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User Rating3.76/5TiKL – Touch To Talk (PTT). Instantly talk to one or many of your friends with the touch of a button. All you need is their phone numbers. No more waiting for the phone to ring. Simple and free, TiKL turns your android phone into the ultimate Push To Talk (PTT) Walkie Talkie. No voice plan or SMS used for calls.
Price: Free
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TiKL – Touch To Talk (PTT) is simply Awesome! It allows traditional push to talk technology between any cellular network without dedicated hardware all via the app and the Internet. Dubbed touch to talk, it literally works how it sounds, once your contacts are selected and have the app installed (or easily invite others to download the app) you push or hold the on-screen button and speak to your contact(s).
Unlike other walkie talkie apps that recorded audio and emailed it, this app’s communication is near instant if both parties are on 3G or 4G (does not work over Wi-Fi), with maybe 1-3 seconds delay if not. Engage in touch to talk conversations with one or many contacts simultaneously. Plus it detects simultaneous talking between parties so you can balance out the conversation.
What’s cool is that fact that you can chirp your friend, the app opens for them to continue in a conversation with you. This app has many great uses among people for quicker conversations than calling or texting or even companies who already implore PTT communication.
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Should you Download TiKL – Touch To Talk (PTT)? Yes! Unbelievable this is a Free App… Worth Paying for!
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can i have the barcode to scan on please…
thanks!
Holly Crappers Batman!
Can’t believe we forgot the QR Code on that one. It’s added, thanks John for the catch! 
Hello guys
Couple of maybe stupid question coming up but:
1) If you use TIKL does it eat in to your download allowance since its runs over 3G?
2) Some peeps here have said that i works on wifi. Do both parties have to be on wifi or can one be on 3G (kinda cross-networking) (out wifi to 3G or out 3G to wifi)
Ta :O)
1. Yes, it will use your data allowance.
2. TiKL will work if one part is on WI-FI and the second on 3G, 4G or even different carriers.
My husband has an ipod touch and he uses it over wifi and I use it on my android phone. But my husband and I have to talk thru the facebook part since he has no 3G or 4G network, I love it tho! it works great and it is soo clear!
Can’t get this thing to work on my incredible. I have just under 500 contacts. When I try to add contacts it fc’s everytime.
My husband has an incredible and it works great on it. if you still need help, he will be home in a few hrs and can give advice
I don’t seem to get to work, i download it and i had my brother do the same. Do we need to have a Facebook account in order for this to work…Help Please.
will there be a PC version? would be great for someone at home to buz me while they are on a pc and I am on my phone.
can i use it to communicate to nextel and boost phones walkie talkies?
Under cons you have doesn’t work over wifi. In fact it does work over wifi. And the call quality is amazing. I’ve been struggling with sipdroid for months now and you can barely understand one another. This is clear as a bell. It has worked many times on airplane mode with wifi enabled.
Does anyone know how much distance you can put between yourself and the person/people you are talking with? I tried this app, but unfortunately, we lost communication after we were about 10 blocks apart…
There should be no loss off range. May just have been that you went in to a dead service area. You should be able to use the touch to talk application across the country because the signal is going across the cellular 3G or 4G network.
I just used it in FL to chat with my sister in law in PA!! Clear as a bell/
I TRIED IT AND THE PERSON I WAS TALKING TO WAS IN ANOTHER CITY!!!! THIS APP IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!
I am sitting about 50 miles from the person i am talking to right now. crystal clear communications. I am going to see if my sister in Massachusetts will get this app. Im in washington.
You…are an idiot. 10 blocks or 100 blocks doesn’t matter. The app uses the data network be it wifi or cellular to transmit the audio. I frequently use this app with friends all over the country. Time for you to look into an iphone.
No need to be rude!
I’ve used it to chat with my brother in Oklahoma from Massachusetts
My husband and I use this to talk and he is in Canada while I’m in Texas, it work great.
You said you use it from TX to Canada…were there any extra charges incurred? I have a sister in Canada and phone/text conversations get expensive. I would love to talk to her via TiKL.
Tried this app between an Iphone 3G and Nexus One. 20 miles away and conversation was perfectly clear. This app is worth getting.
My cousin lives 9 hours away and we talk over it all the time. And it works perfectly!!
