“TOTAL review — Dear KakaoTalk, I’m just going to make it easy and clear about what you need to fix, and so that users can read this before getting this app! 1. This is something you guys should fix. PLEASE make posting longer than a…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 974 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
3.0 ★3,372,980 ratings
100M+Downloads
4+Age rating
581 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
■ KakaoTalk – Korea’s no. 1 messenger KakaoTalk is more than just a free messenger. It brings you instant connection, fun short-form content, and smart AI features—anytime, anywhere. Enjoy meaningful one-on-one and group conversations with friends, family, and colleagues, and discover new communities you're interested in via Open Chat. You can also share photos, videos, and files in just a tap! ■ Chat made easier, experience made better Keep your chats organized with folders, and easily edit or delete messages you’ve sent. Keep discussions on track with the new Threads feature, so every topic stays clear and easy to follow. ■ Voice Talk & Face Talk with screen sharing Hop on a group Voice Talk or Face Talk with up to 10 people. During a call, you can switch to Face Talk or share your screen.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 26.8.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 26.8.3, updated 2026-09-30.
Google Play
We cannot tell which version of the app this analysis describes. It was run 2026-10-05 , and the app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-09-19.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 514 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“STOP WITH RANDOM ADS — I wish there was an English option great app but WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ADS???? And why can’t I block them?!?!”
“Too many Ads — Sold their soul to the devil , and now the app is riddled with Ads.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 26.8.3.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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