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Threema. The Secure Messenger
Threema GmbH · 75,387 ratings · ★ 3.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 38 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"phone"
8 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Total Trash! spend a load of cash to get friends and family on this only to be forced to pay again when people get new phones! There's no way to reactivate my Threema or My kids Threema so im stuck going back to single. after a year, no hel…" - Cor Lan
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"messages"
7 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I don't get any notifications. Other people see messages instantly as read. Please fix" - Mrcs Ppk
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"account"
6 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Some funny people create groups and put myself there along with many others. The problem is I can't stop this. Even after I blocked the originator - it keeps adding me to these unwanted groups. So annoying. Please fix. So far I deleted my a…" - Nickolay Golomysov
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"problem"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Some funny people create groups and put myself there along with many others. The problem is I can't stop this. Even after I blocked the originator - it keeps adding me to these unwanted groups. So annoying. Please fix. So far I deleted my a…" - Nickolay Golomysov
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"other"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Some funny people create groups and put myself there along with many others. The problem is I can't stop this. Even after I blocked the originator - it keeps adding me to these unwanted groups. So annoying. Please fix. So far I deleted my a…" - Nickolay Golomysov
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"message"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I don't get any notifications. Other people see messages instantly as read. Please fix" - Mrcs Ppk
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"threema"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Total Trash! spend a load of cash to get friends and family on this only to be forced to pay again when people get new phones! There's no way to reactivate my Threema or My kids Threema so im stuck going back to single. after a year, no hel…" - Cor Lan
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"keeps"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Some funny people create groups and put myself there along with many others. The problem is I can't stop this. Even after I blocked the originator - it keeps adding me to these unwanted groups. So annoying. Please fix. So far I deleted my a…" - Nickolay Golomysov
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"doesn"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I was not able to use this app, doesn't transfer my contact and I can't texting to anyone" - Ina Ina
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"paid"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Paid for the app on Google pay and never received a download. Furthermore there is essentially no way for me to figure out why not and no one to provide on-line assistance. This whole experience has been a complete waste of .y time and I am…" - Niels Nielsen
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"been"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Paid for the app on Google pay and never received a download. Furthermore there is essentially no way for me to figure out why not and no one to provide on-line assistance. This whole experience has been a complete waste of .y time and I am…" - Niels Nielsen
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"having"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "For the last couple of days, I've been having huge issues with voice messages. After recording voice messages, the app doesn't let me send them. It keeps saying "empty recording or unable to determine length" and my whole recording is gone.…" - Tee Bee
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Total Trash! spend a load of cash to get friends and family on this only to be forced to pay again when people get new phones! There's no way to reactivate my Threema or My kids Threema so im stuck going back to single. after a year, no help from anyone, so don't waste your money on this trash!
Some funny people create groups and put myself there along with many others. The problem is I can't stop this. Even after I blocked the originator - it keeps adding me to these unwanted groups. So annoying. Please fix. So far I deleted my account as the only available solution.
I don't get any notifications. Other people see messages instantly as read. Please fix
wow, with so many passwords only one thing will happen. no security. in order to remember all passwords, for this app, and all the other 100 passwords used daily. tried to move the app from one phone to another. no luck. and it's payed
Seit der Einführung der Desktop App gehen die Threema Web sessions nicht mehr zuverlässig. In der Threema App lassen sich auch keine WebSessions mehr scannen. Angeblich keine Kamera verfügbar. Das sehen alle anderen Apps anders. Bananensoftware
I was not able to use this app, doesn't transfer my contact and I can't texting to anyone
does not mention this only works with other three ma account holders and apparently impossible to get a refund so just pay them, then don't bother to install the app. no free trial, live & learn
dnt work
Paid for the app on Google pay and never received a download. Furthermore there is essentially no way for me to figure out why not and no one to provide on-line assistance. This whole experience has been a complete waste of .y time and I am very unsatisfied!
we paid for this app thinking it was a secure platform. our account has been hacked and all messages and media have been viewed by a third party. how has this happened if you claim that your app is so secure. this is a complete breach of privacy. I have emailed support but have been ignored. I want answers!!!!
