Huddles Reviews

Like many other people, I am moving to Huddles because of the looming threat of our precious app, Tiktok, being taken away. I’ve been perusing Huddles for about half an hour now and I have some major critiques. Obviously it is not the same as Tiktok, however it appears very similar. That being said, there is no way to view someone’s follower count or their total likes. The absence of liking comments, in my opinion, is very disheartening, and takes away from the enjoyment of Huddles . Perhaps the biggest issue I have though, is that there seems to be no way to add audio. When I go to record a video, I can’t add music. As someone who likes to create content about the progress of my art, I feel music is very important because I don’t always have things to talk about in my videos. I’m aware that the same people who created Byte also created Vine, but I think the inclusion of being able to add audio to videos with ease would significantly impact my enjoyment of Huddles . Of course, there are many minor things that can be changed, but the biggest thing for me would be to add an easy way to add audio to videos.

So as we all know tik tok is potentially getting banned. hate that. there are things i like about Huddles and things i don’t like. For 1 we need to be able to add audios and current music, and use other people’s sounds. 2 make the recording button on Huddles better, it’s kinda difficult to function at times. 3 the whole set up needs organized better with the “mix page” and the “following page”. 4 you may want to add in filters to Huddles because with a lot of tik tokers moving to Huddles the demand for filters is going to be astronomical. 5 organize the hashtags and out pages better. 6 allow us to see how many followers someone has and how many likes they have. 7 make the page easier to interact with, pausing the video, seeing how many views, likes and comments. otherwise Huddles is ok and needs improvement for Huddles to get big and maybe even change the name i don’t know.

I’m so happy that I’m “back in the loop!” 🤪 Seriously though, byte has the potential to bring back all the fun and feels that we had with Vine. I say potential because there are a couple things that I feel need improvement. First, I didn’t understand that the lightening bolt was where we can view comments & who is following us. Second, I don’t understand the rating system in my stats. I’d prefer this experience to not be a contest of sorts. I think that could take away from creativity and just having fun. One more thing; because of the framing of uploads (i.e., portrait mode), it’s a bit to, “in your face” and not all videos fit/fill the space properly. I’m more fond of landscape mode as it’s easier on the eyes and more realistic I suppose. Anyhoo, this is why I gave a 4 star instead of 5. I’m sure when all the bugs are worked out and such, I’ll be back to update my review. 🙂

I love the idea of Byte. It currently has a small but great community of funny and talented people which is nice. I love how it's not the repetitive, political cesspool of an app that TikTok has become. It has the same wholesome and fun vibe that Vine had. Although, it has a few issues.
For one, it needs better advertising. Huddles has been out for about half a year now and barely anyone has heard of it. I'd like to see some original Viners come to Byte (Danny Gonzalez, Adam & Packie, Drew Gooden, etc.) But I doubt any of those people have even heard of Byte. Also, there is a bug that occurs whenever I open Byte. I have to turn my phone off silent or turn my volume up/down for the audio to work, which is annoying. If these get fixed, I feel like Byte really could become the next Vine. If any devs are reading this, please take these into consideration, thank you.

First thing i noticed when trying to make a byte is that you can only make your video 16 seconds long, personally i feel it needs to be way longer, for example, 45 seconds or even 1 minute 30 seconds. Another thing that throws me off is that you can’t see the amount of followers and the amount of total likes they have, which seems like a crucial part to have. I also don’t really understand how to use/add sounds which is one of the most important things. Lastly you can’t like comments which just takes away a feels from the comments, because you really basically have to read all of them to see which comments are the best.
Also make some other slight improvements and this add could really be something, like for reason i feel addicted already, but as for now I know I won’t be making content myself for the reasons i stated above!
4 Star app!

