# Beyond Small Talk — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Beyond Small Talk by Gail Heyman, rated 4.77/5 from 22 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beyond-small-talk/id832206889/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beyond-small-talk/id832206889.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (19 of 50) ### 5/5 — Easy way to Open up *2016-12-05, version 1.6* If you're looking to meet new people or open up to others, but don't know what kind of questions to ask, this app will do great things for you. I like it because it's easy to use and provides great insight as to the person you are. Great app to have. ### 5/5 — LOVE!! *2016-12-05, version 1.6* This app will bring you closer to your loved ones. It provides questions that I have never thought of asking before and allows me to learn about those I am already close to on a whole other level. I thought I knew everything there was to know about my family until I started to ask them these questions, it really opened my eyes and has helped bring me even closer! ### 5/5 — Creative and meaningful! *2016-12-04, version 1.6* This app is extremely insightful! It allowed me to go beyond the scope of how I normally interact with others. I learned more about my friends and family than I ever might've learned on my own. It's a fun, creative, and meaningful way at approaching social interactions. ### 5/5 — Road Trip Essential! *2016-12-04, version 1.6* This app could spark discussion with anyone and can be used if conversation ever lulls. The questions even successfully opened dialog with my teenaged daughter. Perfect for a road trip! ### 5/5 — Exciting App! *2016-12-04, version 1.6* Exploring the questions on Beyond Small Talk with old friends helps you learn things about them that you never knew before, and asking these questions of new acquaintances serves as a quick and wonderful icebreaker. It's a fun and useful tool that will work as well with a few people as with several. ### 5/5 — Conversation Starter *2016-12-03, version 1.5* This app is great if you are looking for ways to get to know someone. You can use it with new friends, lovers, or to get to know the people in your life on a deeper level. These questions make you think about your life and the situations you've been in and spark a topic of interest. I used this with my family while generating questions for my psychology research paper. It is a fun way to dig a little deeper into people without being too intrusive. I recommend this app. ### 5/5 — Beyond First Impressions *2016-09-21, version 1.4* Judging by the cover, so to speak, I figured...just another lame writing app with predictable and overly simplified prompts. Well, oh, how I was wrong! It makes for a really thought provoking and deep sense of going farther. It makes you think, soul-search, and even do a little self-discovery. It has impressive, loaded questions to assist even a novice writer to think harder, and write better. Pleased to have downloaded it. And, I would and do recommend you to download it, too. ### 5/5 — great app. good for awkward situations *2015-08-06, version 1.4* this app helped me on my first date. very awkward and silent then i whipped out beyond small talk and my life has changed since! don't hesitate with this great app, this improved my very awkward conversations, this app is AMAZING! ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2015-01-07, version 1.4* This is such a great app to figure out questions to ask when getting to know another person or delve in deeper into relationships you already have. I love asking probing questions with my friends so found this app very useful! Definitely try it out! ### 5/5 — Meaningful connections to others *2015-01-06, version 1.4* This is a wonderful way to re-connect with people (let's face it...conversations become stale and predictable after awhile). It has challenged me to think about my own views and I also learned a lot about my husband (and we have been together for a long time). Would be similarly good for use with friends or acquaintances. Lots of fun! Nice to use tech to bring people together for a change. Please keep the questions coming! ### 5/5 — Dive in! *2015-01-03, version 1.4* I prefer delving into personal subjects and connecting with people that way over small talk. But as much as I like asking questions, sometimes I don't know where to start. This app is great at offering inspiration for conversation starters! In the future I would love it if there were an option to add and save your own questions. ### 5/5 — Extremely insightful! *2014-12-13, version 1.4* I have used this with my fiancé, old friends and small groups within my church and we all love his easy, fun, and engaging this app is. Looking forward to updates with more questions! ### 5/5 — CH *2014-12-10, version 1.4* This is a fun app. It helps grease the conversation wheels on those occasions when you are looking for something to chat about across generations of families (great for upcoming holidays) or when you are meeting new acquaintances. I learned some neat things about my parents and my nephew. ### 5/5 — Yields interesting conversations