Meet new friends, pen pals and language partners from around the world
Meet people with Interpals, the original culture and language exchange community with 8 million users since 1998.
Chat with new friends, pen pals and language partners from all over the world.
Match with tandem language partners for language exchange or meet up with travelers from other countries who are visiting your area.
Practice languages with native speakers to learn English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Turkish and hundreds more, all for FREE!
I have met several great people through this app. I am really enjoying it- and it’s free! It’s a tad glitchy, but I just swipe out of the app to refresh and that usually does the trick.There are a lot of people who use it as a dating app- which is fine. But if you are not interested in romance, you can easily change your setting preferences for who can talk to you. You can choose options like Friendship/ Pen Pals/ Language Exchange/ etc. Then, anyone who has settings set to Romance or Flirting won’t be able to contact you. I’m enjoying it much more now. 😁
Scammers and numerous fake profiles
Pepper Jack King
The site is rampant with scammers and fake profiles. I guess that’s what happens when a chat site doesn’t charge for its services, and it performs no identity checks or verifications when a person joins. I read a review in here by literalkev who said his account was flagged for suspicious activity two weeks ago. That’s exactly what happened to me, and at about the same time. I asked them for clarification, like what the suspicious activity was, but they didn’t reply. Actually, they never reply to specific requests or questions. They even have the nerve to caution someone against reporting too many scammers and fake profiles. Can you believe it? They provide a flagging tool, but they actually tell people not to report other profiles so much.I’ve had a few good conversations with legitimate people, but I would wager that about half of the profiles are either of fake people or scammers. There’s a public forum (the wall) where anyone can post a comment, but it feels creepy and cringy. Scrolling through those comments is like walking through a desolate, dirty zombie town. But again, it’s free, so what do you expect?
Scammer Friendly App
OrangeSkied
If you are a scammer then this is the app for you. If you’re a genuine user then stay away. The vast majority of users on this site are scammers. These scammers employ various strategies including phishing, identity theft, money draining schemes etc. Not only does the app take no action to provide better security they actually encourage scammers. I guess having a large number of users boosts their stats, even if these users are fake. I reported on scammers to the site moderators and received a warning message saying that I need to stop reporting and soon after my account was deleted. Yes, you read it correct, my genuine account was deleted for reporting scammers. Going through other reviews of the site here I see this is a common occurrence and others have faced it too. The site actively encourages scammers by deleting accounts of genuine user who report on them. Stay away
Perverts
The Duckstar****
I got this app to meet new friends around the world, and all I got was perverts and fake accounts. They always wanted me to download another platform to talk on, claiming it would be private. The men asked sexual questions and it truly just make my skin crawl. Bad thing is, when you join, you can’t cancel your account for 7 days. And reaching out to tech support was just as bad. They suspended my account for reporting the men on the site. They claimed that I had inappropriate behavior. HUH!!!!! All I had was a profile picture. So now, I’m blocked out of that account and I can’t go back to delete my picture or information. Truthfully, I didn’t know there were that many sick and twisted men out there. This was an eye opener for me. But I would like them to give me back access to delete my personal information and picture. Like I said, good idea, poor execution.
Feature
- More Languages: App store listings are now available in German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Indonesian.
- Passkey Support: Secure your account with biometric sign-in using your device passkey.
- Smoother Signup: Added clear notifications about date-of-birth changes and updated the verification process for reactivating accounts.
- Audio Upgrades: Fully updated internal audio systems for better reliability.
Fixed
- Visual Updates: Fixed dark mode contrast issues on the groups list and comments toolbar.
- Text Scaling: Fixed a layout bug where large system font sizes would distort the legal links.
- Form Tweaks: Name fields now allow single-character names, and signup screens will no longer auto-focus filled inputs.
- Upload Stability: Added network timeouts to preventing hanging uploads and throttled error notifications.
- Crash Fixes: Resolved multiple backend errors to prevent app crashes on the feed, messages, and onboarding screens.
Version 2.6.0
The developer, InterPals LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Location
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
InterPals LLC
Size
67.7 MB
Category
Social Networking
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
This app has an age rating of 13+ with content restrictions. Some content may be rated higher, but access is managed by the developer through in-app controls.