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 50 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
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Signal - Private Messenger Positive Reviews
Great app!Great app as a secure alternative to Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp..Spark_farmerVersion: 2.33.1
USA! USA! USA!I’m in the army and I’m just so glad our leaders have found such a great app that they’re comfortable endangering my life instead of picking up the phone.
Signal, officially endorsed by the worst secretary of defense of all time.This.Aint.It.ChiefVersion: 7.51
Goodbye WhatsApp!In light of the recent power-grab by big tech, I was extremely pleased to find a safe, secure, free application to replace WhatsApp. Feels like a breath of fresh air being able to communicate with friends and family without big-tech trying to harvest all my data. Goodbye WhatsApp once and for all!.ThemenisVersion: 5.0.3
Thank youNice to see a developer that cares as much about my privacy as I do.Bert UVersion: 5.0.3
The only PvtMsngr you will ever needUse ANY phone number with Signal? Check.
Tightest encryption in the world when it comes to messaging? Check.
Full control, disappearing messages, lockout, and no account needed! Signal rules all..See Double AsVersion: 3.2.0
👊🔥🇺🇸The perfect app for coordinating the delivery of American democracy to the next middle eastern house and family.ArktikoPotatoVersion: 7.52
Stop storiesStop trying yo make stories a thing. It’s a messenger app, be a messenger app..4wolfmoonVersion: 8.9
Great App.Hello Signal and goodbye WhatsApp.
It does everything I need from messaging App + privacy I want 👍🏾..TocruraiVersion: 5.12.0
NotificationsIt’s a great app but I have a major issue with push notifications...I have not been able to get them to work. I’m only notified when I open the app. I request push n. constantly but nothing still..Jtone101Version: 5.5.0
Messes up incoming call displaysI use an iPhone~ It’s been a few times when local incoming calls were mis-displayed as an incoming audio call on signal... I normally ignore incoming calls that are from unknown numbers, but with it displaying that it’s a signal audio call from my contact, I picked it up...(it turned out to be a spam local incoming call) is there any way to fix that?.LulaleuVersion: 5.4
Far and few betweenApps of this quality with practical ideological privacy as its core tenant are rare as a unicorn. Consider donating to keep this asset around..VexinizeVersion: 7.88
You say Privacy…Requires phone number to sign in. Also requires access to Contact list to invite a friend, even via email. Why?!
One oddity: Quote is called Reply..MellowsongsVersion: 7.89
Easy to use private messagerGood end to end encrypted private massager that keeps your conversations safe from prying eyes.
The only issues are that it’s centralized, requires your phone number and is based in the US..Inquirer1Version: 7.89
Being a business of MaverickPrivate investigation Inc. we need encrypted messages 4 our clientsWe’ve been using Signal for a year, where our clients that have compromise accounts with keyloggers and spyware on the computer so far we have not had any leaks with the encryption program
Maverick Private Investigations Inc. Corporation
Gerald Gatien President.G-MsnVersion: 7.88
The Best Messaging AppSignal is the best messaging app for privacy. Period. Thanks!!!.NibbanandaVersion: 7.86.2
You should really be using SignalEncrypted messaging, any device, not controlled by big tech, what’s not to love.PseudorandomnameVersion: 7.82
EfficientI think this could be number one. For me the key feature is font size. Easily readable for ancient eyes..Rbrown222Version: 7.80
Great for government officialsPerfect for organizing war plans!.Anne UsseVersion: 7.56
Great!As long as you don’t have any snitch journalist "friends" who oppose you murdering innocent civilians, this app is for you!.CarotteatomiqueVersion: 7.52
Great for government officialsI love this app for secure messaging and sending classified information. Thanks again for keeping all of the United States of America secrets secure and private!.CurtisthedevVersion: 7.51
War planningSignal is the perfect app for all my Secret Squirrel anti-woke convos! Plus we even get fun nicknames! Right, JG?! Jamie bro? You there, bruh?.Makeit AdoubleVersion: 7.51
#cancelMetaSignal provides a much better option to What’s app. It is not for profit and thus more aligned with my values. I urge all Meta users to move away! This app works beautifully and provides higher levels of security..Aps00Version: 7.43
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Signal - Private Messenger Negative Reviews
Not happy...As someone who is security minded I was extremely disappointed to see that upon accessing my contacts Signal advertised me to everyone else who had the app. No way to shut that off in any preference setting. Can you say Privacy breach? Ridiculous..B3brownVersion: 3.8.3
Don’t appreciate the app announcing that I’m on signalI don’t appreciate how this app combs through my contacts and sends me a messages for EVERY one of my contacts that uses signal saying “Jane Smith is also on Signal”.
