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About Houseparty
Houseparty is the face-to-face social network where you can connect with the people you care about most. The app makes connecting face to face effortless, alerting you when your friends are “in the house” and ready to chat so you can jump right into the conversation. The same goes for you opening the app! Your friends will know you’re in the app and ready to chat, so they can join you (…because rejected calls are so last year). Houseparty is truly the next best thing to hanging out in person. See your friends more often on Houseparty.
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House Party
Sep 12, 2020 Hi! I love this app so so so much it’s a great app and everybody can use it. It is a great alternative to FaceTime I love FaceTime but sometimes I can’t have as much fun on FaceTime as I do in house party also I have a friend or two that has an iPod and you cannot see their faces on FaceTime but you can see them on Houseparty also I love this app so much because you can play games on it as well. one thing that I would like to recommend is to please get monopoly and some other games on this app because I am constantly playing the same thing over and over again and it kind of is getting annoying having to play the same thing also I would please like to suggest being able to use a photo from your camera roll as your background instead of having backgrounds that were put there for you, you can take a picture on your device and use it as your background photo and you can customize it as well. Thank you so much for listening to my suggestions and taking it seriously I love this app and I hope it skyrockets through the next couple of years it’s a great app and everybody should have it because it’s great for everybody if you want to talk to one friend or if you want to talk to five. Please have a good rest of your day or night and please stay safe. Thank you so muchmore -
Feb 26, 2021 Great concept but could use some more user friendly changes to interface. Like being more clear how it functions, adding group text chat room, video audio settings like always starting with video disabled/mic mute so u can get ready before going live, and the shake motion is not always working.more -
Great app!!
Apr 7, 2019 I think that Houseparty is an amazing app. It allows you to video chat with more than one of your friends easily. You can message your friends through the app, which I find very convenient. Speaking of friends, on the app somebody has to request to be your friend, so thistles the app slightly more private then it already is. The quality of the video is very good. Houseparty has the same qualities as the app “FaceTime” and more. You can play games with your friend that the app serves to you while on a call with your friend. You can make group conversations on the messaging part of the app. And to wrap it up, you can call other friends that are on the app, from the app, and you can also just do an audio call. There are many more great things about housparty that I can’t fit into one review. So I definitely recommend this app for any age group. (It is not at all inappropriate or to mature for anyone that is able to use “FaceTime” or “Messages”). The app is very accommodating!!! And awesome!!more -
Feb 22, 2021 THIS IS REALLY GOOD🤗 I know maybe sometimes it dont work but what i do is get out the app and come back in🖒. But its really good and if u play fornight u can connect with it so when some one of your friends call u all can play that game while u are on the house party app. To be honest me and my cousin ALWAYS were looking for a texting app but never worked, bc u need SO much info and yes i know that is how that is how it is but still,tge way is to pay someone😂😉more -
It’s good!!!
Sep 6, 2020 Houseparty is an app that allows you to chat with multiple friends (maximum of 8 i think). So I’ve been using Houseparty for a little over a year now, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! It’s so cool! When you first get into the app, it is even shows cool little facts (though they’re not always true😂). The BEST part about houseparty to me and what makes it more unique from google duo, FaceTime etc. is actually 2 things. 1. I already mentioned this, but I find the fact that when you first get into it, it shows facts! Though like I said, they’re not always true😂. 2. I LOVE how you can play games on it!!!!!!!!!!! There are just a couple of things that I don’t like though. (Don’t worry developers, I didn’t delete it and won’t for a while). 1. They recently added this new update, backgrounds. At first I thought it was cool, but when I tried it, it just looked SUPER weird. Please fix that. 2. The sound quality isn’t TERRIBLE, but its not the best and it will glitch some. Same for video quality. Sometimes people will get kicked from the call, but I’ve only seen that happen like twice. Overall, Houseparty is an AMAZING app and I recommend it for pretty much EVERYBODY.more
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pretty bad
Apr 14, 2020 it’s alright when it works but it doesn’t even come close to comparing to Zoom, Duo, FaceTime, etc. with AirPods, the latency is so bad that you would hear a response until at least 2 full seconds have passed. the quality leaves much to be desired. the was frequent feedback on the call, meaning that it has issues with noise-cancellation (which other video calling apps have no issues with). it’s inefficient and drains my battery like no other. the video quality honestly was pretty good but the voice quality was subpar. an hour into the call we got kicked and couldn’t join each other again. we spent 30mins trying to call them and them calling me and we’d select “join” but our efforts were futile because it never worked. eventually we just gave up. not to sound like a Karen with the hard R but i’m so disappointed in this app. i ended up deleting it after the first use. also, part of me thinks that privacy isn’t at all a concern of theirs (i should read the privacy policy yes i know) so i’m even afraid that having the app installed is going to lead to me getting hacked and locked out of my accountsmore -
Feb 16, 2021 Every time I open it when I have data and/or connected to wifi it says "connection issues" even if I have full bars so I can't join my friends parties but I can text them to and I've even deleted it and re-downloaded it -
Feb 10, 2021 The app use to be good but now its really laggy and glitches easily. Me and my friends use hp to game, but now we use the Xbox app bc it started being buggy. -
Feb 3, 2021 Won't let me sign up. Sometimes it tells me my email dosent work but dosent tell me whats the issue. Sometimes it says there's no Internet lol. Other times theres no error shown. Just the next button is disabled. Cant sign up with Google or fb accounts as well . Interesting concept but awful executionmore -
Feb 14, 2021 I can't even join all of my friends party's every time it say loading and kicks me out I even tried uninstalling and trying again making mutiple accounts don't waste your time.
- It's all in the name! One big house party, the only real way to group chat in person with no fees attached
- Have full privacy for your chat: lock the chat room so that only your group can use it, preventing total strangers from popping in
- Meet new friends or just meet up with old ones - either way, Houseparty makes in-person group chat quick and easy
Reviewed by Kaylin on April 26, 2018
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House Party
Sep 12, 2020 Hi! I love this app so so so much it’s a great app and everybody can use it. It is a great alternative to FaceTime I love FaceTime but sometimes I can’t have as much fun on FaceTime as I do in house party also I have a friend or two that has an iPod and you cannot see their faces on FaceTime but you can see them on Houseparty also I love this app so much because you can play games on it as well. one thing that I would like to recommend is to please get monopoly and some other games on this app because I am constantly playing the same thing over and over again and it kind of is getting annoying having to play the same thing also I would please like to suggest being able to use a photo from your camera roll as your background instead of having backgrounds that were put there for you, you can take a picture on your device and use it as your background photo and you can customize it as well. Thank you so much for listening to my suggestions and taking it seriously I love this app and I hope it skyrockets through the next couple of years it’s a great app and everybody should have it because it’s great for everybody if you want to talk to one friend or if you want to talk to five. Please have a good rest of your day or night and please stay safe. Thank you so muchmore -
Great app!!
