*** Updated review: after many emails back and forth with developer, and updates to app, this is up and functioning. Hoping it stays that way but I'm wary. If you buy this and it doesn't work, reach out to the developer. Review Changed from one star to four because as of now it's doing what I want. Not a five star bc it was a hassle to begin with.
I don’t get notifications on my watch when someone posts something new- it’s not even showing up in my notifications list of apps on either my phone or within the apple watch app. I’ve written two different support addresses and still haven’t received a response. Also, when I open the complication on the watch, it ALWAYS shows the last response from the day I downloaded the app, regardless of the fact we’ve been chatting for days since. So it takes a while to download and “catch up” to the present. I don’t understand what even happened... I used to get my Groupme texts just fine on my watch without this added app. What happened?? If things don’t change, I’ll be deleting it. Wish I could get my $2 back.
My workplace uses GroupMe for communication so I was excited to see that I could get it on my watch. Ended up wasting $2 because the app won’t even show up in my watch settings! Everything has been updated, but still, nothing. I go to “My Watch” and the app isn’t there. I reset both phone and watch. Still nothing. I know the developer is like, one guy, and making an app is challenging. But charging for an app that doesn’t work correctly or doesn’t even work at all is real scummy. I hope this problem either gets fixed, or I get my money back. $2 isn’t a lot, but it’s the principle of the thing. I paid for services that I did not receive.
Just downloaded this and it works great! It shows the chat with in-line photos. My only suggestions are 1) I can reply to the thread but don’t see a way to “like” an individual post, 2) it would be great to see a bigger version of the photo by tapping on it, 3) for those without flicktype, it would be nice to turn that off as an option when replying. But this is still a great app for the Apple Watch! Update: sorry, I had to take a star off the review because the “post/reply” function wasn’t working for me. Still let’s me see the messages and photos though!
I only got this stupid app because I noticed when I got my new Apple Watch I was no longer getting GroupMe notifications on my watch and I looked into and it said I needed to get this app. So I installed it on my watch and then had to install it on my phone and sign in through my phone. When I tried to sign in though I couldn’t because they said there was already an account with my email…the account that I was trying to sign in to, to get the apps synced up with each other to get the notifications on my watch. Don’t spend the $1.99 for this. It’s terrible and pointless if I can’t even get it to work.
You need your phone to do some features like join a group, but once installed on the watch and joined to your groups, the Apple Watch becomes stand alone. Not sure why the comments say this app doesn’t work. Def worth the $2. I keep my son’s phone but give him his watch while he’s at school and sports and he’s able to text his teammates on GroupMe with this app.
This is the biggest App Store theft I’ve ever seen. I went against my better judgement and bought the app even though the reviews were god awful. Reviews were right. Doesn’t work. After going through the login process that took 10 minutes of going through about 30 captcha screens, I got logged in only to find that it freezes once you try to open a GroupMe conversation. It just says “Loading” and has so for 10 minutes. Tried multiple times with same result. FAIL. Biggest waste of money on an App ever. Developer needs to refund. This is theft.
Sadly it only lets you read the notifications and through the conversations but it doesn’t allow you to respond so basically what the watch already does the only difference between this and the watches stock notification system is that with this app you can go back into the GroupMe messages and read through them versus Just reading it in the notification area.
App does not work and has not worked in some time. I purchased this app in June 2019 and it has maybe worked for 2 months since then. The app refuses to load my conversations and just shows “loading” on my watch. I have tried it on my old Series 1 and my new Series 6, it doesn’t work on either. I have deleted and reinstalled the app countless times but still have not had any luck. I also reached out to the developer but of course have not heard back and probably won’t. Very disappointed!
It does have a little bit of a problem at first trying to connect, but after clicking retry, it did pull up my GroupMe messages. Be warned, it takes a while to pull up the actual group to reply or look through the feed. However, it does work and is worth the few dollars, just needs to be more streamlined and fluid.
This app is a great idea, and very useful as I use GroupMe in my line of work multiple times a day. I was excited to download and begin using. At first it wouldn’t load quickly, took a couple of times of deleting and restarting to get it to work. Then once I got it to work, it drained my power on my watch in only a 1/3 of my days regular use. I reset it tried it another day with same result. So I have removed it from my apps. Great idea, just wasn’t worth rendering my watch useless.
I downloaded this to get notifications on my Apple watch for GrouoMe. It doesn’t work, even though I followed the instructions and it says setup complete. I’ve tried contacting the develops and zero response. The app isn’t showing up in my downloaded apps list on my iPhone and I don’t know why. I’ve restarted the phone, deleted and reinstalled the app, nothing works and zero customer support to help solve the issue.