Huddles is AMAZING. But I have a few suggestions. Allow people to reply UNDER the comment they want to reply too so it’s not confusing. Allow us to dm eachother. Let us have duets. And make some of the flitters look like tiktok. And also allow us to be able to record for more than 15 seconds. Add more song that are popular and when people make a video with no song in it let us still us it. I promise you if you do these things your app will become VERY popular. Allow us to see how many likes we have and put it on the side than putting it on the bottom of the screen. Allow people to go live on Huddles . you can keep the logo and everything. AND BTW. This not me saying I hate your app because I actually laugh at the content it’s just we need are famous and brilliant tiktokers to come on Huddles and feel comfortable. Trump has been messing with tiktok and I just hate the fact that he did that. But I’m order for things to get better is is my suggestions and I pretty sure people would agree with this new change that we are asking for. WE WILL BE SO. SO. Thankful and happy that we have an back up app just in case Huddles gets deleted. Thank you for you time.
From- fellow tiktoker from genz

To - Amazing Creator of Byte.

I missed Vine so much. I was devastated when it ended, and I missed being able to loop edits lol I’m so happy with Huddles. Only thing is I’d like the option to be able to pause videos, and you can change your own profile page’s colors, but it’d be cool to change the colors on every page. It would also be nice to be able to use hashtags and be able to look those hashtags up. I also can’t find a page where it shows who I’m following. Maybe I’m missing something, but I can’t find it, which is frustrating. It’d be cool to have a followers and following page on your profile. I also think it’d be great to show the videos you rebyte on your profile or have the option to do so. Even with these minor things, Huddles is still perfect and it still feels crazy that I have an app where I can post and view edits that loop again.

there's so much potential here in Huddles. i think tiktok's meteoric rise kind of overshadowed Huddles's creation, but to be fair who could've predicted tiktok's popularity. Huddles is functionally the same format as tiktok, but there are some neat new features like profile theme colors and color-changing text (and IT WON'T MINE YOUR DATA LIKE TIKTOK which is rad and the best of all). there's still room for improvements and new editing tools, but if you're a potential new Byte user i'm urging you to give Huddles time. you can move your old tiktoks over to this platform in the meantime to preserve your account and all the work you've done, and you can use other editing software in the meantime to make up for some of the features you miss right now. the Byte devs have a huge incentive to meet the needs of its new audience, so offer helpful suggestions and give them time to get things rolling. this is a much safer platform, and it has the potential to surpass tiktok once users start to move. give it some time, be patient while you warm up to the new platform, and work with the development team to make Byte the best platform it can be. all the ingredients for success are here already, and any desired features that it currently lacks can be added if we're vocal and patient.

I absolutely adore Huddles. I know we all want what Vine gave us back in the day but it’s in the past. Nostalgia is not your friend but, Byte will be.

This is innovative. This is growth. This is what the people have been chanting for. Huddles has a great community of creators who are passionate and very supportive of one another. The bytes really showcase the variety of talents the internet has to offer from Comedy to 3D Art to Singing to Memes! It has so much to give. I certainly love how consistent the updates of Huddles is and how the developers have created a forum in which the byte community can chat amongst each other and with them. It certainly takes out the feeling of being a dollar sign that you get with other apps. If you’re looking for some good ol’ laughs or ready to be amazed then come join Huddles and forums!

Great place, 10/10 would eat here again.

Omg I love love loooove Huddles so much. They don’t shadow ban people and are inclusive of everyone and every group of people. I don’t feel pressured to have a certain amount of followers for the world to see because they don’t show that to anyone. I don’t feel pressured to make a video that isn’t going to be shown on the fyp because I’m actually having fun and not worrying about how many followers and likes I have. The developers are so kind and have been so welcoming to the new users. They have gone out of their way to make everything nice and homey for us. Everybody is so kind and accepting of each other. I feel welcomed and not ignored like I was on tiktok. Thank you to the developers for making such a great app and an even better community. While there are a few bugs that need to be fixed I truly love Huddles so much. I feel like it’s a community and not just social media.

I can really tell the developers are taking the consideration and advice of new users! A lot of us came here because tik tok was shutting down and A LOT OF US have stayed because it’s a really nice place to make friends and get noticed more easily. It took them less than a week to let us like comments which is super impressive. They were able to create spaces to ensure inclusivity like the black byte channel, which uplifts black creators. Honestly i’m just really impressed with the amount of work being put into Huddles . If the people working on byte didn’t already know, we love you the way you are. You don’t have to be a carbon copy of tik tok to be wonderful. My only real advice is allowing users to use their own music and sounds. This will help allow trends. Hashtags just aren’t the same and music is groovy. All love ❤️

I think the Clash app has alot of potential not only because of its similarities to Tiktok but more importantly with the drop feature. Being able to directly support your favorite creators through drops is a unique feature that allows users to reward their favorite creators however big or small for the entertainment that they provide them. Being able to help someone who teaches you something, makes you laugh, or overall just makes your day better is game-changing and will allow influencers to have another stream of income, another way to gauge he popularity of their content and most importantly have the means to keep creating content! The concept of giving back to your favorite creators has been wildly successful on twitch and since short (under 2 mins) content is trending right now I cant see why clash wont have similar success in the future!

