Signal - Private Messenger
What Signal is
Signal is a messaging app with privacy at its core.
The sentence of its App Store description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.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
Follow us on Twitter @signalapp and Instagram @signal_app
What people say
Signal's missing-feature complaints centre on richer media and sharing options, with personalisation and styling close behind, and the page's other findings sit beside that.
Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the reportBefore you install Signal
Written reviews run 0.6 stars lower than the store score.
Store ratings count every star tap; written reviews come from people with something to say, so they usually run lower. Read the shares below as what reviewers raise, not the chance it happens to you.
Reviewers who value privacy and attention praise it, 21% of written reviews, and some also praise how easy it is to use. Skip it if crashes and bugs bother you: 9% of written reviews raise them, and fake accounts and scams are a rising worry.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Crashes and bugs9%
“Non-stop crashing. Within 2 seconds of opening. Over and over and over. App cannot be used.”
- Fake accounts, bots and scamsrising5%
- Login and account5%
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Friends55 reviewers; most raised: missing featureComplain31%Praise87%
- Work18 reviewers; most raised: missing featureComplain28%Praise94%
- Meeting new people11 reviewers; most raised: fake accounts, bots and scamsComplain27%Praise55%
What Signal reviewers say
One public report on Signal - Private Messenger reads 2,051 App Store and Google Play reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 27, 2026. Of its 2,051 judged reviewers, 41% complain, 69% praise something, 10% make a request and 1% say they're quitting. The top complaint is missing feature at 30% of complaints, then crashes and bugs (19%) and login and account (10%). Top praise: respects privacy and attention, at 29% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (81%) and bring something back (4%). Two audience differences stand out. 1 star: mention fake accounts, bots and scams 2.0x as often as everyone (23% vs 11%). New user: mention login and account 5.9x as often as everyone (64% vs 11%).
One public report on Signal - Private Messenger. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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