then, huh? Sorry for being toxic in this review, but I definitely was upset and it was last drop in the sea of problems with the Signal..Version: 6.35
✓ Annoying verificationSignal requires me to do a lot of repeated and ambiguous verifications after I posted negative news of China and criticized the CCP! The possible answers might be more than one but signal insists there is only one correct answer, for example, the biggest animal! The pictures are digitally modified and blurred and only show a part of the animal or object! I clicked all choices for the same verification after failures but signal still says I failed! There is no correct answer for such verifications! How unfair! Verification has been more complicated, time-consuming, vague and annoying!.Version: 6.45
✓ Notifications aren’t workingThis is the third time this has happened where I get no notifications have to open the app to see who is calling or messaging. It’s been two weeks and none of the updates have addressed this..Version: 5.31.1
✓ No vibration notifications for iOSGreat app, I’m mostly here to complain that the app doesn’t support vibration notification on iOS. Anyday the developers could fix that, would be fantastic. :).Version: 5.8.1
✓ Sick of same updates!! Over and over!I’m about ready to bin this. I liked it as an alternative to WhatsApp. But week after week after week with the same updates saying the same thing. How many times is it needed to spruce up the chat to make unread messages easier to see? Just how hard do they think they are to see? I’ve done dozens of updates claiming to do this. And just what’s the problem with zooming in on photos? Because I’ve also done dozens of updates claiming to fix problems with this too. Throw in the stupid need to constantly prove it’s me opening the app ON MY OWN PHONE by verifying the pin…. over and over and over and over, and I’m about done. Good idea, bad execution!! Shame because if it wasn’t for these silly unnecessary annoyances I could actually recommend this..Version: 5.31.1
✓ NO ALERTSWhenever someone sends me a message I don’t get the alert even though there is messages waiting for me it shows blank that there’s nothing the only way I can find out is if I log on myself and then I can find out these messages waiting for me you need to fix this. When someone says me a message it doesn’t give me a notification or an alert and it doesn’t show on the app that there are messages waiting for me on there it’s just blank you need to correct this because I’m missing a lot of messages and the only way I can retrieve them is if I happen to log onto the app.Version: 2.41.0
✓ Question and feedbackI would prefer to contact the developer but their support has no contact form or email address so : : - I cannot send video files of larger than 250MB but smaller than the 300MB limit. Are you able to assist? -feedback: many friends and colleagues have embraced Signal due to recent disenchantment with WhatsApp . We are in Australia and many of us are getting frustrated with delays in receiving messages sometimes several hours after being sent. The video sending function is also very limited and many are returning to WhatsApp for this purpose..Version: 5.11.1
✓ What happened?This app used to be the best, especially after Zuckerberg made the infamous “error” with his WhatsApp terms and conditions and everyone was scrambling to find an alternative. It’s still okay for text messaging but in the latest version something has gone very wrong with the phone calls. Incoming calls only ring when the app is not running, otherwise I just get a “missed call” message. Whenever I answer an incoming call the screen says “connecting” for about 15 seconds then disconnects. I’m not the only person this is happening to either. Signal themselves are no help - I emailed them with the log data and their response was basically “can you please include the log data with your complaint?” This all started after the latest update. I’m on the point of giving up..Version: 5.39
✓ No privacyIt told all my contacts that I joined their app. Where is the privacy??? Deleting it immediately and will not be using it again..Version: 5.17.1
✓ Forces you to allow contactsThey’ve removed the option to decline syncing contacts or to skip that screen. No thanks. Deleted..Version: 5.25.0
✓ Improvement neededIt would be nice to know when the other person or people are online, also it also would be nice to be able to turn off the sound of when sending messages as it's not necessary to have that on if not wanted especially if wanting to chat in middle of night and don't want that sound on which could wake up anyone nearby especially if have a baby sleeping in same room if you know what I'm meaning if the partner is out or working and you want to message them without waking the your baby, please put a internal sound toggle to turn messaging sound off if not wanting it on please. And also would be nice to be able to edit sent messages too no matter how long they have been sent for and this would improve the app quite a bit and would improve the stars that I've put too UpTo possibly 4or 5 stars.Version: 6.12
