Talkspace User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience26.9% of reviews
Neutral4.5% of reviews
Negative experience68.6% of reviews

~ Based on 465 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Talkspace Safe?

Talkspace: Virtual Therapy App appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Talkspace is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 45,676 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

96.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 42,220 App Store ratings for Talkspace.

Is Talkspace Legit?

Talkspace: Virtual Therapy App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Talkspace is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

AWFUL COMPANY!!!!!

TALKSPACE IS AWFUL!!! I can’t pick the therapist I want. All the appointment times are either at 8 am or 9-10pm. RIDICULOUS! Talkspace has NO customer service. I’ve been having problems signing up with Talkspace so I called their ‘customer service’ several times. Their people keep telling me to go online. I have already tried to sign up online but their software is so horrible I couldn’t. But they tell me to go online and they offer ZERO help! Why do they have people answer their phones when their agents offer ZERO help? It’s almost impossible to get through to an agent. I encounter LONG hold times and when I did get someone in the phone it sounded like they were in a Southeast Asia call center.

Their app is horrible too. I can’t locate my therapist on their app. They give you names of people I do not want. Their therapist search feature in their app is ridiculous.

I wrote them a long letter explaining my situation but no one at Talkspace ever responded. Their staff is rude or completely indifferent. They don’t care that people have to wait on hold for hours. They offer zero help.

What an awful company! I don’t know how these people stay in business. As I’ve been writing this review I thought they will never read it. They don’t even respond to my letters. And there is no way to write their company through their defective app. TALKSPACE IS AWFUL!!!!!
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Hidden Fees in Terms and Conditions.

this app just like many others hides the fact deep in the terms and conditions that they can charge up to a $125 cancellation fee if you are to cancel within a 24 hour to 48 hour window. working in psychiatry that charge is just not ethical because of the type of patient that they are dealing with therefore Talkspace is really just a money hungry platform. I understand that the cancellation fee for business can vary and most businesses do have a cancellation fee… charging $125 in this world is just completely unfeasible and downright vicious.
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My mental problems got worse

I had downloaded this app to finally see mental help. Since my health insurance includes up to 6 free sessions I thought sure why not. I had one session where the therapist was 15 mins late but I was desperate for help that I still stayed on. After the brief session I looked and they are now charging me almost $200. I thought well this should be an easy mistake to clear up. When I had called the customer service line. (Mind you I’ve had to try to call over numerous days because the automated system told me no one could help and would end the call. I was persistent and when I finally got ahold of someone they said that’s an insurance thing and they can’t help me. I called my insurance company and they said no since they are the ones responsible for the type of billing it would have to be them that fixes it. My health insurance assisted me and getting ahold of them when this time they say “it was user error on my part for not using the eap code correctly” And since it’s already been billed I was pretty much sol. My health insurance and I both tried explain that my eap code has a start prior to when the actual session occurred and they still said they can’t do anything. So now I’m here trying to warn everybody to please STAY AWAY FROM THIS APP. THIS COMPANY IS AFTER MONEY AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ONES OWN MENTAL HEALTH. My health insurance was a lot more empathetic to the situation than the actual mental health app. I will be posting about this all over to get the awareness out! STAY AWAY!!!
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LIFE SAVER

Convenient, effective and helpful. 🤍

Insurance

They give you an “estimated” out of picket pay. It was $0. Boom slapped with $300 bill. And its Due on the next month or they will charge me more. Ironic, its an app that helps with mental health yet ive never been more agitated in my life. Lol

Amazing

TalkSpace is an app that makes scheduling more flexible and accessible. I like that you can get individual, couples, and psychiatric care all in the same place!

Love Talkspace

I love Talkspace! They really care about their clients and providers! I appreciate my opportunities with them to grow clinically and personally!

Undescribable

I’ve been to Therapy on and off for a few times in my life. I was looking to find a therapist. They could relate to me with my nationality and I it’s a perfect match. I think so far I feel myself getting better.

Talkspace has been my safe space

I have been utilizing talkspace in my healing journey and my therapist Crystal Ash has been a miracle sent from good. I have worked through trauma from childhood and I just turned 64, became debt free, ready to retire and start a new journey and talkspace has provide me with the tools to keep moving in a positive way. I appreciate the space and the expertise and professionalism of my therapist. Words can’t express my gratitude it you need a person to give a testimony on your marketing platform I am available. ❤️❤️
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Will rip you off

That create fake invoices and accuse you if missing appointments and try to force you to pay for missed appointments and late fees. They do not help you at all. This is a scam

Will not let me pay out of pocket

I’m trying to price out therapy for out of pocket. This app is extremely stressful and disheartening. I thought this would help but it just made me feel worse.

App is great, the experience not so much

If I’m just reviewing the app, it’s fine; the app works well, is easy enough to navigate, video is good.

That said, the overall Talkspace experience is pretty terrible - the therapists are fairly subpar, there isn’t a big selection of them (I tried to change and kept getting offered the same ones), and their policies are super inflexible. e.g., my son broke his arm and I had to take him to the hospital. I messaged my therapist that I had to miss our session, and her only (and repeated) response was that I was going to be charged $140 for missing our session, and there was nothing she could do.

Anyway, my recommendation is to avoid Talkspace and just look to other platforms, or reach out to some local therapists; they will likely have video capabilities themselves.
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You guys are terrible

Waited two weeks to be matched with a therapist for them to not ever match me and then cancel my subscription. This app is terrible and yall are too.

Incredible & Convenient

Life changing. Lower costs, more sessions, and a space that feels as personal as an actual office visit. Highly recommended.

Terrible Pricing

do NOT believe that you will have a $0-$30 copay. the first session alone is $240 before insurance. each session after that is over $100 before insurance. and this is for a 45 minute video session. Also don’t reach out to the help team as they will completely avoid your question and just redirect you to an FAQ site instead of actually helping you. This is genuinely the worst therapy experience I have had, all it has done is create more stress in my life.
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Expensive

They ask you to type in your insurance information but at the end it’s still 100 a week to talk to a Therapist

Therapist Doesn’t Respond

The therapist I was set up with through Talkspace doesn’t respond. Maybe he will reply after weeks, but when he does, it’s a useless, canned “And how does that make you feel?” reply. I told Talkspace I needed a new therapist, and they told me there weren’t any available in California. This app is a total joke and a waste. This is a paid benefit through my employer. It’s a scam and they’re just taking money from people and employers.
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Still charged

App wouldn’t open and appointment missed and I still got billed $125

Fake rehearsed therapy

It’s almost like AI. The therapist is speaking off a prompt. The text messages responses are just pdfs sent from AI. Save your self your time and money. This is your mental health on the line. Don’t risk it with this fake company.

THE WORST

This is the worst therapy I’ve ever come across. I was offered 8 free sessions through EAP. I was making really good progress with this person, only to find out they don’t take my insurance so I had to stop seeing my provider. This was very upsetting and distressing for me as it has taken a lot for me to start therapy and open up with someone. It would’ve been nice to know ahead of time that my provider was out of network and. So much for mental health support…do better.
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