Apr 7, 2019 I think that Houseparty is an amazing app. It allows you to video chat with more than one of your friends easily. You can message your friends through the app, which I find very convenient. Speaking of friends, on the app somebody has to request to be your friend, so thistles the app slightly more private then it already is. The quality of the video is very good. Houseparty has the same qualities as the app “FaceTime” and more. You can play games with your friend that the app serves to you while on a call with your friend. You can make group conversations on the messaging part of the app. And to wrap it up, you can call other friends that are on the app, from the app, and you can also just do an audio call. There are many more great things about housparty that I can’t fit into one review. So I definitely recommend this app for any age group. (It is not at all inappropriate or to mature for anyone that is able to use “FaceTime” or “Messages”). The app is very accommodating!!! And awesome!!more -
Feb 22, 2021 THIS IS REALLY GOOD🤗 I know maybe sometimes it dont work but what i do is get out the app and come back in🖒. But its really good and if u play fornight u can connect with it so when some one of your friends call u all can play that game while u are on the house party app. To be honest me and my cousin ALWAYS were looking for a texting app but never worked, bc u need SO much info and yes i know that is how that is how it is but still,tge way is to pay someone😂😉more -
Feb 14, 2021 Great app with cam, private chat and face call. It have neat games on it you can play together. Needs more games. Needs group chat and needs to have more than 10 people on group call. Overall great app I love it. Thanks so much for the hard work. My friends love this app. Its been getting popular.more -
Love it! ❤️
Oct 18, 2018 First of all, I don’t know why people are complaining? Ok, I have lots of friends that don’t have phones and I can’t talk to them, but with Houseparty I can! Sometimes I want to video chat with multiple people at the same time but I can’t do that with FaceTime. I can with Houseparty! There are little things here in there but I love this app! One time these two people would not stop calling me and anytime I would come on they would join me, but you can sneak onto Houseparty. See, anytime you go onto the app your friends get a notification, but there is a way to sneak on, so your friends don’t get a notification. Also, they give you really cool facts on the home screen, one time I spent hours just looking at the facts! Lastly, if you don’t like getting notifications every time one of your friends comes on, there is a way to do turn it off. Overall, I love this app and I don’t know why more people are using this app. It’s a great app to download and I recommend this app to anyone!more
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It’s good!!!
Sep 6, 2020 Houseparty is an app that allows you to chat with multiple friends (maximum of 8 i think). So I’ve been using Houseparty for a little over a year now, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! It’s so cool! When you first get into the app, it is even shows cool little facts (though they’re not always true😂). The BEST part about houseparty to me and what makes it more unique from google duo, FaceTime etc. is actually 2 things. 1. I already mentioned this, but I find the fact that when you first get into it, it shows facts! Though like I said, they’re not always true😂. 2. I LOVE how you can play games on it!!!!!!!!!!! There are just a couple of things that I don’t like though. (Don’t worry developers, I didn’t delete it and won’t for a while). 1. They recently added this new update, backgrounds. At first I thought it was cool, but when I tried it, it just looked SUPER weird. Please fix that. 2. The sound quality isn’t TERRIBLE, but its not the best and it will glitch some. Same for video quality. Sometimes people will get kicked from the call, but I’ve only seen that happen like twice. Overall, Houseparty is an AMAZING app and I recommend it for pretty much EVERYBODY.more -
More than an app
Jun 21, 2018 I know this app is supposed to be about fun and seeing a lot of people at one time. But I want the developers to know that you gave my family something that is truly irreplaceable. My uncle got sick suddenly and was placed in the hospital on ICU. I have a HUGE family and a lot of us are spread apart in different states. Houseparty allowed us who couldn’t be there physically to be there virtually during precious moments. We were able to say our last goodbyes, hear funny stories, comfort one another, and be there for his final breath. Death is not fun but this app was one piece of making it a little more bearable because we were literally able to be there for one another. Even on different time zones, doing different things, we were all there. That is something that we are all thankful for and will never forget. We literally said to each other how perfect it was that we found this app and got everyone connected a month ago, not even knowing that it would be a necessity during this tragic time. So thank you.more -
Feb 19, 2021 I like this app and its very easy to chat with friends the one problem is that there used to be an option were u could connect your snap but it is no longer available please fix that -
Amazing! Just one thing..
Jul 12, 2019 House party is a great way to hang out with ALL of your friends at any time! I’d call for hours, and we always have great connection wherever we are. The games are great- my friend group loves the game Chips and Guac! We played forever, and our answers always made us laugh. However, I do find one thing that may be useful for some. In some situations, you want to call but can’t because you have to be quiet at night or while someone’s working. I’ve had to decline calling my friends because of this. I think that adding a chat to be available (when needed) on the side of the screen would be helpful to people like me!! Then, we’d be able to chat without others hearing us. I’d be simple for the others to see, and reply to. We could have headphones in listening to our other friend(s) and still be a part of the conversation, all while nobody knows! I know this is just one review and nobody else has asked, but I would really enjoy it! Thank you for your time!more -
Best Friends
Aug 5, 2019 I love the app and use it a lot to chat and socialize with buddies. The only problem/suggestion is with the whole "Best Friends" system and how that all works. I understand that "best friends" are gained onto your profile based off of how much time you speak to specific people, but i also believe that best friends should also be gained by if you pass a lot of notes/ texts to a specific person on the app. Because alot of times i cant physically cant speak🗣 to someone over the app whether its because im on lunch break at training or im at a family event, or im at a loud place, etc. which is why i use the "Pass A Note" feature, and i would like to gain best friends over that feature too. I talked to my friends about the suggestion and they all agreed and said they had the same exact thought. I REALLY FEEL that u should add this to the app because it will help it grow and change my 4 star rating to a 5 star rating. Pls reas this and make it happen, us users will love it.more
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Feb 26, 2021 Great concept but could use some more user friendly changes to interface. Like being more clear how it functions, adding group text chat room, video audio settings like always starting with video disabled/mic mute so u can get ready before going live, and the shake motion is not always working.more -
Feb 12, 2021 We love the app. It's been awesome for ppl in our little group of friends 2 meet and help eachother 2 feel better during rough times. However, I only gave 3 stars bc of the bugs, if freezes up, and bc we need spades and Rummy!!!! Please please pleade add these games!!!more -
Feb 20, 2021 It's a nice app and all but it doesn't work with some bluetooth earbuds, namely my pixel buds. This isn't just an issue for me and I don't have this with other apps so it is most likely a problem with Houseparty specifically. -
Feb 11, 2021 It's okay. The games are nice. It's not nealy as good as BBMe. It's more user friendly than Discord. The PC app works much better than the mobile app. I could see it competing with Zoom but not phone messaging or video call apps. -
Feb 23, 2021 I rate this a 3 stars because you cant send videos and pictures from your camera or youtube and also it could get laggy the more u use it but besides that its a good app to find your friends and face time🙃😌😊
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pretty bad
Apr 14, 2020 it’s alright when it works but it doesn’t even come close to comparing to Zoom, Duo, FaceTime, etc. with AirPods, the latency is so bad that you would hear a response until at least 2 full seconds have passed. the quality leaves much to be desired. the was frequent feedback on the call, meaning that it has issues with noise-cancellation (which other video calling apps have no issues with). it’s inefficient and drains my battery like no other. the video quality honestly was pretty good but the voice quality was subpar. an hour into the call we got kicked and couldn’t join each other again. we spent 30mins trying to call them and them calling me and we’d select “join” but our efforts were futile because it never worked. eventually we just gave up. not to sound like a Karen with the hard R but i’m so disappointed in this app. i ended up deleting it after the first use. also, part of me thinks that privacy isn’t at all a concern of theirs (i should read the privacy policy yes i know) so i’m even afraid that having the app installed is going to lead to me getting hacked and locked out of my accountsmore -
Feb 16, 2021 Every time I open it when I have data and/or connected to wifi it says "connection issues" even if I have full bars so I can't join my friends parties but I can text them to and I've even deleted it and re-downloaded it -
Feb 10, 2021 The app use to be good but now its really laggy and glitches easily. Me and my friends use hp to game, but now we use the Xbox app bc it started being buggy. -
Enjoyed it but it needs some updates
May 15, 2020 I really enjoy the concept of the app, I think it is a great tool to have especially with this new pandemic and even for future use when you and your friends just want to have a virtual games night. However, I believe there is a major issue with the connectivity on the app, it is often extremely slow or has poor video and audio quality and wifi reception. Even for people who have pretty strong wifi signal that works well on other apps it seems to have an issue. It gets even slower when playing games together especially if it’s more than 5 people. So I do believe they need to work out some technicalities there in order to improve the video and audio quality and wifi reception of the app as well as the speed. I love it and just wish these things could be fixed so that we can have a better experience. Something to note for the future too is adding more games, I love the existing ones but more would be nice in the future.more -
Honestly questioning this app...
