Head-to-head
Discord vs WeChat
Discord
80
Winner
Discord
WeChat
40
Discord is the better choice for general communication and community building due to its robust features and fewer critical login/account access issues compared to WeChat.
Discord offers a strong platform for voice, video, and text communication, particularly favored by gamers and communities, despite recent bugs with video calls and account verification. WeChat, while a 'super app' with many features, suffers from severe and widespread problems with account creation, login, and arbitrary account restrictions, making it unreliable for many users.
Head to head
Discord Discord is praised for being an excellent platform for talking with friends, building communities, and offering features like text, voice, video, custom servers, channels, roles, bots, and screen sharing . Users appreciate its utility for gaming and general communication R11. However, recent updates have introduced issues like video calls being stuck sideways or upside down R13R15R25R38, screen sharing glitches R1, and notification bugs . Some users also express frustration over specific server features being unavailable or unwanted .
WeChat WeChat is described as a 'super app' that combines many functions, including messaging, calls, online videos, and language translation for text and photos . Its translation feature is highlighted as particularly advanced . However, users report issues with audio input , pictures not opening in excel sheets after updates , and messages not syncing between two phones . A significant drawback is the lack of multi-phone login support, a feature common in Western messaging apps R86, and the absence of a dark mode .
Discord Discord users frequently report significant difficulties with account creation, login, and verification. Issues include being unable to use the same email for a new account R3, forced verification codes R5, blank screens during robot verification R9, difficulty changing passwords R12, and accounts being deleted or logged out for no reason . Some users are banned without clear reasons R4R8. Deleting an account is also described as difficult .
WeChat WeChat has severe and widespread problems with account creation and login, often requiring another registered user to scan a code for verification . Many users find this impossible, especially if they don't have friends using the app or are trying to reactivate an account on a new device . Verification failures are common, with users being unable to prove they are human . Password recovery is also described as terrible and impossible without a QQ account or China phone number R90.
Discord Discord generally performs well for calls and messaging . However, recent updates have introduced significant bugs, particularly with video calls where cameras are stuck sideways or upside down R13R15R23R25. Screen sharing can glitch, showing black screens R1. Some users experience notification issues and difficulty with basic functions like leaving servers or blocking people . There are also reports of lag when assigning roles .
WeChat WeChat users report issues with slow loading times and delays, with contact lists loading indefinitely despite troubleshooting . The app is also criticized for being large in size and draining battery quickly . Call functionality can be unreliable, with calls incorrectly indicating the recipient is busy . Account restrictions and bans appear to be frequent and sometimes arbitrary, leading to users losing access to their contacts and features R64.
Discord Discord faces serious accusations regarding user safety, with claims of NSFW content, hackers, scammers, grooming, and a lack of rules against racist or hateful content R43. Users report being banned for unclear reasons R4R8 and having difficulty contacting support, with the support website not recognizing login info . Some users feel the app's updates are bad and the user interface is terrible R7.
WeChat WeChat is criticized for its lack of human customer service, with users reporting that support forms are ignored R64R90R91R103. Accounts are frequently banned or restricted without explanation R64, and users suspect AI management of accounts R64R91. There are concerns about privacy, with one review calling it the 'least human-friendly, least privacy-respecting chat software' and another suggesting it backs up data against users in mainland China . The app also has reports of dating and friendship scams R91.
Pick Discord if
You need a versatile communication platform for gaming, community building, and general social interaction, and are willing to tolerate occasional bugs with video calls and account verification processes .
Pick WeChat if
You primarily need to communicate with people in China and are able to navigate its complex and often restrictive account creation and verification processes, or if you already have an established network on the platform .
Evidence note: WeChat's reviews are overwhelmingly negative, particularly concerning account access and support, which skews its overall rating significantly lower than Discord's. Discord's negative reviews, while present, are less severe in terms of preventing core app usage.
Frequently asked
Is it difficult to create an account on Discord?
Does WeChat have good customer support?
Are there video call issues with Discord?
Can I use WeChat on multiple phones?
No, WeChat does not support multi-phone login, which is a common feature in many other messaging applications R86.
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 110 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.
