WeChat alternatives

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R9] WeChat 3/5 · US Account security issues: My account has been inexplicably blocked many times, and I'm not told why. Why do you keep blocking my account? Every time it's blocked, I need friends to help unblock it. But I'm currently abroad, and the only WeChat friends I can contact are my family. Everyone has a limited number of times they can help me unblock, and once those are used up, I'm stuck. I really want to know why my account is being blocked. I haven't done anything illegal. This constant blocking makes me very disappointed with this app. This is my only way to contact my family and friends in China. If even this is blocked, I'll go crazy. 😢 I hope you can help me solve this problem. I'd be extremely grateful. 🥹🥹🥹🥹 · translated
2. [R18] WeChat 3/5 · GB quite good: I've been using WeChat to message my Chinese friends but for some reason I 'violated the rules' so now I can't message them because my account has been restricted, this isn't fair. I didn't even get told why it got restricted so I'm very disappointed in WeChat. Now I can't message them and they think I don't like them
3. [R44] WeChat 1/5 · US Automatically compromised my account: My account got auto compromised as soon as I made it, I need a friend to verify my account so I got my sister to help me unfreeze it, but it says “require a friend to verify”. How is a new account gonna have someone added? My account cannot add people, it cannot find people to friend. This made my account effectively useless.
4. [R3] WeChat 3/5 · US Why do you need to do so much to create an account for a child?: Listen I get it! They are trying to protect children! But do we really need child locks for a teenager?😒 I’m going to China soon and I need to be able to communicate with people without having to do all this unnecessary BS! Don’t they realize that people need to be able to communicate?
5. [R1] WeChat 1/5 · US Ignoring user experience, a newly downloaded app, 1.75G, 800M for the app, 900M for files, and they can't be deleted. It's terrible! Ignoring user experience, it will eventually be eliminated. Looking forward to it! · translated
6. [R4] WeChat 1/5 · US Increasingly bloated: They want to cram the whole family bucket in there. Now, opening a mini program makes my phone lag like crazy. And they forcibly enable "Mini Shop and Wallet," which looks so annoying. Getting old coupons is such a hassle. · translated
7. [R7] WeChat 1/5 · US Which genius thought of putting Mini Shop and Wallet together? 👎 Tencent has a monopoly; complaints don't shut it down. Even with public criticism, it continues to annoy users. I have no good feelings about WeChat becoming a shopping platform. · translated
8. [R25] WeChat 2/5 · US Why add a mini shop module to the international version? Ever since the "Wallet" module added a "Mini Shop" feature, it frequently displays product ads, even using system notifications (badges/red dots) to induce clicks. The app interface consistency is destroyed, and the user experience is greatly diminished! I really don't understand why WeChat would add a mini shop feature to the international version. Does anyone abroad actually use it? Does it allow foreign card payments? Can purchases be shipped to international addresses? Can they assist with customs clearance after shipping? Is there a local service provider to handle delivery after customs clearance? Is there international after-sales service after delivery? What's the point of rushing to launch this feature without solving these issues one by one? Even if you push the mini shop feature and run ads, what's the meaning of popping up system notifications on the bottom bar's "Me" tab? Is it fun, product manager, I ask you! If I win a bar of soap in a lottery, can I go knock on your door with gongs? · translated
9. [R2] WeChat 4/5 · US How to diy messages ringtone: iOS already open much of permissions to allow people import whatever ringtone in iPhone but I found WeChat can’t obey that rule that’s terrible. I hope could have that function to follow system messages ringtone or could diy in WeChat
10. [R21] WeChat 3/5 · GB Messages not syncing between two phones: As the title says, it's very disgusting. · translated
11. [R26] WeChat 5/5 · US WeChat is good, but it would be great if I could choose the background color of the text box when sending messages in a chat. WeChat is good, but it would be great if WeChat allowed me to choose the color of the text box when sending messages in a chat. · translated
12. [R36] WeChat 1/5 · US Collecting information: Collects personal information, uploads to the CCP government. · translated
13. [R51] YouTube 1/5 · US Ads: The ads are out of control they’re so frequent and so disruptive it’s annoying and not only that I have never ever in 1 million years been motivated to buy a product that was shoved in my face like they are on YouTube or other websites with multiple pop-ups if anything it makes me not want to buy their product I don’t pay attention. It doesn’t work.
