Telegram 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. [R4] Telegram Messenger 2/5 · US Telegram Is Turning Into a Paywall Factory: Telegram used to be a solid messaging app, but lately it feels like they’re charging for anything they can get away with. Basic features like message translation are now locked behind limits unless you pay, and the “free” translations run out almost immediately. It’s ridiculous watching a once‑great app nickel‑and‑dime users for features that were standa
2. [R27] Telegram Messenger 3/5 · US Story problem: Why my friend is able to post stories every day But im not?? It says you need to make premium
3. [R1] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US Why does China charge a fee: Why does China charge a fee? · translated
4. [R31] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US ??: My telegram isn’t opening cause I’m being asked to pay something I don’t want to.
5. [R2] Telegram Messenger 5/5 · US What's wrong with video messages: My favorite messenger, but video messages have gotten much worse with the latest update. They used to be smooth, but now they seem accelerated. The zoom on the front camera is gone. Please fix it 🙏🏻 · translated
6. [R12] Telegram Messenger 3/5 · US Has potential but is a buggy mess: Two longstanding bugs make this app downright unusable. 1. is that airpods announced messages are repeated over and over if not actioned. This is not how it works for other messaging apps btw. 2. is that autocorrect suggestions are auto-accepted on send but somehow the user input gets interspersed into the completion. Also not the case for other messaging apps. I
7. [R47] Telegram Messenger 4/5 · US Video messages: Video messages work very poorly, they lag, freeze, and sometimes Telegram even crashes. · translated
8. [R48] Telegram Messenger 3/5 · GB Bad quality video: video glitches when recording video message The latest version of ios and telegram instaled Fix please
9. [R10] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US Insecure: The most insecure app you could find
10. [R16] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US SCAMMERS PLAYGROUND: You would get contacted by a bunch of random offering you money etc. they’re all scammers
11. [R22] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US Scammer: Too many scammers peoples
12. [R25] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US DO NOT USE! Privacy Settings Are A Lie!: I regret installing this garbage app more than anything else ever. It's a trojan horse! It's a Spam platform. I've been getting garbage and criminal spam since I made the mistake of putting my phone number on this app. The "privacy" settings are a total lie. How these scum got my phone number? This scummy app! This should be criminal!
13. [R13] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US Doesn’t load onto my phone: Stopped working on my iPhone 16 Pro Max, white screen, that’s all. Then I deleted and have been trying to reload but it does not! Am I the only one? This is the only app that does this!
14. [R30] Telegram Messenger 3/5 · GB Please help: Hey I’m trying to verify but it doesn’t send me the code my number is correct and so is my country number I don’t understand
15. [R45] Telegram Messenger 3/5 · GB Hi the apps good and all but: Hi the app is good snd all but I was able to log into my account then when I re-download telegram it didnt let me log into my account??? It says Theres a fee now which is rediculous because it wasn’t here like a week ago
16. [R61] Instagram 5/5 · US Amazing: I loved! Connecting with people is the best part.
17. [R58] Instagram 5/5 · US Great for Brand Development: Becoming a creator on instagram will do wonders for your personal brand!
18. [R59] Instagram 3/5 · US Feature Roll Out Needs Work: My account is in good standing and has only some updated features. Others are missing… for example the: “Feed repost” & “Post to close friends” feature. It seems as though every other user (in my area/that I personally know) on this app have these abilities. I’ve had this most recent account since 2016. Very inconsistent with feature roll outs and the META AI nor the
19. [R62] Instagram 3/5 · US lowkey irritating me: i just keep getting banned. I didn't even do anything but every time i make an account it gets suspended even if i make it like weeks or even months apart they still get banned. Instagram was one of the only apps I could use to talk to my friends, and it's really annoything that I can't talk to them
20. [R69] WhatsApp Messenger 5/5 · US Good news: Very fast and reliable app features
21. [R26] Telegram Messenger 5/5 · US Great: Love to text my famliy on here
22. [R66] WhatsApp Messenger 5/5 · US ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Excellent service, very professional and reliable. Highly recommended!”
23. [R64] Instagram 5/5 · US Great: Great
24. [R85] Messenger 2/5 · US The Clarity!: I’m in Los Angeles and I just talked to my wife in Paris on messenger and the clarity was unbelievable, and there was absolutely no delay in the phone call whatsoever, which really is amazing. We downloaded another Messenger so that we could talk, but nothing beats Facebook
25. [R88] Messenger 5/5 · US Using messenger for phone calls: Messenger has come in handy when I needed to make a call and I didn’t have the person‘s phone number in my new phone messenger is a very good service
26. [R79] 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
27. [R81] Messenger 3/5 · US Glitches: Recently due to lot of glitches many msgs r being auto removed.
28. [R106] Snapchat 5/5 · US I met fine shi: I met this boy and he’s the best thing that ever happened to me and it’s all because of snap chat so if you don’t get Snapchat idk if you will be as lucky as me
29. [R99] Snapchat 1/5 · US ads suck: all the ads suck! you can tap anywhere on your screen & the hyperlink appears and if you don’t tap elsewhere your inconveniently redirected to the ads website. completely unnecessary. the app was better before all the ads. and paying a subscription to avoid ads is a scam. snapchat your company isn’t broke, get it together.
30. [R101] Snapchat 3/5 · US App is loading everything slow: There has been a significant increase in loading for the app and now having issues with sending anything at all after this recent update. Not sure what caused it but I’m having a feeling it has to do with the update recently.
31. [R93] Snapchat 1/5 · US Random stories: Stop the random stories please
32. [R118] Google 5/5 · US Google: Eso es la plataforma donde puedes encontrar la información correcta
33. [R108] Google 5/5 · US It answers any question: 5/5
34. [R109] Google 3/5 · US It’s Just Okay!: I prefer a different search engine that doesn’t change the screen if you leave it and come back to it. I also prefer one that doesn’t track your information or location. I also don’t like having suggestions based on something that I looked up because I wasn’t sure what it was.
35. [R113] Google 1/5 · US Update removed read aloud: After the update there is not read aloud option
36. [R49] Telegram Messenger 1/5 · US Difficult in using telegram: Why should I pay before using telegram in Ghana