I just got finished talking with my mother in Ohio and I’m in Arkansas! No more delay than usual. However, when I got my mom and sisters on for a chat it was very difficult and i am unable to delete chat lists.
I’ve got the HTC Aria and this app was working great earlier today, but now it says my phone is programmed with an empty number…how do i fix this??
Did you or anyone else ever get this issue fixed I have a HTC Aria as well.
Turn off the device and remove the sim card wait about 30 seconds and then try it again that seems to fix the issue.
does this app even work on the iphone 3G
Says i need to verify my number and that i can do it by going to “Phone Status” but when i go there i cant make any changes…help
Turn off the device and remove the sim card wait about 30 seconds and then try it again that seems to fix the issue. In order phone to work the number has to be there so maybe the app is not reading the sim card correctly.
i actually just called t-mobile and told tech support about it. they know about the issue and helped fix my problem.the guy said the app may have stripped my sim card of the number so he pretty much reprogrammed it by “activating my new account”.the information was immediately sent to my phone & sim.even got a text about it.
Im having the same problem…App is asking for a # but not able to enter one. Did u find a fix yet?
Thanks
Gloria
Turn off the device and remove the sim card wait about 30 seconds and then try it again that seems to fix the issue. Or if you have T-Mobile a Rep can correct the issue.
press
#num# then talk
restart the phone and it should work
Ok I’m having problems with this. My problem is I’m in Cali. i could get my friend in New Mexico on it but my cousin who is also in New Mexico i can’t. We both can’t hear each other the door bell rings what not but can’t hear each other. She has verizon and i have sprint. i know that doesn’t make a difference cause i talked to a friend on a verizon phone. We both have Wi-Fi turned off. How can this be fixed
Send them a e~mail they got back to me pretty quickly about my issue.
tikl.mobi@gmail.com
I liked it until I started getting adverts pushed to my phone..
That for me should be listed under CONS…
Other then that, it’s a great app.
I’d PAY for a non advert version and one that I could control how it loads.
I don’t like the fact it installs a boot so no matter what, it’s slowly eating away at my battery..
I have since removed it from my phone.
I use it over wifi and it works (I have not paid my bill so I am not using network coverage)
when my phones volume is set to silent or vibrate and i receive a call for Tikl I still hear the beeping sound. Is there away for it to automatically go to vibrate if the rest of my phone is set to vibrate or silent?
the only way to turn the volume down for TiKL is to open the app and hold the volume down button. just remember to turn it back up!!
How do i clear the contacts that are in my Favorites or even in my contact list on tiKL? Other than that i LOOOOOOOVE it. Where i live i don’t get signal but i have wifi so i can use it in my house! yay!
help !
got a new Samsung-Galaxy-S in phone setting it say phone number unkown
how can i got my number in here
have switch phone off removed sim and set up my profile in contacts but still saying phone number unkown.
It does not appear in the Android Market on my HTC Wildfire… any ideas how to install it on that phone?
hey why does it keep saying that i have no number programmed someone please help me????
email me at princess0004@yahoo.com
I used his app for about a day and it nice and all but it really sucks up your battery. From my understand it is just sending little audio files back and forward between you and the person you are talking to. So yes it will suck up data and when you are heavy on data usage you battery really suffers. The only time I think I would use this if I was on a road trip doing car to car communication. The thing is walkie talkies work just as well and I rather have a phone with a full battery for a really emergency. So it’s cool app but not really a useful app for the time.
Hi, I have just downloaded this app on my HTC Desire but can’t and don’t know how to get it to work! Once I started the app, it informs me that I need to set my phone number from Menu > Settings > About Phone. However when I get there, I can see my phone number is “unknown” but with no option to set it! HELP!!
I have the same error on HTC Wildfire! Not sure how to get rid of it! If anyone could help that would be great!
My husband downloaded the TIKL app and was very excited about it. We tried it out and it seemed to work great. Until he got a message from someone he’s never heard of mentioning something that my husband and I were talking about AFTER we’d disconnected from TIKL. This is potential spyware — we took off the phones immediately. Be aware….
I’ve been using this app from overseas in a deployment from Saudi Arabia, to the US, and it’s perfect!!!!!! Love this app!!!!!!!
does tikl use minutes from your plan
No, it uses wireless data… (3G, Wifi, etc.)
Im in the UK can I Tikl someone in the US? if so do i need a country code etc?