If I could rate this a zero I would! I really wanted a GroupMe app for my watch so I gave this a chance. I should have heeded the previous review. This app is a big rip off. $1.99 for nothing. I want my money back!! I spend 5 minutes verifying that I wasn’t a robot only to get taken to a page for the creator. I couldn’t even get logged in. Apple take this app off your sight. It’s stealing money from your loyal customers.
I purchased this app a while ago and was able to get it set up on my watch but whenever I tried to actually use the app, it always said loading... but nothing ever happened. I deleted the app and reinstalled it thinking that might help but now I’m not even able to get past the login screen on my phone- it just stalls out.
I’m not tech savy, so any tech adventure becomes just that, an adventure. This was relatively easy to set up. I’m on and will find it very useful. Thank You!
This app doesn’t work, it shows up on the watch but you can’t respond in it and it doesn’t notify you on your watch. The whole purpose of my purchase of this app was so my watch would notify me of messages when I didn’t have my phone out of my pocket. I also sent a message to the app developer and no response. So lame don’t waste your money
Good idea and concept... however, the app continues to crash. Seems to need some fixing. Please fix the problem for those who use their hard earned $2 to purchase your product. Our use value must be greater than the cash value we put out for your product but in this case it’s the opposite.
I rely heavily on GroupMe for work. It’s the whole reason I got an appleWatch. Unfortunately this app doesn’t work most of the time and I end up needing to check my phone anyway. I get the loading screen and it just continues to load and never opens the messages. I wouldn’t care if the app had been free, but it was $2. Which seems like a bit of a rip off considering. I’ll change my review once this app starts functioning a bit better, if it ever does.
Is this app a trick? I’ve tried to log-in about a dozen times and it doesn’t work. The verification process alone takes five minutes of squinting at grainy pics to find random things like crosswalks. I use GroupMe all the time. My password is up to date. I just want to use this app on my watch.
I tried to download this app directly on my sons iwatch se as a family watch, and it was grayed out. Says ‘requires iPhone’ Even when I install the app on the iPhone, I still can’t install this app via watch app.
Wanted to add this to my daughter’s watch, so she can keep in contact with her friends, and it won’t download on her watch. Group me is set up with her phone number, but it won’t download on her watch. Now I wasted my money on a worthless app
I have literally reset my password and have tried to login at least 10 times already. The system is telling me “Sorry Verification failure, please try again”. I have done the unnecessarily long “I am not a robot” verification and the system is still reflecting me. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!!!
App worked for literally not even an hour then crashed and hasn’t worked since. Smh. I removed the app from my watch and re-downloaded the app and it legit worked for 5 minutes! I want a refund!
Earlier response from developer claiming set up issue is resolved seems like a fib to me. Went through installation completely then hangs up and does not show up on watch. 2 bucks for nothing.
I want my money back, ridiculous. After going through 10 steps to prove I am not a robot it send me to some guys resume and won’t allow me to full sign in. Maybe the Harvard Grad should work more on his app than his resume.
The app will not sync with the watch! It either says loading or no messages yet. There is no way to refresh the information on the watch and the actual app is useless!
I just wasted $1.99 on this. I thought I would have group me available on the watch, so I can see all threads and groups, not just someone that tags me. I don’t recommend this. If I can leave no starts, I would. I want a refund
App does not work. I am not getting any notifications on my watch. I can only open app and view messages and send them. Email Sent to developer with no reply.
This app literally does nothing. Complete waste of money and wish I could get a refund. Also wish I could give less than 1 star since this is a total scam. Please do not purchase!
I purchased this application over a month ago. Has not worked a single time since purchasing. Emailed support and got ghosted. Don’t waste your time with this app.
WristMe lets you send and receive GroupMe messages from your Apple Watch ! Your watch is a sophisticated device and now you can stay connected with all your conversations. Features * Send & Receive messages * Full Emoji & Image support * Create New Groups * Secure Log In with official GroupMe Platform * View list of conversations * Dictate or Scribble reply messages * Full QWERTY keyboard support (Flicktype) * Read chats (direct messages or groups) * Complication Support * View Me section (your info) * Tap a photo to view a higher quality / bigger version of it * Like / Unlike messages * Create Quick Replies (for faster replying) * View number of users you block if any. * Sign Out with a tap * Simple and fast refresh/reload * Use the app stand alone after first setup (supports Cellular!) Stay connected with those you love right on your wrist. Please note that this application is not endorsed by GroupMe. The application is built using the official GroupMe platform and is fully compliant and secure with respective terms and privacy policies.
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