OnlyDeaf
Deaf Social Community
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
OnlyDeaf is a social app built for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
Create a profile, complete onboarding, and verify yourself with a short intro video. Stay connected through a visual-first feed, reels, threads, search, and direct messages in one community space.
What you can do in this release:
- Build your profile and connect with the community
- Share posts and watch reels
- Join threads and conversations
- Search profiles and content
- Send direct messages
- Use intro-video verification to help keep the community authentic
Why OnlyDeaf:
- Designed for Deaf and hard-of-hearing users
- Supports ASL-first and text-friendly communication
- Focused on trust, accessibility, and real community connection
- Built for mobile with a clean, fast experience
OnlyDeaf is free to download and use.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more Smoother Feed and Gossip scrolling, faster pagination, more efficient media loading, and general stability improvements.
2.1.33 20 Aug
Smoother Feed and Gossip scrolling, faster pagination, more efficient media loading, and general stability improvements.
2.1.32 18 Aug
Smoother Feed and Gossip scrolling, faster pagination, more efficient media loading, and general stability improvements.
2.1.31 14 Aug
Smoother profile browsing with faster scrolling, more efficient media loading, and restored personalized profile themes.
2.1.30 1 Aug
Enjoy smoother scrolling in Gossip with faster image loading, more efficient media playback, and improved post rendering. GIFs are now available in Gossip comments instead of the main feed, helping the feed stay fast and responsive.
2.1.29 21 Jul
Improved profile cover editing, smoother social navigation and animations, plus reliability and security improvements.
2.1.28 19 Jul
Sharper in-app photos, improved media viewing, smoother profile navigation, and additional reliability improvements.
2.1.27 14 Jul
OnlyDeaf is faster and more reliable. This update improves Feed and Reels performance, strengthens direct messaging and media cleanup, improves Stories and Marketplace loading, and adds safer subscription, account, and notification protections.
2.1.26 14 Jul
OnlyDeaf 2.1.25 improves account and purchase security. Apple purchases are now verified by our server, StoreKit transactions sync before completion, and Restore Purchases more accurately distinguishes App Store purchases from account-provided access. This update also includes reliability improvements.
2.1.25 10 Jul
New in 2.1.22: smoother Liquid Glass social navigation, a persistent tab bar while browsing, more reliable Gossip post/media transitions after composing, and cleaner side-menu/profile motion polish.
2.1.24 6 Jul
New in 2.1.22: smoother Liquid Glass social navigation, a persistent tab bar while browsing, more reliable Gossip post/media transitions after composing, and cleaner side-menu/profile motion polish.
2.1.22 4 Jul
Improved Direct Messages with a smoother composer-to-chat flow.
Refined GIF picker layout and composer controls for faster sharing.
Polished message previews, message details, and chat opening stability.
2.1.20 1 Jul
Added India as a supported country during signup, profile language preferences, and community region settings.
This update helps users in India complete registration and set their region correctly.
2.1.19 29 Jun
What’s new:
- Fixed an issue where the account deletion request screen could freeze.
- Improved account management request handling and retry messaging.
- Added stability polish for the account deletion flow.
2.1.7 26 Jun
What’s New:
- Added account management improvements, including a clearer account deletion request path.
- Added the ability to delete your own Reels.
- Refined OnlyDeaf World access and settings flows.
2.1.6 25 Jun
What’s new:
- Language & Region is now available publicly.
- Philippines and FSL are available in onboarding and preferences.
- For You and Gossip can now switch between Smart and Latest order.
- YouTube Live is available for verified members with Group live permissions.
2.1.5 23 Jun
What’s new:
- Language & Region is now available publicly.
- Philippines and FSL are available in onboarding and preferences.
- For You and Gossip can now switch between Smart and Latest order.
- YouTube Live is available for verified members with Group live permissions.
2.1.4 19 Jun
What’s New
- Fixed comment reply viewing so replies now load and expand correctly from the comment sheet.
- Improved profile reel navigation from profile grids.
- Improved Reels loading reliability with better retry handling.
- Includes backend updates and stability cleanup for the comments experience.
2.1.3 16 Jun
- Fixed grouped like notifications so tapping faces opens the list of people who liked the post.
- Kept post navigation clear: tap liked your post or the preview to open the post.
- Improved your own profile preview actions and activity display.
- Reduced noisy feed refresh logging in production builds.
2.1.2 16 Jun
What’s new in 2.1.1:
- Improved Made with AI labeling for video posts.
- Added clearer AI disclosure support during upload.
- Improved video upload preparation for large media.
- Improved reels and video playback reliability.
- Added backend moderation handling for AI-labeled media.
2.1.1 5 Jun
- Smoother Gossip scrolling
- Better GIF autoplay and media playback
- Improved YouTube and link previews
- Edit and delete your own Gossip posts from the main feed
- More accurate taps for comment, repost, and like
- Cleaner comments and replies
- Better profile interactions
- Invite link improvements
- Notification and moderation fixes
- New UFO profile theme
2.1.0 3 Jun
What’s New in 2.0.12
• Watch YouTube videos directly in Gossip without leaving OnlyDeaf.
• Facebook links in Gossip now show cleaner cards and open safely when Facebook blocks inline playback.
• Improved Gossip loading, pagination, and scrolling performance.
• Added clearer AI media labels and stronger content filter controls.
• Improved community notifications and direct message notification reliability.
• General feed, community, and stability improvements.
2.0.12 29 May
Adds the new Toxic Filter, a private way to hide people you have marked toxic from Feed, Gossip, and Reels without blocking or reporting them. Also includes improved Show more and Show me tapping in Gossip and Profile threads, better DM search, Reels filter support, Story viewer polish, and bug fixes.
2.0.11 24 May
OnlyDeaf 2.0.10 brings improvements across Groups, Stories, OD, and onboarding.
New in this update:
- Better intro video verification uploads with progress, retry handling, and clearer errors.
- New OD thread tools to summarize, explain, or truth-check posts privately.
- Improved Story editing with better text placement and rendering for photos and videos.
- Group improvements, including group themes, QR code sharing, deep links, and stronger role protections.
- Main feed update prompts so users can easily jump to the latest App Store version.
- Admin, moderation, notification, and reliability polish across the app.
2.0.10 21 May
Bug fixes and improvements, including fixes for Gossip edits, added photos, and links updating immediately without requiring a refresh. This update also improves Communities live tools, YouTube live support, and member management.
2.0.9 20 May
Smoother Feed and Gossip scrolling, faster pagination, more efficient media loading, and general stability improvements.
more Version 2.1.33 20 Aug
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