I especially don’t appreciate this privacy geared app sending people I know / whose contacts I am in, that I use Signal either.
You should be upfront about this when you ask for permission to access contacts. I assumed I was granting permission to access my contacts from you app, not for you to broadcast that I’m using it or spamming me..VaannaaVersion: 2.45.2
ReWhy do I have to give you access to my contacts in order to send a message ?
I am fully capable of punching in someone’s contact info why do you need all my contacts.
Is there a way to send a message without having you access all my contacts..HhghhhhhhjnvfVersion: 2.39.1
STOP BROADCASTING THAT SOMEONE IS ON SIGNALStop using the excuse that it is more pervasive this way! I don’t want people I’ve never spoken to in years to get notified that I’ve just installed signal! What about the right to be forgotten? Not everybody has a random number they can use to create accounts. This has been the number one complaint for years! DO SOMETHING.XyhhxVersion: 5.31
Your contacts know your in SignalIf I can see my contacts on signal anyone on signal can see. How is that private?
Guess it’s meant as a signal to everyone not to use this app if you want privacy. I can’t rate it any lower or I would..Indy1818Version: 3.8.3
Say hello to privacy???First thing the make you do, is GIVE UP YOUR PRIVACY by having to accept 3 thing which on iPhone 2 are blank buttons and mentions something about contacts.
Reading about repeated complaints on the reviews after, to try and decider what the 2 blank buttons of the 3 you’re giving permission to, I see numerous complaints for the past 3 years of the permission to contacts used as a platform to spam any person on your contacts ADVERTIZING that you’re on this app. That to me is a HUGE breach of my privacy as I do not want to have EVERYONE on my contacts in my phone to know for a fact that that can reach me in this. I prefer to use it for a selected few, but unfortunately as many others have complaint, there’s no switch to opt out of this clear breach of trust and use of the granted privacy access to your very personal contact. And with that, this app will be deleted as fast as it was download. Implement an option or simply, don’t abuse the granted permission as you have clearly been doing for years now. Say hello to Privacy?? I think not!!! Not with Signal, that’s for certain!
I dare the developers, to give the option to users to have contacts be informed or NOT informed that he or she is on this app. I DOUBLE DARE THEM. If the users privacy was important at all, they would have made a switch to turn it on or off. Is that simple.
Cannot give it more than a 1 Star rating, as I am not willing to go further to try it, and if a user can’t go past their comfort to use something, they will hardly have anything positive to say about that something and rate better. Let’s see if developer cares abut privacy and accept the double dare..JamesKnowsAllVersion: 6.4
PSA for privacy minded folks :Signal is no longer open source. This makes it no different than any of the other messaging apps. Time to move on, they don’t truly care about privacy anymore.Accountant#44Version: 5.11.1
Privacy?Privacy when I need to link my contacts and my phone? Nah..WhatevernnVersion: 5.18.3
NO ALERTSWhenever someone sends me a message I don’t get the alert even though there is messages waiting for me it shows blank that there’s nothing the only way I can find out is if I log on myself and then I can find out these messages waiting for me you need to fix this. When someone says me a message it doesn’t give me a notification or an alert and it doesn’t show on the app that there are messages waiting for me on there it’s just blank you need to correct this because I’m missing a lot of messages and the only way I can retrieve them is if I happen to log onto the app.Mr. LimoVersion: 2.41.0
RecordingMic and camera are switched on when you’re sending a picture/sharing a file.5erpikoVersion: 5.0.1
Get a new phone and lose everything.Took my iPhone over to apple and traded it in for a new one. So long Signal data. There is no option to sign in and continue on your new device unless you KEEP your old phone. I don’t even know how to get added back to my groups.
