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Paltalk has a rating of 1.9 stars from 61 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Paltalk most frequently mention chat rooms, death threats, and religious section problems. Paltalk ranks 219th among Mobile Applications sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Great app”

Tim A.
3/1/20

I will say like everything else, is how you handle your self. Great groups from all over the world, was able to meet a lot of people. The sound and video are unbeatable, best in the market. No place that you can open a group and gather 500 and up friends to chat, video and talk voice. I am not sure why all these negative reviews, when you can open your own group and handle it teh best way, and not join other groups, if you got issues with other users, this doesn't mean you can assume that everyone in there are bad. There will be always fake people, isn't everywhere? But at least on Paltalk you can view their cam and speak to them. I will give the thumbs up to all the people that working to make such an app.

Top Critical Review

“Blatant lie to extract your money”

Andrew W.
3/13/24

Blatant scam! I only use sites like Jst4HookUp Now where you are not required to pay anything upfront, there is less bs there. It takes a few cents to see a woman's live video but this is how you know for sure she is real. I don't query these profiles anymore after seeing them on video and talking to them on phone. Paltalk as fake as Kim Kardashian's $#*!. The only " service" they provide for the money you pay is showing you the gallery of fake photos of the women who in fact have nothing to do with Paltalk. At first they had showed me lots of matches in my area in the selected age range but then they were nowhere to be found after I paid to contact them.

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1 review
0 helpful votes
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March 13th, 2024

Blatant scam! I only use sites like
Jst4HookUp
Now where you are not required to pay anything upfront, there is less bs there. It takes a few cents to see a woman's live video but this is how you know for sure she is real. I don't query these profiles anymore after seeing them on video and talking to them on phone.
Paltalk as fake as Kim Kardashian's $#*!. The only " service" they provide for the money you pay is showing you the gallery of fake photos of the women who in fact have nothing to do with Paltalk. At first they had showed me lots of matches in my area in the selected age range but then they were nowhere to be found after I paid to contact them.

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1 review
2 helpful votes
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October 15th, 2021

Take freedom of speech denial a whole new level. Joe Biden is a sniffer and the mister Kat's is a supporter that's what is boils down to Thanks for denying me my 1st amendment, I'll be seeing you in court soon.

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January 27th, 2022

My email has been used to set up an account without my knowledge or consent. Despite my attempts to unsubscribe I am still receiving emails after a year. In my opinion Paltalk is an unscrupulous business that should be avoided at all costs.

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43 helpful votes
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April 27th, 2021

Yeah, this platform is just a money pit for pal. They rob people with all their nicks, gifts, sticker packs and other tacky rubbish. Most of the chat rooms consist of the lowest trolls in society. So if you want to get insulted and ridiculed join pal talk.

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2 helpful votes
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March 1st, 2020

I will say like everything else, is how you handle your self. Great groups from all over the world, was able to meet a lot of people. The sound and video are unbeatable, best in the market. No place that you can open a group and gather 500 and up friends to chat, video and talk voice. I am not sure why all these negative reviews, when you can open your own group and handle it teh best way, and not join other groups, if you got issues with other users, this doesn't mean you can assume that everyone in there are bad. There will be always fake people, isn't everywhere? But at least on Paltalk you can view their cam and speak to them. I will give the thumbs up to all the people that working to make such an app.

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1 review
20 helpful votes
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April 14th, 2014

At first my experience was good, until I had a stalker. Paltalk will take your money and not live up to their own rules. They didn't return any request for assistance when I reported the harassment and stalking. And they've said they won't refund, either. Which is a breech of contract since they took the money. Apparently I'm not alone. I would say definitely a SCAM!

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January 27th, 2019

My friend is missing because of paltalk, yes she made a conscious choice to follow what is right, but she was lead by a stranger that is named zoey from Australia, to hop on a bus and leave to be with this person. Now she has not been seen and people are very worried.

