Olvid User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience80.0% of reviews
Neutral4.3% of reviews
Negative experience15.7% of reviews

~ Based on 115 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Olvid Safe?

Olvid appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Olvid is 84/100.

This assessment is based on 42 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

85.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
11.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 42 App Store ratings for Olvid.

Is Olvid Legit?

Olvid appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Olvid is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Calling this "free" is misleading

I have no issue with paid software—charge whatever you like. But labeling an app "free" when outgoing calls are paywalled is a cheap marketing trick. It's like serving a free bowl of soup, but charging €4.99/month for the spoon. A communicator where you cannot initiate a call isn't a "free app with optional premium features"; it's a restricted demo version. Be honest about your pricing model.
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Response from developer

Hello, thank you for coming back to update your review, and for making it clear that paying for software isn't the issue for you. We take your point, and we want to be fully transparent about our model. Olvid shows no ads and is designed to have no access to your data. Our paid options are what fund its development. To borrow your image, we put a lot of care into making the soup itself as good as it can be, and everyone can enjoy it for free. Whether to add the paid options is then up to each user, and that freedom of choice matters a lot to us. We believe it's better to offer a service that is genuinely free for the essentials, with clearly identified paid options, than one that only looks free and is funded in other ways. Concretely, everyone can, at no cost, send unlimited messages, create groups, share photos and videos in full resolution with no size limit, use polls and ephemeral messages, edit and remotely delete messages, manage several profiles, and receive audio and video calls. Placing calls and using Olvid on several devices are paid options. Calls can be tried free for one month, and the trial ends automatically with no billing. We understand you see it differently, and we appreciate you taking the time to explain why. If you have any questions, feel free to write to us at feedback@olvid.io. The Olvid team

privacy is central

Previously left bad review, but now changed it as I got the app working. It works very well and is very private&secure. Have been trying to de-Facebook my life and this is a great 1st step to getting rid of FB messenger.

Response from developer

Thank you so much for coming back to update your review, we really appreciate it! We're glad you got everything working and that Olvid is helping you take back control of your private conversations. If anything ever stops working as it should, don't hesitate to write to us at feedback@olvid.io. Welcome aboard! The Olvid team

Awesome

Underrated Gem

Response from developer

Thank you for your kind words! We're glad you enjoy Olvid 💎

Travamento e dificuldade para ligações

App trava mais que tudo, mesmo sendo conta paga!. Melhor mesmo é o xPal!!

Response from developer

Obrigado pelo seu comentário. Não identificamos atualmente nenhum problema geral de travamento ou de chamadas no Olvid. Se você estiver enfrentando essas dificuldades, escreva para feedback@olvid.io com o modelo do seu aparelho, as versões do iOS e do Olvid e uma descrição do problema, e nossa equipe irá analisá-lo. Equipe Olvid

Perfekt

Perfekte Umsetzung des richtigen Ansatzes. Die Migration weg von AWS zur europäischen Clever Cloud ist teilweise schon vollzogen.

Response from developer

Vielen Dank für Ihre tolle Bewertung! Es freut uns sehr, dass Ihnen unser Ansatz gefällt. Tatsächlich laufen die Anhänge Ihrer Nachrichten bereits über einen französischen Anbieter, und alle Inhalte bleiben selbstverständlich Ende-zu-Ende-verschlüsselt. Ihr Olvid-Team

Приложение кайф !!!

Уважаемые разработчики, пожалуйста добавьте возможности гиф сообщений, удобных каналов и чатов напоминающих ТГ и тогда вы заберете себе все комьюнити из известных приложений ) Вы очень круто справились с безопасностью для пользователей, теперь задача развить развлекательный сервис в приложении )

Suggestions groupes – notifications, message épinglé, liste collaborative

Suggestions groupes : notif push à tous, message épinglé permanent, liste participative. Gratuits, et sans impact sur le chiffrement E2EE.

Merci pour Olvid !

Платные звонки

Звонки можно совершать только по подписке. Что за бред? Это основная функция мессенджера. Сделайте бесплатные звонки, пожалуйста! А пока только 1 звезда

Response from developer

Спасибо за отзыв, мы понимаем Ваше разочарование. Принимать звонки в Olvid бесплатно для всех и навсегда, без ограничений. Совершать звонки также можно бесплатно в течение месячного пробного периода, который активируется в настройках профиля и заканчивается автоматически, без какой-либо оплаты. В отличие от многих «бесплатных» мессенджеров, которые зарабатывают на данных пользователей, Olvid не имеет доступа к Вашим данным и не показывает рекламу: он финансируется за счёт платных опций, что позволяет нам обеспечивать качественный сервис для всех пользователей. Команда Olvid

Огонь!

Приложение огонь! Но в настройках не хватает, как в андроиде, индикатора сетевого подключения.

Excelente!

O App está fantástico. O sistema de perfil oculto é o melhor entre todos.
Seria bom ter a opção de alterar a cor do balão de mensagem.
Nota 10.

Langue chinoise souhaitée

Une petite demande : serait-il possible d'ajouter la langue chinoise (zh-CN) dans une prochaine mise à jour ? Cela rendrait l'application beaucoup plus accessible aux utilisateurs sinophones comme moi, et je suis sûr que beaucoup de gens l'apprécieraient. J'adorerais la recommander à mes amis une fois qu'elle prendra en charge le chinois.
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Wow

No email or phone number to sign up? Wow people don’t know how super rare this is. Honestly the only thing that matters. Company in EU/France, EU law i. Thank you Thomas, Matthieu and the team!

Приложение огонь, лучше чем телеграмм и прочие аналоги

Все было чётко, но две недели не работает через мобильный интернет , только по WiFi 😭😭😭😭

Languages have Chinese

希望能出中文就好了

Не могу создать или удалить группу

Созданная группа зависает, не работает и не удаляется.
При этом повреждается конфигурация даже созданная пользователями на других платфомах.

Simple and clean

I love the fact that this app is clean and doesn’t allow browsing of public profiles or profile pictures. It also doesn’t have any unwanted content like GIFs. It’s the perfect app for private messaging without any distractions.

Bug

Good afternoon! The app is great, thank you! I found a bug: on my iPhone, when I tap the cross to close a screenshot, it doesn't close it. I have to use two fingers to close the image or screenshot. It's the same with videos, but even with two fingers, it doesn't close; I have to close the app completely. Otherwise, everything is perfect.
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Russian

I love using Olvid for secure messaging! However, I would greatly appreciate it if you could add Russian language support in the future. It would make the app more accessible for Russian-speaking users like me and help more people enjoy the features securely. Thank you for considering this request!

Response from developer

Hello 👋 Thank you so very much for your review. It means a lot to us. We will add the Russian language in the next release 😊. We hope you will enjoy Olvid even more 🚀

Beste WhatsApp alternative

Alles verschlüsselt selbst die Metadaten. Empfehlung 👍

nice mac app

i have been using this app on my phone with my kids for years, as they have a phone but no SIM card / no phone number. i like the privacy and the secure handshake to initiate a conversation with a new contact, this allows me to control who they are talking to and make sure they don’t talk with strangers. today i am glad to see that there is even a macOS app that i can use on my computer! thank you Olvid
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