2024-04-21
Not good
Not good. Always loosing the icons at the bottom of the page. I can not find a problem solver. I never get a response
Now I can’t even open it. Not working and don’t know where to ask for help. Hopeless
Updating
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Description
With Friendly, you only need one app for all your social needs. Access your Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit and other social accounts in one powerful browser app.
One App for all your social accounts
- Save space on your device
- Preserve your battery
- Save Data Usage
- Easily switch between multiple accounts
Take Control of your privacy
- Friendly Privacy Shield (blocks social, advertising and content trackers)
- Use FaceID, TouchID or Passcode to Login
- Block click trackers
Take Control of your data
- Easily download or repost any of your Photos & Videos
- Advanced Media Player (play in background, adjust speed, Picture-in-Picture)
- Order feed by Most Recent
- Filter/Highlight feeds by keywords
Enjoy your social experience again
- Colorful Themes
- Night Mode
- Adjust Font Size
GIVE FRIENDLY A TRY !
And don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything
CONTACT / HELP & FEEDBACK
Please use link on this page, or message us from the app help menu
Notes:
- Facebook® and the Facebook logo are trademarks of Facebook Inc.
- Friendly is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Facebook
This app is maintained by Sensor Tower
What's New in Version 8.9.43
New: Block Suggested Posts on Facebook
Improved: Facebook AdBlocker
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
Seller
Name
Friendly, Inc.
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
8.9.43
Size
52 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated 17+ for the following:
Unrestricted Web Access
Compatibility
iOS 14.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation), Mac Desktop
Languages
English, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.5 of 5 (4,149 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2024-04-21
Mostly Good
I don’t actually know how much more private it is than the official app, but it mostly works just as well. I usually am not able to send messages with this app, though; I cannot type in the field. Has glitches from time to time. Paid for the pro version but can no longer access it.
2024-04-05
Terrible
You can’t event download your own IG videos
2024-03-31
No Messenger Now
Facebook has disabled messenger in browsers. Unable to use this app. Waste of money!
2024-02-22
Barely Usable
This used to be a great app, but lately it has become more and more unusable for Facebook.
Navigation doesn’t work properly with it being very easy to get stuck in a loop where you open an article, go back to a blank screen, pull down to refresh and it takes you back to the article.
Dark mode is ignored with all pages remaining white.
There are 2 navigation bars with both behaving differently.
Reels show as blank but start playing audio and when you hit play again it starts playing a second video over the top of the first audio.
You can’t refresh the notifications page.
And it has been crashing altogether lately too.
I have reported a couple of issues which still exist and I never had response from them.
It is now absolute garbage, which is a shame, it was a great application for a very long time.
2024-02-14
Advertising is not blocked on Facebook
If advertising is not blocked then I dare say neither are social trackers.
2024-02-05
No longer works properly
Facebook will only display the last 8 most recent post then just goes into an endless loading icon. Linked in won’t display at all. Icons fill the screen and no posts are visible. Worked fine up until last update
2024-02-02
unhappy
Ptevious version, I could download stuff from Facebook. Now I can’t, and since downloading the new version of Friendly, it seems, I’m forced to choose all sorts of applications that I don’t use when all I want is Facebook. I can’t get past that page that says, add these add these add these apps, why have you tied a wonderful app to all these other sites, which I don’t use?
2023-12-22
Terrible upgrade!
I was a long time user of Friendly. In the beginning I loved it so much I purchased the add free version, until I started receiving adds on that version. I subsequently downloaded add blockers but they still did not work. I double checked my settings & still I was getting commercials. The latest upgrade towards the end of 2023 has been the worst. Moving the search & notifications area to the top of the app & not being able to refresh the page properly renders the app almost useless. It’s a pity to see Friendly go down this road. I find the current upgraded version unusable. This all could be remedied if Friendly went back to its previous great format in next upgrades.
2023-12-21
Good in theory
This app may claim to not track you and implies that it blocks trackers on the app webpages you visit with it however it does nothing to stop all the services you are signed into from loading it seems simultaneously to track you.
