BlueBubbles

Raiem Smith

3 years ago

My suggestion to everyone: have TeamViewer or something like it on the host PC and your phone for quick troubleshooting. Really cool app! Works well! Small hiccups here and there with the server disconnecting but having used it for almost 3 months now, only about 2 of these unforseen disconnects happened so really good in my eyes! Of those 2 disconnects was the server update to 1.0, my phone didn't pick up on that for some reason until I logged into the PC and then everything was good.

Marc Carmody

2 years ago

Fantastic app! Once set up properly its like using the real thing! My friends and family honestly thought I converted over to Apple! The best psrt is being able to send high quality videos and pictures with family/friends which is something I was really in need of with my job. App saved me the trouble of having 2 phones and 2 numbers! Great project!

Todd Ewart

2 years ago

Blue bubbles delivers an excellent experience for users who are able and willing to devote sometime to understanding and using it. I suspect most of the low reviews here are for users who don't have a enough experience or time invested. The team is in constant contact with its users base and continues to make improvements, and any fixes that need to be applied are done quickly.

Luke Ferrara

2 years ago

I have been using this for a few days now. The setup process wasn't too complicated and they do a really good job at explaining how to set it up. The only downside is that you would ideally have an old Mac and iphone laying around in order for it to be connected to your phone number. Without an iPhone it sends messages with your email and people have to keep 2 contacts for you. It's not a huge deal but would be super convenient if all your messages could go through this app linked to your number

Anal0g Animations

3 years ago

Wonderful app, many advanced features and a customizable user interface. Everything you could want (except SMS) in a messenger. I do have a couple gripes but that mainly falls on Flutter, the framework for the app, and it is out of the developers' control. People who give this a bad review clearly don't know how iMessage works. It is clear the BlueBubbles team clearly put a lot of effort into their app and continue to improve it with many more features. I even have it working with docker!

Mark Clements

1 year ago

Needed to text with iMessage with a few people, yet I really prefer pixel phones over iPhones for so many reasons. This app has a huge barrier to entry because you need to have a Mac mini and leave it running 24/7. The setup on the Mac mini takes an hour or two. All of that being said, once the Mac mini and this app are up and running, it works really well! The Android software is some of the best text software out there! I was able to buy a Mac mini with Catalina for $80 on eBay.

Rob Lacy

2 years ago

So far so good. It was a process to set up, but thankfully the instructions were very easy to follow. I do notice it disconnects occasionally, but it's been pretty smooth overall. Images take a while to load, but that's not a huge deal. I also love the different app theming options to make it fit in with Google/material or Samsung design. It'd be nice to have a Material You compatible icon for the homescreen though. Odd omission since the entire app can be set to use Material You themes.

wow wow

3 years ago

This app and its mission are ambitious and amazing. Now that I have it set up, I basically have iMessage on my s21. However, it did take time to setup, and some issues occurred during that process. The developers on the discord, though, were absolutely fantastic in helping me and anyone else with issues. I was thinking of getting airmessage but this support and the ability for features like tapback made me choose Bluebubbles, and I'm happy with my decision. Difficultish setup but worth it. 4.5/5

Collin DeSoto

3 years ago

This app is crazy!! The ammount of stuff you can do made me decide to keep my android, since my friends basically stopped messaging me once I switched from my iPhone. This app is 95% reliable and I have ALL of my most important conversations on there. The other 5% has to do with troubleshooting and hoops you need to jump through to get it to work. Setup takes a minute, but it's mostly a set it and forget it kind of deal. The devs are SUPER helpful on the discord server.

Alex Rodriguez

2 years ago

Really great app. The set up was a bit difficult but it works so well that it's worth it. The only issue I'm having is messages appearing in the incorrect order. For some reason, the message I sent is always bumped to the bottom of the chat and the responsea show up above it as of they came in before the message I sent. Not a huge deal but it's a fairly new issue I've been seeing.

Michael Browning

3 years ago

Great overall experience. You do have to jump through some hoops to get it working, but its a one time process. I have an old mac mini just plugged in and I've had no issues outside of the occassional disconnect. The app allows you to restart the server and you're good to go. Air message is much easier to set up (like insanely easy compared to this) but this app has a much better interface and way more features and customization. Now I can stay in my group chats with my iPhone friends.

Danny M

1 year ago

Clever means of using iMessage on an Android phone, but the process is involved if you're not tech-savvy. However, the developers do work on making the process easier, which goes to show how much care is put into BlueBubbles. I've found that the support is very helpful on their Discord channel — a feature I suggested there eventually made it in, too!

Jan Pankowski

1 year ago

This app is incredible, not only for its primary function, but for all the customization options as well. Could you please add a feature for sorting contacts into groups in the main chat list? EDIT: In the sense that when you open the app, instead of all your recent contacts showing up altogether, you have like just a few Groups like "Work" and then you click it and see all texts you've sorted into "Work" or like a group called "Buddies" that includes only your closest friends, for example.

Zane Hanson

1 year ago

There are so many great things about this app and the BlueBubbles service overall. I'm a big fan of Pixel phones, but am in the typical American situation of having basically all of my social circles inside of iMessage. I was using Beeper for iMessage, however once Apple shut it down this appeared to be the next best thing, and it turns out to be even better! 100% open source project, tons of features, very customizable UI, and great documentation that make server setup easy. HIGHLY recommend!

David Schilling

1 year ago

Great. But it always has an issue sending g videos. My screen has to be on. In that chat for a video to send. Otherwise it fails. Recently, video sending has caused the app to stop working unless I restart it from my MacBook terminal. Which is very inconvenient when I'm out for the whole day and I'm entirely without imessage until then

Adam Underkofler

1 year ago

Very Dependable! BUT PLEASE ADD THE OPTION TO ATTACH A PHOTO TO A NEW MESSAGE! Update (dev responded within minutes of posting)! I have updated my original 4 star review to 5 stars for the impeccable response time from the developer. The workaround is to start a new conversation, click on the send button with an empty message (it won't actually send anything), and you now have access to the photos and camera buttons! Thank you for the quick response on the workaround!!

Austin Nollola

11 months ago

So far, so good! First of all, the app looks and feels like iMessage, and the private API features really add to that as well. Second, the setup process was somewhat confusing, especially with the Google Notifications, since I did run into a few errors. However, once set up, it has been working flawlessly. I set up the server on a Mac Mini I got from Facebook Marketplace, and I just leave it running, and I don't have to ever touch it.