I love the respect for all the communities with Chanel’s. there’s no celebrities on Huddles and you don’t have to be pretty to get on the front page. And nobody’s really famous so getting followers is so rewarding. and the byte community is over all very nice. But there’s a few things that would make Huddles even better. if you can see how many followers and likes other people have, and if you tap to pause instead of holding it. But I still really love the feature were you can see when the video was posted, how many views and how many likes it has (unlike TikTok were you have to go to there page to see how many views it has and when they posted it BUT they recently took those off for some reason) so yeah like I was saying I love Huddles but I think we would all like to see a update where we can look at other peoples followers. Oh yeah one more thing, no political opinions witch is great

okay so we all know that tiktok invaded Huddles, and the fact that the creator actually listens to us and helps and fixes things when he can is amazing. so i have a few suggestions. i don’t know how coding works, so i don’t know how hard it is going to be to implement these, but i’d like to be able to see how many followers other creators have and how many likes a video has. another thing that would be cool is to be able to pause the videos. i like to go through the comments of videos but when there’s an audio playing on repeat it gets kind of obnoxious. another thing that’s probably going to be a lot more difficult to do is: i would love it if the videos were full screen. that’s something so small and insignificant, but it just kind of bothers me. other than that, Huddles is actually really fun! i absolutely LOVE the fact that you can customize the colors of ur profile 💅🏻🥰🧚‍♂️👁👄👁

Ok so I, like many others, came from tiktok and I am trying to figure out how Huddles works and trying to find the “alt” users or whatever. Some things that I like about Huddles is how no creators are really big on it so it feels so much more personal and people on Huddles are so nice. Another thing I like is how you can’t see follower count. It takes the focus off of how many followers you have and makes it more about the content you create and how you interact with others. I think that some audios should be added and we should be able to use other creators audios and I also think that there should be better filters. I don’t want Huddles to be just like tiktok however because the way it is now is so beautiful and if it were just like tiktok it would easily become a very negative space. I think that it’s kinda cool how the videos are shorter because it kinda gives a vine twist to Huddles . Overall I am really enjoying it so far!
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Byte is bringing back the six second loops but going above and beyond this time by creating a community where you are involved and engage with the creators and developers via an open to all community forums website. It’s very cool to give the users a voice, but more importantly... even cooler to see the process of Huddles evolve with complete transparency. Im talking about an app that actually cares about you and listens to you instead of just accumulating and selling all of your information while simultaneously trying to bombard you with ads.
With so many options for social media platforms these days it’s refreshing to have an app that is stripped down to the basics encouraging the users to actually get creative! I’m always blown away at the talent that can come from a six second video and it’s incredible to see how that 6 second video can inspire others and then evolve into something bigger. I’m excited to see what the future holds for Byte. I believe that it will be a great success.

This is a great app it reminds me of vine, please don’t make Huddles like tiktok with the same features, keep it like vine. You can keep all features that already on byte, start adding features that tiktok doesn’t have, I would like to see a voice changer feature that can make you sound like a movie character and a celebrity on byte
And I would love to see a feature that allows you to put ufo,dinosaurs,animals,zombies, and others in your byte video
you could also add action feature, and add feature that no one seen on tiktok like a karaoke feature would be cool so we can sing to our favorite song and make it so we can use the voice changer feature while using the karaoke feature so we can sing as a movie character and a celebrity, and also you can create your own feature too, if you do all of this in byte, byte will be the popular app, add a few things more thing that tiktok has like a live feature

people are saying Huddles is not exactly like Tiktok, but it’s not supposed to be. it’s byte, things are going to be different. i think it’s amazing and the community is really friendly. i’ve made more genuine connections on this up in the past five days than I did on TikTok in the past two years. one of my favorite things about Huddles is how you can’t see how many followers one person has, and how many people they follow. it gets rid of the toxic competition that a lot of social media apps have. the byte team has accounts on the apps and they interact with people there, it makes Huddles so much more welcoming. (we love you dom :,)) A lot of people moved from tiktok to byte in the past week and the creators have already done so much to accommodate to us when they most definitely didn’t have to. the creators listen to our feedback and interact with us almost daily. Huddles isn’t perfect but i can tell the creators are doing a lot for us behind the scenes so if you guys see this review,
thank you <3
sincerely, balsamic

