We analyzed 37 negative reviews from the top 5 Walkie Talkie apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
43% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Joker id f93b9 he's a sick sick person showing kids his penis also he has been recently exposed for keying up wearing pink panties and jerking off for young kids and girl who just turned 18!"
"I don't know how they allow all these pedophiles to use this app"
35% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"This app is filled with racism, pedos, gang bangers, foul language and terroristic threats."
"Tons of traffic. Lots of swearing. Turned it on and within two minutes heard super racists slurs."
19% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Can you please take off location on the app it's giving out our location and people are harassing us on this app that they found where we live at by that location"
"Well the app is super fun too use but I was hearing about killers on it and that killers can track ur location and kill u so download it at ur own risk."
16% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Pls fix the connecting issues if it weren't for that I'd give this five stars but they make the app impossible to use it's down every night or so ..."
"App failed to connect multiple times when I have full bars and fast speeds."
11% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"This app keeps crashing after the upgrade. Bad app for kids the things being talked about are not for kids. Clean up the app"
"Every time I turn it on it crash"
8% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"La app es buena pero tiene muchos anuncios y eso lo hace ensorroso para mejorara le quitaria los anuncio y fuera perfecta y tampoco de da la opcion para comprara a lo mejorr comprada no dan anucion pero no teda la opcion"
"it makes you watch an ad after doing nothing 😡"
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Users report severe violations including predatory behavior but receive no action from developers, creating an unsafe and unmoderated environment
"Complaints to the developer about these violations of their TOS go igno"
Trolls can hold down the push-to-talk button indefinitely, preventing legitimate users from communicating on channels
"There are bugs that allow trolls to hold down the PTT button and block the channels."
App consumes significant battery even when running in background, impacting device usability
"Seems like it would be a very useful app, and has some very nice features. However, even running in the background, it seems to be quite a battery drainer. I just had a new Apple battery installed two months ago, so I know it's not the health of my b"
UI overwhelms users with excessive buttons and lacks clear guidance on basic functionality
"No me gusto para nada la app no te deja ponerlo en español y tiene demasiados botones además hay muchos anuncios"
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