✓ Seek other chat clients for privacy.Signal offers a glimpse of secure messaging on iOS, but ultimately falls short as a second-class citizen on the App Store compared to the other mainstream chat clients. Stability and design choices are starting to ape some of WhatsApp’s offerings, allowing you to have some more customisability – but these offerings only scratch the surface of what other clients provide. An inability to offer more compact messaging windows means you often are having only three quarters of the screen real estate dedicated to your messages compared to what WhatsApp or Discord can provide. I’ve dealt with Signal’s failings in the hope that the app will mature over time, but the last straw for me today was dealing with a sudden need for a restore of my device. I assumed that, as with all apps and secure data on my phone, that an encrypted iTunes backup would carry over my data. Alas, no dice. No messages are backed up for the end user otherwise in control of their data. I can’t recommend Signal. Seek alternatives..Version: 5.15.1
✓ Poor notifications, requires SMS authenticationCons: You usually won’t get a notification when someone messages you on Signal (occasionally it works but not often). This has been a complaint with everyone I use Signal with… to the point we SMS each other the word “signal” to let each other know we just sent a message in Signal. 🤦♂️ Also, registration requires an SMS authentication, which is just horrible given how easy it spoof a phone #. The messages may be secure but you really don’t know who you are talking to. Finally, maintaining your message and account history after a phone upgrade is touchy at best. There’s a good chance you’ll lose your conversation history and you might even get locked out of your own phone number. Account transfer is not well implemented. Pros: Decent user interface (not as good as Apple Messages so if that’s what you’re looking for, you’ll be disappointed). Viewing media in Signal isn’t great. PDF, images, etc., don’t display as well as you would expect (compared to Apple Messages). But, it works, just annoying. Text editing and cursor navigation has become very glitchy. Recent updates have made it very hard to edit long messages. And of course, end to end encryption and security. If that’s what you are looking for Signal is probably the leading app… at least for now. Other options are coming fast (like Session, which is a fork of Signal, but it’s still young and needs time to mature)..Version: 6.50
✓ InaccessibleWill lose access to the app forever in 10 days because my iOS version is too old for Signal..Version: 5.31
✓ PSA for privacy minded folks :Signal is no longer open source. This makes it no different than any of the other messaging apps. Time to move on, they don’t truly care about privacy anymore.Version: 5.11.1
✓ It has a couple of red flags!I've been using Signal for some time now and I really like it, but it dose have its problems and one of dose problems is a big one, contacts. So Signal keeps a copy of your contacts on there server witch is a red flag specially when you can't delete at all! If you decide for whatever reason you wanna delete a contact from you contacts it's only fair to assume that it would work along the same way as other chat apps like WhatsApp and so on, you deleted the contact from your contacts and it would also deleted a it from your Signal contacts. But no, that's not how it works at all, you can delete it from your contacts but that contact still remains on your signal contacts with no way what so ever to delete it. I have tried to actually delete the Single account under account settings, I then proceeded to signing up again for another signal account, and to my surprise, all contacts returns including the deleted one. Now why you can't delete your signal contacts and why they find the need to keep copy's of your contacts on there server forever is a big red flag for me. I have contacted the developer about 3 times in the space of 2 months about this concern and I'm yet to hear back from them. Another point to keep in mind is that the support for the app is very minimal to none..Version: 5.8
