# Pocket Talkbox — user reviews > 61 indexed App Store user reviews of Pocket Talkbox by Vito Biliti, rated 3.40/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-talkbox/id687938839/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-talkbox/id687938839.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (10 of 61) ### 2/5 — Why is it not working? *2025-11-11* This thing won’t work. I have an iPod, why doesn’t it make any noise!? Waste of money. ### 4/5 — I think I got scammed?!?! *2022-03-13* It does not play sound I tried everything and even double checked if my headphones were disconnected but it was just not playing sound! Please try to fix this! Thanks! **Developer response:** Sorry for the extremely late reply... The iphone silent setting that turns off your ringer will also disable sound on this app. If your phone is set to silent, turn up all volumes including ringer and you should be good to go. Please let me know if that was why the sound was muted. ### 2/5 — Fun, but doesn’t work *2020-12-29, version 1.7* I would need a hose attached to my iPhone to get this to work. This works great as a synth, but def not as a talkbox ### 3/5 — Head phone glitch still and issue *2020-10-11, version 1.7* I bought this on 10/9/2020 and the head phone glitch is still an issue. This app looks neat and I’m still willing to hang around till the developer gets it sorted. ### 2/5 — Would work if sounds came out of speakers! *2019-03-13* Sound only works with headphones plugged in, quite annoying. **Developer response:** fixed! Update to v1.7 ### 2/5 — Okay *2019-01-01, version 1.5* It’s alright if you want something fun to play with.Not too bad for just $1.00. ### 1/5 — 金払い損 *2018-03-20* iPhone X 音出ず ### 3/5 — Crashing *2018-02-06, version 1.3* Crashing on the X. Any chance for an update ? ### 1/5 — Bruh *2017-10-02, version 1.3* I know it only cost a dollar, but this is a ridiculous waste of money. Can't even use for vocals /:| ### 3/5 — No Sound Output *2017-09-25* The idea sounds really fun, but no sound is coming out of my device. :( The phone isn't on mute, the ringer is on, and all other apps play sound. What gives? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I got scammed *2022-07-25* I tried to play sound but it does not work **Developer response:** The iphone silent setting that turns off your ringer will also disable sound on this app. If your phone is set to silent, turn up all volumes and you should be good to go. Please let me know if that was why the sound was muted. ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY!!!! IT DOES NOT WORK!!!!! *2021-02-26, version 1.8* I’ve watched the tutorial a million times and it not that I don’t know how to play, the app doesn’t work. Worst 99c I’ve ever spent. ### 1/5 — DONT WASTE UR MONEY *2020-12-07, version 1.7* Doesnt work at all, that’s all you really need to know. Started up the app and it just didn’t work ### 1/5 — Não comprem não funciona *2020-10-04* Comprei não funcionou sequer uma vez ### 1/5 — Waste *2019-10-04, version 1.5* Please don’t waste your money. “Play a speaker into your mouth and shape the sound”. This is nothing. ### 1/5 — Sound doesn’t come out of speaker *2019-07-30, version 1.5* How am I supposed to use it?...Putting the headphones in my mouth? ### 1/5 — Seems to only work with headphones *2019-04-15, version 1.5* Title says it all. Bought this and only made sound when I had headphones plugged in. Kinda defeats the purpose... ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on my iPhone X! *2019-02-24, version 1.5* Very disappointed! ### 1/5 — This doesn’t work at all! *2019-01-23, version 1.5* But they happily took my cash ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY IT DOESNT WORK! *2018-04-04* Save your dollar this crap doesn't even work for your vocals! Worst 99 cents I've ever wasted **Update** Bruh stop it. You know this app doesn’t work stop trying to save face. A real business person comes on here to offer assist privately or return the buyers money. You’re doing none. Let this one go. Too many of us are saying the same thing. **Developer response:** If you don't understand how a talkbox works, you won't understand how this app works. The notes that come out of the phone's speaker are supposed to go into your mouth. The shape of your mouth (NOT your voice) makes the effect. Play around with "wah-wah" and eventually try to make words. It takes some practice! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I have a better idea… *2026-02-10* First off, I wanna say thank you for making this app at all. It’s really fun to mess around with, and there’s nothing quite like it from my experience. I just wanted to say that you could probably make this a lot better and easier to use by changing the design a bit. Right now, you have to memorize the positions for every note, which isn’t necessarily bad, but it can make it very difficult to just jam out, especially if the tune you want to make isn’t supported by those eight notes I propose a different design for the app. Instead of having eight different buttons, it’s one big wheel. You can slide it up and down kind of like an otamatone to get the exact tune you want. Alternatively, it would be great if I could focus on playing the tune I want, and then loop it so that I can talk box after I perform it. You can’t really look at the screen while you have your mouth up to the speaker so I hope maybe we could design the app to accommodate for that ### 5/5 — It has made my life heaven *2023-12-29* Everything about this app is perfect. So many beautiful different sound settings! Wowwww! !!! This is soooooo much fun!!! This app made my family come back. I thought they were… y’know, not alive! But Pocket Talkbox has saved the day, like always! **Developer response:** lol glad to hear it ### 5/5 — Works great *2021-11-03* Use this thing all the time to try covering daft punk songs. Note: Idk if this is just me, but due to a lack of notes some songs, such as Harder Better Faster Stronger may be hard to play. Still works as advertised, but more notes would be nice. **Developer response:** All you guys are getting a gift on Christmas morning - not to spoil the surprise but https://youtu.be/gkvEXAQtfls ### 5/5 — Ignore the negative reviews *2021-05-25* Great app, easily worth it for the price of a candy bar. Don’t pay mind to the negative reviews. The app does what it says it will do. Before you go and leave a bad review maybe go and read the instructions or visit the developers help page. ### 5/5 — Works surprisingly well *2020-11-23* Thanks so much for this, I wanted a Talkbox until I saw that they were 100+ dollars and I figured I would rather spend a dollar and try an alternative and this was AMAZING. I found that taking my phone case off helped so much and I want to find a way to Bluetooth my phone to a speaker which is connected to to a tube somehow to use this more as a Talkbox. 5/5 no problems with this definitely worth the 1$. ### 5/5 — it doesnt work *2020-10-31* i use iphone se and it is no sound here ### 5/5 — Worth every penny *2019-10-15* I love it! It works as expected and got hilarious reaction on Xbox thank you! ### 5/5 — Great! *2018-06-17* Super easy to use! I love covering Daft Punk songs! This is great! The only thing i would change is to allow for changing of octaves in a button tap. Besides that great app definitely worth a dollar! ### 5/5 — iPhone 8 support? *2018-05-18* Thank you developer I figured it out. **Developer response:** Hey Dhfgahfkashdkjlk what seems to be the trouble? Force closing or you just don't get how it works? ### 5/5 — WORKS GREAT! *2017-11-22* A bit hard to tell what I’m saying, but I guess that’s the point! Love it! **Developer response:** Get that speaker right up into your mouth! If your phone has 2 speakers, mute one. --- *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 2026-09-08.*