Clubhouse Reviews

by Versability

this app is a toxic culture. When you join, you’ll be amazed that CEO Paul Davison speaks to people. But pay close attention because he doesn’t really. The Sunday townhall ignores users and didn’t even use Clubhouse ’s features. If you just want to listen, you get pressured into getting on stage. It’s exhausting. Everything is on the users because the staff never listens to anyone but the clubs they like. The leadership and investors built a fantasy cult World where they’re famous even though they’re not outside of it. It’s creepy to watch all the sexism, misogyny, racism, and worse. The CEO tells everyone to do everything themselves and hasn’t updated Clubhouse in any meaningful way in over a year. This c-list community is putting out d-list content that’s only getting worse with time. And without recordings, discoverability, soundboard integration, night mode, picture frames, clickable links, and just thousands of other things the community asked for over a year for, it’s pointless. All the clubs are empty, and you’ll never see any of the celebrities you follow online. Try the burnouts and wannabes. That’s all you find on this cult app. Delete this app.

by Dissaponted Buyer And Seller

This is an app that promotes harassment and cyberbullying against men. The women are constantly making threats to kill men, doxing their personal information including their phone numbers and addresses of these men to further harass them and this app does nothing to enforce the guidelines against the women who violate harass and even make fatal threats to these men. They only deactivate mens accounts most of the time without them having to do anything. The women hold mass reporting rooms to get men kicked off of Clubhouse after they have released thier work details, personal information addresses etc. I’ve filed several reports against the cyberbullies and harrasers on Clubhouse and none of the reports were addressed. The women in question even hold mass reporting rooms to remove men from Clubhouse . If you are fine with people finding your home address, phone number and displaying on a public space with thousands to see by all means download Clubhouse . But if you are against cyberbullies and harassment please don’t.

by Knrmrz

App may provide a different take on social media, but Clubhouse itself is a mess. It’s confusing to understand, there is a no filters when dealing with languages you don’t understand, the made feed is a throw up of everything on Clubhouse makes it feel like spam..topics are shallow because the only people in rooms are people who love to hear themselves talk. There is no incentive to follow someone you don’t know, because a profile doesn’t show what they are about in anyway. Follows are reserved for people who are already famous or who have a standing in their field. Symbols and iconography are unconventional, which could be good, but instead it’s confusing. Chats are called, backchannel.. understandable but not user friendly. There’s almost no structure to Clubhouse. I would say that the appeal of app currently is its exclusivity with invites needed to sign up and pretentiousness of using a so called “groundbreaking” social media. There is not point to most conversations because nothing can be done except talk. Someone will make this happen, but it’s not going to be this app..

by Valhakun

Clubhouse requires your phone number (first red flag), then it requires your contacts (the list of which it keeps forever, for all we know - second red flag). So anyone who has ever had your phone number not only can see your profile, but also share it with anyone or any room without your consent (a giant red flag - at the time of writing there's no way to selectively restrict your profile to certain users). Which makes this app a superspreader feeding ground for stalkers.
Currently there's no way to simply delete your account, you can only request its removal and wait until someone attends to it - another red flag, that points at data collection, likely to sell it to third parties. At the time of writing this app "temporarily" stores voice recordings on their servers, which is a complete U-turn from their initial promises during the release. Some of the data Clubhouse collects from your phone has nothing to do with the service it provides - yet another red flag, and yet another app that treats its users as a product.
On top of that, despite Clubhouse being in its early days, there's little to no moderation of hateful and toxic content, making it easy to exploit for people spreading dangerous conspiracies.

by JeanEats

Let me start by saying Clubhouse is amazing and actually it’s the only social media app I get on every day now. My IG and FB are suffering because I’m all about this app every day all day. With that said, I’m frustrated. I was accidentally logged out of my account today and can’t get back in now. I’ve searched high and low on how to successfully log back into my account and I don’t see the information anywhere. Why isn’t that easily available? I know I didn’t delete my account but I can’t get into my existing account anymore. I tried reaching out to this app support via email and Twitter and haven’t received a response. I can admit it wasn’t that long ago that I sent that info in but I was expected to be in a room and can’t even access it now. The problem now is when I click on Clubhouse it’s trying to make me sign up all over again. Asking me to pick a new user name. I need to access my groups and contacts so I’m not trying to create a new user name. This review is to let it be know that this app is one of the best apps I’ve been a part of in a long time but how can I continue to enjoy it when I can’t even access my account that’s I’ve grown to love? Can someone help me with this??

