Signal - Private Messenger 12+
Say “hello” to privacy.
Signal Messenger, LLC
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- Free
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Description
Signal is a messaging app with privacy at its core. It is free and easy to use, with strong end-to-end encryption that keeps your communication completely private.
• Send texts, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and files for free. Signal uses your phone’s data connection, so you avoid SMS and MMS fees.
• Call your friends with crystal-clear encrypted voice and video calls. Group calls supported for up to 40 people.
• Stay connected with group chats up to 1,000 people. Control who can post and manage group members with admin permission settings.
• Share image, text, and video Stories that disappear after 24 hours. Privacy settings keep you in charge of exactly who can see each Story.
• Signal is built for your privacy. We know nothing about you or who you’re talking to. Our open source Signal Protocol means that we can’t read your messages or listen to your calls. Neither can anyone else. No back doors, no data collection, no compromises.
• Signal is independent and not for profit; a different kind of tech from a different kind of organization. As a 501c3 nonprofit we are supported by your donations, not by advertisers or investors.
• For support, questions, or more information please visit https://support.signal.org/
To check out our source code, visit https://github.com/signalapp
Follow us on Twitter @signalapp and Instagram @signal_app
What’s New
Version 7.9
• We told ourselves that we would never do this, that we wouldn't be like the other apps with their lazy release notes, but this update really does include "bug fixes and performance improvements."
Ratings and Reviews
Needs UI development
This app is great from a concept perspective but needs a lot of work on the user interface.
There are many features missing which we have come to expect from a messaging app. Some basic things such as cropping a picture before sending, swiping to go back out of a chat, markup in text (italics, bold, etc.)
I recommend this app for those who value their privacy but I do hope the developers look to improve the UI and UX quickly.
Dishonest about security
I have a group chat on signal where messages are supposed to be deleted after 24 hours. If I open Signal on a device that hasn’t used the app in a while, even if I’ve been in the group chat on another device five minutes earlier, the app insists on showing me every message since it was last opened on that device. Messages that are supposed to be deleted. Not only is this the opposite of deleting messages after 24 hours, it’s very time consuming and poor UE design. I’m currently waiting over an hour to sort through a week of “missed” messages that I’ve already seen on another device, and the app won’t let me send messages to this chat until it’s finished loading them all. Terrible terrible design and a major security risk.
Signal
I am having huge problems. I see someone from signal has sent me a support link so I an hour or two when my v busy day is finished I will see if they can help me. Have 2xiPads and MAc but bought new iPhone last Friday and disaster on that. Can’t ring from any device Can’t do sound messages from ph. No sound notifications on incoming And other stuff
App Privacy
The developer, Signal Messenger, 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 Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
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Information
- Seller
- Signal Messenger, LLC
- Size
- 144.1 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Bengali, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour
- Copyright
- © Signal Foundation
- Price
- Free
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