Telegram 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 Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile ... Android iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com FreeBSD Stickers Lightweight Built-in File transfer Encrypted chat ... End-to-end encryption Cloud sync Group chat Voice Call Ad-free Chat Bot Persistent History Privacy protection Public groups chat Secret chats Security focused Share files Anonymous Secure Filesharing Built-in Photo editor Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls GPS Location Tracking IFTTT integration In-Game Overlay Messages in cloud Multi Device Support Multiple Account support Works Offline Based on phone number Photo Sharing Portable Portable Linux Push to talk Search by tags Self destructing messages Send Big files Share Videos Support for Themes Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 1011 Like Telegram can be used on a desktop PC without the need of a mobile smartphone. Especially useful for older people, who don't use smartphones. Guest • Nov 2016 • 11 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree You can have a username that you can change any time, so you don't have to share your phone number with strangers in groups mrmbl • May 2017 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree it has a desktop version as a web version, you can create your personal bots and also use as a cloud (Dropbox) to save your files. Guest • Nov 2017 Disagree Agree Fast, stable, and cross-platform messaging. CeesT • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree the encryption from whatsapp is more secure. Whatsapp has end-to-end encrypted group chats and is in this case more secure than telegramm. But if you use Signal you can have both. arndtadler • 9 days ago Disagree Agree Telegram offers open source code which already allowed creation of some very good clients being a bit different than the original app which makes it very flexible. It's like Linux Distibutions - there's a version for any need available! Guest • Mar 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree This is the best app of chat! secure, simple and amazing :D srjefers • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree It is OpenSource and offers confidentiality! Translator5 • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree It has tons of features, It's much faster and easier to use. Best encryption out there, is not controlled and monitored by Facebook. Guest • Jul 2017 • 3 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree They take security very seriously and all features you see on WhatsApp were introduced like a year before in Telegram. With Telegram you can also have all your conversations sync on any device and you can easily find shared links, files, photos... Guest • Apr 2016 • 2 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree It's more private and secure. I don't feel like Facebook is spying on me. cerabee • Oct 2016 • 3 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree
Skype An instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Blackberry Chrome OS Windows S Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com Share your screen Video calling Exchange Integration IFTTT integration ... Microsoft Office integration Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 2362 Like
Signal TextSecure and RedPhone have been merged to create Signal! Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome End-to-end encryption Encrypted chat Security focused Texting ... Encrypted calls Encrypted Connection Self destructing messages Video calling Voice Call Built-in File transfer Color coding Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Group chat Mobile friendly Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Privacy protection Private messaging Send files Voice messages Add a feature 350 Like It is open source and has one of the best encryption protocols. Guest • Jan 2017 • 10 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Open source, real end-to-end encryption, no metadata collection. Guest • Oct 2016 • 8 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree It's open source, making the chance of someone being able to implement a backdoor slim to none. Guest • Sep 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree because it's free software, secure, and community-contributed rather than corporate-backed Guest • Oct 2017 Disagree Agree it doesn't log user activity and is free software, has all the features of WhatsApp Guest • Nov 2017 Disagree Agree Has every feature of WhatsApp, but also e.g. disappearing messages, custom colourded destign etc.! Guest • Nov 2017 Disagree Agree free, open-source, encrypted, good privacy - doesn't store metadata. has most of the features of whatsapp. Guest • Jan 2018 Disagree Agree Secure, encrypted, open source, privacy-minded madpet • Apr 2018 Disagree Agree It's also based around phone number ID, but open-source and fully secure. dericke • Feb 2017 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
Tox Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD Decentralized Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Built-in player ... Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption End-to-end encryption Group chat Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused Share your screen Texting Add a feature 360 Like
Hangouts Hangouts is a messaging app that lets you send and receive messages, photos and more, and even start free video and voice calls – one to one or with a group! ... Free Windows Web Android iPhone Chrome OS ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Android Wear Gmail integration Group chat Multi Device Support Texting ... Voice Call Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 944 Like