14. [R52] YouTube 5/5 · US Práctico y gratis: Me gusta que tengo libertad de saviger yve aseguró
15. [R53] YouTube 3/5 · US BUG: My app wont open it keep kicking me off the app
16. [R54] YouTube 1/5 · US Can’t open app: App opens then immediately closes
17. [R65] Instagram 1/5 · US Shadow banned af: Bruh why are my videos not shown to anyone i don’t even know why i am making content for a platform like this? I started posting on YouTube the exact same videos and i am getting 2.5k per video and have far less followers. Also screenshots are just gone and taking space on my phone a black image wtf and on top of everything else I have seen people being murdered in this platform
18. [R66] Instagram 5/5 · US I think ig is the best: Social media
19. [R67] Instagram 3/5 · US Quiero una fantasía: Condos chicas trans
20. [R68] Instagram 1/5 · US This sucks: You’ll get banned for no reason please don’t waste your time
21. [R79] Facebook 2/5 · US It’s getting old: Facebook is starting to get old… and has WAY TOO MANY ADS😩 The ads at the bottom of the videos are the worse! When you click on them to close so that you can see what’s going on, on the bottom and you accidentally open them up and they don’t close is annoying! I literally see more ads than I see my friend’s pages/posts 😡🤬
22. [R80] Facebook 5/5 · US Good Job !: It’s good to have for many reasons it keep on touch with your love ones away .
23. [R81] Facebook 3/5 · US Freedom of Speech: I rarely go on FB because it’s very dishonest to pick and choose another’s words! Especially when there’s no reason to block or delete someone’s words of truth because you don’t like truth being spoken!!
24. [R82] Facebook 1/5 · US Hot garbage: Lots of unwanted ads that are both disgusting and unending. If you report the ads you just see more. Find another way to keep in touch with your family.
25. [R93] WhatsApp Messenger 1/5 · US WhatsApp, why is it blocked? Zzz, darn it. · translated
26. [R94] WhatsApp Messenger 4/5 · US Security: It thought I was a scamer
27. [R95] WhatsApp Messenger 3/5 · US WhatsApp: WhatsApp keep logging me out and when they add me back it repeats…
28. [R96] WhatsApp Messenger 1/5 · US The login methods are incomplete. The first time, it limits your verification code attempts, making it easy to get blocked. And even if you pass verification today, they'll verify again tomorrow, like an endless cycle. When you try to contact their customer service, it's like talking to a bot; they completely fail to provide a solution. Garbage. · translated
29. [R107] Messenger 1/5 · US NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS: Since the most recent update, I’m not getting notified of new messages. I’ve turned off my notifications in the app in the Settings app and turn them back on. I’ve restarted my phone deleted the app and reinstalled it and still I’m not getting notified when I get new messages. I have to open the app and check manually This is caused me to miss out on potential sales on
30. [R108] Messenger 4/5 · US good: i like the games you can play while on call. I dont like that you cant play the games unless you’re on the call.
31. [R109] Messenger 3/5 · US Couldn’t have access bruh: I mean the app is useful but one time I had to restart the app for something and kept getting error messages like the page isn’t available we are trying to fix it or a weird error message. I haven’t called my cousins in days and I still have the same error :( Can you please fix this?
32. [R110] Messenger 1/5 · US Exterior app request: Why is it all of a sudden now I have to make the choice in an exterior app instead of it just in fb like it always has been to watch a video on fb? You app is dumb
33. [R13] WeChat 1/5 · US Is this a Scam or an App?: I’m just about tried of the verification run-around you have to go through to sign up! They have even taken my credit card details, charged me $1 and I still can’t sign in!! If I didn’t need to speak to someone in China for business I’d give up! Apple needs to look into this scam!
34. [R15] WeChat 3/5 · GB It's not really needed . . .: there's no point in having a verification scan from someone else, and the chances of getting one is quite slim due to the criteria, why can't ppl just sign up? because not everyone has friends that use it or know ppl that use it so how are they meant to sign up? the sign up options are extremely limited, and it just seems unnecessary and unneeded in my opinion . .
35. [R30] WeChat 1/5 · US Rubbish app: To create account dose not suppose to need membership help, is not making any sense 😂 What about those people that want to join and don’t have any member close to them?
36. [R32] WeChat 1/5 · US Sucks literally trash: I can’t even sign up I don’t anybody that uses this app I just need it for my fardriver and it’s not letting me sign up cus I have to get it scanned by someone that has the app but literally nobody has it cus this app is straight ahh
37. [R24] WeChat 3/5 · GB Great app but says my account is at risk of being blocked due to unauthorised software: I have never once used unauthorised software so I have no clue why it says that. Please explain developers!