✓ This App Has Some Big QuirksI love the security and privacy of this app. Also, it is usually superb for sending photos and video clips. Far superior to iMessage for photos and videos. But there are some weirdisms that creep in for some reason. Sometimes I won’t get a message for up to 24 hours when it was sent earlier. Usually I have good cellular or Wi-Fi coverage. Also, the grammar is a bit weird and when you tap on a word that’s not the right word it doesn’t give you other options like other text programs. Makes it more difficult to edit text messages. The one that bothers me the most is the sequence you go through to send a message. Especially when you attach a photo. It’s very easy to think you have sent a message when you haven’t. I can’t really explain why this is. I just know that on several occasions I thought I sent a message but when I go back to that thread it hasn’t been sent. You really have to pay attention. Make sure the message has been sent. Just weird. But other than that it’s a fine texting app. Overall I recommend it..Version: 6.51
✓ Annoying notifications NEVER end.Signal uses dark patterns to annoy you with notifications that will never stop. Every pop-up notification gives you two options ‘Not Now’ or ‘Allow’… if you select ‘Not Now’ another pop-up notification appears to tell you that it will remind you later, and this NEVER ends. These annoying notifications NEVER stop and you cannot turn them off because Signal uses these dark patterns in its design. Its so annoying, these constant pop-up notifications reminding me to do things I do not want to do. I am strongly thinking of abandoning Signal. WhatsApp never used annoying dark patterns like this..Version: 5.18.0
✓ Notifications hit and miss95% of the time notifications of new messages come through straight away, but there are times when they can be delayed. This happens to me, as well as the other main people I message on Signal. I've tried re-registering push notifications within the app settings. I've ensured Signal app is the latest version. I've ensured iOS is up to date. But unfortunately notifications don't always come through straight away. I feel like an ambassador for Signal, persuading people to use Signal, but these people are starting to get irritated asking why we can't go back to using WhatsApp. Fixing this would be a good starting point to trying to retain people..Version: 5.51
✓ CallsI encounter issues where the call button sometimes just doesn’t do anything. I have to close the app, reopen it, and then it works. That’s really annoying since I call multiple times a day and the issue is recurring. Sometimes my phone doesn’t ring when someone is calling especially when the phone is locked. I really hope that will be improved, since I really want to use the app, but the usability is just not that great as of now..Version: 5.3.1
✓ STILL riddled with bugsLove Signal and have been using it all year since the WhatsApp controversy. It was great for about eight months but in recent updates, the app is broken and it's still yet to be fixed properly. You sometimes don't get notifications for new messages. Which ultimately makes a messaging app pointless. I've missed many a conversation because I was not notified. The updates have supposedly been to fix it but still having it happen despite updating. Also, the search function is broken. You search a word like "dog" and it shows you the same result multiple times. Raised this on Twitter. No response. Raised this with support via the email form on the website. No response. It's been weeks if not months now. If you want to compete with the likes of WhatsApp these fixes have to happen and they have to happen faster than they're currently happening - if they're happening at all?.Version: 5.21.4
✓ Not happy...As someone who is security minded I was extremely disappointed to see that upon accessing my contacts Signal advertised me to everyone else who had the app. No way to shut that off in any preference setting. Can you say Privacy breach? Ridiculous..Version: 3.8.3
✓ Seems to have been abandonedI’m concerned about using a client that doesn’t use relevant basic OS functions that have been around for years. I can’t see how security can be guaranteed without regular development. Sharing extensions were introduced back in iOS 8, we’re now on iOS 11 and still nothing. It’s concerning that the developers of Signal have been asleep for three years, and makes me wonder if the security of Signal has been maintained during that time..Version: 2.17.1
✓ UninstallingThe app tells your contacts that you’re using Signal. Ridiculous..Version: 6.6
✓ “Read More” function is backwardsBummer that audible notifications no longer function. I’ve mostly stopped using the app because of this as I have to consciously look to see a visual indication that there is an unopened message. My biggest issue is with the “read more” function. If a message exceeds a certain number of characters it truncates and provides a handy “read more” button to expand the message. The issue is that when you tap it, the message expands and moves all the way to the bottom of the message vice expanding the message right at the point where it is cut off and the “read more” button is located. You have to scroll up to find where you left off. Really? This is a backwards UI. The message window should just expand from the point of the button and you can then continue to scroll down as you read instead of the current behavior..Version: 5.34
