United StatesThe first messaging app designed for families–HeyFam is the only app with topic-focused rooms and direct messaging where you can share photos, videos, GIFs, and messages across any device. ORGANIZED CONVERSATIONS: No more endless scrolling to find a shared recipe or interrupted conversations. Gather shared photos and more. SAFE AND SECURE MESSAGING: HeyFam comes with industry-standard encryption, we don’t sell your data. COMPLETELY FREE: Our mission is to strengthen families, which is why we don't charge for features or use of HeyFam right now. EASILY SHARE PHOTOS ACROSS DEVICES: No more fuzzy images, blurry videos, or crackling audio when you share. REPLY AND REACT: Show your support with emojis or keep the conversation going with message threads. NO ADS. NO SPAM. JUST FAM: However you define “family”, our secure, invite-only platform with message encryption keeps the conversation just between you. Plus–it’s a great way to get kids involved! PRINT YOUR PHOTOS WITH CHATBOOKS: It’s easier than ever to print your photos with a direct connection from HeyFam to the Chatbooks app. Create a photo book in minutes! [:mav: 3.0.0]
Issues with app
I have an iPhone and this app is not working right at all. It shows I joined my family, but then if I close it, it shows I’m not part of a family and won’t let me past that screen. 2 of my family member’s says it’s working for them. 1 has an iPhone and the other an android. They can see where I joined but I either get blank screens or has me enter my email then my phone number and can’t get any further. I tried using a QR code to get in and it still is not working. Deleting app and looking for something we can all use.
United StatesIrritating Functionality
Constantly shows me that there are new posts on my banner, but when I go into the app, the new posts aren’t there. Randomly shows me what’s new over and over even though no update has come in. This app is poor.
United StatesYay! working again on mac!!
Glad this is working again
United StatesWas better before the update
The newest update makes me want to use another app. I don’t understand the need for the “home feed” when we already have dedicated rooms to such convos. Taking away reactions as well has been frustrating- not everyone uses chat books and wants to send photos there. We just want to react! The replies/reaction notification on the top is also annoying- I do not want to click through each notification to make the red dot go away. Please oh please fix these things.
United StatesApp keeps getting worse
While HeyFam started off as a great app, each release makes it more buggy and more complicated to use. This latest release has us absolutely scratching our heads. Most of our family can’t reply to threads, some of us can’t send photos, and none of us can report bugs. The navigation and structure of the app is confusing and unintuitive. The app icon went from being unique and cool to blending in with every other iOS communication app. What was once a great chat app that I recommended to everyone has become buggy, complicated, and nearly unusable. I wouldn’t recommend this app anymore until these issues get fixed.
United StatesLatest release is… not off to a great start
On the Replies and Reactions page, the ‘mark all as read’ button isn’t working. Ironically, when I went to go report it, I discovered the ‘report a bug’ feature is also not working, thus I’m posting about it here. I’m sure there are many more things I’ll discover, but my last piece of feedback for now is that by changing the app icon to green, it’s now much more difficult to find, especially because in the iOS App Library, there are already 3 green apps in the Social category that are standard on an iPhone, which doesn’t include the multiple other green Social apps I also have downloaded. Now, when I want to find HeyFam, it takes a couple extra seconds of looking at the cluster of nearly indistinguishable green app icons to find which one is HeyFam. Not a fan.
United StatesReally great!
We moved our family GroupMe to HeyFam and we love it. I love that we can have separate rooms and even private rooms. We use this function when we are trying to plan something special for someone in the main group but we want it to be a surprise. We have separate rooms for reunion planning and Wordle. It’s just fun to have what feels like a gathering area for our family! A few things I would love to see is: 1- the ability to actually delete a room, not just archive it. We had accidentally created two rooms for the same thing and would love to be able to completely delete it. I really like the ability to archive, just add the delete as well. 2- add the ability to create polls. A lot of times we are planning family functions and want to get everyone’s opinion between several different choices. We would love to be able to create a poll within the group room. 3- the ability to change the icon for the group. I have two different family groups, both last names start with “H”, so I have to “H”’s at the top and no way to differentiate. Would love to be able to customize at least the color if not more.
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- Welcome to fam post for new family members - Long press on images in thread to send to Chatbooks - Various fixes/improvements
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