At first, I was a bit confused about how the drops would work, but I really liked how you got 200 free drops upon signing up. All you have to do is scroll on your home page and once you see a video you like, you can send that creator 25, 50, or 100 drops. Once you run out of drops, you can buy more, and they are super affordable. For example, right now, you can buy 500 drops for only $5.99. I like this new concept where I, as a viewer, can financially support some of my favorite creators. It kind of feels like a tipping service - like I am tipping my favorite influencers for teaching me something new or making me laugh. It reminds me of TikTok, but I would rather use Clash since it allows me to help my favorite influencers. I also like that Huddles is supporting a lot of small/growing creators.

To grow Huddles , it would be strategic to work with more prominent creators and get those creators to promote Clash on their other social media pages. I also recommend that the video quality be improved.

Overall, Clash is great and I am excited to see how it continues to become popularized!

I only gave it 4 stars because it is SO close with tik tok it not exactly there yet. If you add more stuff to byte that is on other platforms especially tik tok, I have a feeling it can blow up. And if Tik tok is banned I would WAY WAY WAY rather go on byte than the Walmart version of tik tok “Triller”. Huddles has quality and potential, I just ask for you to make the camera quality better when u post videos because I have an 11 pro and it is still a little blurry when I post. And if there were filters that would be AMAZING. And for the timing thing, make it so you can stop it at a certain point so we can be more creative with videos! Once again my main point here is that Huddles has POTENTIAL. We can finally make this the Vine 2 we have all been waiting for if you really listen to the people who go on your app. Thank you, I hope this somehow gets to you guys because this is good information right here. I actually love Huddles though and the idea of channels is genius to me. Instead of only looking at the fyp for videos you like, you can just simply go to the category of your choice and watch whatever bytes your in the mood to watch.

Here are the many issues you will run into:

—you HAVE to be signed in to view any content, cannot browse freely
—interface has much less options than TikTok
—you can only use Apple ID or Google to sign
—so many ads & spam in the comment section.
—Very user unfriendly, can’t pause the videos etc, can be frustrating & confusing, not simple or direct.
—can’t see who you’re following
—content isn’t great. so far all the content is just about how Huddles is the new Anti-TikTok. Many “dont post your tiktoks here” type of posts. It’s trying to make a name for itself by being anti-tiktok.
—only thing really that it has going for it is it’s considered Vine 2.0. if it wasn’t, Huddles would definitely fail.
—many other issues.

+ only great thing is the video quality is nice, much better video quality than tiktok like Triller app.

Upon release you would think Huddles would be working better than the other apps currently out there like tiktok but it’s not. There are so many issues, it would have been better if they spent more time fixing the issues before it’s released. The interface is inferior to tiktok, you will be trying to do certain things like Pause or see followers but you won’t be able too. If Huddles weren’t considered Vine 2.0 it would be no better than the other tiktok competitors such as Triller or Like.

Vine was popular because anybody could make anything and become famous. Now what we have are the people who killed off Vine flocking back to Huddles making the exact same boring content they used to make 6 years ago. It seems very forced. Like all of the past content creators were reached out to and asked to post on Huddles . I have no problem with that directly, but the people they seem to have chosen are really annoying, unoriginal, and honestly unfunny. Thank goodness they allow you to block accounts. I got on Huddles for less than an hour and I already have 10 accounts or so blocked so I’m not forced into seeing their garbage content. The reason Tik Tok works so well is because it takes literally nothing other than posting a video to have a chance at going viral. I personally never making content, but i prefer new people with new content as opposed to people we all watched 6 years ago who are out of ideas. I was happy to see they were making essentially “Vine 2” but it’s basically just a bunch of “self claimed comedians”. I guess we got what we asked for.