✓ One BIG problemThis has honestly replaced WhatsApp for me. But there is one humongous problem that they need to fix as soon as possible… If you are knee deep in a voice recording, say you are eight minutes in, and somebody calls… Or you dare accidentally tip your phone sideways…Or even if you accidentally press the side button on your phone which turns the screen off… the ENTIRE voice recording not only stops, but it is completely wiped from existence! Gone forever! It’s as if it never existed and you just wasted 8 minutes of your life. Honestly guys, please fix this ASAP, it’s horrendous!.Version: 5.8
✓ No new messages notificationsI like this app very much and the ideology behind it, i even voluntarly give to signal foundation small amount each month BUT now everytime i try to convince other people to the app, they install it they try it and... they never get the new messages notifications so they just get tired... i don't understand, for me never had any problem. anyway nobody cares about privacy most of people don't even know what that means, the most important is easy to use and functionnal. when with whatsapp everything is nice and rolling, new messages notification included, why people want to switch? so it's other way arround people telling me "why not use what everybody is already using and functionnal".Version: 5.14
✓ STOP ASKING ME TO TURN ON CONTACTSI already said no like 50 times so stop asking..Version: 6.46.1
✓ ContactsAs everyone else is saying, the issue with broadcasting your use of an app that’s sole purpose is privacy and encryption is disappointing. Other than that it’s usable, pretty basic but gets the job done well enough to stay installed..Version: 5.10
✓ Great app but hell if you lose your phoneI’ve had this app for a while and loved it. But recently my iPhone was stolen and when setting up Signal on my new one I lost all my old messages. It also reset everything on my linked iPad so that got wiped, so I have lost all my messages and images including my profile picture etc. I get it’s encrypted but there must be a better way to transfer stuff from existing accounts to new phones. It only seems to offer this if you have your old phone to hand. Sort of makes me think I’ll go back to WhatsApp, as much as I despise Meta at least it didn’t delete everything….Version: 5.39
✓ CarPlayCan you please update your app to work in my vehicle…. I am actually very surprised it doesn’t. Is there a setting maybe I have turned off?.Version: 5.11.1
✓ Overall good but needs tweakingI find it frustrating that if I decide to add a gif halfway through my message, signal will send my gif alone rather than allowing me to finish my text and sending the both together. Please change this. Also, it crashes when I attempt to add a pic to my text. To get around this, I select my pic first then add my text and it goes. iPhone 8+ with latest iOS..Version: 5.8
✓ By far the best third party IMNewest update: images zoom in with a massive offset on top. Please fix this. Although it has trouble deleting large-sized message threads; Won’t delete and just freezes for a while and app crashes..Version: 5.18.3
✓ Latest update 😡I’ve used signal and I’ve donated to signal. I’ve never liked anything FB owned but due to this service having issues I’m struggling to get people to change. Notifications are hit and miss, I don’t want stickers, wallpaper or anything infantile, some photo messages arrive blurry and no idea why. But the latest update has restricted sending to multiple people, now only 5 are permitted. Once of my most hated WhatsApp features. Also I can’t go to media and select multiple images to forward, the only option is to delete. If I do them one by one (very tedious) when I’ve done the second a keyboard appears which cannot be removed - I have to go back to the original sender, find out where I was up to and go again. The aggravation in using Signal may send me back to WhatsApp for these features. Developers please take note - we aren’t all kids and we need features for grumpy, impatient, time restrained adults that just want to share photos and jokes sometimes..Version: 5.3
✓ Fails when you need it.Every time I try and send a message, I’m told that the app has expired and I must download the latest version. Which I do so I can send the message, but when I come back to send another message a bit later, it demands I upgrade yet again to some minor version bump release. There is never anything beneficial to users in newer versions, just pointless changes such as “stickers”, “stories” and other things which have nothing to do with secure messaging. It’s usually easier—and cheaper given how large the download of this bloated app has become these days—to send an SMS than jump through this ridiculous roadblock Signal puts in the way of just sending a message. Signal have lost their direction and a replacement which retains focus is desperately needed..Version: 6.44