Dec 31, 2017 This app has been great, it’s as advertised. It allows you to chat with many different people, doesn’t crash and is hardly glitchy. My concern is after having this app for a month or so, I am beginning to question the privacy given on this app. If you continuously tap the facts, it shows new ones every time but there are however some very inappropriate almost “facts” such as- “You look hot”, and many other gender assuming “facts” and is leading me to question if there are people behind this app watching you and putting in obvious information in specific people. Such as if the user is a male, they give you facts specifically for males or if you are a female, it gives you facts specifically for females. I have been given many inappropriate facts and just facts in general that aren’t appropriate for children even though this app is advertised for 9+. Definitely gonna be looking into this because it puts in a very unsafe and uncomfortable position.more
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Feb 3, 2021 Won't let me sign up. Sometimes it tells me my email dosent work but dosent tell me whats the issue. Sometimes it says there's no Internet lol. Other times theres no error shown. Just the next button is disabled. Cant sign up with Google or fb accounts as well . Interesting concept but awful executionmore -
Feb 14, 2021 I can't even join all of my friends party's every time it say loading and kicks me out I even tried uninstalling and trying again making mutiple accounts don't waste your time. -
Feb 19, 2021 Bluetooth headphones literally doesn't work with this app?? Any media goes through the headphones except houseparty. Dude for real the windows app does the same thing, you guys need to hire an audio engineer because you don't know what you're doing.more -
Bring back full screen
Sep 21, 2020 In what world do the developers of this app think that the changes they’ve made are great. When quarantine first started in March and this app was all the rage, the development team decided not to listen. The changes implemented like “let’s remove full screen and then letterbox the sides of the screen because a few people accidentally press some of the on screen buttons” is absurd, (especially since the majority of your users are on their mobile phone screens). The refusal to realize during your new founded popularity that your default setting notifications spam everyone. Whether you open the app for 2 seconds to see if anyone else is on currently or whether your friends doing the same was/is obnoxious. “Oh I’m up at 2am, let’s check if anyone is on Houseparty...” IMMEDIATELY sends a notification to everyone that you’re friends with no matter what timezone. Also not making it easy whatsoever to find/disable that was another great move. Houseparty got lucky that a global pandemic happened and people were searching and desperate for a video chat app to stay in contact with their friends. Some how in that gold strike moment the people calling the shots were so disassociated with the actual people using it that they decided to double down and continue to make user unfriendly decisions. “Let’s add a few more games, that’ll help!” cool. Maybe next time if you get lucky with an app you’ll actually have people that know what your audience wants.more -
Doesn’t work well anymore on iOS 13
Oct 25, 2019 Doesn’t work anymore on iOS 13. Always drained your battery too much anyways. On to the next app! While I think this app is loads better than FaceTime (doesn’t hang up when you turn off your screen, takes up all your screen with no wasted black space,) it keeps messing up the orientation of video chats as my friends will be upside down or sideways when chatting. It requires closing the app and reopening it. Also, I wish there weren’t so many gestures, as everyone always accidentally swipes out of a room. It’s a feature none of us use (why would we be going in and out of chats like that?) And if you guys could tone it down with the amount of notifications this app produces, that would be great. Other than that this app is still way better than FaceTime, which has become gimmicky junk over the years. All we want to do is video chat to talk, no stupid overlays or memojis that only drain the iPhone even more and add no functional value to the experience.more
What’s Groovy
I love this app. I have an Android so I can't FaceTime my friends. Sometimes the app is a little messed up and it echos the person's voice I'm talking too. Otherwise, this app is amazing and I would recommend you download it! You can use it on mobile or on computer. The only reason I gave this 4 stars was because of the echo thing, but that's really all.
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Me and my friend were doing whoever could type the most and saying random things and after like a few seconds it deletes it snd u have to start over again and is really frustrating, I love this app but I have heard from some people it cause drama And people get left out because like say a friend Is talking to another and someone goes on house party and then they lock the door and it makes the person sad, so I get it so not people just join you and I like how u can lock it but I’m saying it hurts people feelings so I’m just saying to everyone to this app that to be aware and if someone is bullying you just report them, and be kind to everyone and they will be kind to you, and now the good part of this app is you can talk to your friend more often and I like to keep you not board you can play games like uno and let’s more it just makes my heart glow to see people playing together and talking on this app but my heart drops when someone is mean, so everyone be nice and have fun on this app but be aware there is some mean people you just don’t listen to them, be carful on this app, and be aware that when ur typing something really long it could delete it snd don’t get frustrated if it happens it happened to me too! Have fun!
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House Party
Hi! I love this app so so so much it’s a great app and everybody can use it. It is a great alternative to FaceTime I love FaceTime but sometimes I can’t have as much fun on FaceTime as I do in house party also I have a friend or two that has an iPod and you cannot see their faces on FaceTime but you can see them on Houseparty also I love this app so much because you can play games on it as well. one thing that I would like to recommend is to please get monopoly and some other games on this app because I am constantly playing the same thing over and over again and it kind of is getting annoying having to play the same thing also I would please like to suggest being able to use a photo from your camera roll as your background instead of having backgrounds that were put there for you, you can take a picture on your device and use it as your background photo and you can customize it as well. Thank you so much for listening to my suggestions and taking it seriously I love this app and I hope it skyrockets through the next couple of years it’s a great app and everybody should have it because it’s great for everybody if you want to talk to one friend or if you want to talk to five. Please have a good rest of your day or night and please stay safe. Thank you so much -
Great concept but could use some more user friendly changes to interface. Like being more clear how it functions, adding group text chat room, video audio settings like always starting with video disabled/mic mute so u can get ready before going live, and the shake motion is not always working.
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Great app!!
I think that Houseparty is an amazing app. It allows you to video chat with more than one of your friends easily. You can message your friends through the app, which I find very convenient. Speaking of friends, on the app somebody has to request to be your friend, so thistles the app slightly more private then it already is. The quality of the video is very good. Houseparty has the same qualities as the app “FaceTime” and more. You can play games with your friend that the app serves to you while on a call with your friend. You can make group conversations on the messaging part of the app. And to wrap it up, you can call other friends that are on the app, from the app, and you can also just do an audio call. There are many more great things about housparty that I can’t fit into one review. So I definitely recommend this app for any age group. (It is not at all inappropriate or to mature for anyone that is able to use “FaceTime” or “Messages”). The app is very accommodating!!! And awesome!! -
THIS IS REALLY GOOD🤗 I know maybe sometimes it dont work but what i do is get out the app and come back in🖒. But its really good and if u play fornight u can connect with it so when some one of your friends call u all can play that game while u are on the house party app. To be honest me and my cousin ALWAYS were looking for a texting app but never worked, bc u need SO much info and yes i know that is how that is how it is but still,tge way is to pay someone😂😉
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It’s good!!!
