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. Telegram has many features that WhatsApp doesn't. The big limitation on WhatsApp is that you can not use it on PC unless it is also open in your mobile phone! Another point is the range of amazing and funny stickers that Telegram has! cardearty • Oct 2019 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 35 agrees and 10 disagrees Disagree Agree Incredible privacy, functionality, and integrity. Really smart people making a fantastic and ethical product. Wins on all dimensions. douty21 • Aug 2019 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Telegram is more secure, more functional, better service, easy to use, and provides lots useful bots. OmkarAgrawal • May 2019 • 8 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree It's the messenger as it has to be. Free, fast, packs a very large amount of features, but doesn't throw them at a new user, which can scare off less advanced ones. There are a ton of small details that make me feel that everything's just done right in Telegram Guest • Oct 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree it runs everywhere and was more functions urielcastrohernndez • Jan 2020 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 • 15 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Telegram doesn't end-to-end encrypt all messages (WhatsApp do) Guest • Jan 2019 • 6 agrees and 9 disagrees Disagree Agree Security, number of different features, not-linked to >Facebook Guest • Aug 2018 • 2 agrees and 2 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 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Same type of interface. Lacks video call peer to peer. Guest • Feb 2019 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 • 8 agrees and 13 disagrees 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 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees 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 • 1 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 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 • 4 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile ... Android iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com Haiku FreeBSD Stickers Chat Bot Lightweight Cloud sync ... Encrypted chat End-to-End Encryption Channels Integrated File Sharing Ad-free Bots Night mode/Dark Theme Privacy focused Secret chats Large File Transfer Animated stickers Group chat Multi Device Support Persistent History Public groups chat Security focused Voice Call Auto-delete Chat Cloud based Custom Backgrounds Custom themes Customizable Themes Data-encryption Encrypted calls Instant view Portable Private Chat Security & Privacy Switching between platform Sync across Devices Anonymous groups Anonymous Secure Filesharing Built-in Photo editor Chat history Chat organizer Sync Contacts Encrypted VoIP calls File transfer Folders Free Speech GPS Location Tracking IFTTT integration In-Game Overlay Integrated File Sharing Messages in cloud Messaging Multiple languages Multiple Account support Works Offline Based on phone number Photo Sharing Private messaging Progressive Web App Push to talk Search by tags Self destructing messages Share Videos Support for Themes Two factor authentication Voice chat Voice messages Add a feature 1419 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... Secure. Open source. Not owned by Facebook jamiegray • Aug 2019 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree The encryption is by default and open source NickFreeman • Apr 2019 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Open Source, secure, almost the same usability than WhatsApp. Business model is known. Respects privacy. konsumschaf • Dec 2018 • 11 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree From client to server, everything is open Lura • Mar 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree because it's free software, secure, and community-contributed rather than corporate-backed Guest • Oct 2017 • 8 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree The client is Open Source. Nevertheless it lacks free software on the server side. It's possible to host your own signal server but there is no option for federation. You can build up your own 'walled garden' Guest • Mar 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is more privacy oriented - at least as of now. WhatsApp owned by Facebook has lost all its credibility. Guest • Mar 2020 Disagree Agree True privacy, allows you to control your messages, open source, no tracking, spying, and provider cannot access your messages. Guest • Sep 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree A simple and open-source tool, with real privacy concerns. Guest • Feb 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's the foundation for WhatsApp without Facebook and has good desktop performance Guest • Feb 2020 Disagree Agree It is more similar to Whatsapp and it is open source. pandalovfree • Feb 2020 Disagree Agree Signal team is actively taking ernest feedbacks from the community and developing the app with users' best interests in mind. And of course it is open source! https://community.signalusers.org/ canony • Jan 2020 Disagree Agree it doesn't feel good, there are lot of missing features urielcastrohernndez • Jan 2020 Disagree Agree Simple interface, end-to-end encryption and just works. Mogster • Nov 2019 Disagree Agree Has typing indicators, contact discover, and end-to-end encryption. kylepiira • Nov 2019 Disagree Agree free, open-source, encrypted, good privacy - doesn't store metadata. has most of the features of whatsapp. Guest • Jan 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure, encrypted, open source, privacy-minded madpet • Apr 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Has every feature of WhatsApp, but also e.g. disappearing messages, custom colourded destign etc.! Guest • Nov 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's open source, making the chance of someone being able to implement a backdoor slim to none. Guest • Sep 2017 • 11 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree Open source, great quality for video/audio call and a good team behind the app brieucmartinez • 7 days ago Disagree Agree Open source, real end-to-end encryption, no metadata collection. Guest • Oct 2016 • 14 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree It's also based around phone number ID, but open-source and fully secure. dericke • Feb 2017 • 6 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree it doesn't log user activity and is free software, has all the features of WhatsApp Guest • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Ubuntu Touch End-to-End Encryption Encrypted chat Security focused Privacy-friendly ... Encrypted Connection Security & Privacy Self destructing messages Video calling Ad-free Client side encryption Electron based Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Night mode/Dark Theme Privacy focused Video calling Voice Call Chat Color coding Group chat Group Messaging Integrated File Sharing Mobile friendly Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Private messaging File Sending SMS Messaging Voice chat Voice messages Add a feature 569 Like
