Group for Telegram is a reference app that provides a searchable directory of Telegram groups, channels, and bots for iOS and Android users.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Reference
Sentiment
4.5
7k reviews
Nemesis
Telegram Channel Hub Group App
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app to discover niche communities and crypto market updates that are otherwise difficult to locate within the Telegram interface.
For Telegram users seeking specific communities and group administrators looking to increase their channel visibility.
What does it look like?
Key features
Searchable database of Telegram groups, channels, stickers, and bots categorized by topic and language.
Tool for administrators to feature their group or channel at the top of search results.
Statistical records and member growth graphs for group and channel administrators.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model anchored at $25 and $99 monthly tiers, gating feature count and media storage capacity.
Velocity
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The development cadence is currently in a maintenance state, averaging roughly 0.08 releases per week over the last 14 months. Recent updates across both Android and iOS platforms have been limited to generic bug fixes and stability improvements with no evidence of new feature development or live operations. The release history indicates a long-term pattern of infrequent, reactive maintenance rather than active product growth.
Who built it?
AppBrother
5 apps tracked · Reference
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews frustrated. Users appreciate freedom of speech and lack of censorship drive high user satisfaction for community discussions and broad utility of group channels for tracking niche information and crypto market updates, but report broken group join links redirecting to browser ads instead of opening the application.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Freedom of speech and lack of censorship drive high user satisfaction for community discussions
- Broad utility of group channels for tracking niche information and crypto market updates
- Broken group join links redirecting to browser ads instead of opening the application
60 of 149 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for Group for Telegram
How's the Reference market?
Group for Telegram maintains a presence in the top 100 Free charts across 40+ international markets. The discrepancy between its high chart visibility and the persistent ad-redirect complaints suggests that discovery volume is currently masking significant monetization friction.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Stepa Mobile FZE LLC
This app is the dominant market leader in the Telegram directory niche, commanding a massive user base that dwarfs all other direct competitors.
- Maintains a massive, long-standing directory of Telegram assets that creates a significant network effect for discovery.
- High-frequency release cadence of six updates in six months ensures consistent compatibility with evolving Telegram API changes.
- Established brand presence in the Telegram ecosystem acts as a primary destination for users seeking group discovery.
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Key takeaways for Group for Telegram
Where is it heading?
The reference category is consolidating around high-stability tools, and Group for Telegram's current technical debt leaves it exposed to more reliable directory rivals. The PM must pivot from volume-based acquisition to trust-based retention to prevent the current rating drag from becoming a permanent churn cycle.
- Persistent deep-link failures in the latest release drive users to competitors, accelerating churn pressure on the discovery funnel into Q3.
- The promotion function provides a B2B revenue path that, if scaled, could reduce reliance on the ad-inventory that currently degrades user experience.
The SWOT
- Multilingual search filtering across 40+ languages expands addressable market reach
- Promotion function creates a B2B revenue pipeline for group administrators
- Untapped B2B partnerships with Telegram channel administrators could shift revenue from ad-reliance to subscription-based promotion tiers
Next best moves
Rebuild deep-link redirection logic because join-link failures are the #1 user complaint → restore core discovery utility
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's high chart visibility is a liability, not an asset…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
High-frequency update cadence (available in Telegram Channel Hub but missing here)
Bottom line
Users report: Group for Telegram provides high-utility discovery for niche communities, but the broken join-link mechanics and fraudulent monetization reports undermine user trust, so the PM must prioritize technical stability over new feature expansion to prevent total churn of the discovery funnel.
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