ChatMate for Facebook for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By harriekd

  Safari impact

  I’ve used this app, and its WhatsApp counterpart for quite a while. The WA app is great and works really well. However, whenever I run this, the FB version, my safari app goes completely askew. It runs slow, I get blank tabs, frequent crashes and sometimes it crashes my entire computer. This was happening every time I was using safari. I tried everything to sort it - spoke to Microsoft support many many times, and then realized that it only did this while ChatMate for FB was running. I quit ChatMate for FB a couple of weeks ago, and since then, safari has been running perfectly. I’m not sure what it is about this app that glitches Safari, but something is going weird somewhere. Maybe this is something for the developers to look into because it’s a really good app other than that.

  
  
• By htlba

  Had to reinstall and it asked me for a key which I never received

  I bought this along with the app for WhatsApp, but recently had to reinstall this app because it kept telling me there was an update. The only problem was, there was no update and when I reinstalled the app, the new one said I had 4 days to trial. I had already bought this and sent a copy of my purchase email from Microsoft to the developer who several days later wrote me back and said he didn’t understand my problem that I had bought it from the Microsoft App Store. I replied that it was asking me for a key I never received after purchase, for either app. To date, nothing more from the developer. True it was cheap as apps go, but I expected a better response and an effort from him to rectify the issue. I have now uninstalled the app as well as his WhatsApp app. Won’t be using this again!

  
  
• By Rick in GA

  Really Works!!

  I’ve been using it for several months now. Enough time to see the ugly side of almost any app. This one just keeps on working and working with now bug, freezes or crashes. I recommend this app to everyone who wants Facebook Messenger up and ready all the time with having to open Facebook and then open Messenger to reply to a friend or send a quick message. A good, stable app with some really nice features. Update: Over a year of use and it stays up on my second monitor. Works flawlessly. I totally endorse getting this if you use Messenger much.

  
  
• By J22music

  Free version (FreeChat for Facebook Messenger) is better

  I thought that buying (yes its only $0.99) would lead to a better experience but it feels more buggy and clunkier than the FreeChat for Facebook Messenger app, which I was using prior to getting this one. It is basically the same layout and look and feel except I have been having trouble sending photos. The FreeChat version has no problem sending photos. Also the dark skin looks nice but whenever the other person is typing, the area around their ‘typing’ bubble is all white which looks as if they they just wrote a wrapper for the FreeChat version. If this was the only app out there I would give it 4/5 stars but since FreeChat also exists for FREE I would recommend that one.

  
  

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