Wire Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most... Elegant UI, encrypted communication, on all relevant operating systems, has great VoIP and video call quality and so on. Guest • May 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Crossplatform messaging with end-to-end encryption... Just like iMessage Guest • Mar 2019 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree 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. Guest • Apr 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 17 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree More Privacy oriented, more secure, but best of all OpenSource. Unfortunately it ain't free (as in money but free as in freedom). Guest • Mar 2020 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 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Cannot check Outlook for common contacts. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 27 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) End-to-End Encryption Security focused Encrypted chat Video calling ... Voice Call Encrypted calls Encryption Group chat Share your screen Security & Privacy Anonymity Integrated File Sharing Multiple Account support Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Private Chat Secure Chat Secure File Sharing File Sending Video calling Video chat Voice chat Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 242 Like
Tox Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely. 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 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 7 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Android Tablet ... BSD Decentralized Encrypted chat Privacy focused Peer-To-Peer ... Built-in player End-to-End Encryption Share your screen Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Decentralisation Group chat Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Secure Chat Video calling Video chat Video Conferencing Voice Call White-labeled Add a feature 447 Like
Riot.im A free instant messaging and collaboration software based on the Matrix protocol. Decentral (federation), sure. Open source - client, protocol and server User6044478 • May 2018 • 5 agrees and 1 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 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree open source, many functionalities, multi-platform, multi-clients, sponsored by a fundation Guest • May 2020 Disagree Agree 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 • 10 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted End-to-End Encryption Decentralized Group chat Team Collaboration ... Privacy-friendly Security & Privacy Video chat Federated Video calling Voice Call Add-ons Clean design Custom widgets Direct Messaging Encrypted chat Group collaboration Matrix.org protocol Message redaction Mobile friendly Moderation tools Per-room avatars Privacy focused Read receipts Text chat Typing notifications User Management User mentions Video/Audio Calling Voice chat Web Integaration Chat Bot Community based DRM Free GitHub integration Integrated File Sharing Live Chat MarkDown support Real time collaboration File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Social network Video calling Voice chat Web-Based Add a feature 311 Like
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 Android Wear PortableApps.com Share your screen Video calling Voice Call Video calling ... Exchange Integration Microsoft Office integration Video chat Video Conferencing Chat Group Messaging IFTTT integration Messaging Video calling Video chat Voice chat Voice messages Add a feature 2512 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! ... Chat is stored in server. Also can be installed on multiple devices. Guest • Mar 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Windows Web Android iPhone Chrome OS ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Android Wear Video calling Share your screen Gmail integration Group chat ... Multi Device Support Sms from PC Video Conferencing Multi-platform support Share your screen SMS Messaging Supports archiving conversations Video chat Voice Call Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 1012 Like
Matrix.org 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... You can choose, which client you like the most and use it Guest • May 2018 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 Chat Decentralized Random video chat ... Voice chat Chat Bot Distributed Encrypted chat Group chat Messaging Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature 157 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 S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Blackberry 10 Apple Watch Animated stickers Call Transfer Desktop Sharing Group chat ... Hidden chat Multiple languages Phone calls Push to talk Secret chats Video calling Voice Call Voice chat Add a feature 318 Like
Jitsi 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad SIP Video Conferencing Privacy-friendly Security & Privacy ... Browser based Chat Cross-platform Desktop Sharing File sharing Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Live Meeting Support for Multiple protocols Multiple Account support No download No installation required No Login Required OTR Plugins Privacy focused Share your screen SIP Softphone Unlimited users Video calling Video chat Video Conferencing Voice chat WebRTC Xmpp Add a feature 365 Like
