Signal - Private Messenger Reviews – Page 9
5/5 rating based on 520 reviews. Read all reviews for Signal - Private Messenger for iPhone.
Signal - Private Messenger is free iOS app published by Signal Messenger, LLC
Mixed bag
George McFly 2
Lots of features (Gify, stickers, reacts, self destructing messages), but it requires you to give out your phone number to everyone you talk to, does not allow specifying a different server, and beyond those privacy concerns, it has gone downhill lately in terms of usability and security as well. It now it forces a PIN even if you don’t want one. Private keys are sent through the server to enable moving from one device to another. Signal used to store private keys in hardware and it was impossible to export them. This ensured that nobody could ever covertly get your key. They removed this security protection and do not even provide an option to use the more secure key storage. The Signal developers could have enabled a smooth device transfer and kept the keys in hardware by having the old key sign the new one so others will 1.) know that the new key is new 2.) know that it is legitimate, and 3.) be able to verify the move using another communication channel if they suspect something is amiss. The Signal developers decided against this. Given the developers’ recent decisions, and their unwillingness to allow people to use their system without divulging their phone numbers, earns this app 3 stars. If they put more focus on privacy, security, and allowed connecting to private servers, it could easily be a 5-star app.
Can’t transfer chat history new iPhone 12
Kmart6700
Not able to transfer chat history from iPhone X to iPhone 12 Pro.
Frustrating
Tom17xx
Most recent update (Oct 2020) destroyed everything, app would crash constantly and couldn't reset. only recourse was to completely reinstall, lost all previous message threads. Super annoyed.
Crashes when sending photos from camera roll
skwowbrffprkemq
It’s not consistent, but often times the app will crash when I select a photo from my camera roll to send. Super annoying. Otherwise it’s a great app.
App keeps crashing
The beast-er-est
I updated it to its current version and it just keeps crashing. I can’t delete and install it because I am over seas.
Calls end When you turn your phone screen off
Senpaiwolff
Please fix on iPhone 6 Plus whenever I’m in call and I want to lock my phone it ends the call
2 bugs
green tree
1)When I try to transfer my signal account from an old iPhone to a new iPhone the QR code reading fails (unable to read QR code) on my new phone (iPhone SE second generation). This is due to the text on the phone screen overlapping the QR code thus causing the QR code to be invalid. I am in the zoomed in view screen option, which is a setting iPhone users can pick to enlarge the text. I got locked out after trying too many times before I realized this issue. Then after waiting over 10mins I’m still locked out, despite saying try again after a minute. 2)Sometimes I notice a delay with messages being received (the double check marks do not occur until hours later despite being on stable internet). Other than those 2 issues, I like this app for privacy reasons and works just fine to replaces SMS/MMS.
iOS Share Sheet
chrisDelta
The iOS share sheet hasn’t been functional for a more than a year. When will this be fixed?