WhatsApp Messenger
★ 4.3What it actually doesWhatsApp from Meta. WhatsApp is a free messaging and video calling app.
Actually does
- ✓Messaging85% of reviews
- ✓Voice calls30% of reviews
- ✓Video calls10% of reviews
- ✓Group chats5% of reviews
- ✓Voice notes8% of reviews
- ✓File sharing12% of reviews
- ✓Push Notifications(bonus)8% of reviews
- ✓Free tier2% of reviews
- ✓Sync across devices2% of reviews
- ✓No account required5% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠End-to-end encryption
- ⚠Wear OS support
- ⚠Offline-first
- ⚠Обмен местоположением
- ⚠Статусы (исчезающие за 24 часа)
Common complaints
- ✗Messages and calls not sending/arriving32% of mentions
«Messages won't send. You write a message to someone and it won't send, you come back half an hour later and it still hasn't sent»
- ✗App not working, crashes, fails to load28% of mentions
«The app often just doesn't work. Won't update and doesn't work. After updating it doesn't work at all»
- ✗Data loss during update or transfer to new phone8% of mentions
«Lost all important documents. It was lagging heavily, deleted it, downloaded again, empty, almost nothing left»
- ✗Lags, freezing, slow content loading12% of mentions
«I like everything but WhatsApp lags a lot. What's with these freezes? Messages and files send very poorly»
- ✗Notification issues (no sound, not displaying on top)4% of mentions
«Notifications don't come through, or rather there's no sound at all, and they don't display on top during calls»
What people praise
- ★Convenience and ease of use of the messenger
«The most convenient messenger of all! convenient»
- ★Core functionality works well
«Great. Super. Excellent. Perfect. Just awesome»
- ★Completely free app with no subscriptions
«FREE app for video calls and messaging»
- ★Wide popularity and accessibility
«more than two billion people in more than 180 countries»
- ★Encrypted messaging (E2E)