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 • 10 agrees and 3 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 • 39 agrees and 10 disagrees Disagree Agree Telegram has REAL encrypted message and have a lot settings. Whatsapp can only send message. With Telegram you are able to do a lot of more thing. Guest • Aug 2020 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree The best by performance as well as an ultra sleek design Guest • Jul 2020 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Upstream is closed source, privacy is doubtful Gruak • Jul 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Telegram is truly superior in every way. UI, security, features. I just hope they become profitable. RemovedUser • Jun 2020 Disagree Agree Telegram is more secure, more functional, better service, easy to use, and provides lots useful bots. OmkarAgrawal • May 2019 • 9 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree Incredible privacy, functionality, and integrity. Really smart people making a fantastic and ethical product. Wins on all dimensions. douty21 • Aug 2019 • 3 agrees and 4 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 • 4 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 • 17 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Security, number of different features, not-linked to >Facebook Guest • Aug 2018 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Telegram doesn't end-to-end encrypt all messages (WhatsApp do) Guest • Jan 2019 • 8 agrees and 12 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 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Same type of interface. Lacks video call peer to peer. Guest • Feb 2019 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 • 3 agrees and 0 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 • 11 agrees and 15 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 • 2 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 Android ... iPhone Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com FreeBSD Stickers Cloud sync Lightweight Chat Bot ... Encrypted chat Ad-free Bots End-to-End Encryption Night mode/Dark Theme Secret chats Group chat Channels Integrated File Sharing Privacy focused Large File Transfer Animated stickers Cloud based Multi Device Support Persistent History Public groups chat Security & Privacy Security focused Voice Call Auto-delete Chat history Chat organizer Cloud Storage Custom Backgrounds Custom themes Customizable Themes Data-encryption Encrypted calls Encryption Folders Instant view Portable Private Chat Scheduled messages Secure File Sharing Switching between platform Sync across Devices Video/Audio Calling Anonymous groups Anonymous Secure Filesharing Built-in Photo editor Sync Contacts Encrypted VoIP calls File transfer 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 Video calling Voice chat Voice messages Add a feature 1491 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... Open Source, secure, almost the same usability than WhatsApp. Business model is known. Respects privacy. konsumschaf • Dec 2018 • 15 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree The encryption is by default and open source NickFreeman • Apr 2019 • 14 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure. Open source. Not owned by Facebook jamiegray • Aug 2019 • 13 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree From client to server, everything is open Lura • Mar 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree You can do the same things that you do with WhatsApp, but Signal is also Open Source, both client and server side! LucaFinizio • 10 days ago Disagree Agree Private, secure, open source, audited yet UX is still good. Doesn't store metadata and is owned by non profit organisation. Gruak • Jul 2020 Disagree Agree Beautiful design, open-source, respects privacy Guest • Jul 2020 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 Open Source, E2EE always enabled Guest • Jun 2020 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Open source, great quality for video/audio call and a good team behind the app brieucmartinez • May 2020 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 Simple interface, end-to-end encryption and just works. Mogster • Nov 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees 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 It is more privacy oriented - at least as of now. WhatsApp owned by Facebook has lost all its credibility. Guest • Mar 2020 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees 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 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it doesn't feel good, there are lot of missing features urielcastrohernndez • Jan 2020 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees 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, 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 ... Security & Privacy Encrypted Connection Ad-free Privacy focused Self destructing messages Video calling Client side encryption Electron based Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls Encryption Forward Secrecy Night mode/Dark Theme Private messaging SMS Messaging Video calling Voice Call Voting Color coding Desktop app Group chat Group Messaging Integrated File Sharing Mobile friendly Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number File Sending Voice chat Voice messages Add a feature 619 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 • 3 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 4 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 Free Personal Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) End-to-End Encryption Security focused Video calling Encrypted chat ... 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 249 Like
Element A free instant messaging and collaboration software based on the Matrix protocol. open source, many functionalities, multi-platform, multi-clients, sponsored by a fundation Guest • May 2020 Disagree Agree Decentral (federation), sure. Open source - client, protocol and server User6044478 • May 2018 • 7 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 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees 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 • 12 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Matrix.org Cloudron Decentralized End-to-End Encryption Security & Privacy Group chat ... Team Collaboration Federated Federation Privacy-friendly Encrypted chat Privacy focused Video calling Video chat Voice Call Active Directory integration Add-ons Clean design Cross-platform Custom widgets Direct Messaging Encrypted Enterprise Group collaboration LDAP support Matrix.org protocol Message redaction Mobile friendly Moderation tools Per-room avatars Read receipts Real time collaboration Self-hosted search Text chat Typing notifications User Management User mentions Video/Audio Calling Video Conferencing Voice chat Web-Based Web Integaration Chat Bot Community based DRM Free GitHub integration Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Video calling Voice chat Add a feature 352 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 Lightweight Microsoft Office integration Secure Chat Stability Video chat Video Conferencing Group Messaging IFTTT integration Messaging Video calling Video chat Voice chat Voice messages Add a feature 2526 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 1 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 Desktop app Share your screen SMS Messaging Supports archiving conversations Video chat Voice Call Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 1022 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... great and easy to use! no account needed. Guest • Jul 2020 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad Video Conferencing Security & Privacy SIP Privacy-friendly ... Share your screen Browser based Cross-platform Encryption End-to-End Encryption Live Meeting Support for Multiple protocols No download No installation required No Login Required SIP client Unlimited users Desktop Sharing File sharing Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Multiple Account support OTR Plugins Privacy focused SIP Softphone Video calling Video chat Video Conferencing Voice chat WebRTC Xmpp Add a feature 393 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 • 3 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) Cloudron Java Perl End-to-End Encryption Federation Decentralized Random video chat ... Voice Call Voice chat Chat Bot Distributed Encrypted chat Group chat Messaging Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration WebRTC Add a feature 170 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. . Best commercial solution! + Active userbase + End to end encryption - No conference calling - Requires phone number UnleavenedEagle • Jun 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Blackberry 10 Apple Watch Animated stickers Desktop Sharing Call Transfer Group chat ... Hidden chat Multiple languages Phone calls Push to talk Secret chats Video calling Voice Call Voice chat Add a feature 321 Like
Jitsi Meet Go ahead, video chat with the whole team. In fact, invite everyone you know. Jitsi Meet is a fully encrypted, 100% open source video conferencing solution that you can... Free Open Source Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad ... Self-Hosted Apple Watch No registration required Browser based Security & Privacy Stream audio ... Video streaming Audio Calling Audio Chat Lightweight in network Share your screen Security focused Unlimited users Video chat Video Conferencing WebRTC Collaborative writing Conference Bridging Encrypted chat Group chat Live Broadcasting Live editing Peer-To-Peer Share your screen Video calling Add a feature 137 Like
