Messages User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience45.2% of reviews
Neutral12.6% of reviews
Negative experience42.2% of reviews

~ Based on 4,609 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Messages Safe?

Messages appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Messages is 81/100.

This assessment is based on 32,471 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.1/5.

Safety Analysis

75.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
18.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 30,551 App Store ratings for Messages.

Is Messages Legit?

Messages appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Messages is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Message App

Messages Is Were You Make Videos And Messages and More.

Change icon color

What’s not to like but what would be better is if you change the icon color to the classic Apple messages blue color. I’m starting to think the green icon color reflects the Android more than Apple.

Name Group Chats

So glad you can finally react to messages with the full emoji library.
But how are we deep into 2026 and Apple Messages does not allow you to name your group chats??
I’m in a lot of groups. I need to be able to QUICKLY identify which one I need for whatever specific thing I’m trying to message about.
A cluster of tiny little icons that may or may not have a photo, along with “8 people”, IS NOT HELPFUL.
Let me name it. And I don’t want to name the whole group chat for everyone in it. I want to name it on my device only.
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Can’t talk to my grandad

It keeps on saying message did not send so I can’t talk to him anymore it’s just like I think it’s glitchy glitchy so please fix this so then I could talk to the best person in the world! four stars just to be nice…
Lol

Harassment by proxy!

I have had an iPhone for over a decade. Never had any issue with the messaging app until this past weekend. Apple has blocked my number from receiving any messages from most phone numbers. I contacted support over the issue, but they were of no assistance. They told me that my phone number is permanently blocked and I will never be able to use iMessages again. Thus I will not be able to receive messages from a number of people as well so basically they’ve restricted my phone number from even receiving any type of message. RCS SMS doesn’t matter. I am unable to receive messages. Text messages. They claimed that maybe it’s a carrier issue yet. The issue did not begin until they blocked my number from being able to send and receive messages through the iMessage app. They claimed that my number was spamming people, and there were multiple reports of my number having spammed people. Yet when I brought up to them that I was being harassed by an ex-boyfriend who has in the past created multiple phone numbers, spoofed my number among other numbers and been criminally prosecuted for harassing me and others. He currently has charges pending in SC related to telephonic harassment. He could have easily spoofed my number again and created multiple new numbers to report my number as spam so that I would have to deal with this nonsense! I asked if they have a human, a programmer of sorts, who can look into the actual numbers who reported me as spam and to allow me to know my accusers, or even to look into the matter to see where I did not actually ever spam anyone. Apple has restricted my communication even through SMS which is rudimentary text messaging. How can they have the ability to do that? They told me the only way to be able to receive messages from people would be me having to change my number. Do you know the time that will be used sorting all my profiles and updating that info in the event I forget a password? This is truly ridiculous and Apple literally has no humans to correct this gross error, they are facilitating my exes harassment of me, even if by proxy. They should not allow this.
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Glitching out

I can type a message without having to force close the app 17 times. This has been going on for a while.

Not working

Not working

Replying Issue

For some reason when I try to reply to some people I can’t click on a specific message and click reply, it doesn’t give me the option to. I have SMS, RCS and MMS messaging on and it still doesn’t work.

Isharda’s Review

In my opinion I think its good but sometimes the quality is absolutely terrible

Disaster

Disaster

Please Fix

I’ve been trying to scroll through my old messages but it’s so time consuming. I’ve used the scroll bar, but whenever I try to use it, it doesn’t work! The side of my phone case makes it hard to use it, and when I take it off to try to scroll through, IT STILL DOESN’T WORK!!!! FIX IT PLEASE 🙏

Search History Doesn’t work after iOS update

I’m at a loss for words. I can’t seem to get the message search feature to work anymore. Before, when I wanted to search for someone, I would start typing in their name, and it would pull up their conversations with me. Now, when I search for a city, it shows me the last picture I opened. It’s like the search history has been wiped clean. I’ve tried searching for people with the name David, and it says there’s no search history, even though I have 20 contacts with that name. I’m completely baffled and would really appreciate any help you can provide.
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Review

It’s good but it is really hard to use

THE WOST APP EVER

it won’t even let me text I tried everything I even got app support but it never texted back stupid app 😡

Apple please tell me what’s going on

So my friend keeps sending stuff like I’m coming and creepy stuff like my location but my friend never sent that when we’re on call we hear a scream then we end the call idk why this happens randomly and in our group chat they keep changing the gc photo to like a creepy one and putting the title as I SEE YOU but they never sent it and my friend also said I’m sending things like this except I’m NOT whatever this glitch is please fix it because they keep leaking my friend’s location
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texting

i think its the best app exept i wish it could stop blocking me from texting

idk

messages won’t send

Unread status not updating correctly on widget

Messages unread dot does not update correctly on Apple Contacts widget.

green messages

my messages always turn green even though I have an iphone? and even with credit on my phone, it doesn’t always let me send the messages. but the green message is the biggest problem here.

Don’t do it

IPhone 16 hacked by a USA ARMY BET WHO PROGRAMS LITTLE GAMES ON THE APP STORE AND USING MY ACCOUNT! And who invaded anyone privacy