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4 reviews
37 helpful votes
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October 23rd, 2017

People lie. I met a few people on paltalk.com it was great talking to some family in other states and countries. I met this girl who told me she lived in Canada and was 19. I lived in California. Most of the time we just type our messages. One day I got her #. Never talked about sex. She called me her brother. After talking for 10 years she had a baby. To hen I asked her how old she was when met me she said 13. I asked her why she lied if you knew my real age no one would talk to her. We talked for a few more years. We are no longer friends. But paltalk.com is stupid.

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December 29th, 2021

Paltalk is now aiming their platform towards kids after being open to adults since it's opened with having Adult rated rooms... they re banning adults not from A rated rooms on mobile too. I didn't even want to give it a start but i had to to release this review

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September 25th, 2018

I don't know why it attracts such horrid people, but they can issue death threats, ill wishes, bully the sick and vulnerable and make racist, xenophobic and hateful remarks without so much as a comeuppance. I'm so done with it if you're not American, you get bullied and thrown off the mic for expressing a different view. Whereas these fools can belittle your country without having travelled there at all. What's that all about? Some admins control rooms and you have to be part of the clique or you're unwelcome. I tried to give it a chance but yahoo was more fun and less rubbish. I thought death threats etc were a violation of terms and conditions clearly not. When Shame.

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34 helpful votes
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May 29th, 2018

It took 3 downloads, 2 reset passwords and a different user name to get in the systerm Then I realized I only needed the Messenger portion. But once in, the barrage of options, clickbait and; download the program; requests were ridiculous Google has failed with Google +. Microsoft has ruined Skype. Twitter killed ooVoo.
Who needs a disaster like Paltalk?

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1 review
39 helpful votes
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August 3rd, 2021

Seriously, did all the pedophiles, rapists, gang members, murderers, drug deals, and other low lives and degenerates get together all at once and decided that they need a place that they can call home and that was Paltalk.com? I guess if society doesn't want anything to do with these degenerates they have to have someplace where they can all meet with their own kind. I gave it a 1 star because apparently, that's as low as one can vote.If you want your children to grow up as haters, perhaps gang members, and maybe introduce themselves to a life of crime then Paltalk is the place for them.

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2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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September 9th, 2021

1 Scammers 2 Overcharges 3 Ban. AdultsFun.club is a more trusted service - better, hotter and safer (in regard to overcharges and sudden ban). They just respect and value their customers more.
Paltalk doesn't have this client-oriented approach anymore. Every update decreases its quality. They became quite corrupt: when they ban your profile they take your money and that's non-negotiable. It's impossible to get it back and they don't even provide a reason.
Isn't it a daylight robbery? Nothing worth paying for.

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1 review
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December 16th, 2018

I had been just managing things with the newest version of Paltalk. Then it stopped - I could not login anymore. What is worse I cannot even re-install the program. I am gone - no more wasting my time with Paltalk.

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1 review
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August 1st, 2018

This company allows hackers to destroy their rooms and my experience. I paid for a gold name and I cannot now use it. The NYC District of Companies needs to investigate this sham company. Complain to NYC.Gov

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1 review
22 helpful votes
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February 11th, 2018

I have been using Paltalk for over 15 years but this new beta version turns me off. To make it short it is too complicated to navigate for me (and I believe for many others also!)Also font is not contrasted enough to see comfortably (at least for me). I am seriously considering cancelling my present acct. After it expires.

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May 11th, 2023

Malicious bundle ware - installs on your computer without proper consent.
Ads remain even if you uninstall it... Can't remove them. Help.

Also their company buys patents to abuse them against videogame companies, so that's another good reason to stay away..

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November 24th, 2022

Ladies and gentlemen, if you want the worst chat cam app on the internet this is it

Here are some discoveries after a few months of using paltalk

1.the people on there are sad, eg cross dressers, male hating feminists, rude disrespectful folks, very fugly folks with an attitude to match, rude admins and users bullying within rooms, drone accounts & men with fake female accounts

2. Hardly anyone is actually friends on there

3. Everyone on there always seems to be in a $#*! mood

4. Scammers asking for paypal

I give this app zero stars.

