Skype
Something weird is going on. Skype used to be reliable, and easy to use. Now you get asked to use Authenticator, and the whole user interface is hard to get around.
Description
Skype is retiring in May 2025. Log in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account, and your chats and contacts will be ready for you. Enjoy the features you love about Skype and more including free calling, meetings, messaging, calendar, communities, and more - all on Teams.
Thank you for being a part of the Skype community. We’re excited about the opportunities ahead with Microsoft Teams and look forward to continuing to support your everyday connections in new and improved ways.
With gratitude,
The Skype team
• Privacy and Cookies policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=507539
• Microsoft Services Agreement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=530144
• EU Contract Summary: https://go.skype.com/eu.contract.summary
• Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2259814
Access Permissions:
All permissions are optional and require consent (you can continue using Skype without granting these permissions, but certain features may not be available).
• Contacts - Skype can sync and upload your device contacts to Microsoft's servers so that you can easily find and connect with your contacts that already use Skype.
• Microphone - The microphone is needed for people to hear you during audio or video calls or for you to record audio messages.
• Camera - The camera is needed for people to see you during video calls, or for you to be able to take photos or videos whilst you’re using Skype.
• Location - You can share your location with other users or use your location to help find relevant places near you.
• Photo Library - Storage is needed to be able to store photos or to share your photos with others you may chat with.
• Notifications - Notifications allow users to know when messages or calls are received even when Skype is not actively being used.
• Siri - This allows Siri to make calls in Skype.
• Calendar - Access to the calendar is so that calls can be scheduled and added to the calendar.
• Motion Usage - Motion usage is used so that Skype can detect when your device is rotated, so that Skype can orientate the camera correctly.
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Thank you for being a part of the Skype community. We’re excited about the opportunities ahead with Microsoft Teams and look forward to continuing to support your everyday connections in new and improved ways.
With gratitude,
The Skype team
• Privacy and Cookies policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=507539
• Microsoft Services Agreement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=530144
• EU Contract Summary: https://go.skype.com/eu.contract.summary
• Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2259814
Access Permissions:
All permissions are optional and require consent (you can continue using Skype without granting these permissions, but certain features may not be available).
• Contacts - Skype can sync and upload your device contacts to Microsoft's servers so that you can easily find and connect with your contacts that already use Skype.
• Microphone - The microphone is needed for people to hear you during audio or video calls or for you to record audio messages.
• Camera - The camera is needed for people to see you during video calls, or for you to be able to take photos or videos whilst you’re using Skype.
• Location - You can share your location with other users or use your location to help find relevant places near you.
• Photo Library - Storage is needed to be able to store photos or to share your photos with others you may chat with.
• Notifications - Notifications allow users to know when messages or calls are received even when Skype is not actively being used.
• Siri - This allows Siri to make calls in Skype.
• Calendar - Access to the calendar is so that calls can be scheduled and added to the calendar.
• Motion Usage - Motion usage is used so that Skype can detect when your device is rotated, so that Skype can orientate the camera correctly.
In-Apps
- Australia
- $11.49
- Skype Number Australia
- $12.99
- United States
- $4.99
- Iran
- $12.99
- United States Skype number
- $12.99
- World
- $22.99
- World Extended
- $28.99
- India
- $13.49
- United Kingdom
- $6.49
- Bangladesh
- $11.49
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Skype FAQ
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Is Skype free?
Yes, Skype is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
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Is Skype legit?
🤔 The Skype app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
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How much does Skype cost?
Skype has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is $13.89.
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What is Skype revenue?
To get estimated revenue of Skype app and other AppStore insights you can sign up to AppTail Mobile Analytics Platform.
User Rating
4.64 out of 5
25,059 ratings in Australia
5 star
20,024
4 star
3,079
3 star
762
2 star
318
1 star
848
Ratings History
Skype Reviews
Updated Skype.—Appalling
New update is difficult to use, callers ring off before one can log in. Please go back to your old system.
Great
Amazing
Background
Can’t do background on iPad
Skype
Great
Absolutely horrible
It is pretty slow
Skype
Excellent form of communication
👍
Good job
Worse easiest apps to be hacked
Microsoft support doesn’t solve Skype loss of account do to hacking, 4 time I lost my account and support was non supportive!
Good
My kids use this when they are home alone to contact us Great app usage and more features added
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22
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App Info
- Category
- Social Networking
- Publisher
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Skype Communications S.a.r.l
- Languages
- Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek (modern), Hebrew (modern), Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Chinese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Recent release
- 8.138.2 (1 week ago )
- Released on
- Mar 31, 2009 (16 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Taiwan, France, India, Vietnam, Australia, Italy, Philippines, Türkiye, Spain, Ukraine, Mexico, China, Switzerland, Nigeria, Colombia, Thailand, Poland, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Hong Kong SAR China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Belgium, Greece, Argentina, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia, Czechia, Chile, Indonesia, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Belarus, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Israel, Ireland, Bulgaria, Egypt, Peru, Dominican Republic, Slovakia, Kuwait, Finland, Ecuador, Estonia, Lithuania, Sri Lanka, Croatia, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Lebanon, Bahrain, Nepal, Malta, Uzbekistan, North Macedonia, Algeria, Tunisia, Madagascar, Iceland, Brunei
- Last Updated
- 3 days ago
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