This is independent as to whether you select any particular webpage when you visit the bookmarks menu (where you may be signed into all your accounts and essentially offering everything to the trackers on wonky serving tray).
If the reasons are because the app doesn't use tab containers and/or doesn't disable link prefetching I have no idea but the app is fatally undermines its reason to exist because of it.
2023-12-14
It’s been broken for over a month
The app worked great for years but is now broken: you cannot see or navigate to notifications, messages, events, or Marketplace. You can only see EITHER your news feed or your own profile (by changing your home page in settings) but not navigate between them.
2023-12-13
Ask me
Cannot download videos from fb stories. Tells me no video is detected, can you please fix this
2023-12-03
This version
Nope it’s gone backwards
Notifications ( on the bottom) keep disappearing
2023-11-18
Rubbish
Chat disappears notifications are non existent and the chat is all squashed up on left side so cannot even see who chat I have to click each chat to see if someone replied - useless but nice idea if worked
2023-11-15
Fb messages
Awwwww so sad fb messages have gone. :(
2023-10-28
I can’t send support messages as I don’t use the mail app
The app is broken. The newsfeed shows 4 posts then loops. People tag me in posts where I need to approve them; but I cannot give them a love heart when hold press the like button nothing happens. It keeps saying I have a new message notification but there are no messages? It’s also not updating my messages: I had sent many messages a few weeks ago to one person, but it shows their very old messages from August and not from October this month. So many things are messed up with this new update.
2023-10-26
Love it
Gets better with each new update.
2023-09-27
Messages don’t work
You can look at Facebook but not your messages so it’s sorta pointless as the whole reason I want friendly is to keep all my text messages from Instagram and FB in one place
2023-09-19
Good, needs better imporovement for adblocker.
Good but only one issue, it does not block facebook video ads like the iOS and iPad OS version does. Please look into fixing this.
2023-09-07
Unusable since last update
Keeps asking me to log in, no matter what page I want to check. Will have to delete this app if it doesn’t do what it says it will do.
Used to be good. Please fix this.
2023-08-29
No longer works
Been brilliant until the newest update.. now it just keeps trying to reload and sits at the half way mark.
2023-08-20
Need to update big issues
Unable to open the app anymore. Please update with after resolving bug issues
2023-08-16
Doesn’t work
This doesn’t even load the Instagram home feed properly. Just shows something went wrong and when you press reload, doesn’t load anything. Tried reinstalling and it’s the same issue.
2023-07-16
No Reels!
Awesome. I don’t have to suffer through endless doom scrolling anymore! 😁🎉
2023-07-08
Facebook Messenger
I initially gave this a low rating because of the inability to change the user agent, to get the Messaging to work in Facebook.
After some playing around I managed find an alternate way to change the User Agent, to get things working, so I’ve changed my review and rating.
Although a comprehensive help file would be very useful.
Thanks.
2023-06-18
Not same as iPhone facebook
Not same as iPhone facebook
No bottom bar with home, friends, etc
Not as smooth
2023-05-15
OK-ish app but buggy
Now yet another glitch. There is no sound to videos. One word of warning. Don’t ever waste your time trying to contact them with a question or if you have a problem like this. They NEVER EVER EVER reply.
2023-02-11
Stuck
Edit: awesome! You fixed it! And it works better! I love you 💙😍🏆
Can’t delete properly, crashes on start up... restarted phone after deleting multiple times.
I love this app... what can I do? v(*.*)v
2023-02-07
Why the gross ui change?
Why change the ui so drastically? It's stupid, breaking months of acquired physical habits. I hate, utterly hate ui changes that are done on apparent whim of the app owner, with no concern for the users.
To send feedback, one must configure an email address…somewhere unknown in the app.
Poor user interface design strikes again
2022-08-03
Unable to tag the right person sometimes
When replying to people on the internet posts it doesn’t automatically include their name so you have to type it and frequently the tag choices are other people with the same name but not the person you actually want to reply tag
2022-07-13
The perfect way to browse
The perfect way to browse so many jumbled feeds. Without the tracking and company’s showing you what they want to see. I’d rather see it how I want it.
