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Make Classic View an option
The new update is a UX & UI Masterclass on Failure. The new update misses on all fronts. Let’s start with UI. The new look is bulky and way too spaced out - I used to be able to read lists of messages at once and now I need to scroll years just to catch up on missed messages. Wanna know what makes things even worse? Inserting an additional space below the message whenever someone reacts…what a perfect way to be able to read even less than I previously could! While we’re on the topic - the UX is also terrible! Double click to heart, great if you have 5-10 seconds to wait for the message to actually update with your heart. You want to see who hearted/reacted to your message? Goodluck trying to get the icon hold perfect before it slowly loads with who’s reacted. Oh so sad how the greats have fallen - GroupMe I’m sure the people in charge think this is a great new update - (can’t wait to never use the copilot feature) please please please make an option to revert back to classic view. PLEASE. My GroupChat and how we communicate with eachother lies in your hands.Show lessConorO14
Unhappy
Unfortunately, everyone uses GroupMe instead of Telegram or the Band App for school and church (large groups of ppl). So, I have a bunch of groups and one thing I absolutely hate is: 1. I can’t post more than 3 pics at a time (I have the iPhone 14 Pro). If I do 5 it freezes and crashes. The photos keep spinning and never post and I can’t delete it or stop it or retry. It just spins. I can’t even post video clips into the chat. 2. The calendars can’t repeat so if you’re group meets weekly or does something monthly, you have to create a new calendar each time. 3. Admin should be able to adjust RSVP in calendars. For example, if I sent a calendar event to 35 people and I know one person is in the ER and can’t RSVP I should be able to change her rsvp to No. It’s easier to visually see and manage events. I have provided feedback several times and no changes. The Band app you could do this. Overall, group me has so many things it could improve on. On the positive, I do like the topics that they launch where you can categorize the conversation.Show lessMercedy mom
Revised Review
Something I noticed after deleting DMs is that older DMs appear. (Semi-related: deleting messages from DMs bumps that DM to the top while deleting messages in groups does not, just FYI) Why did these older DMs not show up in the first place?
I saw in the update that we can delete messages now, so I re-downloaded the app. And added a star. This is a bandaid solution that doesn’t solve the main issue of GroupMe: most group owners abandon or get locked out of their account, so we get stuck in a multitude of dead groups with no ability to end them. Since we can delete ALL our messages now, members of groups should be able to end ALL our groups. Or at least inactive and abandoned groups. Better yet, GroupMe should implement Reddit and Facebook features where if a group owner has no activity in a time period, open the group for anyone to be the group owner OR automatically end them. I’d also like to be able to delete all my messages and likes in groups I was removed from, so if we could at least access an archive of when we were in those groups to delete our messages and such or automatically delete our messages and such upon removal.Show less♪♫♪♫♪♫♪
Developer Response
Thank you for reporting these bugs, and be assured that the GroupMe team captures and prioritizes these reports seriously. We appreciate you taking the time to share clear details on the issues you're facing, as it helps us bring a better experience to the broader GroupMe community.Revised Review
Something I noticed after deleting DMs is that older DMs appear. Also deleting messages from DMs bumps
The DM to the top while deleting messages in groups does not. Which is fine because I’m working on deleting ALL of my DMs. Why did these older DMs not show up in the first place?
I saw in the update that we can delete messages now, so I re-downloaded the app. And added a star. This is a bandaid solution that doesn’t solve the main issue of GroupMe: most group owners abandon or get locked out of their account, so we get stuck in a multitude of dead groups with no ability to end them. Since we can delete ALL our messages now, members of groups should be able to end ALL our groups. Or at least inactive and abandoned groups. Better yet, GroupMe should implement Reddit and Facebook features where if a group owner has no activity in a time period, open the group for anyone to be the group owner OR automatically end them. I’d also like to be able to delete all my messages and likes in groups I was removed from, so if we could at least access an archive of when we were in those groups to delete our messages.Show lessDeveloper Response
Thank you for reporting these bugs, and be assured that the GroupMe team captures and prioritizes these reports seriously. We appreciate you taking the time to share clear details on the issues you're facing, as it helps us bring a better experience to the broader GroupMe community.Great idea, bad execution
I’ve been using group me for several years now, and it’s honestly been more annoying than helpful as the years go on. I am aware that these are pretty minor things, but it’s the little stuff that makes the whole experience way smoother.
