Many shortcomings despite working.
17 August 2024: I found this to be a relatively good PTT phone-type agnostic app for those that need a walkie-talkie type app (like most phones use to have); however, there are two glaring issues which I feel despite info being encrypted that are extremely concerning:
(1) There does not seem to be a way to talk back and forth with unless they are an existing contact within your contacts list. The app wants you to approve unbridled accesv to ALL CONTACTS.
(2) If you grant access to your contacts and then initiate a connect via your contacts, the app not only pulls up contacts; but, BLOCKED NUMBERS AS WELL. The last thing I want VoicePro to do is pull all contacts including blocked off phone numbers to store on their side of the fence. I don’t want all of my contacts being over there!
This app needs to be developed so that only selected contact phone numbers can be used by the user’s designation … preferably adding the 2nd party phone number as a separate data store that it can use as opposed to the all-or-nothing access to you contacts.
The app works; however, until these security concerns are addressed, especially blocked numbers, I will never rate the app above three stars.
(1) There does not seem to be a way to talk back and forth with unless they are an existing contact within your contacts list. The app wants you to approve unbridled accesv to ALL CONTACTS.
(2) If you grant access to your contacts and then initiate a connect via your contacts, the app not only pulls up contacts; but, BLOCKED NUMBERS AS WELL. The last thing I want VoicePro to do is pull all contacts including blocked off phone numbers to store on their side of the fence. I don’t want all of my contacts being over there!
This app needs to be developed so that only selected contact phone numbers can be used by the user’s designation … preferably adding the 2nd party phone number as a separate data store that it can use as opposed to the all-or-nothing access to you contacts.
The app works; however, until these security concerns are addressed, especially blocked numbers, I will never rate the app above three stars.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback! We have the option to add friends via @nickname even if contact import is disabled.
Nicely done
Neat app that combines voice messaging and walkie talkie. Like how messages organized into threads similarly to Slack. One of the best Walkie Talkie apps out there.
Unique combination
I installed this to try out as a Walkie talkie, but this app is much more than that. I realized I could easily transition into a regular call if my friend was up to it, and all of our conversations are transcribed there, so I can easily catch up on whatever I may have missed in a group chat.
One thing I’m missing is ability to stay “online” (able to receive incoming push to talk audio) and not see the blue overhead on top of iOS UI - but I guess it’s Apple's limitation if anything…
One thing I’m missing is ability to stay “online” (able to receive incoming push to talk audio) and not see the blue overhead on top of iOS UI - but I guess it’s Apple's limitation if anything…
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