Four best Whatsapp alternatives

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Instant messaging apps are trending since last few years. Out of these messengers Whatsapp dominates more. Even though there are many messengers better than Whatsapp in terms of features and security, people prefer to use Whatsapp. Now let us compare some IMs and find the best alternatives for Whatsapp.

1)Whatsapp


    Whatsapp is the leading leading instant messaging app with 1 billion active users in over 180 countries. Whatsapp was first released in January 2009. All messages sent are end-to-end encrypted. Users can send text, images, documents, videos and GIF s using their internet connection. Whatsapp provides voice and video calling facility. In February 2014, Facebook acquired Whatsapp for about US$ 19 billion. Whats is now available on all major platforms. Desktop app of Whatsapp requires your phone to be connected to internet. Android users can backup their chat history to Google drive and Windows phone users can backup their chat history to Onedrive. Whatsapp chat may not be encrypted while they are in Google drive or Onedrive. Recently Whatsapp added a feature which allows users to post stories which disappears after 24 hours.250 members can be added to whatsapp groups.
You can visit official website of Whatsapp here.

2)Telegram

    Telegram is the most secure and fastest growing messaging application. Telegram delivers messages faster than any other messengers. All telegram messages are end-to-end encrypted and they are stored in cloud so that users can access their messages anywhere at any time. Users can use more than one device at a time to access telegram. Telegram users can send self-destructing messages which automatically disappears  from sender and receiver after the time specified by the user. All secret chats can be accessed only from the device which it was created. Telegram, at present, do not provide video calling facility. But we can expect it will be added soon. Telegram groups can have a maximum of 500 members. Users can create channels through which they can get followers. Telegram allows users to send files of any type without a limit on its size. Users can visit web.telegram.org to send messages via web.


Facebook Messenger

      Facebook messenger (messenger) is the official messaging application of Facebook. Messenger is now available for Android, Windows phone, Blackberry and IOS. Facebook allows its users to make audio and video calls. Users can also send text messages, images ,audio and stickers.  As of June 2016, messenger had 1 billion users. Messenger supports adding multiple accounts to the app since February 2016.
You can visit official website of Facebook messenger here.

WeChat

WeChat is developed by Tencent. It was released in January 21 2011. By 2016 it became the largest messaging app by number of active users. WeChat had about 889 million monthly active users in 2016. The app is now available for Windows, iOS, Android and mac OS. WeChat offers text messaging, video conferencing, video games, photo, video and location sharing. WeChat can access messages and contacts of its users. WeChat have a web client through which users can send messages and files. Since 2014, WeChat cannot be used on Android emulators.
You can visit official website of WeChat here.

Viber

Viber is an instant messaging and VoIP app that was released on December 2010. Viber is available for Android, Windows phone, IOS and Blackberry and Linux. in December 2016, Viber had 800 million users. Viber provides an option for its users to call mobile and landlines. Free video and voice calling feature is also offered by viber.
You can visit official website of Viber here.

WHATSAPP
TELEGRAM
FACEBOOK MESSENGER
WECHAT
VIBER
ENCRYPTION
YES
YES
YES*
NO
YES
TWO STEP VERIFICATION
NO
YES
NO
NO
NO
SECRET CHAT
NO
YES
YES*
NO
NO
CLOUD STORAGE
NO
YES
YES
NO
NO
VOICE CALL
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
VIDEO CALL
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
SEND DOCUMENTS
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
WEB CLIENT
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
DESKTOP APP
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
FILE SIZE LIMIT
20 MB
NO LIMIT*
-
-
-
SEARCH OPTION
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
SHOWS LAST SEEN
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
SHOWS SOMEONE IS TYPING
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
PERSONALIZATION
NO
YES
YES
NO
NO
STATUS
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
STICKERS
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
DRAFTS ARE SYNCED
NO
YES
NO


PRIMARY ID
PHONE NUMBER
PHONE NUMBER
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
PHONE NUMBER
PHONE NUMBER
BACKUP TO GOOGLE DRIVE
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
BACKUP TO ONEDRIVE
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
SUPPORTED OS
WINDOWS PC,
WINDOWS PHONE,
IOS,
MAC
ANDROID,
SYMBIAN
WINDOWS PC,
WINDOWS PHONE,
IOS,
MAC,
LINUX,
UBUNTU TOUCH,
FIREFOX OS,
GOOGLE CHROME,
CHROME OS
WINDOWS PC
WINDOWS PHONE,
ANDROID,
IOS,
BLACKBERRY


WINDOWS PHONE,
IOS,
MAC,
ANDROID,
SYMBIAN
WINDOWS PC
WINDOWS PHONE,
ANDROID,
IOS,
BLACKBERRY

MULTILINGUAL
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
USERS
1 BILLION
100 MILLION
1 BILLION
889 MILLION
800 MILLION
GROUP
250
500
-
500
250
HIDDEN CHATS
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
PASSWORD LOCK
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO








    It is clear that there are many messaging apps which offers more features than Whatsapp, But i prefer to use Whatsapp because all my friends live in it.


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