2022-06-17
Assistant
Why can’t I get rid of the assistant every time I go on instagram it come back please fix
2022-06-06
Scrolling!!
I love the app because it doesn’t have adds BUT something is happening as I keep getting messages saying I scroll too fast!
I have sent messages to you but had no reply
What is going on?
2022-06-03
Prompted ads and various issues
I’ve paid for the full version and still see prompted ads on my timeline which is the main reason I got this app.
There are various bugs I have found and a few improvements that can be made:
- when scrolling through my Twitter timeline, the scrolling seems like it locks up the gestures on screen and can’t press anything and continuously scroll
- can’t swipe back from within a tweet and need to press the back arrow
- no option to change browser when opening a link to a website
The app is missing some very basic features which almost all apps have nowadays. I really wanted to like this app but there are too many bugs.
2022-04-28
Can’t access groups after latest update
iPhone X using iOS 15.4.1 … FB - unable to find groups by clicking 3 bars bottom right, or change feed priority eg from Top Stories to Most Recent. Was working fine before that and a handy FB replacement app.
2022-02-04
Far from friendly
I paid for this app and I can’t get into any of my social media.
My fault for believing that I could finally get a functioning Facebook.
I am locked out of everything social media.
Thanks Facebook
2022-01-30
Tagging and replying
Could you PLEASE do something with the app, so that it is easier to reply to someone, without having to search for their profile. Really defeats the purpose of the app.
2021-09-07
Cant confirm account with neighbours
Although signed in and welcomed back by friendly . I am informed I must confirm my account. When told to use my phone number Im informed its already being used 🤗thats not what I am needing to hear when I try using it to confirm my account. 😡not very neighbourly.
2021-08-09
Appreciate
This app is so good and I am very much happy with it.
2021-07-31
good
good
2021-07-27
Mrs
I love Friendly
2021-07-08
The last update broke it.
The five stars are awarded for when it works. After the last update no pages load.
2021-06-22
Good app, very useful, BUT
Friendly no longer has the save button for video posts on Instagram, though I can still save photo posts.
Over than that, great app.
2021-06-01
Update gives me ads for the first time in years.
How do I roll back to previous version of app?
2021-02-25
It’s irritating
Bad reviews
2021-02-09
Love it
Best one 🥰🥰
2021-01-26
I used to like it a lot,
But recently there’s been a lot of unsolicited ads that I’ve had to block manually.
Please fix
2020-12-21
Thank you
Good solution for social app
2020-11-22
It seems OK
An OK replacement for the Facebook and Twitter app. Facebook Messenger has no chat bot support, the buttons show up as Chatfuel. I can't use Facebook to log into Instagram. I prefer using the official YouTube app rather than this although I guess it is OK for YouTube and the reddit app keeps asking if I want to open the page in the official reddit app. So I don't feel like it's a real replacement for reddit just yet. Fortunately for me I use the Narwhal app in place of the official reddit app.
2020-11-08
Logout
This app is always automatically logging me out of FB. Using plus, very annoying. Otherwise great.
2020-08-11
BEWARE - Still has access to photos.
This App has still access to photos even if you denied it. That’s a no go! Deleted it. Do something about it!! I’m not using an app anymore who still has access to all my photos even if I’ve denied you access. ⛔️🚫❗️👎🏻
Update: Thank you for your response, yes I know that, but I’ve quit friendly and other apps who still have access to photos. That’s a no go for me! Sorry. I’ll use the fb app again, and for instagram you can have 5 accounts at once (and with a little trick you can even add more profiles if someone needs that too)
2020-07-25
Friendly
Updated my app the whole thing went blank deleted app and tried to install app twice nothing just wont go into app when I click on it never had trouble before
2020-06-01
Chat issues
Very hard to type msgs when other person is typing pages flicking while msgs sending...so far I never had any issue but recently very hard to use in chat ...very disappointed
2020-05-26
Nice and lite
Nice lite and efficient app. Non intrusive and has messenger included without having to use Facebooks bloated apps. Some bugs and some image display oddities but the developers work hard to keep it all working. Best of all, no Facebook app needed!