Houseparty is an app that allows you to chat with multiple friends (maximum of 8 i think). So I’ve been using Houseparty for a little over a year now, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! It’s so cool! When you first get into the app, it is even shows cool little facts (though they’re not always true😂). The BEST part about houseparty to me and what makes it more unique from google duo, FaceTime etc. is actually 2 things. 1. I already mentioned this, but I find the fact that when you first get into it, it shows facts! Though like I said, they’re not always true😂. 2. I LOVE how you can play games on it!!!!!!!!!!! There are just a couple of things that I don’t like though. (Don’t worry developers, I didn’t delete it and won’t for a while). 1. They recently added this new update, backgrounds. At first I thought it was cool, but when I tried it, it just looked SUPER weird. Please fix that. 2. The sound quality isn’t TERRIBLE, but its not the best and it will glitch some. Same for video quality. Sometimes people will get kicked from the call, but I’ve only seen that happen like twice. Overall, Houseparty is an AMAZING app and I recommend it for pretty much EVERYBODY. -
Great app with cam, private chat and face call. It have neat games on it you can play together. Needs more games. Needs group chat and needs to have more than 10 people on group call. Overall great app I love it. Thanks so much for the hard work. My friends love this app. Its been getting popular.
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We love the app. It's been awesome for ppl in our little group of friends 2 meet and help eachother 2 feel better during rough times. However, I only gave 3 stars bc of the bugs, if freezes up, and bc we need spades and Rummy!!!! Please please pleade add these games!!!
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Love it! ❤️
First of all, I don’t know why people are complaining? Ok, I have lots of friends that don’t have phones and I can’t talk to them, but with Houseparty I can! Sometimes I want to video chat with multiple people at the same time but I can’t do that with FaceTime. I can with Houseparty! There are little things here in there but I love this app! One time these two people would not stop calling me and anytime I would come on they would join me, but you can sneak onto Houseparty. See, anytime you go onto the app your friends get a notification, but there is a way to sneak on, so your friends don’t get a notification. Also, they give you really cool facts on the home screen, one time I spent hours just looking at the facts! Lastly, if you don’t like getting notifications every time one of your friends comes on, there is a way to do turn it off. Overall, I love this app and I don’t know why more people are using this app. It’s a great app to download and I recommend this app to anyone! -
It's a nice app and all but it doesn't work with some bluetooth earbuds, namely my pixel buds. This isn't just an issue for me and I don't have this with other apps so it is most likely a problem with Houseparty specifically.
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AMAZING ❤️ APP 😍😃
This app is very good. You can talk to all your friends and have a good time. Other reviews said that like it was the worst app ever because it had to use internet, well first of all you can’t connect ANY video chat without WiFi same with calling You can’t call without WiFi so that was a pretty dumb one but yeah. It’s a rlly good app. You can play games with people, message them, learn cool facts, and more. I moved a couple of years ago and I moved 12 long hours away from my 5year old cousin. I have an iPod and his mom has a Samsung. I can’t FaceTime them because I have an iPod touch and it won’t work. So we got this app and now we can talk to eachother and we won't be so far away from each other. He is deaf so he can’t hear so we can audio call and he loves to show me his new toys and cats on the Houseparty video chat. I would really recommend you trying this app. You might have a wonderful time.
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Really good but we need to be able to hide a room if you don't want to talk to people
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I love this, but since the update it is acting up bad. And we need new games.
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I would say a 4 star rating becasue it would be noce if they would add the Fortnite thing in as COD and Rocket League. But over all pretty sold game
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Good
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Ok with good camera quality but I dont get the new updates! I am on Samsung and don't know how to get updates like: screenshare
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it was really easy to use and fun t play games together but on a cromebook you can only play uno
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House Party
Hi! I love this app so so so much it’s a great app and everybody can use it. It is a great alternative to FaceTime I love FaceTime but sometimes I can’t have as much fun on FaceTime as I do in house party also I have a friend or two that has an iPod and you cannot see their faces on FaceTime but you can see them on Houseparty also I love this app so much because you can play games on it as well. one thing that I would like to recommend is to please get monopoly and some other games on this app because I am constantly playing the same thing over and over again and it kind of is getting annoying having to play the same thing also I would please like to suggest being able to use a photo from your camera roll as your background instead of having backgrounds that were put there for you, you can take a picture on your device and use it as your background photo and you can customize it as well. Thank you so much for listening to my suggestions and taking it seriously I love this app and I hope it skyrockets through the next couple of years it’s a great app and everybody should have it because it’s great for everybody if you want to talk to one friend or if you want to talk to five. Please have a good rest of your day or night and please stay safe. Thank you so much -
Great app!!
I think that Houseparty is an amazing app. It allows you to video chat with more than one of your friends easily. You can message your friends through the app, which I find very convenient. Speaking of friends, on the app somebody has to request to be your friend, so thistles the app slightly more private then it already is. The quality of the video is very good. Houseparty has the same qualities as the app “FaceTime” and more. You can play games with your friend that the app serves to you while on a call with your friend. You can make group conversations on the messaging part of the app. And to wrap it up, you can call other friends that are on the app, from the app, and you can also just do an audio call. There are many more great things about housparty that I can’t fit into one review. So I definitely recommend this app for any age group. (It is not at all inappropriate or to mature for anyone that is able to use “FaceTime” or “Messages”). The app is very accommodating!!! And awesome!! -
THIS IS REALLY GOOD🤗 I know maybe sometimes it dont work but what i do is get out the app and come back in🖒. But its really good and if u play fornight u can connect with it so when some one of your friends call u all can play that game while u are on the house party app. To be honest me and my cousin ALWAYS were looking for a texting app but never worked, bc u need SO much info and yes i know that is how that is how it is but still,tge way is to pay someone😂😉
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Great app with cam, private chat and face call. It have neat games on it you can play together. Needs more games. Needs group chat and needs to have more than 10 people on group call. Overall great app I love it. Thanks so much for the hard work. My friends love this app. Its been getting popular.
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Love it! ❤️
First of all, I don’t know why people are complaining? Ok, I have lots of friends that don’t have phones and I can’t talk to them, but with Houseparty I can! Sometimes I want to video chat with multiple people at the same time but I can’t do that with FaceTime. I can with Houseparty! There are little things here in there but I love this app! One time these two people would not stop calling me and anytime I would come on they would join me, but you can sneak onto Houseparty. See, anytime you go onto the app your friends get a notification, but there is a way to sneak on, so your friends don’t get a notification. Also, they give you really cool facts on the home screen, one time I spent hours just looking at the facts! Lastly, if you don’t like getting notifications every time one of your friends comes on, there is a way to do turn it off. Overall, I love this app and I don’t know why more people are using this app. It’s a great app to download and I recommend this app to anyone! -
AMAZING ❤️ APP 😍😃
This app is very good. You can talk to all your friends and have a good time. Other reviews said that like it was the worst app ever because it had to use internet, well first of all you can’t connect ANY video chat without WiFi same with calling You can’t call without WiFi so that was a pretty dumb one but yeah. It’s a rlly good app. You can play games with people, message them, learn cool facts, and more. I moved a couple of years ago and I moved 12 long hours away from my 5year old cousin. I have an iPod and his mom has a Samsung. I can’t FaceTime them because I have an iPod touch and it won’t work. So we got this app and now we can talk to eachother and we won't be so far away from each other. He is deaf so he can’t hear so we can audio call and he loves to show me his new toys and cats on the Houseparty video chat. I would really recommend you trying this app. You might have a wonderful time. -
AHH BEST APP EVER (but only few problems)
I like this app coz it’s rlly easy to call ur friends and it tells u when their online but the only thing I don’t rlly like is u can only add 15 ppl to one group and the name is only 25 words for a group. Also when it says someone is around they actually aren’t on their device at all so when ur calling someone and then u say u gotta go somewhere they think u don’t wanna talk to them which seems really unfair. Also delete messages But why it’s good coz it’s rlly safe and it’s fun to use and plus there isn’t any bills for calls. If ur parents don’t let u show them this review: PARENTS PAY ATTENTION: This app is sooo safe coz u have to accept requests of friends and Houseparty is also good if u wanna have study sessions of something together but u can’t actually meet up or if u have lessons with a tutor but he/she can’t come u can do it over house party so yeah HOUSEPARTY IS AWESOME -
Great app for bringing loved ones together, esp during the covid times when get together in person aren't advisable.