by Yazmin P Jones

I love Clubhouse because it allows you actually have a conversation with numerous people that you may have NEVER had the chance to talk to. But the one thing I that should change on this is maybe a space in the chat where the person who is talking make their picture bigger so that you can find their info, follow them on Clubhouse or on Instagram. Sometime I’m trying to figure out who is talking to connect with them but I have to scroll down to see who is talking instead of their profile picture popping up a little bigger (like zoom, I hate to compare. But I think it should show a bigger picture of the person talking but still have all the little pictures of people in the discussions. And maybe move the IG icon next to the follow button so that you can get back to the chat quick without having to scroll all the way down. Could you guys also a question chat so it is easier to the moderators can answers questions for the audience of course allowing the mediators to pick which questions they would like to answer. Again Clubhouse is great !!! I look forward to seeing Clubhouse flourish wish y’all the best.

by YogiDoula

this app is a great app, especially considering it’s still in beta mode. I’ve been able to connect with people all over the world! Suggested improvements: 1) It’s very difficult to see who is speaking even with a modest amount of people on stage. I find myself having to ask “Who said that? I can’t find you” a little too often. I suggest making the ring around the speaker a more pronounced color such as green, orange or even black as a great first step. 2) Secondly, I find the notifications super aggressive. Even on the “infrequently” mode, I am still getting notifications back to back about the same room which is distracting when you try to play a game or other app that doesn’t turn off notifications. 3) Finally, it would be nice to have an option to look up a profile and see what room someone is in... Keep up the great work; two thumbs up, way up.

by Bapukobe

Although I enjoy using Clubhouse at most times. I have come to realize one of the major flaws which concerns me. I was in a chat playing a game with most of my this app friends. During this game I had said something which was allowed but a individual didn’t have the same view us me so they got sensitive and ended up blocking me. Unfortunately this individual happened to be friends with many of the people I associate myself with on Clubhouse so therefore when the person goes into the chat before me I am not able to join the chat. I feel the need to speak on this because I honestly find it under that someone could prevent you from enjoying a good time and gaining new information from others due to their feelings. There should be a better way to avoid these sort of problems. One can be not being able to notice the other is in the chat or even hear them speak so problems could be avoided

by 😒🤦🏽‍♀️

I practically don’t turn it off, it’s like the 90s party line lol.. It’s great to actually hear voice with knowledge, inspiration, honest help, laughter, and emotions. Not just text and emojis that leave you to your own emotion of interpreting what’s read. I’m glad it’s bringing back communication, something that’s been lost with technology advices. I enjoy that there’s a invite only I hope they keep it that way, and better transparency which keeps away those that hide behind the keyboard. It’s good open dialect. Just what the people need 😊

Only fall back with Clubhouse for me..I just hate it consistently ask to find a stronger signal, even when I have full cell bars but not connected to a WiFi.. it’ll play anywhere on my iPad with or without WiFi...but my cell it just doesn’t stay connected unless I’m on WiFi. 😒... For the most part Clubhouse is great 👍🏽

by Corabethbs

Additional features I’d appreciate: 1.) I’d love to have an “add to calendar” function to save to an itinerary within Clubhouse (kinda like apps for academic conferences) so that I can see the things I’m most interested in listed in a separate place from everything in the “Upcoming for You” tab. If this function was added, I’d prefer to be able to be able to “double-book” in the itinerary if at all possible (e.g. so I can peruse a few rooms during one time slot before settling into the best fit for me and so, if my top choice room finishes first, I can jump over to my second choice before it’s over). 2.) I’d also like a way to “favorite”/prioritize certain users and clubs so I see them at the top of the “Upcoming for You” tab. 3.) I’d love to be able to search for room titles (and maybe descriptions?) using keyword search in the “Explore” tab. 4.) I’d like for club meetings to be linked to their page so if I know somethings happening for one club, but it isn’t scheduled in advance or I haven’t saved it in my itinerary, I can quickly search for the club page and enter the room there.

by Midarakiii

I love, love, love CH, but I’m super bummed that you removed the three upcoming rooms at the top of the hallway. I feel like I’m not going into or finding as many rooms as I used to. I don’t have the time to scroll through aaaaaall of the scheduled events to find rooms to rsvp to, mostly because I literally have to scroll through a ton of stuff that doesn’t interest me, just to find one that might. It’s really hard to navigate that portion of Clubhouse . Now, when I see rooms going on that I’m interested in, I’m late to the room because I had no idea it was going to be going on. I really love Clubhouse , but this specific part of the upgrade is hella disappointing. I’d probably be less bummed if the calendar section had a way to look for rooms by selecting the specific time or something like that. It makes no sense for me to have to scroll through hours worth of every room possible just to get to the time frame that I’m able to get on CH. I’ll still use Clubhouse , but slightly begrudgingly. Aside from that, Clubhouse is amazing.

