iPlum makes a personal US phone number available to users around the world. The app also provides international calling and roaming in 200+ countries.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
United States
WhatsApp Alternatives
WhatsApp is described as 'Free messaging without SMS fees, web sync, and multimedia sharing, supporting group and video chats, available on iPhone, Android, and desktop' and is a leading instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to WhatsApp for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, iPad and Web-based apps. The best WhatsApp alternative is Wire. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wire or Signal. Other great apps like WhatsApp are Telegram, Element, Threema and Matrix.
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WhatsApp alternatives are mainly Instant Messengers, but if you're looking for Group Chat Apps or Encrypted Chat Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Apple Watch, Open Source, Windows Phone, Kindle Fire, Android, Self-Hosted and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to WhatsApp.
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Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- iPhone
- iPad
Smoke Messenger is an open-source Instant Messenger that is known as the first mobile Messenger worlwide using the encryption algorithm McEliece. To be downloaded at F-Droid.org or Github.com. Smoke provides with its own Server-Software: SmokeStack-Echo-Server.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
54 Tkabber alternativesTkabber is a Free and Open Source client for the Jabber instant messaging system. Its writen in Tcl/Tk, and works on many platforms (tested on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, MacOS X and Windows 98/2000/XP).
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Russia
Supersonic is a voice messaging app that automatically converts your spoken words to text that include emojis. Conversion occurs live as you speak.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- United States
64 Pinger alternativesPinger lets you text and talk free with the people you care about most, anywhere on the planet. Tap a picture and you'll see all of your communications—texts, pics, calls, voicemails—all in one place.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- United States
39 Mileo alternativesMileo is instant group messaging app that connects teacher-student, coach-player and leader-follower over single unique code instead of phone numbers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
130 Phoner Second Phone Number alternativesPhoner provides business owner, sales people, lawyers, doctors, police officers and others with a second phone number to protect their identity and also gives the convenience of multiple phone numbers on one device.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- United States
102 Linkello alternativesTurnkey audio & video call services, with just 1 click. No downloads, data protected in Europe. Solutions for web use, mobiles and connected objects.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
yaxim Feb 7th, 2013 yaxim (Yet Another XMPP Instant Messenger) is a Jabber/XMPP client with open source (GPLv2). Why pay for text messages if you …
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
Germany
EU
we-talk is ultimate free web based application for group video call or one to one call, secured messaging and more modern.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
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