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LOVE IT
I use this app almost everyday to chat with my friends. It has great privacy settings. I can sneak into the house, and I can also turn on a setting where it locks the room that I’m in automatically. I love the feature where you can see who is online or around, and I love the games. The only improvement that I might give them is the Wi-Fi settings. Maybe it is just me and my friends not having good Wi-Fi, but it is usually a little lag. Overall a great app and I will readI can sneak into the house, and I can also turn on a setting where it locks the room that I’m in automatically. I love the feature where you can see who is online or around, and I love the games. The only improvement that I might give them is the Wi-Fi settings. Maybe it is just me and my friends, but it is usually a little bit lag he. Overall I will write this app five stars. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ -
Best Communication App
You can talk to your friends and play tons of different games with them including: uno, heads up, trivia, magic 8 ball, chips and guac, and many more! You can lock the room if you don’t want other people joining and invite people you want to join. You can choose your background out of a selection of them. You can even send your friends face mail which is a recorded video of you. You can virtually wave to your friends to get their attention or even call them. You can pass notes to people which is like texting and you can even make groups to pass notes to. You can invite people from your contacts and add people from your contacts that already have the app to your friends list. You can even click a join button to join your friends while they are active. Have fun with it, it is a great app!
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It’s good!!!
Houseparty is an app that allows you to chat with multiple friends (maximum of 8 i think). So I’ve been using Houseparty for a little over a year now, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! It’s so cool! When you first get into the app, it is even shows cool little facts (though they’re not always true😂). The BEST part about houseparty to me and what makes it more unique from google duo, FaceTime etc. is actually 2 things. 1. I already mentioned this, but I find the fact that when you first get into it, it shows facts! Though like I said, they’re not always true😂. 2. I LOVE how you can play games on it!!!!!!!!!!! There are just a couple of things that I don’t like though. (Don’t worry developers, I didn’t delete it and won’t for a while). 1. They recently added this new update, backgrounds. At first I thought it was cool, but when I tried it, it just looked SUPER weird. Please fix that. 2. The sound quality isn’t TERRIBLE, but its not the best and it will glitch some. Same for video quality. Sometimes people will get kicked from the call, but I’ve only seen that happen like twice. Overall, Houseparty is an AMAZING app and I recommend it for pretty much EVERYBODY. -
More than an app
I know this app is supposed to be about fun and seeing a lot of people at one time. But I want the developers to know that you gave my family something that is truly irreplaceable. My uncle got sick suddenly and was placed in the hospital on ICU. I have a HUGE family and a lot of us are spread apart in different states. Houseparty allowed us who couldn’t be there physically to be there virtually during precious moments. We were able to say our last goodbyes, hear funny stories, comfort one another, and be there for his final breath. Death is not fun but this app was one piece of making it a little more bearable because we were literally able to be there for one another. Even on different time zones, doing different things, we were all there. That is something that we are all thankful for and will never forget. We literally said to each other how perfect it was that we found this app and got everyone connected a month ago, not even knowing that it would be a necessity during this tragic time. So thank you. -
I like this app and its very easy to chat with friends the one problem is that there used to be an option were u could connect your snap but it is no longer available please fix that
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Amazing! Just one thing..
House party is a great way to hang out with ALL of your friends at any time! I’d call for hours, and we always have great connection wherever we are. The games are great- my friend group loves the game Chips and Guac! We played forever, and our answers always made us laugh. However, I do find one thing that may be useful for some. In some situations, you want to call but can’t because you have to be quiet at night or while someone’s working. I’ve had to decline calling my friends because of this. I think that adding a chat to be available (when needed) on the side of the screen would be helpful to people like me!! Then, we’d be able to chat without others hearing us. I’d be simple for the others to see, and reply to. We could have headphones in listening to our other friend(s) and still be a part of the conversation, all while nobody knows! I know this is just one review and nobody else has asked, but I would really enjoy it! Thank you for your time! -
Best Friends
I love the app and use it a lot to chat and socialize with buddies. The only problem/suggestion is with the whole "Best Friends" system and how that all works. I understand that "best friends" are gained onto your profile based off of how much time you speak to specific people, but i also believe that best friends should also be gained by if you pass a lot of notes/ texts to a specific person on the app. Because alot of times i cant physically cant speak🗣 to someone over the app whether its because im on lunch break at training or im at a family event, or im at a loud place, etc. which is why i use the "Pass A Note" feature, and i would like to gain best friends over that feature too. I talked to my friends about the suggestion and they all agreed and said they had the same exact thought. I REALLY FEEL that u should add this to the app because it will help it grow and change my 4 star rating to a 5 star rating. Pls reas this and make it happen, us users will love it. -
love it, but too much spam
OK, I love this app. It’s awesome. I’ve never had a serious problem with bugs or glitches. The one thing I would recommend working on is the notifications. It gets annoying when the app thinks I didn’t see the last four “in the house” notifications for one person. I’ve had times when one of my friends is on a call with some other people and my phone tells me ten times that that person is on the app. Thank you, but I saw it the first time. Also because of the spam notifications, most of my friends have turned them off, so I have a hard time trying to add friends or invite them to calls. This isn’t their fault, but it’s frustrating. This is a great app, but please try to fix it so it doesn’t tell me “they’re in the house! they’re in the house! you moron, LOOK!” It’s very annoying. Other than that, I think it’s absolutely fantastic and I will use it for a very long time. -
It was a good experience by i wish u had more games it is ome of those which I would delete after 1 month.... So that is why I give 4 otherwise very good for playing with ma friends
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Really Nice App, Could Use Improvements
Overall this is a really good app it allows you to play games and talk to friends and family! Although it could use improvements, the only major thing is it’s very glitchy when about 5 or more people start to join the game, that allows the games to be slowed down, not being able to hear other people talk and also just it’s not as high quality as ur should be. Another thing I enjoy about Houseparty is that it gives people streaks (and yes I know it’s annoying when you loose a very long streak) streaks allow people to battle with eachother ok how long they talk, spend more time talking to people, and even just learning the feeling of loosing a streak! But their is a few downsides to streaks, some people cheat, some people spend way to much time on a device, and it makes other people feel bad about their friends or families streaks! That pretty much all I gotta say about Houseparty, Overall very nice app 4 Stars! -
Great way to stay connected but can always use improvement.
