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Pen Pals app for iPhone and iPad


4.3 ( 1293 ratings )
Social Networking Entertainment
Developer: Dos Hombres
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.3, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 26 Apr 2010
App size: 3.79 Mb

★★Featured iPhone APP OF THE WEEK!★★

Pen Pals™ is a fun and exciting new app that automatically connects you with new friends from all over the world!

So snap your pencils and recycle those envelopes because the old Pen Pals concept has just been upgraded to the 21st century for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Making new friends with Pen Pals is easy – Simply create messages using text, photos and even audio clips and your message will be automatically routed to another Pen Pals user. Who knows where in the world your message will end up and who might respond to it?! And remember – the more messages you send out, the more Pen Pals you’ll make!

And that’s just the beginning…once you’ve made new friends, share the world around you with your new Pen Pals to cultivate long-lasting friendships. You’ll even be able to experience the world through their eyes and ears with the ability to exchange photos and audio messages with your new friends.

FEATURES:

-Automatically be connected to NEW friends from around the world.

-Create and send photos and audio messages to your new pals!

-Push notifications alert you of new messages and new pals.

-Easy customization of your Pen Pals profile.

The Pen Pals revolution is finally here and available exclusively on the App Store. So what are you waiting for? Get Pen Pals and start making new friends today!

Pros and cons of Pen Pals app for iPhone and iPad

Pen Pals app good for

I dont have any problems with this App and I just love it! I get to know so many people - mainly from the US and Korea, but every once in a while theres someone from another country as well. (; I really LOVE the design, but being able to view ad write Mails in landscape would be a real improvement! Thanks to Dos Hombres for this fabulous App!!
I just installed it to my iTouch last night and Ive already got 2 new Pen Pals who Im conversing with. There are privacy settings too, which are great. I really like this App so far, its fun as well! :-)
Pretty good app. I have a new 3gs iPhone and everything works well. They should have a search filter to make it easy to find someone in a country you may visit or something.
This is awesome but would be perfect if it had a search option, themes and bios
Does what chatrooms were supposed to in a safe and stylish manner. I can digg it.
Ive had this guy for about 9 hours... I have 9 people already. Pretty sweet that there isnt any other fees besides the 1.99!!!! Worth the price

Some bad moments

Fix the crashes and server side problems. This app is very unstable! Edit: as 1.1 I though issues would be fixed, theyre not. Avoid this app if you are palnning using it on 3G network as I found it only crashes on 3G and not on WIFI.
Worst app ever.....they should pay us to use this app. Dont even bother!
This is a good App, the idea of taking Pen Pals to the iPhone is ingenious. I have a couple suggestions, though; - You should be able to choose what country your pen pal comes from. I prefer speaking French but every time I send a message it ends up with and English speaking person. - Maybe a way to search for age too. - Get rid of this send a message to a random person button. To conclude my suggestions, basically be able to substantially narrow your list of message recievers. If you think that my suggestions are minor issues, go ahead and buy the app.
No updates for a year, poor interface, deleted in 5 mins... Want my $2 back
There should be a way to have an account. That way Pen Pals wont get lost ever
This used to be a great app, Ive had it for years. Sadly, it has been abandoned and all the bug and glitches make it unusable. For example: deleted conversations re-appearing after re-opening app, unable to view own messages (that I sent) in a conversation, sometimes takes very long to send a message, notifications dont always work. Ive emailed the developer about these issues, and no response. This app hasnt even been updated since 2010. There were apparently plans for a "PenPals 2.0" app to replace this one, but it seems thats been abandoned too.