LINE: Calls & Messages

Overview

LINE: Calls & Messages comes from LINE (LY Corporation). On Google Play it is filed under Communication, has been listed since Jun 23, 2011, and it is free to download. Short description: Stay in touch with your friends and family using LINE.

Reading the star ratings

Look at the bars rather than just the average. LINE: Calls & Messages scores 3.06, but the spread is 41.4% five star, 7.6% four star, 6.2% three star, 5.7% two star and 39.1% one star, across 13,703,520 ratings. The one star bar is unusually tall, so this is a title people feel strongly about in both directions.

Put differently, there are about 1.1 five star ratings for every one star rating, 5,669,875 against 5,360,094. The middle of the scale, two and three stars together, holds 11.9% of ratings (1,632,223 people). The listing shows 1,000,000,000+ installs, so the 13,703,520 ratings come from a slice of the people who installed it.

From the Play description

Another line from the listing: “LINE is transforming the way people communicate, closing the distance between family, friends, and loved ones, for free”. The listing goes on to say “With voice and video calls, messages, and a limitless variety of exciting stickers, you’ll be able to express yourself in ways that you never thought possible”. One more point the description makes: “Available all around the world on mobile, desktop, and Wear OS, the LINE platform continues to grow, always offering new services and features that make your life more fun and convenient”. The description says: “Enjoy voice and video calls and exchanging messages with your LINE friends”.

In the developer’s words, “Express yourself just the way you want with stickers and emojis”. It also states that “Also, find your favorite themes to customize your LINE app”. Another line from the listing: “Gives you easy access to your friends list, birthdays, the sticker shop and various services and contents offered by LINE”. All of this comes from the store listing, so read it as the developer’s own pitch.

The downsides

The listing says it contains ads and offers in-app purchases, so expect to be asked for attention or money at some point. Also, 39.1% of raters left one star, so the negative reviews are not a handful of outliers. Check the screenshots and the most recent reviews on the Play page before you rely on it.

What the Play page lists

The listing shows last updated Oct 26, 2026, a content rating of Everyone and first released Jun 23, 2011. The Play page carries 13 screenshots, and the written description runs to about 309 words. Google Play labels it as one that contains ads and offers in-app purchases. There is no upfront price.

Who it suits

Users whose needs match what the short description promises. If yours are different, other communication apps in our list may fit better. The listed content rating is Everyone.