Wire Wire is a secure and private messenger for phones, tablets and desktop. Crystal clear voice and video calls, private group chats, file sharing, audio and video messages... Free Personal $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad End-to-end encryption Security focused Encrypted calls Encrypted chat ... Group chat Integrated File Sharing Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Share your screen Video calling Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature 159 Like More a competition for skype then whatsapp. however there's nothing you can do on whatsapp that you cannot do on wire. its trustworthy, has phone calls, can be used on PC/Mac as well.. registration with phonenumber is optional, which is nice. Guest • Nov 2016 • 11 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree You don't need to give your phone number for use. Still safe, good and nice chat app. On phone and on pc, web too. Guest • Jul 2017 • 3 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Cannot check Outlook for common contacts. Guest • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 11 disagrees Disagree Agree
Riot.im Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging... Free Open Source Linux Web Android iPhone iPad ... Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox End-to-end encryption Decentralized Group chat Matrix.org protocol ... Voice Call Built-in File transfer Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Add a feature 157 Like It is open source, encrypted (end to end), the server is also open source, which means that you or your university could run the server for you. This last point makes it very solid in the long run (like email survived because the protocol was federated). Guest • Feb 2017 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree besides what is already mentioned, it's a client for matrix which is a chat network attempting to connect people from different platforms (also using bridges) and it's decentralized. Easy to use, perfect for geeks, though! Guest • 11 days ago Disagree Agree Decentral (federation), sure. Open source - client, protocol and server User6044478 • 5 days ago Disagree Agree
Viber 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 Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Windows RT Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Blackberry 10 Apple Watch Call Transfer Group chat Hidden chat Multiple languages ... Push to talk Secret chats Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 287 Like
Mattermost Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted Slack alternative. As an alternative to proprietary SaaS messaging, Mattermost brings... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Cloudron Team Collaboration Data API Group chat Integrated File Sharing ... MarkDown support On-premises software Plugin API Slack integration Add a feature 119 Like
Facebook Messenger Facebook Messenger is a faster way to message. Reach friends right on their phones, get and send messages fast, message everyone at once and more. Top Features: •... Free Windows Web Android iPhone Blackberry ... Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Group chat Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 184 Like
Matrix.org Matrix is an open standard for decentralized persistent communication over IP. It can be used for decentralised group chat, WebRTC signaling, IoT-data transfer, ... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted WebRTC Python JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Java Perl End-to-end encryption Decentralized Chat Bot Distributed ... Encrypted chat GNU/linux-libre Group chat Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration WebRTC Add a feature 74 Like You can choose, which client you like the most and use it Guest • 11 days ago Disagree Agree
Ring Ring is a secure and distributed voice, video and chat communication platform that requires no centralized server and leaves the power of privacy in the hands of the... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Decentralized Distributed End-to-end encryption Peer-To-Peer ... Video calling Add a feature 87 Like
Franz Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp... Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Multiple protocols Gitter integration Gmail integration iPhone/iPod sync ... Lightweight wrapper Multiple Account support Slack integration Unified messaging Add a feature 87 Like
Conversations Conversations is a privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG]. ... Free Open Source Android Android Tablet Decentralized End-to-end encryption Encrypted chat Picture sharing ... Group chat Self destructing messages OTR Add a feature 43 Like It is open source, using the XMPP protocol, you can host your own (XMPP) server, it has a nice layout and much more... Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Threema Threema is a new mobile messaging app that puts security first. With true end-to-end encryption, you can rest assured that only you and the intended recipient can read... Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad ... Android Wear End-to-end encryption Encrypted chat Group chat Integrated File Sharing ... Encrypted calls Encrypted email Integrated App lock Multiple languages Picture sharing Privacy focused Security focused Add a feature 50 Like Threema is a great whatapp alternative. Just as easy to use as whatsapp, but (hopefully) more secure and non US based. However, just like whatsapp, it is an app only and lacks a client for PC.... :( Guest • Nov 2016 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure, non-US based and you're the Customer, not the product. They really take care of your privacy! Guest • Dec 2016 Disagree Agree