First off, you can’t delete any groups once they’ve gone past their usefulness (ie. the event it was created for has happened). As someone who can’t stand clutter because it makes it hard to find what I need, that’s really irritating. The old group chat just sits there, uselessly, and very much in the way.
Second, if you get a notification for a group me message and click on it to read the message (cause it’s faster and that’s what everyone does), then the notification badge never goes away until you get another message, go to the home screen, and click on the app itself.
Thirdly, adding people is a hassle because you can’t tell what will add them to the group. Sometimes it’s an email, sometimes it’s a phone number, sometimes I wanna tear something apart because of how frustrating it can get.
Again, I know these are really small things, but honestly making the app even just a bit more user friendly will go a long way. I really don’t enjoy feeling like I have told hold a seance and commune with the group me ghosts just so I can figure out how to work the app.Show lessyoink0487
Useful but frustrating
I’ve used this app for years. It can be a great way to chat and connect with groups. I primarily use it with my kids sports teams. Scrolling through the chat to find the calendar or shared images is frustrating. I know you can find those things in the details of a group. However, they rarely load on that menu for me.
The changes I wish they would make is an actual calendar tab. If there were a tab where all the active chats calendars were easily accessible it would be the most useful app ever. Currently, I have 4 active sports team chats and finding the calendar for each team and then putting each practice and game on a separate calendar is extremely time consuming and frustrating.
Would be convenient to have a tab for all shared images, as well.Show lessI_just_want_the_news
Good app but would like a few additions
This is a great communication tool and it works wonderfully for work. A few additions that would make it even better would be either being able to pin certain conversations to the top of the list or being able to have a gallery style view of all the conversations pictures that is easier to see all groups. At work we have over 30 groups so either of these would make things a little more productive for us.
Another thing I feel may help the app would be having a separate tab for direct messages so that groups and messages can be easily found.
Other than those suggestions every complaint we have had has been resolved in following updates.Show lessWattado45
Could use some tweaks, but overall I’d recommend
First, I would like to lead with PLEASE create a setting that allows me to disable people just adding me to group chats. Or at least have to request I join before adding me. I am overwhelmed by the number of chats I am added to on a pretty constant basis.
But beyond that, the app is pretty user friendly and easy to navigate. I do wish you could pin messages so important ones aren’t missed, but you can search for a message within a group so you can easily find a message you’re looking for. There’s different chat themes which is cute, chats can be made private and require admin approval to add new people, and being able to determine how long you’d like to mute notifications is nice as well. It can get harder to navigate with larger groups especially if you have some chatty folks. A slow mode feature could be great, and improve experiences for larger groups (as far as I know it doesn’t yet exist right now). But overall, solid app.Show lessOliviaRaex
I use it because I have to
It’s almost like this app is used by so many people because.. it’s used by so many people. So many groups use it as a main form of communication that it does become a necessity app. However, it’s built like a cheap scaffolding or paper house. I’ve arrived at numerous glitches: messages not loading, the app not loading, password reset issues, it not remembering my email for a few days (how does that happen?) notifications not coming through until I click on the app, profile pictures and names not updating in real time (not even after weeks of people changing them) not being able to add people to groups despite them having the app & a verified phone number after numerous attempts, and an overall ugly UI. Those are my complaints. Although managing so many threads and accounts and messages has to be a challenge in and of itself, I just feel like it can’t be that hard to put a little money into making it work better and more smoothly.
It is free though and it works 80% of the time as intended, and everyone is on it so as of now it’s probably one of the best group chat mediums.Show lessNoahfox12
Was good, but ran into a major problem
I used to love GroupMe and I would use it for all my group activities that required lots of mass-communication. But recently, it started doing this thing where it doesn’t load all of the most recent messages until I send one. As you can imagine this is very inconvenient and makes me look like I’m not paying attention to the conversation, or I make a comment on something when ppl are talking about something completely different. One time someone sent a very sentimental and heartfelt message, but it never loaded on my end, so I sent a meme and it was very awkward. I don’t think this is just an internet issue though, because it happens to a lot of other people in various group chats. It’s a big deal to me because it kind of defeats the whole purpose of GroupMe if we can’t all communicate and receive messages effectively. It’s gotten to the point where I just don’t send messages anymore because I’m worried that I’ll have another incident like the one I mentioned. Please fix this and I’ll give you guys 5 stars, because otherwise it’s a really good app!Show lessMntharp22