2020-04-25
Keep updating please
Please keep updating. Please remove ugly splash screen UI, create better icons, update search UI, update messenger push notifications as they don’t work. Keep updating this great app, it has potential.
2020-03-24
MrRaj
Facebook Become a most attitude aap ever we need alternative aap which one should have same feature as Facebook has now Facebook disabled any account any time without showing any reason I deleted this most un useful app from my phone forever if any one know about any Aap similar to Facebook please let me or should someone make any other website which provide similar features so we can kick Facebook out from our lives so this massage for everyone this site not trustable for your memories choose something else thanks
2020-01-17
Good but not great 3.5/5
The UI is pretty amazing, It doesnt seem to freeze, load times are good and its very easy to read, my only gripe is when i scroll with my left thumb it sometimes likes a status that i acroll past.
But the kicker is the notifications. I dont get them in real time. I get them all at once. 'Someone's birthday was yesterday' 1m ago paired with 'someone posted a new photo an hour ago' 1m ago. Its pretty annoying and i feel i have tried everything, faster notifications, deleted and reinstall. I hope it changes.
That said. Its easier to focus on negatives than positives. Overall a good app but improvements needed.
2019-10-24
Was good, became worse over time.
Friendly started as a great app, but has suffered from a slow and steady degradation as time goes on.
Image galleries frequently don’t work - you click the first image in a gallery post, and the next image shown is just the next image in your feed, rather than the next image in the gallery.
The cursor positioning loupe disappeared several updates ago, which isn’t a huge problem on an iPad with two finger trackpad functionality, but makes cursor placement basically impossible on an iPhone.
2019-10-17
Easy & pleasant to use
If you pay up you can colour-code your accounts so you can separate your after-dark twitter from your professional twitter 😜
2019-09-27
iOS 13 issues
Since the iOS 13 update the app in my iPad 6 no longer remembers where I was in my news feed after I exit the app and go back a few minutes later. Previously my timeline position was remembered for hours before it refreshed...now it won't go back to the same spot 5 mins later. Would love this fixed please.
2019-09-16
A few Posts
I only shows me the last few posts as I don’t have friends.
I am a very secluded person who has not a lot of friends, most not even on FB.
I feel discriminated not to be able to see what others do :(
2019-05-22
Can’t live without it
This app makes life so much easier. It has all the options you need to mange numerous profiles and so much more. It really is an app you can’t live without and makes you wonder how you managed before it.
2019-05-13
Disappointed
I paid to have an ad free experience but when my phone died and I needed a new one, the purchase I made was lost. I am not paying again
2019-05-11
Difficulties since update
Have really enjoyed using the friendly app the past few years. Noticed more crashes and difficulties with showing posts after pressing from notification bar - goes to blank screen. Also can't download pictures as I could previously for some reason too. If these could be fixed would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
2019-02-02
Great alternative
A great way to log into multiple platforms.. A few bugs but hey it's free, so can't complain. Keep up the good work guys. Even considering upgrading to the paid version
2019-01-06
Convenient
Easy and convenient to use, due to having a few accounts for work and personal use, this app makes it easy to navigate between my accounts.
2018-12-27
Nice!!! Works just fine.
The thing I love most is that it’s 300mg smaller than the other ap.
Occasional crashes, or lags, but it's two/3 apps in one! No need to get "messenger" ap and that's a saving of almost 300meg, it makes getting used to the ads worth it!
I thought annoying feed refresh bug was a fb feature! Thanks for fixing!
2018-12-25
Lot of improvement
Since my previous negative review, I lot of improvement happened . Great to see developers listen, make changes and app doesn’t stay static
2018-12-24
Not bad, some frustrations
I like the app, but there’s still some wacky issues in Instagram. For instance, I can’t edit photos because the editing options just don’t appear, and when I’m writing the caption of a new post, my keyboard randomly disappears.
I love the ad blocking, I love having all my FB, Insta and Twitter in one app, and I love a lot of things about the interface. But these issues need fixing.