I really like this app. It’s helped me stay connected with friends and family during the current shelter in place we’re all experiencing. One issue I have is that if someone wants to join in to video chat with you, the app doesn’t ask permission if your screen is open. It automatically just begins a video chat session and that could be awkward at times. I was in the middle of brushing my teeth and the screen just popped on bc I’d opened it to see who was online. I really feel like there should be a delay where permission is asked and either granted or denied. It shouldn’t just open up into a chat like that. It’s a bit weird. Other than that and occasional connection issues (could cry well just be my internet), I’ve had no problem at all with Houseparty. It’s an amazing way to have fun with friends when physical connection isn’t possible. -
Great just one thing
I love this app so much but there’s just one main flaw for me. The thing I don’t like about this app is that when your using the app any of your friends can instantly connect to you there’s no answer or decline button. This problem only happens when I’m on the app other times when playing another game and someone calls me I can choose to answer. I’ve had situations where a friend would call me and my parents would be on a work call and I didn’t have my headphones in. My dad would have to come and ask me to keep it down. So I had to go up in my room, and sometimes I didn’t even want to be on the phone, but I didn’t want to be rude. There was also this time where, I was checking my friend requests while getting dressed and a friend called me. I had no pants on so I had to ask to call her back. Other than that I love this app! Please fix this problem with a new update.
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Great concept but could use some more user friendly changes to interface. Like being more clear how it functions, adding group text chat room, video audio settings like always starting with video disabled/mic mute so u can get ready before going live, and the shake motion is not always working.
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We love the app. It's been awesome for ppl in our little group of friends 2 meet and help eachother 2 feel better during rough times. However, I only gave 3 stars bc of the bugs, if freezes up, and bc we need spades and Rummy!!!! Please please pleade add these games!!!
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It's a nice app and all but it doesn't work with some bluetooth earbuds, namely my pixel buds. This isn't just an issue for me and I don't have this with other apps so it is most likely a problem with Houseparty specifically.
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It's okay. The games are nice. It's not nealy as good as BBMe. It's more user friendly than Discord. The PC app works much better than the mobile app. I could see it competing with Zoom but not phone messaging or video call apps.
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I rate this a 3 stars because you cant send videos and pictures from your camera or youtube and also it could get laggy the more u use it but besides that its a good app to find your friends and face time🙃😌😊
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Fun app, but lags
My friends and I were mid playing last night at around 12 am when the app crashed. It started to lag on all ends and we couldn’t even try to video chat with each other because we weren’t showing up on our personal friend list even though we were all waiting for each other the whole time. It wasn’t loading. My friend uninstalled and reinstalled and no changes happened. It started to work 30-40 minutes later. We were all annoyed and wondering what was happening. Also, in the games, cards and words constantly repeat which looses excitement in the game. We all kept saying “wait! We just did this!” And as for the Karaoke Night, they were all older songs that majority barely knew. We were expecting more current songs from 90s - current times. It seemed to be opposite. This game is definitely bringing people together especially during this quarantine, but it definitely needs some improvement. I was trying to find the “help” section to see what I can do, but couldn’t. Let time heal itself. -
there's no mic measuring- some people are very very loud while others are very quiet- please make it so you can lower or raise people's volumes so everyone is the same :)
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A GLITCH
I got Houseparty to talk to my many friends at the same time because some didn’t have an Apple device. It worked for all of them perfectly fine (i think),but it had an annoying glitch for me. Whenever I went in a chat room or just called one person, it had some kind of echo that wouldn’t allow me to hear my friend(s) in the chat room. I have two electronic devices. An Ipod and an Ipad. I downloaded this app on both devices just in case my ipod died viceversa. But this glitch was effective to BOTH MY DEVICES. At that point, I gave up. I thought it was my wifi or something else. I tried going in EVERY SINGLE ROOM IN MY HOUSE. Still didn’t work. So I decided to use a different app to talk to my friends. This app is WONDERFUL and it has connected many people who live far away from each other, but it just didn’t work for me. I would LOVE to use this app again, but my electronics or the app won’t permit me with that glitch. This is the ONLY reason why I gave this a 3-star review. - A Friendly Reviewer 🤗 -
Three stars review explanation
So, I gave Houseparty a 3star review because they were always sending me notifications to sign up with Facebook. I’m to young for Facebook and I don’t like it. Making something do something they don’t want to is not appropriate. Second, it doesn’t work if you don’t have WiFi........? what if you want to talk with your family members as a group in one chat and you can’t because you don’t have WiFi. It’s very annoying how apps don’t let you play or do things on it without WiFi. It’s very annoying, and for me growing up with not that much WiFi in my household, it really annoys me of how I always have to have it. Third, the app will also don’t work if you have slow WiFi. What I meant with growing up with not that much WiFi in my household, I meant it was very slow. Sure now it fast but still. What about other people. They just want to enjoy their time. Not from worrying if their WiFi is bad. So this is my opinion. I am only 11 years old and I still have my judgments. -
Would be fantastic BUT!! If playing a game with friends in the UK it works fine and has only crashed a couple of times but as soon as I try with a friend who lives in France it keeps crashing!!! Very annoying as so far out of 21 attempted games none have gone the distance!! Shame as would get 5* Are there any reasons why it doesn't work when attempting to play card games outside the UK? Thanks
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pretty bad
it’s alright when it works but it doesn’t even come close to comparing to Zoom, Duo, FaceTime, etc. with AirPods, the latency is so bad that you would hear a response until at least 2 full seconds have passed. the quality leaves much to be desired. the was frequent feedback on the call, meaning that it has issues with noise-cancellation (which other video calling apps have no issues with). it’s inefficient and drains my battery like no other. the video quality honestly was pretty good but the voice quality was subpar. an hour into the call we got kicked and couldn’t join each other again. we spent 30mins trying to call them and them calling me and we’d select “join” but our efforts were futile because it never worked. eventually we just gave up. not to sound like a Karen with the hard R but i’m so disappointed in this app. i ended up deleting it after the first use. also, part of me thinks that privacy isn’t at all a concern of theirs (i should read the privacy policy yes i know) so i’m even afraid that having the app installed is going to lead to me getting hacked and locked out of my accounts -
Every time I open it when I have data and/or connected to wifi it says "connection issues" even if I have full bars so I can't join my friends parties but I can text them to and I've even deleted it and re-downloaded it
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The app use to be good but now its really laggy and glitches easily. Me and my friends use hp to game, but now we use the Xbox app bc it started being buggy.
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Won't let me sign up. Sometimes it tells me my email dosent work but dosent tell me whats the issue. Sometimes it says there's no Internet lol. Other times theres no error shown. Just the next button is disabled. Cant sign up with Google or fb accounts as well . Interesting concept but awful execution
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I can't even join all of my friends party's every time it say loading and kicks me out I even tried uninstalling and trying again making mutiple accounts don't waste your time.
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Bluetooth headphones literally doesn't work with this app?? Any media goes through the headphones except houseparty. Dude for real the windows app does the same thing, you guys need to hire an audio engineer because you don't know what you're doing.
