Features:

• WhatsApp doesn’t charge anything, be it national/international texts or calls
• End-to-end Encryption, no more spying on your private texts
• Delete texts and media; no more regrets
• No hassle over username and password based logins
• Share videos, links, photos, contacts, locations and much more
• Huge emoji selections to chat the fun way
• Free voice calls and video calls

WhatsApp is immensely popular in Brazil and India. Most Asian countries (except China) are WhatsApp users as well. In 2014, Facebook bought WhatsApp.

2. Facebook Messenger

The reason why Facebook had to buy WhatsApp is because their original messenger app was under severe trouble from WhatsApp. Not to shirk, WhatsApp swayed people from Facebook itself. still, effects feel to have stabilized since also. Facebook Messenger is the most habituated app in North America, according to Similarweb. Since it separated itself from Facebook Chat, it has been tending at an exponential rate.

Features:

• Send voice messages, make calls or video calls, without compromising on the quality
• React to comments; makes conversations interesting
• You can chat with businesses who have a Facebook page. In 2019, it is most companies
• One integrated app for SMS and messenger
• Play games with friends
• Looks great and can have a change in interface with their dark theme mode

Facebook Messenger has over 1B+ downloads.

3. Kaizala

The new sprat in the block is remonstrating doors down and taking effects like a storm. Microsoft’s new app is erected for everyone, businesses and friends likewise. Released lately, they’ve formerly acquired further than a million downloads, and steadily adding . As they put it on their website, “ Microsoft Kaizala is a phone- number grounded, simple, and secure mobile chat app that enables you to connect and coordinate work across your network – your association, merchandisers, mates, suppliers, and guests. ” They house some really amazing features.

Features:

• Secure with a lot of protection protocols, this encrypted messaging app has all the necessary regulations like GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC1, and HIPAA
• They have loads of interactive features like polls and surveys ingrained in the app
• Share information across multiple modes of media like photos and videos
• You can track operational efficiency by assigning jobs through the app and checking the completion level
• Create a task checklist
• Submit bills and expenses

As of now, Kaizala is just active in specific countries but the company is eyeing a massive expansion. If you check their app, you will know why I am confident this app will be huge in days to come.

4. Snapchat

Features:

• Conversations through pictures and captions only. The first of its kind
• You can chat with friends with live messaging
• Lots of emojis, filters and lenses to choose from
• Post stories and get reactions and interactions on it

5. Viber

Known for its security and trustability, Viber has a awful secret converse point. With its end- to- end encryption, it’s used by numerous as a secondary backup app and particularly popular in countries like Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Features:

• Fully sync with your desktop and tablet
• Group chats, video calls and voice calls
• Self-destruct messages so that no one can read them
• You can get a wide range of emojis, stickers and GIFs

6. WeChat

The answer to WhatsApp in China, WeChat has an extremely strong stoner base in China. The country uses WeChat not only as a messaging app but for social media and payments. They’ve further than a billion active druggies per month but their base outside China is vastly low.

Features:

• Create huge groups on WeChat with over 500 members
• Free voice and video calls on the app
• Share real-time location, images and videos. You can also post stories
• Huge selection of stickers
• WeChat is the only app that has a TRUSTe certification for their privacy

WeChat was released in 2011 and by 2018, they grew to be one of the largest messaging apps in the world with a very active monthly user base.

7. Line

Line has an intriguing backstory. It started off as a disaster response during an earthquake in Japan way back in 2011. The earthquake damaged Japan’s telecommunication networks and to calculate on communication it started off using the internet as a medium of communication. It proved to be immensely popular and now Line enjoys over 300 million active yearly users.

Features:

• Autosync with desktop and tablet
• You can create polls and surveys
• Free voice and video calls
• Get loads of stickers for popular pop-culture characters
• Play games with your friends

Line has over 500M downloads and has a huge base in Japan and a considerable base outside Japan as well.

8. IMO

IMO is known for its high– quality video calls and although it provides text msg as well, it’s much further popular for its video call features. It has a veritably strong stoner base in Turkmenistan.

Features:

• High-quality video and voice calls on Android and iPhone
• Free and unlimited messages and video and voice calls
• Group video calls, along with sharing of images and videos
• Hundreds of free stickers for your use

IMO has managed to create a niche user base for itself.

9. Telegram

Telegram was largely popular at one point of time but after a lot of review, its growth grew stagnant. Cryptography experts claimed that it stored stoner messages, while Telegram defended it saying that it does so to insure no third- party can pierce it. They were also criticised for using custom- designed encryption that has not been proven dependable or secure.

Features:

• Automatic synching-in feature
• Secure chats with options like self-destruction of messages and secret chats, ensuring protection
• Easy sharing of images and videos
• Create group chats for up to 200,000 members
• Editing tools within the app for photos and videos
• Loads of stickers and emojis to make conversations fun

Despite the criticism it faces, we love Telegram and consider it a powerful and safe messaging app. It has over 100M downloads on the App Store.

10. Kik

Very popular amongst teenagers, this app has a lot of youthful users. You can enter a whole features including instant messaging, videos and photos. still, this app receives a lot of flack for adding cyber-bullying and importunity due to complete obscurity.

Features:

• Group chats
• Secure and anonymity
• Find people of similar interests

Kik has over 100M downloads since it was launched in 2010.