✓ The excessive verification pop upsI loved signal, but now it’s driving me crazy, every single time I wish to write a message or reply or even read messages in a group chat the verification process of: tick I am not a robot, then choose all the squares with an item in them comes up multiple times & still says my message is paused. It’s getting quite frustrating, Signal please fix this problem..Version: 5.36.0
✓ Signing inOkay srsly why cant we sign in with our email address????? Um yea soooooo could we add the option.Version: 5.14
✓ Signal’s strength may also be most infuriatingI really hate that I have no control over my message history if I lost my device. I have one iPad and I needed to erase and restore. But even if I had backed my data up encrypted, I could not restore it to the same iPad. There is also no other way offered that allows me to preserve this. If my phone is lost, that’s it. All my messages history, gone. Surely there must be some way this could be restored. After all, during use Signal asks for my credentials, yet it goes above and beyond that and I cannot rely on Signal for important historical threads like other solutions..Version: 6.34
✓ A WhatsApp haterIt needs to be as sufficient as WhatsApp. Multiple calls easier and able to share files, pics and videos etc. Needs a bit more work. I would like to be able to use it solely instead of relying on WhatsApp for the things that signal can’t. I do love signal but needs to be perfected !!!! ASAP. should be friendlier to conduct business as well personal stuff. WhatsApp is not better than signal. But Signal needs to grow some balls for all the people that just signed up for it. And not let them down. As they would look for another platform that can do all the aforementioned!!! Over all it’s a great app. For one. Sharing a file, image or a video is not possible when pushing the share button as the menu opens with all the other apps to share with. You can share with all except signal. As it freezes. You push on the signal icon and nothing happens. Then you’re forced to copy and paste it. It’s time consuming. Pls fix this issue as to maybe fix it to where you can also see WHEN a recipient read the msg. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. !!!.Version: 5.2.1
✓ Drains battery very fast!While the signal app good for security is TERRIBLE for battery life. Even on the latest iPhone 14 pro, with very minimal Signal usage it easily averages over 10% of all battery usage - and 75% of all app background battery usage. The app either wakes up or polls in the background rather than simply sending push notifications, the docs state that if you disable background app refresh you messages and notifications can be delayed. You can send your debug logs to them but some quick research online will show it's a problem for just about everyone. Yes it's a free app, but I'd pay to have a native macOS / Linux app and to have the battery drain fixed. - Battery life 2/10 - Security 8/10 (shouldn't need to bind to a phone number!) - Easy if use 9/10 - UI/UX 5/10 - Desktop app 2/10 (it's Electron) - Price 10/10.Version: 5.51.1
✓ Privacy?Privacy when I need to link my contacts and my phone? Nah..Version: 5.18.3
✓ Better than what’s app (just please sort out notifications)Most secure messaging app, can set vanishing messages. Endorsed by Snowden....don’t need to say anymore. My only gripe is that i have to go onto the app to see received notifications. My cousin stopped using the so because of this (he use to work for apple). Other have complained as well and I can’t seem to find out why it works some days and others it doesn’t. I have the latest iphone (13 Pro max), updated ios, i’ve tried it on wi-fi and cellular to see if that helps notifications. I’ve called my network, turned phone on and off. Removed sim card u name i’ve done it. I know it’s the signal app because what’s app works perfectly (I’d have deleted it by now if this issue wasn’t happening with signal). I’ve emailed developer but no response. I hope you can help me fix this as it’s been an issue for a while now. I totally love this app and what it stands for but please please fix this (and i’ll change my star rating) Thank you and can’t wait for this to be fixed . 😊.Version: 5.26.8