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Bring back full screen
In what world do the developers of this app think that the changes they’ve made are great. When quarantine first started in March and this app was all the rage, the development team decided not to listen. The changes implemented like “let’s remove full screen and then letterbox the sides of the screen because a few people accidentally press some of the on screen buttons” is absurd, (especially since the majority of your users are on their mobile phone screens). The refusal to realize during your new founded popularity that your default setting notifications spam everyone. Whether you open the app for 2 seconds to see if anyone else is on currently or whether your friends doing the same was/is obnoxious. “Oh I’m up at 2am, let’s check if anyone is on Houseparty...” IMMEDIATELY sends a notification to everyone that you’re friends with no matter what timezone. Also not making it easy whatsoever to find/disable that was another great move. Houseparty got lucky that a global pandemic happened and people were searching and desperate for a video chat app to stay in contact with their friends. Some how in that gold strike moment the people calling the shots were so disassociated with the actual people using it that they decided to double down and continue to make user unfriendly decisions. “Let’s add a few more games, that’ll help!” cool. Maybe next time if you get lucky with an app you’ll actually have people that know what your audience wants. -
Enjoyed it but it needs some updates
I really enjoy the concept of the app, I think it is a great tool to have especially with this new pandemic and even for future use when you and your friends just want to have a virtual games night. However, I believe there is a major issue with the connectivity on the app, it is often extremely slow or has poor video and audio quality and wifi reception. Even for people who have pretty strong wifi signal that works well on other apps it seems to have an issue. It gets even slower when playing games together especially if it’s more than 5 people. So I do believe they need to work out some technicalities there in order to improve the video and audio quality and wifi reception of the app as well as the speed. I love it and just wish these things could be fixed so that we can have a better experience. Something to note for the future too is adding more games, I love the existing ones but more would be nice in the future. -
Honestly questioning this app...
This app has been great, it’s as advertised. It allows you to chat with many different people, doesn’t crash and is hardly glitchy. My concern is after having this app for a month or so, I am beginning to question the privacy given on this app. If you continuously tap the facts, it shows new ones every time but there are however some very inappropriate almost “facts” such as- “You look hot”, and many other gender assuming “facts” and is leading me to question if there are people behind this app watching you and putting in obvious information in specific people. Such as if the user is a male, they give you facts specifically for males or if you are a female, it gives you facts specifically for females. I have been given many inappropriate facts and just facts in general that aren’t appropriate for children even though this app is advertised for 9+. Definitely gonna be looking into this because it puts in a very unsafe and uncomfortable position. -
Doesn’t work well anymore on iOS 13
Doesn’t work anymore on iOS 13. Always drained your battery too much anyways. On to the next app! While I think this app is loads better than FaceTime (doesn’t hang up when you turn off your screen, takes up all your screen with no wasted black space,) it keeps messing up the orientation of video chats as my friends will be upside down or sideways when chatting. It requires closing the app and reopening it. Also, I wish there weren’t so many gestures, as everyone always accidentally swipes out of a room. It’s a feature none of us use (why would we be going in and out of chats like that?) And if you guys could tone it down with the amount of notifications this app produces, that would be great. Other than that this app is still way better than FaceTime, which has become gimmicky junk over the years. All we want to do is video chat to talk, no stupid overlays or memojis that only drain the iPhone even more and add no functional value to the experience.
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doesnt update so i cant do stuff
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please fix this or i will cry my eyes out do you want that? didint think so.
i can join perfectly fine on my phone, but when it comes to my hp computer it won’t load and you are the reason i’m crying right now fix it i’ve been trying to fix it for over an hour at this point you need to fix it now -
Merko pata hai jitika ne tumhe paise diye hai. Mai law suit file krne jara hun. Have fun. Regards Gande log
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Bullying
Horrible app i have been called i get called , indian, terrorist, bomber, ugly, fat , “how many cuts u have on ur arm, a beer , go make me a sandwich, emo chick. this app is horrible for children. -
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TERRIBLE !!!
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Kinda upset
I love this app and use it just about everyday but sometimes it gets rid of my minutes for no reason. Me and my friend had almost 10,000 minutes but for some reason they disappeared and we are both upset because the app didn’t notify us that they were going to expire even though I have all my notifications on. Mind you we had just been online together around 2 days ago. This has happened another time as well it’s very annoying. -
You need to fix this
When I open up the app it don’t let me in it shows a black screen with the plus button and all that but is frozen and you guys really need to fix this -
Fortnite for Xbox
Get this to work on console already! -
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pretty bad
it’s alright when it works but it doesn’t even come close to comparing to Zoom, Duo, FaceTime, etc. with AirPods, the latency is so bad that you would hear a response until at least 2 full seconds have passed. the quality leaves much to be desired. the was frequent feedback on the call, meaning that it has issues with noise-cancellation (which other video calling apps have no issues with). it’s inefficient and drains my battery like no other. the video quality honestly was pretty good but the voice quality was subpar. an hour into the call we got kicked and couldn’t join each other again. we spent 30mins trying to call them and them calling me and we’d select “join” but our efforts were futile because it never worked. eventually we just gave up. not to sound like a Karen with the hard R but i’m so disappointed in this app. i ended up deleting it after the first use. also, part of me thinks that privacy isn’t at all a concern of theirs (i should read the privacy policy yes i know) so i’m even afraid that having the app installed is going to lead to me getting hacked and locked out of my accounts -
Every time I open it when I have data and/or connected to wifi it says "connection issues" even if I have full bars so I can't join my friends parties but I can text them to and I've even deleted it and re-downloaded it
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The app use to be good but now its really laggy and glitches easily. Me and my friends use hp to game, but now we use the Xbox app bc it started being buggy.
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Enjoyed it but it needs some updates
I really enjoy the concept of the app, I think it is a great tool to have especially with this new pandemic and even for future use when you and your friends just want to have a virtual games night. However, I believe there is a major issue with the connectivity on the app, it is often extremely slow or has poor video and audio quality and wifi reception. Even for people who have pretty strong wifi signal that works well on other apps it seems to have an issue. It gets even slower when playing games together especially if it’s more than 5 people. So I do believe they need to work out some technicalities there in order to improve the video and audio quality and wifi reception of the app as well as the speed. I love it and just wish these things could be fixed so that we can have a better experience. Something to note for the future too is adding more games, I love the existing ones but more would be nice in the future. -
Honestly questioning this app...
This app has been great, it’s as advertised. It allows you to chat with many different people, doesn’t crash and is hardly glitchy. My concern is after having this app for a month or so, I am beginning to question the privacy given on this app. If you continuously tap the facts, it shows new ones every time but there are however some very inappropriate almost “facts” such as- “You look hot”, and many other gender assuming “facts” and is leading me to question if there are people behind this app watching you and putting in obvious information in specific people. Such as if the user is a male, they give you facts specifically for males or if you are a female, it gives you facts specifically for females. I have been given many inappropriate facts and just facts in general that aren’t appropriate for children even though this app is advertised for 9+. Definitely gonna be looking into this because it puts in a very unsafe and uncomfortable position. -
Control Issues
I should be able to open the app without my camera on. To get to controls even to learn I am immediately available and on screen. I should be able to enable my camera and be available after I open and choose right from the beginning. I see there is a sneak mode. I find that to be very dangerous. To allow someone to be a voyeur of others without the knowledge is both dangerous and sketchy. To be able to learn anything about the app and its settings etc , I had to open it early in the morning to ensure no one would just in with me. Also the camera is on when I open. Its a horrible operating system. I have friends on this but find myself constantly avoiding opening because almost every time I have been caught off guard. It would be great if the app opened without the camera, allowed you to enable it and choose to let people know you are on. When you join, it should walk you through how it works and the available settings (including the camera/available option), so that a new user understands how to set privacy and can do so without being bombarded by people unexpectedly. This app is a great idea especially in these times, but it really needs some changes to ensure privacy and accessibility of features. -
Disappointed.
I used Houseparty to talk to my friends from school and it was great. I’ve had the app over an year now and didn’t have any issues- until yesterday. Yesterday my iPhone didn’t have any WiFi and my Houseparty was not working at all. So I decided to call my friend on FaceTime instead and waited until the next day to use it. The next day, (today) I checked on Houseparty to talk to my friends since you know my WiFi is now working and it signed me out and I logged back in when it told me to enable two things. It was kinda weird since it never asked me that, unti I checked my friends list and I had NO friends! All of my friends were gone not even a single person was there it was so weird and then I decided to refresh the app and there is still nobody there!!! I even deleted the app and still NO FRIENDS!! PLEASE FIX THIS BECAUSE I HAVE NO FRIENDS AT ALL AND ITS VERY UNUSUAL. -
I don’t know..
