Is there a good app for create and manage a group chat?
Prime Gap: 35 apps already serve this, and 46 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed September 7, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
Discord, Slack, and Facebook Groups own the network, so a brand-new community platform is dead on arrival. But those platforms run app directories that welcome third-party tools — that companion lane is real and viable (just not the same thing as owning a community).
The way in: Build a bot or app INSIDE Discord/Slack via their app directories — not a new community platform of your own.
Moat: a two-sided marketplace you can't seed alone · platform risk: medium · why: Discord/Slack/FB Groups own the network · Slack App Directory + Discord bots = build-alongside lane
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to create and manage a group chat, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| group chat functionality | missing-feature | 2 | i wish there was an option to make group chats |
| no group chats | missing-feature | 2 | It doesn't allow you to have group chats |
| required group chat names | ux | 1 | It’s super annoying to have to create a custom name for every new group chat. Please auto-generate a name |
| message scheduling for group chats | missing-feature | 1 | message schedule option can be added to the group chat |
| hard to create group chat without saved contacts | ux | 1 | I can’t even make a group chat with 2 OTHER PEOPLE without wanting to smash my head |
| cannot open group chat | bug | 1 | I can't open a group chat |
| texting in a group chat creates new groups | bug | 1 | when you get into group chats everytime i text it makes more groups |
| cross-platform family group chats | missing-feature | 1 | cannot create a group chat with my 11-year-old on Messenger Kids and my 16-year-old on regular Messenger |
| group chat feature unavailable | missing-feature | 1 | it said this features not available...it wouldn't let me join the group chat |
| no chat organization into groups/subgroups | missing-feature | 1 | I would like an easy way to organize my chats into different groups. With the ability to have subgroups underneath |
| separate group and private chat views | missing-feature | 1 | Debería agregar una opcion donde los grupos sean separados de los chat privados |
| mute feature in group chats | missing-feature | 1 | You can't mute people, you can only block them, but they can still text you in group chats |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Chat | 4.6 | 305,709 | Free |
| GroupMe | 4.7 | 1,559,149 | Free |
| YoHo - Group Voice Chat | 4.3 | 626 | Free |
| GroupMe | 4.6 | 609,180 | Free |
| ShareChat - Videos & Status | 4.5 | 5,022 | Free |
| bitchat mesh | 4.7 | 502 | Free |
| ToChat - Meet New Friends | 4.5 | 5,795 | Free |
| Fambase: Live & Group Chat | 4.4 | 6,374 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 76 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
Only 3 attempts, 2 stale; a 108-star Xamarin client leads but the space looks largely abandoned.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| IncredibleWeb/Xamarin-Forms-Chat-Client | stale | 108 | C# |
| marc-shade/ai-persona-lab | active | 14 | TypeScript |
| abhishekpaturkar/nextjs-chat-app | stale | 12 | TypeScript |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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