I use HeyTell. Saves conversations and works with both Android and iPhone. Also, I can disable the background service if I don’t want to be bothered and see where my friends are on a map.
Ihave been using this now for a month or so & it was working fine.Now i try to use it & i cant hear anything when someone calls me.No voice no ring…nothing. I checked the settings & everything seems to be normal.Anyone else having this problem?
Can I chirp and chat with someone with a iden ptt phone?
does anyone know how to delete names out of the contact list for the push to talk app?
i cannot find this app for my phone?? i searched the android market for my htc desire and its not there??? where is it?
my app says the application TiKL has stopped unexpectedly wat do i do??
Does it give you that error repeatedly or only once?
this maybe a dumb question but how much data is used when talking with the app.
This will not connect to my Facebook on Droid X(OS 2.2)
They need to let you change the sound it makes upon connecting. I do in home dog sitting and it is really annoying to have 20 dogs go apeshit about a fake doorbell every time I try to PTT.
You know you can change the alert sound, right?
Do not download the update 1.17 on Droid 2. All it does is beep. It was fine before I did the update. Dang so frustrated because I love this app.!!!
YEAH!!! It works I take it back only when plugged into the charger it just beeps but I unplugged it and it works just fine! Happy again…
Is this app available for blackberry storm 2? If so can you use it to talk to people with droids?
My phone says “your phone is programmed with an empty number” what does this mean?
will there be a PC version? would be great for someone at home to buz me while they are on a pc and I am on my phone.
At this current time, no.
me & my company truly enjoy the TiKl Applicatiion for your HTC Evo phone… were not able to communicate to our employes by this…..EXCELLENT!!!! but I have a question…..when I first used this application, surpisingly enough it came thru my bluetooth….how can i get this to work again so that if i want a private conversation I can accomplish this thru my bluetooth?
The comments say that it uses the data plan and not your minutes or SMS. I have t-mobile. Does anyone know if the phone number is reflected on the section of the data plan bill as a cell phone number or a string of numbers???
Its using data on your internet package only. No string of numbera. To your wireless carrier, your juat receiving,and sending data to a server.
needs a privacy button so the whole world can’t hear what is being said like on the nextels
Can anyone tell me if this will work with Android 1.5 (first version)? I’m looking at the Motorola i1/ Nextel; it’s the best Nextel has to offer for an Android phone. Also, the internet required on your phone to use it? Thanks.
The developer says that it does require an internet connection and should work on all versions of Android. Also, you don’t need a Nextel in order for this app to work. This app should work on all carriers with a data plan.
Okay, got the i1/ Nextel (have to for my area), dl the app and it appears as though everything is fine, but when I select someone from my FB friends, nothing happens. No bell sound or anything. I’m pushing the round button. The person I’m trying to reach does have TiKL so, that’s not the problem. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks.
Okay, so I’m new at this…….figured out I needed to actually touch the screen and not push the button. Once this was discovered, the app is working great! Never had a touch screen before so, I’m learning.
Downloaded app to my android but can’t get it to connect with any contacts it will alert them but I can’t get any sound to go through I can here them when they talk any ideas
dose
it work on trhe android tablet
How much data does this app use ?? Anyone have any ideas
Doesn’t seem to work with my Motorola bluetooth handsfree kit. Otherwise it kicks butt.
I have adroid my buddy has an iphone on tikl he can talk to me but I cannot talk back it shows my number to top of screen not his can I fix this and how
It works great on my droid! I can’t seem to get it to work with my ipod touch though. I hear the doorbell ring when trying to make a call or when someone is calling me but no voice. They can’t hear me either which could be the microphone but that doesn’t explain me not being able to hear them.
i love this app.. have one problem…i dont know how i got two people together, but i did… now how do i get them seperated.. just want one at a time
will this work with i-phones and does it run all the time using your media package?
hi,
I am not able to download touch to talk in android phone from android market.
I am trying from India. Is it area specific?
Can you use this to talk across the country, like me in TX and someone else in Rome? Or will it cost more?
I have a Htc Touch Pro 2 on sprint network. It is a windows phone and I was wondering if you have this app available for the windows phones?
This app is cool, but I seem to be having a few problems on my thunderbolt. If someone can help that would be great, the app is always running, even when I go into my runing programs and stop it. Is there a way to keep it closed out until I open the app? It is destroying my battery.