VoiceThread Reviews

by Anonymously Unknown (((((:

Tried to view content in browser and it asked me to download VoiceThread. VoiceThread does not work with institution log in. It keeps you on the webpage and asks you to download VoiceThread when you’re already on VoiceThread .
I eventually found a loophole and was able to access content, but then I couldn’t press back to view other content. And had to force quit VoiceThread and then it started all over— I had to log in again which takes 2 minutes to go through all the steps

by Annoyed Prof.

I use the this app website regularly on my laptop for work (I’m a college professor), and like it, as it allows me to add auditory lecture to existing PPTs. I purchased an iPad specifically to allow access to more features on this app, like being able to draw diagrams during my lecture. Unfortunately, on an iPad, you’re forced to access this program solely through their app, which is seriously the worst app I’ve ever used. I’ve tried to circumnavigate this by signing into this app through the Google Chrome app, but it just redirects you to the this app app. Each time I go to record, VoiceThread crashes. You can’t even get five seconds into a recording before VoiceThread crashes again. This is a brand new iPad I’m using- no device issues at all. The help section on this app is useless, as it just recommends clearing cookies, restarting devices, etc. I’m beyond frustrated with this, as it’s been difficult enough to transition to online teaching for all classes this year without added tech issues. Super disappointed in this app. :(

by N Meik

App is total garbage. It seems like there was no effort that went into this at all. There is no mobile version, but yet they want people to download an app that doesn’t work. It crashes just as fast as it takes for VoiceThread to open.

by Benjamin3643

VoiceThread is absolute garbage and it doesn’t work. I try to open a voice thread in VoiceThread it doesn’t open. It just tells me to sign in and once I do, it tells me to create a voice thread. Don’t waste your time.

by Kitty4Life99

VT is a poorly designed app that constantly crashes, kicks you out and doesn’t want to work. I really wish instructors would stop using this awful platform.

by Rowrow09090909

App crashes or locks up all time and I have to reinstall every week

by Bluejaymee

classmates could not see my comments and I could not see theirs.

I looked for help and could not find any.

Do NOT use.

by SaddGurll

so many bug! are the developers even trying to fix this?!

by Joey Baggins

Yeah VoiceThread does not work at all

by Idle Artist

I would give this zero stars if I could. Both VoiceThread and the desktop website are absolutely terrible. They crash constantly, and VoiceThread requires you to log back in every two minutes... Until it just decides that logging in is for weenies and starts telling you that your login is invalid. And just to top it all off, after it tells you you're a weenie and can't log in, it crashes, because you know, it has a reputation to keep up, obviously.
And now this is a personal message to this app itself.
this app, we had a good relationship at the start, you know. There was me, a simple user with a whole new website ahead of me to explore and interpret (since I didn't want to watch that hour long intro video). And then you just crushed me out of your life, this app, my love. I miss when I could login to your server and be welcomed and accepted. And then you left me, blocked me, kicked me out from even your public gallery. What happened to my account? Our personal relationship, this app? I even tried to start over with you. I deleted and re-downloaded. And even then my login was rejected... Is your cruelty boundless? How many times can you crash before I burn? this app...
Never again.

by Maddie11334

If I didn’t have to use VoiceThread for school, I would not be using VoiceThread. The amount of times it has crashed on me in the past 20 minutes when trying to get on to do school work is absolutely ridiculous. I’ve never had an app crash so much in my 10+ years of of using apple. My app is up to date, device is up to date there shouldn’t be this much crashing especially after updates that are specifically for these crashing issues?? People use this for school and have deadlines to learn material by, how am I supposed to learn when I can’t get through more than 15 seconds of a slide without VoiceThread crashing?? It’s so frustrating!! I also tried to reach out to this apps customer service team, left them my phone number AND email, 3 WEEKS later and still have not received ANYTHING. No follow up, no email, nothing. VERY poor customer service and a VERY poor excuse for an app.