with impressive frequency *2014-12-08, version 1.4* I wasn't too sure about how often people were really going to answer my innocent conversation starters, but more often than not, people don't mind sharing what their favorite toys were, or alternate career or life paths they thought about. I get to feel smart for introducing a better topic than "Man, that lecture sure was boring," and my friends and classmates get to share things that are fun and we normally don't talk about. I actually feel like I know them better afterwards. ### 5/5 — Gets interesting conversations started *2014-11-25, version 1.4* I have a friend who is able to strike up an interesting conversation with any stranger at all times, at a party, waiting in line, at the bus stop. She's naturally able to steer any conversation into topics of mutual interest that gets a great conversation going. It's an incredible skill unmatched by anyone else I know. But since most of us don't have that natural gift for creating interesting conversation, this app is great at filling that gap. These are some truly great questions for interesting get-to-know-you conversation. ### 5/5 — Great questions! *2014-11-20, version 1.4* I work at the Center for Student Involvement on campus, and during the workshops and seminars we teach students communication and leadership skills. Icebreakers and questions to disclose are very important during the activities, and this app is exactly what we need. The questions are very helpful. I like the design and settings of the app too. ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2014-11-20, version 1.4* It helps my friends and I having more fun time when we were hanging out, like picnic, karaoke or rest on a lawn in a beautiful sunny day. Really cool stuff. ### 5/5 — Use your phone to be social *2014-11-19, version 1.4* Fun app! It's nice that this provides a way to use your phone in a way that actually encourages interaction with those around you! ### 5/5 — Great app *2014-11-16, version 1.4* Tried this for the first time with hubby today. Loved it, really got us talking in a way that can be difficult after you’ve been together for years and have a couple of kids. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Social Reject *2017-10-26, version 1.6* Using this app will surely make you a social outcast. The questions are weird. ### 5/5 — Highly recommend for fun convo starters! *2018-12-10, version 1.6* I interviewed my boyfriend using the app - we had so much fun with the questions and were excited about all that we talked about because of it! ### 5/5 — Enjoying *2018-09-12, version 1.6* These are some good conversation starters. Kudos to y’all. ### 5/5 — A must use app for interpersonal relations and communications *2017-05-10, version 1.6* Not only as a student of psychiatry, but from a social psychology and communications standpoint, this app is indispensable. It generates the perfect questions to ask to strangers that increase self disclosure and conversation depth. Whether it is to break the ice or research a specific interpersonal dynamic, the applications and possibilities with this app are effective and numerous. ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2017-05-10, version 1.6* All of the questions you've ever wanted to ask somebody at the palm of your hand! An amazing app that works to use technology in a way that builds intimate relationships! ### 5/5 — To infinity and Beyond! *2016-12-10, version 1.6* This app is a wonderful way to understand or remember something very important that may have been hidden in your mind. The brain is so complex and it is surprising that something like a simple question can evoke some incredible emotions. ### 5/5 — Ahern054 *2016-12-10, version 1.6* Really enjoy using this app, it has helped me connect with my friends and loved ones on a deeper level and spark new conversations that would never really happen if it weren't for this app! Def recommending to all my friends! ### 5/5 — Convenient App! *2016-12-07, version 1.6* This app really comes in handy if you're ever at loss of words. If you ever feel like you want to say something, but are unsure this app will definitely come in handy. ### 5/5 — Introvert who is terrible at socializing *2016-12-07, version 1.6* I am typically really bad when it comes to socializing. Conversations usually start off fine at first but then I have trouble thinking of things to talk about as the conversations proceed. This app is a pretty cool idea to help you get to know someone better and talk about things and topics that relate to both your interests. ### 5/5 — Great tool to take anywhere! *2016-12-06, version 1.6* Fun and easy way to spark interesting conversations, both with old friends and complete strangers. Highly recommended! ## Most praised reviews (1 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun and clever help! *2016-12-05, version 1.6* The Beyond Small Talk app is a clever way to take normal conversation into further depth and consideration. With its clever topics it allows small talk to be more of an opportunity for further communication. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*