App regularly closes by itself after i already started typing, and have to reopen again while losing what was typed already. 90% of the time i cant call ppl, but they can call me without issues, and it happened on 3 different phones with different OS, so i know its not related to phone/signal strength, recently started crashing regularly, even whatsapp has less issues and its free...
Messages are not delivered anymore from Android to iPhone. It became useless for me.
3ma is really trying my patience. since the last update I'm having issues connecting. wth is going. never had issues in the last 10 or so years. can something be done to fix this issue.
Bezahlversion erworben. Inzwischen viel Wichtiges zwischen mir und meiner Familie gepostet. Dann die Katastrophe - Handy kaputt. Account trotz Kenntnis der ID nicht wieder herstellbar. Mein Vertrauen als Kunde daher auch nicht wiederherstellbar.
If I send many pictures at once, it doesn't work, if I make a call, the call gets disconnected, how can I trust paid software if this is the problem? Free software is better than this. This problem needs to be solved quickly.
way do I have to pay to use the app
they sold it to a german company - goodbye dataprivacy
can't verify mobile number because it doesn't send me an SMS message. Unacceptable in a paid app.
impossible to share pictures on Android due to not including the option to search by gallery and only by file. i would have NEVER purchased this if I've known. if you're looking to share pictures, please avoid. tried reaching out to support, too. they're super slow, will not read your request and then will reply with a canned message. after finally speaking with a human, they just thanked me for the suggestion. crazy how this feature was not included for android.
useless App it's not like an open social app it's just like Whatsapp or zangi 💔and those two apps works better than them and don't accept refund 💔
Linking this app to the new Desktop 2.0 Beta is a mess and does not work. Why are we being forced to run untested Beta software that dows not work? I am deeply displeased. Is there to pay more to have this app work decently?
if you're waiting for a text to verify your new number, don't bother, it will never come
already been unsecure for awhile now!
its always delayed on sending messages, and it always happen when its came to an urgency!
Satın aldım fakat bir süre sonra uyarı çıktı ve şimdi telefon onayında hata veriyor, code gelmiyor. Kullanım dışı. Tavsiye etmiyorum.
bought it and can't login even though no where resigned horrified.
definitely had purchase on old phone, cant remember ID and tells me I dont have an account
Waste Of Money. Only two of my contacts use Threema, so pretty pointless having it. Plus it was impossible to verify my phone number. Never received a code by text or phone. Seems I have just flushed £5+ down drain, as I am sure I won't get a refund?
I really like the private nature of this messaging service. For this, 5 stars. However, this is the second [4th time now] time that it crashes almost every time I reply to a message (often losing the message I am in the middle of writing), and have to start again. It would be nice if there was a way to send complaints about its failures, but there is no contact option evident for when there is a problem. Tech support gets 0 stars. UPDATE: NO TECH SUPPORT. NO ONE CARES ABOUT FAILURES !!!
Application force closed after the latest update on beta. Running on Pixel 8 Android 16
For the last couple of days, I've been having huge issues with voice messages. After recording voice messages, the app doesn't let me send them. It keeps saying "empty recording or unable to determine length" and my whole recording is gone. I restarted my phone, uninstalled and re-installed the app and I am still getting this error with every voice message I'm trying to send. I now have to use my other messaging app again which I wanted to avoid but switching to Threema 😕
taking photos with the camera is not working most of the time, showing photos in fullscreen kills the app, search messages in history starts at the oldest message and freezes the phone for minutes - what's the problem?
wie komme ich bitte an meinen Schlüssel falls ich mal ein neues Gerät nutze und nicht diesen Google Account nutzen möchte.. habe die App über Google Play Store gekauft
It could be a good alternative to Whats***, but somehow it crashes on each daily first launch. After reopening it, it then works. But this daily crash is really annoying...
Disappointed you can't sync messages over multiple devices, since you can restore your ID backup from there safe from there server! Should be possible for the price to make that easy for users!
app keeps on crashing my phone, please fix this bug ASAP
recently I keep having a bug where when I try to call it is stuck on "Initializing". Have to keep uninstallinng/ close app and reopening just to have a call go to "Ringing".
bit too expensive! You call someone and it keeps saying initializing nothing happens. app does not connect to other other phone when is idle . Big problem...
Sentiment summary
71%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)