by Jp22643

I usually don’t write reviews for apps but I use, or should I say, attempt to use this app very often because my nursing program uses it to present our lectures. I downloaded VoiceThread so that I can routinely play the lectures and listen to them anytime or anywhere. I’m extremely disappointed!!! 95% of the time VoiceThread will not load to open, and once I get it loaded it will crash EVERYTIME after 7 seconds. Most of the other nursing students are having issues using VoiceThread as well. Literally the worst app I’ve ever attempted to use on a daily basis. this app works on my laptop but MOST of the time the lectures are modified to the point where they’re difficult to read the slides and even the professors can’t seem to figure out why. I will suggest that our program and future programs use a different software to post lectures for the future. The success of all nurses and students depend on it.

by Brooks786

I got VoiceThread so I could listen to VT lectures during my long journey to school and back since VT won't play online on a mobile device. It is absolute garbage. I have tried troubleshooting but I still can't get past "Hi everyone" in the lecture videos before VoiceThread not only crashes, but crashes the Pulse App as well.

by Svargh

VoiceThread was a little hard to navigate. Like many other apps, it can be helpful to have a step by step tutorial, or guideline bubbles. VoiceThread also crashed and deleted my work in progress. VoiceThread is also very unorganized. There is no option to organize comments, unless you are the owner of the original video. This wasn't very helpful for the assignment my class had to do. It would be better if the comments were easier to access rather than having to open the video itself and tap on the icon, with the exception of when a new comment is added. I also think the notifications should pop out without having to click on the new comments section and waiting for it to load. It is also hard to find other people's video, it may be better to have an option to search for the creator. this app claims to be "perfect" for education, but it still needs a lot of work before becoming "perfect".

by Turrean

I'm delighted to have a this app app! Our school has purchased accounts for every student, so mobile access is great.

The iPhone version works fairly well. I managed to make a this app, upload an image or two, rearrange media, record comments, and a few other things. I did have a few app crashes while trying to locate media on my phone. I love the "bookmark" feature.

HOWEVER...VoiceThread for the iPad is very glitchy. I was able to add pictures using the camera, but every single time I go to my iPad photo library, VoiceThread crashes! I've given it permission to use my location, I've deleted and reinstalled VoiceThread , and it still crashes. My settings are the same as on my phone: location services are set to "on," "Use Ed network" is also on. The "reset" button doesn't seem to actually do anything, either on the phone or the iPad. I am baffled.

Also: from a design standpoint: the edit button is a tiny blue-grey button in the upper corner of the screen. The "delete" button is a huge red button right below the this app. This sort of makes it seem as if I'm being encouraged to delete :-) Why not put the all-important edit button above the delete button, or better yet, with the "share," "bookmark," or "vote" buttons? Editing is a much more important function than any of the others. It ought to be a prominent button

by Mattjamesmartin

My experience with this app was nothing short of disappointing. I was aware it was for creating videos and small clips or comments that could be used for projects or interactions; I used it for a project as well. Unfortunately, while it was relatively simple to use and play around with, I found it had many annoying bugs. My app very frequently crashed while in the midst of opening another person's presentation or video they made or even while writing a comment. I also found that VoiceThread did a poor job of explaining how everything contained in VoiceThread worked. It would have been very helpful if before or while playing around with VoiceThread if there had been a tutorial video or even small instructions on the screen when venturing to use new features you had not yet tried. Also, VoiceThread version lacked some of the features on the desktop version of this app. It would have been nice if VoiceThread had been a comprehensive combination of all the features. I wish it was more organized as well. The fact that you could not easily search and find other people's this app's was also irritating at times as well. The sharing process took longer than expected. VoiceThread shows potential, but some bugs need to be fixed first.

by Odidjfbdisjsizzkz

I understand that many apps are created because they would be convenient compared to the websites they are such as Voice thread. Voice Thread is not all bad- because the iPad has a microphone, I was able to do the speaking part for my Voice Thread, however if paused or anything that did not stop it, VoiceThread crashed, how annoying do you think that is when working on a project for school, after finally finishing my Voice thread, I went to share it, now this was my fault when creating my account it stated that it could not send I looked and realized my mistake, I incorrectly put in my email, so just make a new one and re record the thread I thought. however i tried but no it would not let me make an account again, using my non school account, I made a new one and when trying to email it I could not because the school accounts would not allow me to send an email to them. Finding out a had to go onto the computer to copy the link, I could finally upload it to my blog and email it to my fellow partners. but that last part was on the computer and not the iPad shame on you Voice thread app creators. other people in my group had trouble to , one of them was never able to do the project, please fix it because it looks like a good program for projects.

