HalloApp 4+
Real friends. Real privacy.
HalloApp, Inc.
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- Free
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Description
HalloApp is here! The first app for *real* relationships. And we’re building it for you and your loved ones, friends and colleagues.
A completely new category. A simple, safe, and private place to connect and share what matters in your life, with the people who matter to you. In complete privacy.
Unlike legacy social networks, HalloApp believes privacy is a fundamental human right. We use your phone number to connect you with friends and family. Beyond that, we *never* collect, store or use any personal information.
Which means we *never* sell your personal information. Because we *never* have it.
There are no brands, ads or influencers clogging your feed. Just real people you really care about.
Your chats are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats can read them, not even HalloApp.
HalloApp was founded by two ex-WhatsApp folks, who helped build WhatsApp and turn it into one of the most beloved apps in the world.
We're excited to hear from you! If you have feedback or questions, please email us at:
iphone-support@halloapp.com
Or follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/HalloApp
@HalloApp
What’s New
Version 1.34
Improvements and bug fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
Needs more granularity up front
The problem is in relying on your entire phone directory up front. If it were possible to start with a subset and build out, this would be a great start. As it is, once you have at least one contact, you can pick “just these people” but that’s not available until you’re already up and running. Would like to see this change if I’m going to convince people to try it out, because otherwise this is simple, granular, and seems to be an ideal replacement for mass social media. I look forward to revisions.
A Promising Start
It's great to see a company take another swing at private and healthy social media, and I'd love to use HalloApp as a drop-in replacement for Instagram and Facebook.
Unfortunately, it's not quite there yet. For one, posts are automatically deleted after 30 days. I'm not sure if this was a deliberate design decision or a side effect of using the Signal protocol. But one of the things I'll often do on a platform like this is scroll back and view old memories and photos. Without the option to preserve posts, I don't see myself using it.
Still, it's a promising start and I'm keeping my eyes on this project. The instant posts can be preserved I'll be dumping Instagram and Facebook.
Additionally, I'd love to see capabilities for groups for event management and the like. Bring on the paid features!
Voice chat
In total, it’s fine but if it has voice chat and voice call and video call it was so better.
The other opinion is the ability of editing the messages and i think it would be better to have this ability.
App Privacy
The developer, HalloApp, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- HalloApp, Inc.
- Size
- 59.8 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2021 HalloApp
- Price
- Free
Supports
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Siri
Get things done within this app using just your voice.