- [R1] Discord Calls glitch a lot: Please fix stage presenting. I’ll be in a call watching someone present something whether it be for work or personal calls it’ll just constantly not show one of the people showing their screen. Just shows a black screen with purple squares spiraling. No sound either. All I can do is constantly refresh my app till it works if ever but I miss a lot of conversations due to it.
- [R11] Discord .: Es una aplicación buena para juegos y para hablar se la recomiendo 💯💯
- [R13] Discord Upside Down Camera: I updated my iPad and reinstalled the app. My camera is still upside down. And my camera is perfectly fine in all my other video call apps.
- [R15] Discord Video issues: After the update my video stopped working properly. It shows me in landscape mode when my phone is upright. I tried to trouble shoot it but it isn’t working. I can’t seem to download the app before the newest update!!
- [R3] Discord I CANNOT CHAT: I lost my account with my email and it doesn’t allow me to use the same email again and if I make up a new one its keep forcing me to send a code so please recover my account )
- [R4] Discord Bans you for no reason: This app termed me for sending a pic of my Minecraft inventory
- [R5] Discord WHY..: So I tried making a new account and then a moment later I had to verify my account and number so I did but it didn’t work bro. Fix your verification
- [R8] Discord Hey discord team I love your app but this needs to be fixed: A friend told me that discord is giving out bans out to any images containing grid like patterns also I would like to add my account as been added as a two step account and I never did it nor have I ever been hacked before so why did it do it and not sent me the code and two step for everything when I just want to reset my password and d
- [R23] Discord Smh: Idk why but only on my iPhone it makes my damn screen sideways
- [R7] Discord WORST APP EVER: The people on this app are awful, rude, selfish, and mean. Discord pushes for bad updates that don’t make the app better. Terrible user inner-face.
- [R43] Discord Weird: This app has caused children, teens, even adults due to the lack of thing you can do is someone is racist, or just spewing hate crime, it has normalized grooming, majority of ppl who use it are pedos, or people who are say too online, if this was about community it would have more rules, people die due to the dangers of this app, and cases pop up every year more than 200 cases like this
- [R9] Discord One problem: After years of not having discord i decided to download it again but it is not letting me create an account ! Every time I try to confirm that Im not a robot all i see on the app is a blank white screen, and on the browser the button is just loading and not doing anything or theres just no button at all ! You gotta fix this.
- [R12] Discord This app is good if it was easier to login: The app is good and I like that but is sucks being on iPhone because it’s so much harder to login to your account and now I can’t login in to my old account because discord just makes it harder to change your password and login and so I have two account one that I used to be able to talk to my friends and one were I’m just lonely again.
- [R64] WeChat Not very good and managed by AI: Do not add people or businesses unless it’s vital (counterintuitive, isn’t it) or you’ll get banned if the system flags your account, and then its mini-apps become inaccessible too. There is no support service, just some forms you fill in which then get ignored. It’s just a bad app and service all around.
- [R90] WeChat Difficult app: This is the most fussy app I experienced. Recovery password is impossible. We don’t have QQ account as it is belong to China and we need a China phone number. Customer service is not available . I can’t even gain my account back simple just change my new phone and then everything is gone.
- [R91] WeChat I promose you will loose money with this app!!: Ai operated app... Plenty dating-friends scam that know how to trick you to very easy send them money, give them money and buy-share gitfs. Very tricky app ...Do not use this app if you foreigners. No human Customers Service.No returns!! Watch it!!
- [R103] WeChat Randomly blocked from use: Not responsive customer service
- [R25] Discord Video Call - Camera Rotation!!: Please fix the camera. It keeps rotating no matter what WE do (even with iPhone portrait locked “on”), started Friday 7/10. I tried restarting my phone, updated the latest version (336.0), fixed my settings, still having the same issue. It’s very annoying. I hope you’ll find resolution soon. Thank you.
- [R38] Discord Bug: I know you guys are working so so hard about the new bugs and all and I couldn’t find a bug report so I am kinda reporting my bug on this review. My bug is the video call sideways where I am looking straight and me and the other person who I am on call with sees me sideways, and also can you please make it easier to submit a report for us noobies. For me discord is a 5 out of 5 but this bug i
- [R86] WeChat Never supports multi phone login: Almost all the western messaging apps supports this. Forget it, they will never listen to user’s voice!
Synthesized from 110 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store