by Teriblé

My AP World History class had to use this for one our projects. The goal of our project was to portray our character's reactions and feelings regarding a famous explorer's voyages (Zheng He, Ibn Battuta, Rabbani Sauma, or Marco Polo). In my opinion, the mobile app is pretty basic, as you can't really personalize your comments or add more than one picture to the this app. I much preferred the desktop version, but even that had its problems. The major thing that bugged me was the inability to move the location of comments, as sometime my comments would just bunch together at the end of my group member's this app, ruining the flow of the whole thing. I commented a little later than my group mates, and so, most of my comments sounded like the were just plugged in randomly at the end, negating my ability to actually have a conversation through comments like we had planned to. Sharing was a bit of a pain too, as sometimes my partners couldn't view my this app or couldn't see their comments on it at all. However, I did like the ability to use either recordings or text as comments, as that gave me some leeway and helped make my project a little more interesting. I probably wouldn't use it again, if I had the choice.

by Tshata

Rather than having 9th grade students create tada tables and graphs and hitting "print," I have them narrate their graphs on this app. It is so easy for students to gather data, record data, generate a graph (often by following directions or by having a peer help them through), and ultimately have very little understanding of the information that was collected and that is being presented in the graph. By forcing them to narrate the graph, I get a better feel for the students' understanding of the material. Some students tell me that as they start narrating, they notice errors in their graph or missing labels and information. Otherwise, they would have just hit "print" and have given any additional thought to the process. A good narration is short and concise. Yes, it might take longer to "grade" than a paper datasheet and graph, but I believe there are significant advantages.

this app on my iPhone and iPad gives me more flexibility in reviewing student work. I'm no longer tied to my computer. Now only if there is a "grade" feature integraded with my electronic gradebook on my LMS...

by Lee K

Finally! This is something this app users have been waiting for! VT is the perfect service for multi-sensory learning. I've been a VT user for years and can honestly say that it's a great way to reach all learners. Even if you're not an educator, VT is awesome for sharing ideas and even sending a greeting. Anytime you want to have a conversation around a piece of media, VT is the easiest and most robust way to do it. Now that there's an App, I can take my VTs on the road and not only share them with anyone at anytime, but I can also create them on-the-go. I've made lots of VTs with my students and friends but my personal favorite is when a bunch of my friends created one for me on my birthday. One friend inserted a video and then sent the link out to all my friends. Each one took a moment to leave a birthday message for me. There were text comments, audio comments and even a few webcam video comments. I downloaded it to my iPhone and still share it with people today. Along the same lines, I also created one for my principal when she was retiring. I inserted a photo of her and then sent the link out to all the teachers in my school. After everyone left their messages, we sent the link to her so she could enjoy our multimedia retirement card. She loved it! There are so many uses for VT and now that there's an App, it's much more accessible.

by MadzArt&Piano

It’s SO difficult to get anything done on VoiceThread when it’s lagging, crashing or simply not working whatsoever. How am i supposed to get my final exam done if VoiceThread isn’t cooperating? i swear every other day it will just freeze and then i have to restart VoiceThread and hence loose the progress i made. VoiceThread is the most frustrating thing in the world and needs to be erased from the appstore

by Lo1boy

VoiceThread has a lot of potential, but I cannot give it more than 1 star simply because it is so unreliable. Because I am required to use it for an online course I have to “make it work,” but it is an incredibly frustrating situation. This product should not be used until it is improved.

by Idonthaveanivkname

I’m using VoiceThread for a Dual Enrollment college course and the duration of the time I used VoiceThread, it has given me nothing but issues. VoiceThread is absolutely awful and I’m giving it 1 out of 5 stars because of its functionality and its desperate need of a huge update. I recommend you do not download VoiceThread. Severely disappointed.

by Hey_han

This is one of the worst apps I've used. Links don't take you where they should, doesn't keep you signed in, no tutorials to locate in VoiceThread , freezes up, and all the software looks so old. It's as if VoiceThread started at the beginning of all Apple apps and just never updated. If you can get out of using this product, do it.

