Kate Mobile for VK

Actually does

• ✓Free tier2% of reviews
• ✓Social network90% of reviews
• ✓Video player5% of reviews
• ✓Режим невидимости (оффлайн видимость)12% of reviews
• ✓Photo cloud3% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

• ⚠Messaging
• ⚠Music streaming
• ⚠Offline-first
• ⚠Dark mode
• ⚠Multi-account
• ⚠Widgets
• ⚠RSS / News
• ⚠Поиск музыки, видео, людей в ВК
• ⚠Push Notifications
• ⚠Accessibility

Common complaints

• ✗VKontakte blocked access and features through Kate Mobile28% of mentions

  «VKontakte blocked everything for them. No point using it anymore. Can't even delete a friend normally»

• ✗Gradual disappearance of features (music, likes, adding friends)18% of mentions

  «Can't add friends, can't like posts, what happened to this app?»

• ✗Network errors, connection issues after updates20% of mentions

  «Shows network and connection errors despite the connection being fine»

• ✗Messages not sending (photos, videos, text)8% of mentions

  «Can't send messages to other users, neither photos nor videos»

• ✗Regression after updates (white screen, non-loading feed)12% of mentions

  «After the update, the app stopped working almost entirely»

What people praise

• ★Minimalist, simple and intuitive interface without clutter

  «clear, simple, intuitive. no intrusive ads or recommendations»

• ★Significantly more convenient and functional than the official VK app

  «Kate vanlov, this app is like night and day compared to the official one»

• ★Invisible mode (ability to hide online status)

  «I like the invisible mode the most!»

• ★Lightweight, fast app that doesn't demand much resources

  «Much lighter and more convenient than the official app»

• ★Convenient messaging and chat system (historically)

  «You can't come up with anything better for messaging»

Where to install