I downloaded this because all my friends had it. I thought it would be cool and fun, until I joined one of my friends. There was a random boy that was in our call with us. My screen said “friends with Sammi tian” or something like that. After the experience I texted her and asked her if she knew who that boy was. She said “no clue who it was, weird” however, this hasn’t happened just once. I joined my friend and another person was in it with us. My friend said “do you know who this dude is?” I said no, because I didn’t. Then he started being creepy to me. He was probably a little older then me, but that still doesn’t make it ok even if he’s the same age as me. My friend told me later on that it said the guy who joined us knew me. It was a scary experience. They need to fix their security to protect their users. Honestly unacceptable. -
FIX THIS ASAP
I can tell that the developers of this app care a lot about their users. And I like that a lot! To be fair, the app concept is fantastic! All my friends use it. Except I cannot. The problem I’ve found with this app is that users must use email accounts or phone numbers. I find that very annoying because I don’t have a phone. And I cannot use my email account for it. I would LOVE it if you could make usernames as another option. That way it doesn’t force you use anything you don’t really want to. (Example: TigerPanda24.) Then you could just tap sign up. Not having to use emails accounts or phone numbers would make the app a lot better. I have been looking for an app that doesn’t force me to use phone numbers or emails. PLEASE fix this so that I can use the app!! Thanks so much!! -
eh
it's good when it actually works,but most of the time it doesn't. usually every 3 nights it logs me and my friends out and we can't get back on til the next day. we restart our internet, delete it and redownload it , and restart our phones. yes it's very fun when up and running but thats very rare. Another problem i have with this app is battery. i understand apps are supposed to take up battery. but after being in houseparty for 30 minutes to an hour your phone will rapidly decrease in battery power and your phone will start to heat. what makes it worse is that when you plug it in, your device becomes even more overheated. i just want a good quality app where you can chat and meet people in locked rooms and communicate with friends. is that too hard to ask?
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Won't let me sign up. Sometimes it tells me my email dosent work but dosent tell me whats the issue. Sometimes it says there's no Internet lol. Other times theres no error shown. Just the next button is disabled. Cant sign up with Google or fb accounts as well . Interesting concept but awful execution
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I can't even join all of my friends party's every time it say loading and kicks me out I even tried uninstalling and trying again making mutiple accounts don't waste your time.
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Bluetooth headphones literally doesn't work with this app?? Any media goes through the headphones except houseparty. Dude for real the windows app does the same thing, you guys need to hire an audio engineer because you don't know what you're doing.
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Bring back full screen
In what world do the developers of this app think that the changes they’ve made are great. When quarantine first started in March and this app was all the rage, the development team decided not to listen. The changes implemented like “let’s remove full screen and then letterbox the sides of the screen because a few people accidentally press some of the on screen buttons” is absurd, (especially since the majority of your users are on their mobile phone screens). The refusal to realize during your new founded popularity that your default setting notifications spam everyone. Whether you open the app for 2 seconds to see if anyone else is on currently or whether your friends doing the same was/is obnoxious. “Oh I’m up at 2am, let’s check if anyone is on Houseparty...” IMMEDIATELY sends a notification to everyone that you’re friends with no matter what timezone. Also not making it easy whatsoever to find/disable that was another great move. Houseparty got lucky that a global pandemic happened and people were searching and desperate for a video chat app to stay in contact with their friends. Some how in that gold strike moment the people calling the shots were so disassociated with the actual people using it that they decided to double down and continue to make user unfriendly decisions. “Let’s add a few more games, that’ll help!” cool. Maybe next time if you get lucky with an app you’ll actually have people that know what your audience wants. -
Doesn’t work well anymore on iOS 13
Doesn’t work anymore on iOS 13. Always drained your battery too much anyways. On to the next app! While I think this app is loads better than FaceTime (doesn’t hang up when you turn off your screen, takes up all your screen with no wasted black space,) it keeps messing up the orientation of video chats as my friends will be upside down or sideways when chatting. It requires closing the app and reopening it. Also, I wish there weren’t so many gestures, as everyone always accidentally swipes out of a room. It’s a feature none of us use (why would we be going in and out of chats like that?) And if you guys could tone it down with the amount of notifications this app produces, that would be great. Other than that this app is still way better than FaceTime, which has become gimmicky junk over the years. All we want to do is video chat to talk, no stupid overlays or memojis that only drain the iPhone even more and add no functional value to the experience. -
Not working 😡😡😡
I downloaded this app to chat with all my other friends, but as soon as I downloaded it it started having problems. I was trying to make an account and every time I inputted something it said "error". I asked my friends if this happened to them and they said it had to do with the Wi-Fi, so I connected to Wi-Fi and it finally let me make an account. Now 30 minutes later I have an account. Then I texted all my friends to get on house party chat and when I try to friend them it gives me another error message. Now I'm really frustrated with it but I decide to give the app another chance. So I connect to another Wi-Fi network and it still is giving me this error message! Honestly I don't know if it's my phone or the app but I am really upset with the service of this app. I hope I can get an explanation, this can be fixed, or both, but so far I had really high hopes for this app but it turned out horrible. -
Too many kinks
I had this for over a week but had to delete it. You get an annoying notification any time someone your friends with opens the app and there is no way to turn JUST that off. You have to turn ALL notifications from the app off, so basically if someone invites you to play you won’t get notified because you turned off notifications so the OTHER annoying notification from friends logging on would stop. The other thing is once you actually get to playing, some of the questions are short and give you plenty of time to answer, then some of the questions are PARAGRAPHS and the app gives you the same amount of time to answer those. You’re out of time before you even read the question. The other thing they need to do is figure out a way to sync games. For example. I have the ‘Heads Up’ game already and purchased EVERY SINGLE DECK. I was expecting it to sync with this, but no. You open heads up and you have to either buy all the decks all over again or be stuck playing the same 3 over and over. Lastly, the questions are super repetitive. The game asks the same 15 questions. So basically if you’ve played the game 3 or 4 times you’re done. You know the answers to all the questions on all the games. -
Story about my money
So I downloaded house party to talk to a couple of friends. Later that evening, (my youngest brother plays fortnite) and it was his birthday so I decided to give him 20 dollars to spend on the game. I’m 24 and have a well paying job, so it wasn’t a problem. When he went to purchase the v-bucks, it said “your transaction was cancelled, please contact Microsoft support for more details”, so I was confused. I later checked my email saying that multiple purchases were made. I also got many emails saying that my Facebook, Instagram, and even reddit were trying to be logged into. Luckily, I have 2-factor authentication so this wasn’t a problem. I later changed all of my passwords so I wouldn’t get hacked. I did some research on house party, and multiple reviews say they’ve been hacked. I now deactivated my account, and got a new credit card. DON’T DOWNLOAD THIS APP - IT WILL STEAL YOUR MONEY.
- It's all in the name! One big house party, the only real way to group chat in person with no fees attached
- Have full privacy for your chat: lock the chat room so that only your group can use it, preventing total strangers from popping in
- Meet new friends or just meet up with old ones - either way, Houseparty makes in-person group chat quick and easy
Reviewed by Kaylin on April 26, 2018
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