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January 1st, 2019

If you are new, don't even bother using the mic, especially if you are a female because as soon as you start getting along with some of the male chatters, some old hillbilly woman will shout you down. I went to the Trump and it's dominated by a hillbilly woman. No one in there is even talking about politics. So I went to Lord Voo's room where it's both conservative and liberal, and Lord Voo just takes up the mic half the time and bashes white people. And again, if you're new, don't even use the mic. These grown adults act like high schoolers and bully anyone who is new. They never leave the rooms either except for when they sleep. Oh, and any of the European rooms hardly have any real Europeans in them.

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1 review
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May 31st, 2019

It attached itself to another website and downloaded automatically! Then spammed me with awful people that I have 0---ZERO interest in talking to. Stick with Twitter. At least, you know what you're getting. And beware of downloading anything from Manycam--- that is how this was attached to my download. This is a really undesirable program.

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1 review
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July 6th, 2020

Horrible place to go... If you want to bask in negativity, angry people, and people that love to see others in misery, please down load pal talk... other wise stay away... find a positive way to talk with people, this isnt it!

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1 review
15 helpful votes
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October 23rd, 2015

Gave them $5000 worth business and they blcoked my card because accidently they charged me $50 once and i ask for refund and stated due to chargeback they have blcoked all my major credit cards I can no longer pay for my nicknames or room. So i have to use western union they just wanted me to punish me so i will pay $10 every transaction for western union what a $#*!ing rip off. Goto hell paltalk i will never be doing any business with you. Yahoo should come back

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June 26th, 2013

I was dating a guy in an LDR for 12 yrs, he sent me pics and we had them on my profile, as he wasn't to keen on getting pics on at the time. Well I caught him cheating in a hidden nic and found out he had been for over a year, lying to me as well. I dumped him, blocked him, but he was allowed to make as many new nics he could to send me mean messages. I kept the pics up and moved to a new nic, and his new girlfriend reported me. I got banned. I told them the pics were mine. It was her that reported me not him. I lost my account, that's fine. I reported him for stalking me and telling women to attack me, they did nothing.

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11 helpful votes
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September 2nd, 2019

I cant talk but only for the country music section. Alot of the ladys are sweet bunch of the dudes get jealous you cant give true feedback or chat because you might hurt someones feelings people get on their to not have a good time and sing have fun but to talk behind ones back and steal your music and how you play because they cant come up with their own things... however their are some good people and some people have great talent i enjoy listening and talking with folks but alot of the younger dudes get so jealous... like dude just practice you can do it to instead of griping like a child... alot of store bought country folks on their... for the rest of the site idk might be great but im a country music singer and thats were i did go im looking for a better site tho given this one up... thanks for reading GODBLESS

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December 1st, 2012

Predatory internet chat provider. The site uses less than honorable tactics to "push" users to purchase their product. While they offer "FREE" use they do not tell you the free use can DAMAGE your PC. They artfully claim they know nothing of this. They do this by selling advertising space on the "FREE" accounts to advertisers that send all types of virus and homepage hijackers, web pop-ups and anything else they can slide through the ads. When a customer does get caught in the nest of ad viruses and such and complains to Paltalk, they simply claim they have no control and to stop this you should simply purchase a paid account to stop the ads. Another issue is that in 2 instances the same advertisers have accessed Paltalk's servers and financial information and billed my bank account for bogus charges and products. Paltalk of course swears they had nothing to do with this but it is their advertiser and always seemed to happen at the same time they billed for a product. When these occurrences happen Paltalk also mysteriously has to shut down for "server maintenance" or some other bogus reason. In short they have to figure out how to get the advertisers out of their servers... BEWARE while this service can work fine it will only be a matter of time before they are targeted by professional hackers and true damage besides, annoying viruses etc, are passed to the end user.

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