by San_amAze_moon

This is a wonderful new approach to social media. It’s so much more personal and effective at getting to really know and connect with people! That being said, I do like having the ability to link my other social media profiles on my this app profile, but the issue I have here is that you can only link one Instagram account and one Twitter. I personally only have one Twitter so that is fine, but I do use multiple Instagram pages for separate niche facets of my content. For example I have a personal page, a business page, and an art page. I would love to be able to link at least two if not all of them on my this app profile if possible! I feel it would be easier for people to reference my work or contact information easily during conversation if they were able to find the correct link on my profile. If that makes sense! Thanks for reading!

by Celihere

So I definitely found my crowd of ppl and it’s awesome and heartwarming. I can network if I so choose or just explore different rooms with my interest. Definitely five stars. I can’t wait to see how Clubhouse is improved over time. Here are some of my suggestions:
▪️A clapping or heart emoji when someone says something that resonates. And everyone can see the reactions of each other or maybe just the speaker.
▪️A brighter color highlighting the speaker(s) and maybe if their icon became bigger so when you want to address someone it will be easier to find them when scrolling through the room. Design feature idea: what if the stage icons were set in a circle with the speaker in the middle. Idk. Just putting that out there.
▪️Maybe a raised hand feature when on stage to speak next. Sometimes ppl talk over each other and while mostly everyone is polite about it we forget who should speak next. Maybe a number system! for example when I am done speaking whoever raising their hand on stage after me gets the number 1, 2, 3 and so on, on their icon and they get to go next.

All in all I love Clubhouse and it helps greatly in these times. Some ppl are getting jobs, it’s helping small business, ppl are doing interviews and find their safe spaces to express themselves. Excellent work to the team. Love and light.

by Ensu F.

I loved loved loved Clubhouse until today. Before the update, I got to jump in and out of very diverse chats, from finance to music to psychology to poetry to straight up gossip chatrooms. After the update; my listening is very limited to the people I chose to follow and their interest in the two weeks I’ve been on Clubhouse .

this app has turned itself into another Instagram app where it shows you targeted content based off of the content you “liked” when you first joined. I HATE IT HERE NOW.

What made Clubhouse great for me was I had access every space, every topic, everyone everywhere (within Clubhouse , of course) with just a click on a globe. Now I have to scroll thru people I follow to find other people to follow in hopes the start an interesting room when in reality they are avid listeners and note takers like myself.

Since you removed the explorer page, I can’t expand my knowledge or explore other topics I may not have known existed. Since I didn’t follow enough people early on, I lost access to many spaces including psychological and finance chats which is directly within my field.

So now with such a heavy heart, I dislike Clubhouse because I’m stuck listening to the same people talking about the same things every other day.

Can y’all bring back the explorer page?! Please and thank you.

If not; I’ll stick to Twitter b|c there I can at least click on a thread within the thread and learn something new.

by Ikigai Guy

Before joining this app, I was unclear on what the application would truly offer beyond being yet another social media platform. After joining this app I became aware of both how misguided I was about this app and how much as a new small business owner I needed this forum.

The connections I’ve made have been various but all have been invaluable. I’ve received what can arguably be tens of thousands of dollars worth of free advice about everything from branding to best business practices. The potential business collaborations are unfolding but I believe that they will be mutually beneficial.

I think the big challenge for this app going forward is to not try to be a platform for all people and all things. I’ve seen some of the rooms take on the postures and topics that are more “traphouse” than this app. I am not advocating classism but I think that perhaps making “hallways” for certain types of rooms may be interesting (but this may create echo chambers that would be counter this app).

by MustangGirl3Kathie

Until this app, there’s not been a SM platform that gave me the opportunity to be vulnerable with my strong convictions and have meaningful conversations—even when there are those who disagree.

99% or the time, ppl with polar opposite views are exchanging sensible and respectful dialogue, which is growth for everyone who is open to basic human interactions—which are SO DESPERATELY NEEDED, now more then ever. I feel like every room session with the groups I’ve aligned myself with has been a spiritual experience. 🙏💕
this app just might save the world from itself. What a very special portal for humankind—my mind, body and spirit appreciates it so much! Anthony Merra, my “adopted son” 💞 should be followed by everyone. He always finds the best way to bring the very best of souls—from all walks of life and all over the world—TOGETHER.
Join us! 👏🙌🥰

by Geechie Gurl

Listennnnn!! Clubhouse is the “stage” I said I would stand on and speak to the masses. 2020 said ok the stage is virtual babygurl but you gon’ be just as profound because now ya don’t hafta worry about hair and makeup! Just speak!
Clubhouse revives the art of verbal communication like the good ol’ days when you had a 30 ft house phone cord so you could kick up your feet and chat with your friends about your goals! Just what we need during this pandemic to keep hearts, minds and spirits LIFTED!
When you are intentional with your connections and your message, Clubhouse brings your tribe to you! Results NOT rhetoric with the genuine interactions! Keep a notepad, sticky notes, SOMETHING because the jewels being dropped on a daily will blow your mind and shift your life!
And thus ends my dissertation on this app: The juxtaposition of social distancing and verbally embracing✊🏾
PS I may or may not be operating on 3 hours sleep writing this due to a phenomenal 6 hr discussion with some movers and shakers last night that started as a welcome room for my friend who had just joined.😂