✓ (UPDATED) Begs you to donate as of version 5.57Update: The bug mentioned previously in my review has been fixed as of version 5.57.1. However, I don't like the idea that there still no way to permanently prevent the donation banners from appearing at the bottom of the app. At least it will only show up occasionally now. Changed from 1 star to 3 for fixing the bug. Original Review: This app now constantly shows banners at the bottom of the screen asking you to donate. If you decide not to, guess what your only other option is? "Not Now." Yes, that's right. The cursed "Not Now" is your only other option. And while I have no problem with donating and I may do it on my own time, just know that trying to prevent me from having a choice will make it less likely that I would do what the company is trying to get me to do; which in this case is donations. In the past, choosing "not now" would make this banner go away at least for a few months (your mileage may have varied). Now it comes back immediately after you close and reopen the app. There is no way to turn off these banners. No matter how many times you press "not now," it always comes back if you leave the app for even a second and then reopen it. I will probably delete this app if this doesn't get fixed or removed..Version: 5.58
✓ Mixed bagLots of features (Gify, stickers, reacts, self destructing messages), but it requires you to give out your phone number to everyone you talk to, does not allow specifying a different server, and beyond those privacy concerns, it has gone downhill lately in terms of usability and security as well. It now it forces a PIN even if you don’t want one. Private keys are sent through the server to enable moving from one device to another. Signal used to store private keys in hardware and it was impossible to export them. This ensured that nobody could ever covertly get your key. They removed this security protection and do not even provide an option to use the more secure key storage. The Signal developers could have enabled a smooth device transfer and kept the keys in hardware by having the old key sign the new one so others will 1.) know that the new key is new 2.) know that it is legitimate, and 3.) be able to verify the move using another communication channel if they suspect something is amiss. The Signal developers decided against this. Given the developers’ recent decisions, and their unwillingness to allow people to use their system without divulging their phone numbers, earns this app 3 stars. If they put more focus on privacy, security, and allowed connecting to private servers, it could easily be a 5-star app..Version: 3.20
✓ Asks for Contacts Permission ConstantlyThe app is pretty good, but it will constantly request access to your contacts. Declining is met with a message saying “we’ll remind you again soon”. An app marketing itself for privacy should understand that denial of permissions is something the users may want to do..Version: 5.26.9
✓ Warnings/options needed for joining signal notifications (for user safety)I really like Signal. It’s just pretty awful that it notifies people in your phone contacts that you’ve made an account and there didn’t seem to be an explicit opt out at account setup. I forgot I had the phone number of a man who sexually assaulted me, (didn’t realize signal would notify everyone) and it was terrifying when Signal still allowed him to send me messages even after I deleted him from my contacts shortly after creating my account. It would be great if there was a way (or at least an easy way for dumb folks like me :P) to opt out of letting Signal notify folks in your contacts that a you created an account. The bare minimum would be to have an explicit and accessible (no legal jargon that you need college level English comprehension for) warning that Signal will notify people in your contacts on account creation. That would have been better than nothing..Version: 3.7.1
✓ Always fails to loadConstantly fails to load conversations for me and has deleted my videos multiple times. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled and updated heaps and still get this issue. This is over a few good months.Version: 6.51
✓ Erratic and unreliableUpdate: now signal says “signal no longer works on this device. To use signal again, switch to a newer device.“ Hmm, is signal going to pay for me to get a new device? Nope. I will try another app. The app has been behaving erratically lately. It doesn’t ring when someone calls and suddenly a “missed call “ notification pops up. When I call someone it doesn’t ring at their end and doesn’t connect. Sometimes one answers but no audio. Takes a dozen tries to finally connect a call. The app doesn’t display the duration of calls on chat threads. Messages don’t come in time either. Full of glitches and bugs. It’s ridiculous and frustrating. And then the audacity of developers to request donations. Do donors get a better service? If so they should make it clear..Version: 6.42
✓ ReWhy do I have to give you access to my contacts in order to send a message ? I am fully capable of punching in someone’s contact info why do you need all my contacts. Is there a way to send a message without having you access all my contacts..Version: 2.39.1
