DirectChat (ChatHeads/Bubbles)

Name: DirectChat (ChatHeads/Bubbles)
Rating: 3.32 (15599 reviews)
Author: Unique Gem Visions

Create Facebook like Chat Bubbles for any app and read messages privately!

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DirectChat enables you to create Facebook-style ChatHeads or chat bubbles for any application, consolidating all your conversations in one seamless place to ensure uninterrupted messaging. With privacy mode, you can read and reply to messages discreetly without appearing online or showing your last seen status.

Supporting over 20 popular messengers including WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, and more, DirectChat acts as a personalized notification manager. Customize chat bubble appearance with various colors and transparency, multitask with chat overlays, and manage blocked users and blacklist apps. Premium features offer no ads, instant reply, message read marks, themes, link previews, and access to more apps. Add your own apps via settings and enjoy enhanced messaging convenience and privacy.

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By:

Unique Gem Visions

Downloads:

4,670,242 2.15K

Rating:

3.32

(15,599) 7 new ratings

Version:

1.9.4 Last updated: 2024-07-30

Version code:

119

Creation date:

2017-04-29

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Size:

30.20MB

Email:

un*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Updated:

10 hours ago

Ranking

# 22,492 ▼ 28

User reviews

DirectChat offers a useful chat bubble interface for multiple messaging apps and emphasizes user privacy. However, many users report severe stability problems, including frequent crashes and compatibility issues with recent Android versions causing touch freezes. The shift to a subscription model with limited features for free users has disappointed many. Multimedia support and key features are lacking, and background data usage is very high. Developer support is inconsistent, leading to unresolved user issues. While the concept is appreciated, the app's recent updates have caused significant usability problems.

Pros

Offers convenient chat bubbles similar to Facebook Messenger for easy access to messages.
Supports multiple messaging apps, allowing users to manage several accounts seamlessly.
Provides privacy benefits by letting users read messages without triggering read receipts or last seen updates.
Good concept and was stable and functional in earlier versions.
Developer has engaged with some users for resolving issues and providing coupon codes.

Cons

App frequently crashes and suffers from stability issues, especially after recent updates.
New subscription model with high cost and aggressive push for upgrades creates user dissatisfaction.
App lacks critical features like image and multimedia support in some messaging apps, limiting usability.
Performance issues on newer Android versions causing bugs such as freezing touch input and blocking access to other apps.
Poor or slow developer support and communication regarding issues and pro subscription access.
High background data usage reported by some users.
Basic customization features are locked behind subscription, with ads shown to free users.

Recent reviews

Used to work very well. I was very pleased. But suddenly, a couple of weeks ago, the app lost the ability to open related apps — all of those in the apps list. The app is now less functional than the basic Android notification system. I wanted to report this fault to the developer directly, but can't find any way to do this. I have no choice but to uninstall the app and voice a public complaint via these reviews. EDIT: in anticipation of a fix I am raising my rating back to 5⭐.

Do*****, 2024-09-01

Great app! However in the current version, unable to open the app directly from the chat bubble. Pressing the button to open the app's chat window in the bubble does not do anything.