So, first off, I just want to say that the design of Huddles itself is super cool. Easy to navigate, simple- it's great. Five stars for that. It's the only reason I didn't give Huddles 1 star. However, the community on Huddles is super toxic. Everyone wants Vine back that they end up trying too hard to be funny. I scrolled for like 5 minutes, but it felt like an hour. It's too many try-hards in one place. And everyone hates on not only Tik Tok, but the creators from Huddles as well. But the thing is, Tik Tok is great because nobody cares. It's just fun. But everyone cares too much on Huddles. I really wish this community would just realize that they can't recreate Vine. That was something else entirely. Tik Tok isn't Vine. Byte isn't Vine. Nothing will ever be like Vine, no matter how hard anyone tries, because at the end of the day it was the community on Vine that made it so great. I just wish people would stop caring so much.

Huddles is ok. I just don’t like how they can only be 6 seconds. I know that is the point of Huddles , but they are just so short. This is the first “social media” I have gotten. So I can’t really compare this to any other. I can tell you right here that TikTok is better. I don’t have it, but I know what it’s like. Now the UI ( user interface) on Huddles is amazing. The art is really cool. Now I would go with TikTok for these reasons. 1. You can have long videos.2. You can pause and get to comments better.3. The feel of Huddles flows. Now Huddles hasn’t blown up yet so I can’t really say anything
Byte has 2,700 reviews
TikTok has over 3,000,000 reviews
TikTok’s platform has a lot more people the Byte. And I feel like Bytes content creators are bad. The content on here isn’t that good. And you have to log in first. I has hesitant but did it. There was also some bad stuff, but across you will get that on any social media. So here is my final review
Byte:3.5 our of 10

My opinion on byte is that it is more like vine than tiktok and less like at the same time. Byte is the vine based 6 second looping video. It also is like vine as I don’t rember vine having any trends, it was just post random things you thought were funny. Tiktok has obvious tends that fade out in a month or two. I am a little confused about the user friendliness as you cannot abuse the video. That could be great if you could. The comment section is about as bad as it gets. There are no comments it’s just “FOLLOW FOR FOLLOW LIKE FOR LIKE” and I know that’s not really something they can control. As one reviewer said “this runs off of being the anti tiktok and new vine.” The videos on Every page are the same and you can’t refresh whether you on the home page, popular page or the your mix page. I don’t think that this will overtake tiktok as tiktok is now such a big app. My opinion is I’m going to stick with tiktok as I see the content there as better.

Great to have Vine back. I’m going to address the elephant in the room. All though TikTok is annoying, they have created a really good app. Some of the things I would like that they have nailed, are they share the dialogue. You can message links to TickTock’s and watch within peoples iMessage threads. This is great for people who don’t have TikTok. Seems like this requires an HTML version of each post. Right now the way Byte handles sharing vines is horrible. They also need to allow more settings, such as DPI scaling. A lot of the elements are just way too big. Finally, add filters and other cool effects. Snapchat Instagram TickTock have made this a standard, might as well embrace it. We should also allow more profile options, and a way to easily share your profile via the share dialogue.

So love this, the layout is great, the choice to customize the icon and scrolling and all that in the settings is fun (an interesting touch to do that) for a first version it’s pretty good. Especially the tabs for everything, love that! Here’s what I’d like to see and what needs fixing.
1. I get booted off when I linger to long on the camera mode to make a byte. Might just be a small glitch like my phone can’t handle it, but if it’s fixable, that be nice.
2. There’s no music choices?! One of my favorite things I loved about vine was that I could have a selection of music or even pull from someone else’s video and save it. It was the first to have this and tiktok thrives with it! Please bring it to byte!
3. Bot issues. It’s only been a day and they are running RAMPANT.
4. Maybe start a challenge thing to help get the ball rolling? People on byte are trying to hard to make it like vine, calling it vine two. Maybe to make it stand out, byte could start a challenge a week thing for people to make videos for? nothing crazy, but something to get the creative juices flowing and get people competitive? Idk might just be me who’d love this. Kinda like the old days of selfie Olympics or something, call it the Big Byte challenge or something idk.
But that’s all I got.

