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WeChat is a complete mobile communication and private social networking app. Free, cross-platform, and full-featured, WeChat is the best way to keep in touch with everyone you care about.
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License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
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Country of Origin
China
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- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
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- Android Tablet
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- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Linux
- Flathub
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One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0 + free version with limited functionality.Rating
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- Updated Mar 18, 2025
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Comments and Reviews
Actually WeChat is very problematic application for those who are living outside of China. Especially Americans, Malaysians and South Africans are hardly register to the app because of security check process. The application may require you to register with assistant registration. For an assistant registration, you will need a friend and your friend needs to own a WeChat Wallet, his account should be 1 year-old at the least and he shouldn't have activated an account for a year. For an American or European having such a friend is almost impossible. People are facing this problem too much. Since I am owner of a unofficial troubleshooting website about WeChat, we were getting almost 100 questions about verifying account daily. I assume almost 1000 people are facing with this problem everyday and it makes almost 400.000 users yearly. Most of those people who face with this error are quit using the app. We also got many complaints about WeChat support about the same issue, some of application users reported that they haven't got any response for this problem about months. They should certainly remove this verification mode if WeChat wants to be international. (I am sure they want it with investments on WeChat Go, WeChat South Africa, etc.)
The other problem with the application is verification code. It is highly likely that some GSM operators has been blocked some Chinese services and people can't able to receive these verification codes. WeChat haven't fix this problems for years. This problem exists almost about 6 years and couldn't fix yet.
There are also many known bugs with WeChat Sake, WeChat People Nearby features of the application. There are also many downsides and cons of the app.
However WeChat is one of the most fun messenger applications that you will have in your phone. There are many good features. You can make new friends who are already seeking friends with shaking their phone. WeChat has focused on publishing new features so much. However they should focus on fix verification system first because their current style doesn't make any sense at the moment. They should also fix those bugs anymore. People are tired of complaining about those.
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**No privacy **at all. Never trust any of them.
Some references https://www.mcgill.ca/it/channels/news/restriction-wechat-mcgill-devices-interdiction-wechat-sur-les-appareils-de-mcgill-352776
Recommend to remove it from your phone. This application will grow up to 3GB even you clear storeage regularly as time passes. 强烈推荐卸载微信，它能短时间内占你3GB的手机存储，并且如果你不清理空间，它还会越来越大，珍爱生命，远离微信，阿弥陀佛
the worst communication APP I ever have, this is the APP released by Tencent, in China, As I am a Chinese, I dislike this APP because it could monitor you and you did not have any privacy. I strongly suggest you uninstall this app if you have any other choice. ---from a chinese user. 作为一个中国用户，我强烈建议你卸载此软件，因为腾讯会监控你和你的隐私，在中国大陆，绝大多数人都遭到过腾讯的封号和禁言。除非你特别必要使用这个软件，否则能不用，就不用。腾讯的一切软件皆如此
Worse than Google and Facebook together
There is absolutely no reason to use this app unless you have many friends in China, or do business/live in China.
It is a bloated memory hog, and it is based in China where the government has full control over the data.
If you care about your privacy, do not use this.
Additionally, China passed a law a few years ago that says they can imprison anyone who speaks out against the government, anywhere in the world. It is theoretically targeted towards its own citizen dissidents, but I would be wary.
Everyone use WeChat in China. And it can do everything.