Voice chat Apps
For those that prefer speaking to others using their voice instead of over text, these apps are incredibly convenient. The ability to hold voice calls over the Internet can oftentimes save a lot of money as opposed to traditional phone calls. In fact, many voice chat services are now free!
Some of the most popular free voice chat apps, such as Skype and WhatsApp, provide higher quality audio and the ability to call anyone in the world also using those services for free. It’s no wonder why Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) software has become so popular on PCs and smartphones!
- Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple, and free. It is like SMS, but more powerful.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Linux Mobile
- Android Wear
- PortableApps.com
- FreeBSD
- Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in real time with all your friends at once, and share media or attachments...
- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Ubuntu Touch
- Discord is about giving people the power to create belonging in their lives. We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about.
- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Windows
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- iPad
- Electron / Atom Shell
- FreeBSD
- Element is a secure collaboration and messaging app based on the Matrix protocol. It’s decentralised to deliver digital sovereignty, and based on an open standard for easy connections and interoperability. It is end-to-end encrypted by default.
- Freemium • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Matrix.org
- Cloudron
- Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo!
- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- An instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services.
- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- Chrome OS
- Windows S
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Android Wear
- PortableApps.com
- OpenVPN provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.
- Freemium • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- With WhatsApp, you'll get fast, simple, secure messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Wear
- Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most secure...
- Free Personal • Open Source
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers...No screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- WebRTC
- Python
- JavaScript
- Go (Programming Language)
- Cloudron
- Java
- Perl
- Voice, video and chat communications, secure, decentralized, strong privacy and freedoms.
- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPhone
- BSD
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- PortableApps.com
- RetroShare is a open source cross-platform, private and secure decentralized communication system. It lets you to securely chat, share photos, videos, and more, using...
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- OpenSSL
- OpenPGP
- Viber is a mobile application that lets you make free phone calls and send text messages to anyone who also has the application installed.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Windows S
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Blackberry 10
- Apple Watch
- Linphone is one of the most famous open source softphones in the world. It is fully SIP-based, for all calling, presence and IM features.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
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