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 Cloud sync Lightweight Encrypted chat ... Built-in File transfer Chat Bot End-to-end encryption Group chat Voice Call Ad-free Multi Device Support Persistent History Privacy Protection Public groups chat Secret chats Security focused Apps for Sharing Files Anonymous Secure Filesharing Built-in Photo editor Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls GPS Location Tracking IFTTT integration In-Game Overlay Messages in cloud Multiple languages Multiple Account support Works Offline Based on phone number Photo Sharing Portable Push to talk Search by tags Self destructing messages Large File Transfer Share Videos Sync across Devices Support for Themes Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 1092 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 • 15 agrees and 4 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 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Fast, stable, and cross-platform messaging. CeesT • Mar 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Speed. Multi-device. Design. Cloud. Security. Unlimited. non-commercial. Open-Source. Full control of the app. Every other feature in Telegram-Whatsapp. ykaner • Jul 2018 Disagree Agree an astonishing messenger very fast and feature rich yass1nz • Jul 2018 Disagree Agree In my opinion is a much better messages application than Whatsapp, it has a Desktop version, private groups, supergroups, bots, stickers, video messages, and much more, also you can use the desktop version with no need of having the app on your phone. That's very cool. Ivann • Jul 2018 Disagree Agree Because it has everything that WhatsApp has what you need, but everything is better and there are more features. You can use it on multiple devices and you phone doesn't have to be on and connected to the internet. There are bots, stickers (you can create your own stickerpack), etc. LudwigSchindler • Aug 2018 Disagree Agree Security, number of different features, not-linked to >Facebook Guest • Aug 2018 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 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 • 1 agrees and 2 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 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 5 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 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 • May 2018 • 1 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
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 focused Privacy Protection Private messaging File Sending Voice messages Add a feature 375 Like It's open source, making the chance of someone being able to implement a backdoor slim to none. Guest • Sep 2017 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Open source, real end-to-end encryption, no metadata collection. Guest • Oct 2016 • 8 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree because it's free software, secure, and community-contributed rather than corporate-backed Guest • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees 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 True privacy, allows you to control your messages, open source, no tracking, spying, and provider cannot access your messages. Guest • 6 days ago 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
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 2397 Like
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 Privacy focused ... Built-in player End-to-end encryption Share your screen Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Group chat Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Texting Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 377 Like Focused on security messages are encrypted and it is Open Source. Like whatsapp, you can send files, groups chats and video messaging. Skype is more popular with normies, but Tox has all the bells and whistles that whatsapp did. Guest • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure and high quality peer-to-peer communication, audio and video group calls, and unlimited file transfers. The only disadvantage compared to alternatives is that you can only successfully communicate if both peers are online, but that is part of the nature of the protocol and thus safety is prioritized. MetaPixel_ • Aug 2018 Disagree Agree
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 ... Video calling Voice Call Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 959 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 173 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 • 13 agrees and 3 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 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Cannot check Outlook for common contacts. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 16 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 Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox End-to-end encryption Decentralized Group chat Matrix.org protocol ... Video calling Voice Call Built-in File transfer Community based Custom widgets DRM Free Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration MarkDown support File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Add a feature 172 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 • May 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Decentral (federation), sure. Open source - client, protocol and server User6044478 • May 2018 Disagree Agree
Mattermost Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted Slack alternative. As an alternative to proprietary SaaS messaging, Mattermost brings... Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac 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 Privacy Protection Slack integration Supports XMPP Add a feature 129 Like
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 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 295 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 86 Like You can choose, which client you like the most and use it Guest • May 2018 Disagree Agree
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 In-app Money Transfer Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 194 Like
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 ... Share your screen Video calling Add a feature 95 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 ... Encrypted Connection Chat Bot Group chat Group Messaging Self destructing messages File upload Gpg encryption OTR Public groups chat Add a feature 51 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 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
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 Windows Linux Support for Multiple protocols Gitter integration Gmail integration iPhone/iPod sync ... Lightweight wrapper Multiple Account support Slack integration Unified messaging Web application wrapper Add a feature 87 Like Franz is not a messaging application, it just allows you to group up multiple messaging apps like messenger, whatsapp, slack etc Guest • Aug 2018 Disagree Agree
Trillian Trillian is an instant messaging app that works on phones, tablets, and desktops while keeping your chats neatly synchronized between all of them! We think conversation... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Blackberry iPad Facebook integration Support for Multiple protocols POP3 Support Team Collaboration Add a feature 270 Like
