Clubhouse

Alpha Exploration Co.

About this app

Imagine a huuuge group voice note with all your friends on it.

You share a random thought and your best friend replies... then 2 minutes later another friend replies to both of you. Then your coworker replies to Kate, and they didn’t know each other before, but now they do, because they’re both friends with you, and now everybody’s talking.

And throughout the day new friends are saying hi, starting new chats, talking about what they’re doing, laughing and asking questions. And you’re hearing their voices, seeing who’s talking and joining in, and meeting their friends, and everybody’s getting to know each other better. And it’s good.

That’s what Clubhouse is.

It’s just voice. No follower counts or random people. Only your friends and their friends, in a place where you can all be yourselves and hang out like you do in real life.

Because life is more fun with friends around.

Ratings and reviews

A few issues have come up since the chat feature was introduced. Holding the speak button to talk is hard to do for people with moader issues. My hands shake after holding them in one place for long enough, and I’m sure it's impossible for others. Screen-reader accessibility is also broken in certain situations. I can no longer create a room now with Talkback on Android, and I’m told that IOS users have issues with it as well. These new features are OK; just fix the bugs and it'll be perfect.

UI/UX is not good. It's very hard to connect with anyone on the app. The feed is flooded with "voice messages" which is weird. There is no obvious indicator of what "rooms" are actually live. There's no way to see where your friends currently are. It honestly looks like a cheap, unplanned app. Better off saving room on your phone.

What the heck happened to the rooms/houses notications? It served a purpose, apparently updates ruined the app..bye-bye This issue was fixed. I have an Android, and the last few updates have ruined my experience. It seems I can not have it play in the background, as previously occurred prior to the upgrade/updates, as soon as I switch to another option, i.e., view mail, the app quits playing. Extremely annoying.