Disappointed..Rockford67Version: 6.61.2
Asks for Contacts Permission ConstantlyThe app is pretty good, but it will constantly request access to your contacts. Declining is met with a message saying “we’ll remind you again soon”. An app marketing itself for privacy should understand that denial of permissions is something the users may want to do..User 130478Version: 5.26.9
No privacyIt told all my contacts that I joined their app. Where is the privacy??? Deleting it immediately and will not be using it again..KarkoozVersion: 5.17.1
Why notify everyone if it’s for privacy?Once you join everyone and anyone who has ever had you in their contact list gets notification with your name on it! How is this private?!.Dee Dee DSVersion: 5.4
Portrait mode only and no cancel from another app?Glad to see it finally arrived to iPad. However...
…The keyboard will only display when in portrait mode, I’m 99.8% landscape, and if I share from an app, portrait mode a must again & there is no cancel option…other than closing the app and relaunch and get back to the place prior to closing. Example, from Flipboard, email, etc.
Had issues at first with connecting to my phone, 3 attempts to get the phone to display the iPad in settings.
Thanks though..DuxswhatduxsVersion: 3.0.6
Lost my history!I changed my phone. Just a warranty thing, exactly the same model restored exactly from backup. But Signal made me do set up again and no longer has any of my history. Due to my phone replacement? That's terrible!.Dear Old DadVersion: 3.1.0
Calls showing on BillHi, how is it that calls made with the app on wifi, are showing up on provider bill?.Kristel2019Version: 3.0.4
A lot of bugs and very bad support center unfortunatelyIt’s actually a pretty cool alternative to WhatsApp but unfortunately sometimes messages just don’t get delivered right away and get stuck on the server also when you try to get help they will just ignore you forever and never get back to you or take time to resolve your issue and problem so yes it’s a very sad thing tbh!.Lina PetrolaVersion: 8.7
Updating iPhone a disaster for SignalYou Ask for a ridiculous Key
code that was never provided. You should be asking for the PIN which we have. This is BS.Super soccer guyVersion: 8.5
Cloud back upNeed to allow iCloud backup. The new update asking for backup into signal server is ideal and there is a concern about data retention.CStatsVersion: 8.4
April 17 updateThis update is to allow AI to scan all msgs. (Sent or even typed and erased, every key is logged) Thanks to our liberal government..Oaf HuckVersion: 8.2
Captcha? Really???I am not about to engage in proving that I am not a robot with a non-human program. Once you remove this in your next update I will be able to use the app..ForeverYoung+7Version: 7.75
No privacySorry but this is the stupidest app I’ve ever seen. Broadcasting to my contacts that I’m on signal? Really? This is what you call privacy. Deleted account and app immediately. Privacy means nobody knows unless I want them to know..TheTruthPatrolVersion: 7.73
Mic Hold ButtonThe microphone button to send a voice message is annoying. It’s very hard to swip the “hold” function. Very frustrating.
Please find a solution for a better user experience.KratchoufVersion: 7.55
Keeps Getting Worse.5 years ago the app was better and now it’s just getting worse. Also getting a notification when random contacts join is violating their privacy. I shouldn’t be informed they joined signal. I will send them a message just to spook them and no one likes this feature. Remove it already..ProtonFissionVersion: 7.45.1
So unnecessary wants.This is beyond stupid that you want us to have it on our phone as a condition, I solely will use it on my iPad for a discuss group. I could add phone number as a reference, but literal unnecessarily for you to demand that.StarsAlignNVersion: 7.40.5
I dont have a phoneI had to use this app for a class but it force me to have a phone and does not allow me to open on ipad. I dont have a phone to scan the qr code and activate the app..Adsa&jdsaVersion: 7.34
Dumbest app everIt clearly says it’s compatible with my iPad but when you go to download it, unfortunately you need a cell phone to link it to your iPad . Please be sure to check that before you download a crappy app like this one that clearly states you need a cell phone..Reported to federal governmentVersion: 7.29
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