Bridgefy - Offline Messages 4+
Messaging without Internet
Bridgefy, Inc.
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
iPhone Screenshots
Description
Bridgefy: Messaging Without the Internet
With over 11 million downloads, Bridgefy is the #1 app for messaging without the Internet. Bridgefy has been used in schools, concerts, wars, and after natural disasters to keep people connected when traditional networks fail.
Key Features:
Offline Messaging: Use Bluetooth to send messages to people nearby (up to 330 feet or 100 meters).
No Contacts Needed: You don’t need to add contacts—just start chatting with nearby Bridgefy users.
Private Chats: Send private messages after interacting in the Public Chat—tap on someone’s avatar to start a one-on-one conversation.
How to Get Started:
1. Turn on Bluetooth.
2. Open Bridgefy with an active Internet connection (this is required only the first time to activate the app).
3. Once activated, go to the Public Chat to message people nearby.
4. Tap on someone’s avatar if you want to send them private messages.
Note: Public Chat messages are visible to everyone nearby also using Bridgefy.
What’s New
Version 4.1.5
- Support for additional languages added
- Bug fixes and improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Must be online to signup, then can't find others
Regularly suspends what you are doing to play a video ad (online again). The irritating full screen video ads regularly crash so you can't do anything other than quit the app and start all over again. It never finds anyone in the area (even though it's supposed to), so then the only way to use is it to post a public chat, which others can see. So pretty useless. And awkward to tell if you are chatting 1-2-1 or publicly.
Alerts don't work either.
Re-install process broken
Tried to install on new phone (my old one was stolen and i no longer have access to it, obviously). Easy to create an unverified account but try then verifying that... ohhh no. You’ll get a pop up saying that because an account is already associated with that number (yeah, mine, on the stolen phone) you need to first log out & do it again. But click on the log-out button it helpfully provides within that pop up and when you try the process again you’ll have EXACTLY the same message when you try to verify! This problem has been around the entire time I’ve tried (about a month) and no-one responds to the ‘support’ email. Useless. Try FireChat instead.
Either this has stopped working or I am missing something.
I installed this on two iPhones next to each other and could not for the life of me get it to work. Update for devs: Tried again but still no go. Both apps are updated. One is iPhone 12 pro and the other is iPhone 8. Both have BT on.
Developer Response ,
Hi there, we're sorry to hear that you're still having issues. If you'd like, could you please contact us at Contact@bridgefy.me, and we'll address and see if we can resolve your issue. Thank you!
App Privacy
The developer, Bridgefy, Inc., 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:
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Bridgefy Inc.
- Size
- 26.7 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.3 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.3 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Bengali, Burmese, French, Hindi, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Bridgefy, Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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