✓ RecordingMic and camera are switched on when you’re sending a picture/sharing a file.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Nearly thereIdeal replacement for WhatsApp. Much more secure and private. Just a few tweaks needed: 1) The settings & select chats button need to be separate (put an edit button near the create new message icon instead of grouping it with settings) 2) need to be able to clear individual group chat history 3) change the chat colour for incoming messages in group chats (not only having it black or white depending on the theme) 4) quicker access to call history so calling regular contacts can be done more easily without going through the menus 5) the option to move the messages I send from the right of the screen to the left. Also recently as of June 2022. When forwarding messages the app doesn’t let me scroll through my list of contacts. Just keeps glitching and going back to the top of the page..Version: 6.2
✓ Messes up incoming call displaysI use an iPhone~ It’s been a few times when local incoming calls were mis-displayed as an incoming audio call on signal... I normally ignore incoming calls that are from unknown numbers, but with it displaying that it’s a signal audio call from my contact, I picked it up...(it turned out to be a spam local incoming call) is there any way to fix that?.Version: 5.4
✓ New User!!!Read an article today about signal and wanted to see what the hype was about. It’s almost like the WhatsApp platform. What I would like to see already is the option to change the chat wallpaper, and more options with stickers. I do enjoy customizing my chat and changing things around. My husband and I use this app and trying it out but more options would be nice. For now I am giving this app a three star for what I am currently seeing within the app, maybe when I see updates and more improvements I will come back here and provide another review. Oh before I forget I do like that the messages are encrypted and privacy does play a big part for me and my family and friends. But let’s just hope the developers will see this review and come up with some brilliant ideas to make this app #1 .... I’m looking forward to this journey..Version: 5.2
✓ BUGGED AS HELLThe only reason I switched from WhatsApp is because I don’t want to be a part of Facebook umbrella. However as much as I want to like this app it’s absolutely FLAWED and so far they’ve released at least 4-5 updates but I haven’t seen a single improvement on multiple issues I’ve mentioned to them. If it had no bugs like WhatsApp, it would be just as good, well, almost..Version: 5.8
✓ NotificationsIt’s a great app but I have a major issue with push notifications...I have not been able to get them to work. I’m only notified when I open the app. I request push n. constantly but nothing still..Version: 5.5.0
✓ Secure but publicAn app that publicizes itself as safe even to people whose life can be in danger but makes your use of it automatically visible to anyone of your contact also using it is just playing with fire. I would not trust it if I had something serious to hide and neither should you..Version: 5.20.1
✓ Calls showing on BillHi, how is it that calls made with the app on wifi, are showing up on provider bill?.Version: 3.0.4
✓ Find a better way to save chats without linking phonesFind a better way to save chat history or stop updating the app every time because whenever I update I’m forced to delete the app and have to redownload it because all functions on the app don’t work including linking accounts to save my chats. Apparently Signal shuts all functions down when they want you to force update. I have an issue where my phone simultaneously has an old deleted Apple ID that is primarily registered but cannot sign in/remove because it “doesn’t exist anymore” along with a new Apple ID that I’m using currently. So whenever I decide to update signal it tells me on the App Store that I’m “Unable to update” which makes me force delete signal and redowload again only to find out that all my ALL my chat history has been deleted. This happens everyone you guys decide to force an an update and it’s totally annoying!!! Other apps do have a better way of saving chats….Version: 5.17
✓ FaceID IssuesThe app is good and does what it says but I’ve got an issue with FaceID when enable for iPhone unlock as well as Signal unlock. If you have FaceID enabled with Screen Lock Timeout set to Immediate and switch the phone into standby or leave until it goes off itself, when you come to turn the phone back on Signal FaceID unlock interferes with the FaceID phone unlock most of the time. You have to wait for the phone to prompt for the PIN and then Signal immediately unlocks with FaceID and the phone works again. Only way to avoid this is to swipe up on Signal before putting phone in standby or leaving it..Version: 6.0
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