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Excellent 100% FREE calling & texting
There are reviews on here that claim things like “it takes forever to send messages” or, “calls don’t work” or, “app takes forever to load” BUT, I personally have used this app and tried others that CLAIM to be free but then want to charge after the “free credits” are used - I have had occasional issues with the app “freezing” and sometimes the sound quality on calls could be better but, after restarting it, it works flawlessly and reliably and, it really IS 100% FREE ! Ok, so there are ads ... it’s a FREE calling & messaging app and, if the tiny, unobtrusive ads at the top or bottom of the window bother you, then pay to have them removed because NO app is going to give 100% truly free calling and messaging without ads.
I only ding Talkatone one star for the occasional hiccups that I already mentioned but, overall it is a very good app that I use every day. Thanks and keep up the good work !Show lessNUN-Yabizness
Greedy for money
I did give this app 4 stars but I’m changing it to 1. I paid for Talkatone plus to use features, and there are still ads! To remove ads you have to pay $1.99/month on top of the monthly subscription of $3.99 to be able to use call forwarding. Honestly, if you pay a subscription you shouldn’t have to see ads, period.
I am just so grateful that I can use this app while my phone service is temporarily shut off. It works with only WiFi, which I didn’t believe until it actually worked. I’m only giving 4 stars because, while it is a lifesaver (jobsaver too!), the call quality is really bad - and sometimes when people call me it’ll ring 7-8 times on their end & they’ll hang up but it won’t actually ring on my phone until 3-4 minutes later.
The moral of the story is... it will keep you in communication with the rest of the world 👍 -but don’t count on it for emergencies.Show lessCoffeeGirl5150
garbage (and that's being kind)
if you enjoy endless frustration, go ahead and get this awful app... if you need to get a text reliably through, don't bank on this at all... EVERYthing i ask it to do results in a huge delay of 40 seconds to a minute... not kidding at all... EVERY...thing! waiting for conversations to load takes forever! calling up the text box takes forever! seeing actual contact names instead of their numbers takes forever! even just trying to complete a text to someone TAKES FOREVER because of hiccups and long delays!! i have to pretty much count on a five minute ordeal just to send a simple text to someone, EVERY time! my god, even the ads don't fit the spaces provided for them, ads from local business here... i bet they don't even know what they're getting for their advertising dollars... even aesthetically this app is awful... COULD THIS APP GET ANY WORSE!? (sadly, probably)...
oh! a new update! hopefully they've addressed the delay issue! .....oh, no, no they haven't.... i just sent a text that took a minute and 15 seconds to go through... everything still takes a millennium... the app won't even rotate from portrait to landscape in less than 45 seconds! IT CAN'T EVEN DO THAT REASONABLY QUICKLY!!
what in the living hell is the problem!? PLEASE sell this app to a developer who cares.... PLEASE!!Show lessgothdaddy
Developer Response
Hello Please contact us at support@talkatone.com so we can take a look.Decent
This app does everything that a normal Smartphone would, but I only have one problem with it. The problem is that in order to receive calls, you have to have the app open in the background, and calls appear in a notification at the top of the screen, making it so that if you are in another app, you have to quit whatever you were doing, and rush to the app to answer the call. I recall missing a call at least once, and today my Mom called me, and sense I swiped away all my apps, and couldn’t answer the call. She had to call a different number, and let me know that it didn’t work. That really frustrates me, but other than that, the app works just fine. PLEASE fix this problem, and other apps like Skype or FaceTime just interrupt what your doing, which in my option I like a LOT better than missing the call every time.Show lessjedimaster7687
Sign up
Wow it was so simpleton sign up loving this app already but do you have to be calling another talkative user or can you call a mobile phone?BlFawesomea2
Doesn’t ring
The app is useless if my phone doesn’t ring! You have to be in the app and your screen has to be on for it to ring. This is not helpful.Batatas fritas 12355
1.5 stars updated review
I planned to write here in a week but its been something like a month. After a period of time suddenly the app stops notifying when messages come in. Also the app progressively got less consistent with message delivery as time has passed.
Day 1 review:
"I deleted this before because it was to glitchy I decided to give the app another try today, so far so good. There have been two crashes already today but Nice layout everything has been sent and received quickly, no other glitches or obtrusive adds, service is actually free :)) all good so far. Lost half a star cuz two crashes in less than a day and you lost one full star because the "do not disturb" setting on my iphone does not impact your app. Not sure if that last one is within the devs power but i feel like it aught to be, perhaps i just didnt see a do not disturb within the app or have some other setting arri, i will update review in a week or two after i have used it more."Show lessalexknowsall
It’s all right
Note: I am using this app on an iPod.
There are pros and cons.
Pros: it’s free. You can text or call anyone on any phone without the other person having to use the same app or sign up for something. And regardless of what type of phone the person has. The call feature works well. I have made and received phone calls with no issues. Advertisements are unobtrusive and do not interrupt use.
Cons: The texting feature is riddled with bugs. It does not connect well with contacts list on my device. So I often can’t see who I’ve been texting with. Despite my volume being on and setting for notifications being on, it does not audibly notify me when I get texts. It does send a visual notification, but I only see it, obviously, if I’m already looking at my device. It may or may not save text history. That’s very spotty. Sometimes it saves only one half the conversation. Sometimes none. Sometimes only the last text sent or received. Those are the issues I can think of off the top of my head.
Can’t comment upon video chat or group chat. Haven’t used that. Also, not sure if it’s available with this app.Show lessFattyFaye
Not 100% terrible.. but close..
I’ve tried very seriously to use Talkatone as a phone service replacement for 6 months... DON’T DO THAT! Super extremely astonishingly unbelievably slow to load.. it literally takes a full minute to boot up on iPhone 6. No notifications.. missed calls.. missed texts. Riddled with obnoxious adverts. UGLY AS ALL SIN. Glitchy, will often get stuck in a certain orientation while the keyboard gets flipped in the other orientation, necessitating a restart. Terrible connection quality through public WiFi.
Get this, if you want to send a text longer then around 500 characters TOO BAD. It’ll send the first part, chop off the rest and delete it from existence. GARBAGE.
I can't tell you how many times I've booted up this app to find that someone tried to get a hold of me the day before and the app just plain didn't let me know!!! Well there goes that job! Guess I’ll have to explain to that girl why I didn’t answer her text for two days! It’s totally unreliable!!!
Ugly. Very ugly. Did I mention it’s ugly? Because it is ugly.
It’s totally covered in ads everywhere that slow it down and you accidentally hit and they charge you the predatory 1.99$ A MONTH to get rid of them.
If I could give it ZERO stars I would.
Fix your crappy app!Show lessThefirstspark
Best APP EVER
This app is by far the best I've ever had I no longer have to pay for cell phone service as I completely 100% now use wifi for all my calling texting and data usage it's amazing!
Updated review: this app keeps getting worse and worse. Sometimes I get incoming calls, sometimes I do not. Sometimes I get texts, sometimes I do not. It’s gotten so bad that I’ve had to go out and purchase phone service again which defeated the whole purpose of getting the app to begin with. I still have it downloaded on one of my
Phones cause I need the number, but now I get signed out of the app constantly and even deleted and reinstalled the App hoping it would work and NOPE :/ I’m getting close to deleting it for good since it’s been over a year and we still can’t send videos thru this app.Show lesspeacock886
