WhatsApp Alternatives

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.

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

If you are looking for a more secure and privacy friendly alternative to WhatsApp, then Telegram is NOT for you. Chats are unencrypted by default, group chats can't be encrypted at all and the business model is not transparent.

I prefer Whatsapp :) love it.

Better than whatsapp yes, but still bad.

Chats are still only encrypted if you choose to, Groups are always unencrypted, the Desktop version doesnt support encrypted Chats for years, for no reason.

Use Signal or Matrix

I really prefer telegram!

Telegram is better than other messaging apps on both Android and iOS.

Signal is the gold standard for messaging. Hyper-secure, privacy focused and best of breed - funded by Brian Acton after he cashed in from the sale of WhatsApp to Facebook. Likely because he felt bad for selling his product to a company where he knew that they would compromise on privacy and security.

Inside: E2E encryption everywhere, P2P calls for better video/audio quality, state-of-the-art technologies. Outside: a beautiful modern interface, animations, responsiveness. I ?? it

Run by a non-profit org. Respects users' privacy. Doesn't sell users data (metadata). Both, the server and client, apps are opensource.

It's so much better! And they're always improving. Nothing better for security

Has everything you need and cares about privacy

Open-source clients, non-profit organization, minimal metadata collection.

Privacy first. Best one on the market.

Element is end-to-end encrypted (including groups unlike Telegram) and does not require a phone number (which is personally identifiable information. Signal requires it). Element is very simple to use for the average person yet very useful for the advanced one (a personal server can be deployed). It is also libre/free (as in freedom) and fully open-source, based on a libre/free protocol (matrix.org).

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).

It is floss (free/libre and open source) and the developers are friendly and open to the community.

Federated, strong focus on privacy and security.

This service is an alternative to Slack & MS Teams, but too technical and not designed for individual use.

Decentralised because of the matrix protocol and open source.

Best open-source alternative.

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.

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.

More Privacy oriented, more secure, but best of all OpenSource. Unfortunately it ain't free (as in money but free as in freedom).

Elegant UI, encrypted communication, on all relevant operating systems, has great VoIP and video call quality and so on.

Basically Signal on steroids. Also, open source and doesn't ask for your phone number, allows creation of throwaway accounts as well as basic group conversation functionality. Perfect.

Crossplatform messaging with end-to-end encryption... Just like iMessage

Cannot check Outlook for common contacts.

Works well on desktop but not mobile like Whatsapp. Only mobile apps are experimental and not user friendly.

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.

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.

You can choose, which client you like the most and use it

Jitsi is a conferencing platform not a messenger

It’s not a good alternative for Skype, it is good for calls but not for messages

Skype is not a classic instant messenger like whatsapp

great video chat services

Jami is a great alternative to Whatsapp since it is decentrailsed so no one can read your messages and it is open source so its privacy claims are verifyable unlike Whatsapp

Best commercial solution!

• Active userbase
• End to end encryption

• No conference calling
• Requires phone number