# TrueSay — All formats. You decide.

> All formats. You decide. (iPhone/iPad app by David Michel.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/truesay/id6764126937 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [David Michel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890023217)
- Category: Social Networking, News
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 68 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/truesay/id6764126937/reviews.md

## What is TrueSay?

TrueSay is one social app for photos and short video, long-form articles, and community discussion — with controls so you decide what you see, who reaches you, and when.

Post a photo. Write an article. Join a thread. Follow people and topics that matter. Then tune the feed instead of taking whatever the default ranking serves.

YOUR FEED, YOUR RULES
• Feed preferences and recipes — re-rank For You by relevance, freshness, popularity, or following
• Muted words — hide topics you don’t want in your feed
• Comment controls — choose who can reply to your posts
• Quiet mode, break reminders, and hidden counts — spend time on purpose, not on metrics
• Block and privacy settings — control who can message you and what you see

CREATE AND SHARE
• Posts — text, photos, videos, and styled writing
• Mini Clips — short vertical video alongside your feed
• Articles — read and write long-form pieces from people you follow
• Pulse — posts that expire after 24 hours
• Notes — quick updates that don’t have to live forever

COMMUNITY AND DISCOVERY
• Groups and communities — public or private, with roles and rules
• News threads — follow developing stories with updates and sources
• Arena — structured discussion on selected topics
• Places — find nearby spots and check in
• Explore — people, topics, and content discovery
• Events — organize gatherings with RSVP
• Direct messages — private conversations with reactions and read receipts
• Collections — save and organize posts you want to keep
• Creative tools — writing, research, and interview-prep assistance (you author, AI assists)

SAFE BY DESIGN
Report a post, comment, or person in two taps. Block anyone instantly. TrueSay screens content automatically and reviews reports. Mute words, restrict comments, and manage who can reach you.

PRIVACY
We do not sell your data. We do not use your content to train AI models. Privacy Policy, Terms, and CCPA notice are in the app under Settings > Safety & Legal.

TrueSay is for people who want photos, writing, and discussion in one place — and want the feed to work for them.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-08-17

Our biggest update yet — everything we've built since June, in one release.

ARTICLES
• Read, react to, and save long-form articles — threaded comments with replies and reactions, an AI summary for any piece, and semantic "Read next" recommendations
• Write your own with a full composer: rich formatting, one-tap images, drag-to-reorder blocks, and Clarity Check, a pre-publish coach only you see
• Share an article and it unfurls as a branded pull-quote card
• Saved articles now live in your Collections

NEWS
• Related Topics are tappable — jump into a dedicated feed for any person, place, or organization in a story
• Topic feeds you control: pick your topics, tune the mix, and tap "Why am I seeing this?" for the real reason a post is there
• Broader music and culture coverage, cleaner story grouping, accurate timestamps

COMMUNITIES
• A new Topics tab — community hubs you can join, with discussion threads, inline comments, and media that stays put

MUSIC
• Musician profiles with genres, links, and booking contact
• Artist Finder — search musicians by genre and distance
• "Sounds Like" — discover artists similar to the ones you already follow
• A Music hub on Home with its own news and genre filters

CAMERA & POSTING
• Rebuilt in-app camera: full-screen true-to-preview framing, hold-to-record, dual shot, and selfies that come out the way you saw them
• New Create tab — capture, library, or write, one tap each
• Multi-photo posts with a swipeable carousel, in-composer cropping, alt text, video cover picker, and drag-to-reorder
• Draft autosave with a restore banner, @mention autocomplete, and a "Choose who sees this" audience picker on every post

PLACES
• One Check in button for everything — search nearby, find the CVS closest to you, or just share your city
• Big-card Places feed, an Owner badge on places you run, and a Your Places section

SAFETY & PRIVACY
• Private accounts with follow requests, and message privacy that follows your account privacy
• Blocking now works everywhere and in both directions — profiles, search, lists, comments, and discovery
• Blocked Users is easier to find and manage in Settings
• Location tags are city-level by default; only venues you choose are precise
• Photos and videos are stripped of EXIF and GPS data on upload
• Report and block are two taps from any post, comment, profile, or chat
• Deleting your account now purges every file you ever uploaded

SECURITY
• Changing or resetting your password signs out every other session
• Repaired sign-in lockout protection and added rate limits on sensitive account actions
• Two-factor authentication now fails closed when the app relaunches
• A dedicated Forgot Password screen, and sign-in errors that tell you what actually went wrong

DESIGN
• Redesigned sign-in and sign-up with the TrueSay lockup
• Center Create button, Messages in the header, and Following as your default feed tab
• Messages restyled with gradient bubbles and presence rings
• Notification-style toasts that never get stuck

PERFORMANCE & FIXES
• Rebuilt on the latest React Native — faster launch, smoother scrolling, fewer crashes
• Resumable uploads with real progress, cancel and retry; videos up to 650MB; automatic compression for large clips
• Push notifications arrive reliably, show who they're from, and open the right screen
• The feed remembers your scroll position
• Dozens of crash and layout fixes across the composer, camera, messages, and profile

### 1.2 — 2026-06-05

New in this version:

• Tap any hashtag to explore related posts instantly
• Post directly inside Groups and Places
• Redesigned, cleaner notifications
• Added child-safety reporting tools

Improvements & fixes:
• More reliable Sign in with Apple — stay logged in across sessions
• Fixed video uploads when choosing from folders
• Smoother photo and media uploads
• Deleted posts now disappear instantly
• A more reliable sign-up and onboarding experience

Thanks for using TrueSay. We're shipping fast — keep the feedback coming!

### 1.0 — 2026-05-26

No release notes.

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