2018-11-16
Notifications Issues
Pretty good app, but I have issues with timely notifications (most of the time I don't get notifications of FB Messenger messages until I reopen the app manually, so I miss stuff). Also, it's too easy to accidentally trigger the "Like" button when just scrolling through. I've accidentally liked stuff I didn't want to just when scrolling through my feed.
2018-09-27
Too many invasive ads
Initially I found this to be a useful app, everything in one. I didn’t mind the adverts on the side. But now the ads are getting too much, opening their windows and invading the whole screen, requiring me to close them but then they pop up again. Also can’t upload videos onto messenger. So have deleted the app and find it much easier having the separate apps
2018-09-13
Easy and light on storage
I have been using Frienly for a few years. I love that it allows me to easily flip between my personal profile with family and my business profile that I share with the world.
2018-07-06
Excellent App
I’ve been using this app for about 2 or 3 years, and I find the app user friendly. It is certainly fast when click on friends to reply or comment etc. I hope the app be successful in the future, to replace FB.
2018-07-04
Great app
Great app especially if you have two fb accounts like I do, I use friendly for my business account and the fb app for personal account
2018-07-04
Just open the first time!
Most times when attempting to open the app all I get is a blank white screen. I have to close down the app and reopen it numerous times before actually loading Facebook. I paid to get rid of ads and support this app, can you please fix this issue
2018-04-30
Different
New version is always good
It slow so you can read things proper
It jumps quickly as it has to rush through.
2018-04-05
.MadDude.
With this you can log out of both Facebook & Messenger which Facebook App won't allow!!
New version is annoying.. The comment box keeps dropping below the keyboard and you can't see what you're typing, Drag the comment box back up and the moment you start typing again it drops back down behind the keyboard :'(
2018-04-01
Awesome 4 out of 5 rate
This app is totally amazing. You do not have to download messenger app for you to read the important messages. It is very smooth and easy to operate. The ads are the only downside of it. But overall worth it to download :)
2018-04-01
The only way to use Facebook
I’ve been using Friendly ever since Papers was discontinued by Facebook (for being too nice, apparently).
Friendly is superb, the developer is constantly updating and refreshing it, and I prefer using this to even the desktop browser for reading Facebook.
Grab it now, you won’t regret it!
2018-01-07
Excellent Facebook and Messenger Alternative But...
Initally a lot of additional "Followings" suddenly appear based on your previous Facebook experience but you can UNFOLLOW these unwanted posts individually as you come across them to reduce the clutter. Facebook photo uploading is a bit clunky and slow so not as streamlined as the Facebook app but works fine when you get the hang of it. (HINT - You can only upload 1 photo at a time) In the Messenger part each message within a conversation looks like a separate post compared with messenger app but you quickly get the hang of it. Developers note! It's great to have both parts in the one app and the memory saving is enormous - 400MB vs 40MB - YES! Thats right. For an older iphone with 1GB RAM and 16GB memory its almost essential to switch to Friendly and delete the official apps as this will boost your iphone's memory and overall performance. Would have received 5 stars if photo uploading wasnt so clumsy and messenger conversations didnt look like separate posts.
2018-01-03
Awesome
Brilliant app, does as advertised, maybe sometimes I get a little annoyed with having to manually update Facebook conversations and such, but that's no biggy. Being able to quickly switch between multiple accounts is awesome.
I'll give it that last star when gifs are supported, like tenor keyboard support or something in the least.
Besides that, love your work. I'll be back when I can use gifs 😉
2017-11-25
Yay and nay
This app is so good! I love it so much, it’s so easy to use and it’s fast as well! It’s just like the Facebook app but just a little different! Awesome!
but after the last update it just crashes as soon as I get into it😢 please fix this! But other then the crashing I highly recommend this app!
2017-11-24
The best
I’ve always wanted an IPhone app that allows me to successfully login to Facebook without having to use the actual Facebook App. This app also allows you to login to other of your social accounts or even if you have multiple Facebook accounts. I’m so stocked to have discovered this app. Gave them a good 4stars 😍😍