Messenger 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. [R6] Messenger 3/5 · US Glitches: Recently due to lot of glitches many msgs r being auto removed.
2. [R10] Messenger 1/5 · US no audio: i can't get my audio to work in messenger calls anymore?
3. [R13] Messenger 1/5 · US Can’t hear: Can’t hear
4. [R25] Messenger 1/5 · US Needs bug fixes: It lags , txts vanish mid typing, video call minimize issues, half the time call rings doesnt show
5. [R4] Messenger 1/5 · US Identity: I have identified my identity 5 times which is ridiculous. I have had this account 15 years or longer,
6. [R9] Messenger 3/5 · US Unknown Suspension: Suddenly unable to respond in messenger, account is on hold for 30 days but unknown why? Just keeps showing community standards info!
7. [R19] Messenger 1/5 · US Auto Logout Problem: Sometimes auto logouts and unable to enter into the account for about an hour. If I try to login it auto logouts again.
8. [R7] Messenger 1/5 · US Not useful: I am not understanding the utility of any of these META apps. They consume and steal your data and use it to keep you on the app yet all the content is pretty meh and underwhelming. The messenger is just another way for META to have access to your data. If only META used their money to improve the apps and provide value rather than to make it more engaging with less value.
9. [R49] Messenger 1/5 · US Update the app for iOS versions: The app is not updated
10. [R18] Messenger 3/5 · GB IOS15?: Low-key a little buggy for IOS15 but liking the app and is useable still :D
11. [R16] Messenger 1/5 · US Lots of Ai bots: There a huge amount of Ai bots. Responses are generic and can’t answer long thoughtful questions
12. [R52] YouTube 5/5 · US The best app there is: YouTube since I was a little kid and I love it. It’s helped me so much and taught me so much and changed my life. It showed me so much about history and everything I could ever think about if I was gonna give any money to any app that there is, it would be 200% all the time please YouTube don’t side with China
13. [R53] YouTube 3/5 · US Too many ads: WAY too many ads for one video, especially to the longer videos like every 5 minutes there’s an add and the tiny ad box that appears in the corner when you skip one is just taking away from the experience of watching. It’s getting tiring but overall, I love the app and just see the ads as a little too excessive.
14. [R54] YouTube 1/5 · US STOP with the Shorts push: Why is it that every time I open the app it’s on the Shorts tab and not the Home page??? Horrible idea and you should fire whoever thought of that
15. [R56] YouTube 3/5 · US Fix your app: YouTube isn’t terrible but I have some complaints 1. Too many adds 2. Bring back the dislike button 3. Lower premium prices 4. Work on moderation I have seen videos and especially adds that should not be on YouTube.
16. [R65] Instagram 1/5 · US need better moderation: deleting instagram accounts for no reason, ai flags suck
17. [R66] Instagram 5/5 · US SLC Pins: Moni Crafts is so creative. She worked with my vision and created us a beautiful pin so we can look uniform.
18. [R67] Instagram 3/5 · US Hands-free recording doesn’t work on newer phones: It’s been about two years since I’ve been able to do a proper hands-free recording and actually record it even with an iPhone 17 Pro Max. When you hit the button to record it goes for a while and then you can’t get it to stop recording and save your video at all. Latest update updates on everything.
19. [R68] Instagram 1/5 · US Stay out of reels comments: I like brainlessly scrolling through reels as much as the next guy but a lot of the comments are actually brainless, it feels like this app incentivizes racism and holocaust denial
20. [R79] Facebook 2/5 · US fix marketplace.: terrible actions, need to ban or at least give an option to hide dealerships, ‘ad sellers’, overpriced trash.
21. [R80] Facebook 5/5 · US Love at first try: I’m addicted to Fb and I love the means of connection with friends around the world.
22. [R81] Facebook 3/5 · US Facebook updates: Latest upstate present ugly and clumsy. Definitely detract from former pleasurable experience.
23. [R82] Facebook 1/5 · US Too many ads , algorithm not refined enough: Title says it all
24. [R93] TikTok 2/5 · US Hide appearance in livestreams: I hope TikTok management will work on a feature to hide my participation in livestreams so that my friends don't see that I'm in one. · translated
25. [R94] TikTok 5/5 · US I love it but it will not work anymore: I’m also on iPhone 7 but it’s updated to the max and every time I open it it shows blank screen with TikTok logo And closes by its self FIX IT PLEASE
26. [R95] TikTok 3/5 · US UNBAN ME: i’ve been banned from messages for years now simply because i made a joke to an old friend about harming myself. I was fully joking and thought it was a funny response which we both were very aware that i was joking. I’ve been banned for years from messages even though it said it was only a 30 day ban. Fix this please or i will be deleting the app
27. [R96] TikTok 1/5 · US so much bugs: the app banned me for no good reason and when i appealed and tried to log back in it gave me a weird old version of the app, so i had no choice but to delate the app because i was stuck on a old version and wanted to go on my other accounts, also delated all of my data such as drafts, so horrible and now i have to restart from anew.
28. [R107] WhatsApp Messenger 2/5 · US Siri AI: Now they are forcing me to turn on Siri ai intelligence to translate messages. I do not want to turn it on. It worked before with it off
29. [R108] WhatsApp Messenger 5/5 · US SofiaLuludetalles: Muñeca suegri
30. [R109] WhatsApp Messenger 3/5 · US Anti-sanction: Please make this application resistant to sanctions so that it can be used in Iran.
31. [R110] WhatsApp Messenger 1/5 · US 🫩: No se me actualiza
32. [R1] Messenger 2/5 · US Missing notifications: This is more on Facebook page where I have a notification that somebody replied to my comment and then I click on it and it's somebody else or it won't show the person. HUGE BUG!
33. [R34] Messenger 1/5 · US Notification: Constantly shows unread messages and too much spam in other messages.
34. [R47] Messenger 1/5 · US Glitchy: My app notification will sound off, the icon on my screen shows messages, but when I open the app, it just shows me messages that I sent it does not show incoming messages. It’s been like that since the last two updates. The messages eventually show up, but they’re not instant.
35. [R33] Messenger 3/5 · GB Missing texts: I can be in the middle of a fairly long conversation and stop for a mi nute and my text has vanished when I look and I can’t find it at all.
36. [R36] Messenger 3/5 · GB Disappearing messages: I’ve been using this for over 6 years and now all my messages have disappeared and I can’t call people.