Vine is back in an app known as Byte. Yes, that means those 6-Second looping videos are back. The UI is okay, similar to TikTok’s UI. But, here’s where Byte outshines TikYok: It gets its recommendation system right. TikTok is full of people posting #ForYou and #fyp everywhere, just to be featured or recommended. It’s a mess. At least Byte answers TikTok recommendation problem. I am aware about Byte’s comment spam problem. It’s annoying. My other problem is how you’re only able to sign up via either Apple or Google. If you don’t have an Apple ID or a Google account, don’t even think of signing up yet. TikTok allows you to sign up via a variety of other accounts, besides just Google and Apple. Anyways, my verdict? It’s off to a fine start. It’s in its early days, so we need to wait a bit longer so it can improve. I’ll come back when Byte develops some more.

Byte is fun and the videos are great. It’s nice to see popular creators joining as well as new, original content from other people. Byte runs smoothly and quickly. However there are a few things I think could be added or improved on. It would be great to see a follower count in the future, as well as a “tap to pause” feature while watching bytes so that they don’t loop while reading comments. While on the topic of comments, liking comments would be great to add because it‘a a way to show agreement or a mutual emotion towards a statement. The videos on the home page don’t refresh and get old quickly. This won’t allow for users to see new clips or get a taste of other creators. The Byte app is still new so I hope that it keeps working hard to be big.

This is great! I wasn’t around for vine and this definitely fills the void I had in my heart. I love the idea that you can’t see anyone’s follower count but your own, that’s really original and I think makes Huddles more useful just to have fun and make content. However, just a couple of critiques: 1) I want to know who I’m mutuals with! Whether this entails letting creators see a list of who’s following them or simply seeing like a “friends” icon if you go to a mutual’s profile, that would be great. 2) Maybe integrate a liking comments system? Most media platforms have that and it helps the comments section be more streamlined and gives bots/self-promo less power. Other than that I love the simplicity of it! An app doesn’t need hashtags or filters or effects or anything like that, it really makes making content less stressful.

Huddles is great! I like the layout. My only problem is that I feel holding the screen so a little menu comes up to rebyte would make more sense instead of having to get your finger to the bottom of the screen. Also if you tap the byte once it should pause it, not having a way to stop the byte from looping just makes it harder if I’m trying to read the caption or something. I wish it was laid out a little more like vine, with a couple comments showing and then you click it to see more. Something i did notice though is even when i turned of the assisted scrolling it still did the automatic next byte (just like TikTok) I know Huddles has great potential but with a couple tweaks it could be amazing

Hey guys so I noticed when sharing a video to Instagram, the process is seamless HOWEVER, there is no way to edit the thumbnail for ig and what’s worse is the thumbnail for some reason is completely black. So the average person scrolling through a profile or explore on ig wouldn’t be compelled to tap on the video bc it’s just a black box. I think you should invest time into finding a work around for this bc people sharing byte videos on instagram is a great way for others on ig to discover and onboard to byte. Also it would help provide an overall better user interaction w the video in general bc as it is now the dark box can hamper how the user perceives the video before they decide to watch it. Hope this helps

byte is amazing, there’s no follower counts unless u are viewing your own so therefore it’s actually very creatively based rather than clout based like tik tok. Tik tok ruined this century with overplayed dance videos whereas on byte i see new creative memes, edits and videos every single day. i personally didn’t get tik tok because of how terrible is was and byte brings back vine, everyone saying the users killed vine and are going to kill byte are wrong, byte is for everyone and everyone has a chance, they are just complaining because they didn’t go famous and maybe they aren’t funny or whatever, but it’s about creativity not fame, they are the ones ruining Huddles.

Huddles is amazing and I’m so glad Vine is back! The hype around it right now is really awesome, I just have a few things I’d like to point out that need to be added. First of all, there needs to be a hashtag system so people can tag their stuff and people can search for specific things. There should also be a way to see your followers/who you follow on profiles. It would be really nice if we could also have public likes on our profiles similar to how vine was, and maybe just have the option to make them private. A DM system would also be nice. Also it would be convenient to be able to share links to specific bytes/profiles instead of downloading the video. That’s all I can think of, thank you so much byte team!