by Kaitsy_

I have yet to get a single lecture to work for me on either iPhone or iPad via VoiceThread, which is just a shame as I would love to take my lectures to-go, and don’t really enjoy being tied to my computer to listen to them — but despite multiple attempts and lots of troubleshooting, I’ve still never successfully heard audio or seen slides in the this app app.

by Hmngomez

I would happily pay $5-$10 if the developers of VoiceThread could get their act together. If you’re going to support academic institutions the least you all could do is set a standard and keep it. No one is asking for the Michelangelo of applications but for goodness sakes, could it just log in correctly maybe three or four consecutive times!?

by TKReviews85

Tried using VoiceThread to upload videos for a class project and it uploaded my video and audio with a 30 second lag, starting with a black screen. It also did not give me an ability to jump between screens or edit easily. I had to delete all of recordings and redo everything in a Laptop computer.

Also I can’t watch the full presentation straight through. I need to go back and click on each slide individually. Toggle to go to the next screen is not there.

by A D Chandler

The mobile app worked for a short time, but now fails to ever get past its blank opening screen. You can leave it going for minutes: nothing. Close out all other apps, shut it down and try again: zilch. I followed the directions on their website (they have zero user support), and it still doesn’t work.

Tech companies only let their apps get this unresponsive when they don’t care what their users think.

by Ukegrl87

I use this site as part of my graduate classes, and I'm enjoying the online platform and the opportunity it brings for class discussions for an online course. VoiceThread however was extremely disappointing. I was hoping to be able to use VoiceThread when I needed to post on-the-go, but it's unusable. When it opens at all it never plays any of the videos. I haven't even tried uploading because I don't want to waste my time. Please get these problems fixed, it would be really wonderful if it worked as well as the desktop version.

by Happy Dragon Breeda

Only getting 1 star because it wont let me give 0. The mobile application is garbage. It wont keep me logged in (if I answer a text and go back to it, I am logged out). It won’t keep bookmarks. I cannot pick up where I left off before it logged me out, so I have to start all over, and the chat boxes on the side keep popping up when I try to fast forward or rewind, making it almost impossible to get to where I left off. I wish I could stop using VoiceThread, but I’m stuck with it until this class is over. All I can do is hope any future classes I take will have the sense to find a better program.

by Adrian Garibay

I have to use VoiceThread sometimes for my class. VoiceThread is terrible from the beginning. When you login, it says” Open in app”... like what? It’s like a website...just in app format. It’s terribly slow to upload the photos( and I have 4G LTE speeds), and many other issues have plagued my use of VoiceThread. It’s just outdated and unintuitive overall. There is no direct way to share between accounts, and you cannot change permissions on mobile. I have to switch to my laptop to be able to edit off another account...and I still cannot find that setting. We need a true app-format, a more intuitive interface, more mobile freedoms, and more connectivity options. Also have it optimized-it makes my device (iPad Pro) feel underpowered. We need an update!!!

by Ari Liz

VoiceThread is so difficult to get anything done on. It is laggy. It is slow. It makes uploading anything very difficult. The art edit feature is delayed when used with the voice recording too. It is the least user friendly app I have ever used. The website is ok, but my computer does not have a microphone on it so therefore I am unable to record anything on it and i am forced to use VoiceThread . If i could use another app i would, but I am being forced to use VoiceThread for a class. It makes work that should take 30 minutes take an HOUR and 30 minutes. I would never ever recommend another teacher force students to use this. It is a waste of time trying to figure out how it works. It is the biggest waste of storage I have ever had on a device. Deleting ASAP.

by Cboyer1992

VoiceThread has potential, but uploading videos is extremely painful and VoiceThread is not smooth at all. Since VoiceThread hasn’t been updated for over a year please work on this as I’m sure I’m not alone in having to use this application for school.

by Cod021697

I'm not going to say VoiceThread is straight trash, but it's something close to it alright. Freezing, crashes, issues logging in, etc. but you get what you pay for, it's free and I need it to do my online class.

by Ttshotz

The reviews made me skeptical, but after downloading and using it, I learned it worked for my needs. I have a class that uses this and wanted to use my iPad. It worked better then my Lenovo laptop for making the video discussions off our website. For my Economics class, this worked for the cost which was free but functional.

Thank you!