Openpals
Free AppAbout Openpals
After 3 years the project is BACK! V2 release with a completely new UI and features! Try it!
All the "not working" reviews will be related to pre V2 release, apologies to everybody.
Remember Penpals?
This is a free app to let you send letters to anybody in the world. Beside just sending this app will try to translate your letter into the language of your penpal!
So just type in your language and send your letter to anybody in the world!
Thanks to the free translation engines we could find and some resources we had, the app is completely free and there are no in-app purchase.
I hope you will meet many new friends!
To start meeting new friends, send friend request to suggested users on the initial screen. We have no idea who those people are but we hope they will be around and interested in what you have to say.
You can also select friends from the map or from the search menu.
Send them a friend request by clicking on + on the profile details screen.
If you receive a friend request from somebody it will show in the Requests screen, click on a user to accept or decline his friend request.
Once you accept the friend request, we will suggest a fun first question to "brake the ice", you are free to edit this and send whatever you had in mind.
In case of abuse, please contact us right away on mobilepenpals@gmail !
This is not meant to be an instant chat app, please allow your penpals some time to respond.
New feature since V2.4: Once you are accepted as a friend you are able to send 10 second voice messages. This will work for android users only for now.
If you like group chats more, you can join news groups or create your own.
Please contact us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/Openpals if you have questions/ideas.
Note on location privacy:
If you are afraid to share your location, disable the location on your phone during account creation, you will not be visible. We think sharing location is great, but if you are a minor or paranoid for whatever reason, feel free to use this hint.
All the "not working" reviews will be related to pre V2 release, apologies to everybody.
Remember Penpals?
This is a free app to let you send letters to anybody in the world. Beside just sending this app will try to translate your letter into the language of your penpal!
So just type in your language and send your letter to anybody in the world!
Thanks to the free translation engines we could find and some resources we had, the app is completely free and there are no in-app purchase.
I hope you will meet many new friends!
To start meeting new friends, send friend request to suggested users on the initial screen. We have no idea who those people are but we hope they will be around and interested in what you have to say.
You can also select friends from the map or from the search menu.
Send them a friend request by clicking on + on the profile details screen.
If you receive a friend request from somebody it will show in the Requests screen, click on a user to accept or decline his friend request.
Once you accept the friend request, we will suggest a fun first question to "brake the ice", you are free to edit this and send whatever you had in mind.
In case of abuse, please contact us right away on mobilepenpals@gmail !
This is not meant to be an instant chat app, please allow your penpals some time to respond.
New feature since V2.4: Once you are accepted as a friend you are able to send 10 second voice messages. This will work for android users only for now.
If you like group chats more, you can join news groups or create your own.
Please contact us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/Openpals if you have questions/ideas.
Note on location privacy:
If you are afraid to share your location, disable the location on your phone during account creation, you will not be visible. We think sharing location is great, but if you are a minor or paranoid for whatever reason, feel free to use this hint.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
V 2 - Everything is new!
V2.6.5 Improved security
V 2 - Everything is new!
V2.6.5 Improved security
Version update Openpals was updated to version 2.6.5
Version update Openpals was updated to version 2.5.2
Version update Openpals was updated to version 2.4.1
Version update Openpals was updated to version 2.3.7
What are users saying about Openpals
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Small user base nullifies this app
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cool, you can send a letter and it will surely be delivered :-)
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Kept forcing close :( HTC desire
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Don't bother it does not work can't even start very un happy
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Keeps forcing close :(
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Force closes on MyTouch 4G
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You shouod be able to write more than one message, maybe even make an AGE filter ( I am a teen and I spoke to a 36 year old!) :S
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On Nexus 5 ( ART Runtime ) force closes alot. Changes on profile not showing up. Unusable
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I put my username in and it brings you to a map that has nothing on it! Don't download this app please!
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Many new things added. Looks awesome now.
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Very poor doesnt even have anyome to talk to
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So disappointment
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Been using for a week now and it shows on the map there are loads of people using the app....but there actually isnt ive tried mailing loads of people with no reply....??
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It's nice
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Constantly crashing
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it dont work
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Small user base nullifies this app
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Doesn't work!
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Its ok but most of the time it wont load the inbox
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There are no penpals in my map... I have no friends!!!!
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Add mzannanae to all your Games
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Made an account and now nothing. Just a map. Very disappointed as I was excited to use this app. DO NOT INSTALL.
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All my past mails in the inbox is gone! Pls help
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fail forgot my account the next day
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Sent 15 got 1 back and nothing since been 2.5 months uninstalling
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No responders
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This is NOT working for me. I make a username thing and nothing except a map of the world shows up with literally NOTHING onscreen!
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created username and dont see any penpals to choose from
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I like this app because it sends to people u don't no. What I don't like is that some people don't respond back.
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Looks good but can't use. The zoom buttons are placed over ad space so it just takes you to the ad. Uninstalling.
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I tried to send my self mail last week and never got it and am always getting other people's mail in my I box
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I like the idea of this but the map is very glitchy and its meant to translate (the user details aren't though) be nice to add more personal info.
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Xperia X10 Zoom buttons on map over sponsored ad. Cannot zoom in on map, opens ad link. Cannot see users. Flawed. Uninstalled.
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Love it! Its a tad slow but eworks great, meeting a bunch of cool people.
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constantly forceclosing. Will not load anything. Good idea but several problems. Reported the problems for 2 weeks no response. -Samsung mesmerize.
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Sent over 20 letters around the word and after 3 days not 1 response! Crap app..uninstall!!!!
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Works ok, but shows you location via Google map. Zooms to street , shows houses.
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Force closes every time. Samsung Captivate. Ok concept. But screwed up my phone. Fail.
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Awesome app, just needs to have a better message archive feature and a way to view info on the people who contact you
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Very poor doesnt even have anyome to talk to