Slack

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Last verified 29 Aug 2026

• Free to download

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.1 50598 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Workplace Communications

   I love slack. I started using slack in January for my job, as our communications channel, between team members. This app has never caused me any problems. It’s NEVER: crashed, logged me out unexpectedly, had any technical problems, deleted any of my channels, failed in posting, or any other problems. This app is reliable, always functioning, never disappoints with the reactions and features to customize for your job specific needs, and in all ways shapes and form been hands down 100% real time. I love how i can change my profile picture, name, workplace info, choose privacy and notification settings, can set myself as away, and all my notifications come in once I’m active, have a dark mode enabled (this saves my tired eyes first thing in the morning) and an all the way around fun place to communicate with others. I don’t leave many reviews, and this is one of the only ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews I’ve left. Thank you for everything your team and developers have done to streamline our success. You’re amazing!

   AnC.Really?! · 29 Aug 2026

2. 2/5One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for iPad

   The recent iPad App update misses the mark quite considerably. In some ways, it is almost as if Slack doesn’t understand its users. No longer easy to see all unread messages in one place - which was a feature I regularly requested for the desktop app. Now, the iPad app has been turned to be quite bland. Seems like the “Dark Mode” folks won the design argument; as the new app no longer supports the desktop or web app color themes; which now makes the iPad app incredibly difficult to know at a glance which team you’re viewing. Also frustrating are the 3 or so “Unread Direct Messages” you can see, when you tap “Show All” it takes you to the “Direct Messages” sidebar that sorts in its own way, with unreads strewn about. Also, Direct message addresses are much harder to read; too much text all clumped together. Unfortunate for the iPad app, Slack has taken a once very useful version (preferred as a second screen in some cases over the desktop app) and made it into a giant iPhone app. The iPhone app now also suffers from this Direct Message unread messages “Show All” problem. The only way to return some of the missing sort and see all DMs on the iPad app is to select the sort option of “by recent” but it does not group unreads. 7 years using Slack, and this is by far the most disappointing iPad app “upgrade.” Repackage the desktop app for the iPad and call it “Slack Pro” for iPad Pro users who use their iPad in place of a laptop.

   RufHaus71 · 29 Aug 2026

3. 3/5Implement a feature that allows NDA signers to use Slack safely on a personal mobile device.

   Authentication portals do not immediately or consistently appear upon opening the Slack app. It would be helpful to implement a feature that allows NDA signers to use Slack safely on a personal mobile device. It would also be beneficial to allow users to choose at what stage in the app the portals appear and what data needs to be protected and encrypted. Also found myself wishing to include different if/then/else modular scripts for the user to create a broader spectrum of security for Slack overall. One possibility could be encrypting data in the cloud and preventing mobile devices from storing any files or confirmed delivered messages from a not-yet-encrypted interaction sent via the App. Additionally, it would be helpful to add an accessibility feature that allows users to change the width of the scroll bar [for Desktop App] either by hovering over it and resizing it or by changing the width manually. Another useful feature would be a scrolling sensitivity setting that overrides Windows scroll settings while in the app but reverts back to Windows settings upon closing/minimizing Slack. Particularly for Desktop users: This would be particularly helpful for users whose mouse wheel has stopped functioning and need to quickly but thoroughly skim through several days’ worth of messages and posts. Implementing a workaround while waiting for equipment replacement or for Microsoft to address security procedure would be greatly appreciated."

   IMjustice4All · 29 Aug 2026

4. 3/5Texting but more complicated

   I used this app for several years at a past job. I would say it is like texting with a few small additions like the ability to tag people and notify them of something specific via an accompanying notification. That sounds useful until you actually use it and get tagged dozens of times an hour. Really this is basically just a messaging app with one problem. If you get a message from someone, or multiple people in group message, and you read it and think I will come back to this later and minimize the app when you come back later it is gone. It’s not really gone but it’s not still displayed as it would be if you minimize your texting app or WhatsApp. Instead you have to search for it. If it’s a message from one person you just have to search for that one person and sift through every message they have ever sent. If it has multiple people and you can only remember one you just have to search through every message that one person has ever sent anyone in your organization. If this were free I would say it is maybe useful as an alternative to using direct text messaging. If it costs anything I would say it needs some work. I could see it being good with some tweaks but it isn’t as of my last use which was in May of 2025.

   Skorzeny81 · 29 Aug 2026

5. 3/5Does not work well with iPadOS 16

   When resizing the window of Slack, the changes to editing a post are lost. When pressing ENTER on the iPad keyboard, the message is not sent; you have to press a button. But this button is hidden behind a tiny floating language selection & dictation bar. I had to move it out of the way, and quickly hit ‘submit’ before the bar jumped back, a matter of milliseconds. I know Slack used to be a game company, but this is not the type of game I’m interested in playing :) I also find the app to respond slow on iPadOS, as if it’s not native but some kind of ‘HTML shell’ that doesn’t really bring the best of the native CPU/GPU capabilities. Lastly, I think they need to rework ‘search’. I would like to see a more clear distinction between ‘search everywhere’ and ‘search within the current channel or private conversation’. It takes ages to find something now. I also would like to see a more user friendly search query system (AND/OR) where I can add criteria. Right now it doesn’t ‘feel’ right - I know that doesn’t really help but perhaps they’d benefit from a larger user-acceptance phase for UX. Luckily it’s miles better than Discord, which although more powerful, is not easy to use or grasp.

   dacloo · 29 Aug 2026

4.6 212841 ratings · Google Play

1. 1/5

   so hard to use the tool itself. not very user-friendly

   Toshi Roppongi · 1 Aug 2026

2. 4/5

   ok

   Charles Falkowitz · 1 Aug 2026

3. 5/5

   The easy way to communicate with everyone.

   Jason Jasper · 1 Aug 2026

4. 3/5

   Sending messages / replies through notification is very slow and buggy

   Ujwal NK · 1 Aug 2026

5. 5/5

   I love this app 👏 😍

   Promo Tech · 1 Aug 2026

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