Groupchat by Chatbooks

Name: Groupchat by Chatbooks
Rating: 4.7 (316 reviews)
Author: Chatbooks, Inc.

By: Chatbooks, Inc. App

Group messaging for families

Overview

Version:

3.5.2

Last updated: 2026-06-27

Ranking

#95,649 ▼ 2,683

Overall

Features & Capabilities

HeyFam by Chatbooks is a family-first messaging app with topic-based rooms, direct messaging, and seamless media sharing across devices. It emphasizes privacy with end-to-end encryption and a private, ad-free experience for families.

Organize chats by topic, plan events, keep shared notes, and switch between multiple family groups with color themes. Enjoy high-quality media, replies and emojis, and easy integration with Chatbooks to print memories.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Chatbooks, Inc.

Rating:

4.70

(316) 1 new ratings

Version:

3.5.2 Last updated: 2026-06-27

Version code:

887505953

Creation date:

2022-08-06

Compatible devices:

Size:

66.39MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-21

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 95,649 ▼ 2,683

Other platforms

Groupchat (v3.5.2)

7,375 4.21

(82)

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Chatbooks, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/groupchat-by-chatbooks/id1628911774

Website:

https://groupchat.chatbooks.com/

User Reviews

Reviews consistently praise the room-based structure for organizing family conversations, easy onboarding and inviting family, and strong media sharing within rooms, especially for large families. Recurrent drawbacks include bugs and instability after updates, sign-up/login problems across devices, intrusive or confusing notifications and UI changes, and the absence of admin controls to manage group membership.

Pros

Rooms/channels for organizing topics and conversations
Easy onboarding and inviting family; family-friendly and easy to use
Media sharing capabilities within rooms (photos/videos) and photo-book style features
Great for large families needing multiple concurrent conversations
Presence/online status visibility within rooms

Cons

Frequent bugs and instability after updates that affect core features (replies, sending photos, navigation)
Onboarding/signup and cross-device login issues (verification, sign-in)
Notification/UI changes feel intrusive or confusing after updates
Lack of admin controls to manage group membership (add/remove members)

Recent reviews

Please for the love of all that is good and holy in this world CHANGE YOUR NAME BACK TO HEYFAM. YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF CONFUSION YOU ARE CREATING FOR MY ELDERLY PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. Why would you think that changing your name to something that is a word that people use literally all the time for multiple apps would be a good thing?? Your app doesn’t even show up in the App Store when I search “Groupchat” because it’s such an oversaturated SEO term used by EVERY OTHER MESSAGING APP. Easily one of the worst branding decisions I’ve seen in recent history. Including Elon renaming Twitter to X.

by Di*****, 2026-06-17

The best family/memory centric app I’ve used to create different rooms to discuss different topics, share funny pictures, cute videos of kids, and so much more. Highly recommend!