by Reallyshan

I absolutely love this app, the only thing that I dislike is industry people charging others to speak on a free platform that was built to create the connection between the industry world with individuals who are somewhat already in the industry. I feel like this app needs to keep Clubhouse invite only maybe doing 1 invite every two months to stop Clubhouse from being over saturated like Facebook or Instagram where anyone can join. I think they need to have someone go into these rooms and make sure all guidelines are being met because most of them are not. This shouldn’t be a popularity app, but a tool to help creative minds link with professionals and network. People should not be charged to enter a public room by people claiming to be professionals. Cashapp’s should not be allowed in profile descriptions on a public platform. And I feel like being that Clubhouse was create to be an open form raising of hands should not be disabled. Moderators should just pick who that want on stage but not make someone feel less then by disabling hands.

by Brosef Josef

But I love this app. It gives you access to talks with high level people. It actually provides value in your life.

To the dev team, some user notes:

I have notifications enabled but banners on IOS don’t give me good information. I get a partial list of people in a room, but the banner runs out of space before I see what the room is. A better format would be “[room name]: on stage is [people names]”. As they are now, the notifications are basically useless.

On the scheduled rooms up at the top of the feed, it would be good to be able to schedule myself to listen in on the room, instead of having to remember to go back and find it again. Then get a notification that the selected room is beginning.

It would be good to be able to subscribe to recurring rooms, in addition to following users. When someone creates a room, they might have the option to “make recurring” and then select which recurring room it falls into. This would allow for unique room titles, but also allow listeners to never miss a weekly/daily room they love.

Finally, I’d say to add an estimated duration function. When someone starts a room, they put in the expected length of the discussion so that listeners can plan their time.

by Me Cici

I love this app, it is so amazing! :-) It’s help me build my self-esteem, it’s reconnected me with some old friends and old crushes! :-) Lol my only issue was connecting my Instagram but now I got my Instagram, my other issue is that I cannot add my Twitter. My third issue is the camera. Most of my friends and I are totally blind. The camera is accessible with voiceover, how ever it is not as easy as 123. If you know what I’m saying, I don’t find it so easy to use. I am trying to put a profile picture up, and it’s not very easy. My only request is if you can make The camera more easier? Can you make it like that other app seeing AI once you go through the peoples channel? :-) I would think that will be more easier for blind users like myself and a lot of my friends! :-) Please and thank you! :-)

by Jzekyll

Interesting concept but mainly hyped up by being exclusive and elitist.

by B0ld_chic

Clubhouse has been a great way to connect, network and converse with others during a time when we are confined to our homes.

by Brandbaylis

this app is an aimful platform with little to no distractions disguised as features. Its a purposeful application comprised of thought leading conversationalists, found in ‘rooms’ of think tanking; real-time, round the clock masterclasses on industry, professions, entrepreneurship, and politics. It’s a much more than social media. An environment of meaningful exchanges.

by Izzy Pollak

Thank you to the this app team for creating such a beautiful platform. Excited to see how the rest of the world will engage with your baby.

by Putinmycodenowhurryhurry

Clubhouse is awesome. I love that it’s offering a live platform to speak on these issues that NEED to be talked about. Such an open and easy space to connect to our peers

by Elia1234amad

It’s a nearly flawless and ever evolving app/concept that i think brings a whole new element to social media and how we converse and exchange idea

by RobbeRichman

One of the most engaging apps in a very long time. It brings back connection, NU wants conversation, and respectful dialogue.

by Aprilfrancis

Clubhouse has been a lifeline during social distancing — 24/7, this app hosts incredible people having fascinating conversations. Brilliant format, drop-in chat!

by Borntobank

this app is the best place IgE found you to connect with other smart and interesting people.

by Daddy Kindred

I Hope it grows to become an incubator of ideas and organization that shapes the future in a meaningful and positive way.

by Kevrav22

Honestly didn’t know what this was when invited. But Hour 1 I have learned so much and love the flow of Clubhouse!

by Sneakertopia Steve

this app is incredible!!!! It’s so refreshing that our society now has a platform for thought leaders to interact, listen and learn.

by Azeemk

Got on early back in June. It’s honestly such a great experience. Met so many people digitally that have translated into actual relationships. It’s great.

by Caliblondi

this app has been a blissful sanctuary amidst the silence of the pandemic, bringing human interaction back and making it accessible. Scaling a beautiful community!

by ThisWasMyNickname

The next major social network - and the first one that is actually social in all the right ways!