The craze for instant messaging applications for OS like Android, Bada, Nokia, iOS, and Blackberry has almost killed the telecom industry. Whatsapp Messenger, an application which allows sending unlimited free text-messages between users with the help of internet, has created a massive impact in the world of instant messaging. Today, Whatsapp is on the top spot among the long list of apps that provide instant messaging services for Android.
There are several reasons that Whatsapp has gained such immense popularity in the world of instant messaging. One, it is a totally reliable app which never fails to deliver the best output. And two, accessibility on several OS platforms. However, over the past few months there have been several complaints about this infallible app. The basic looks and feel of this app somewhere lack the free SMS service.
Considering that Whatsapp is not the only instant messaging app we have today and keeping in mind the different tastes of apps people have, I will discuss the top 5 alternatives of Whatsapp for Android. You may probably want to take a call on trying something new and different.
Alternative #1 – ‘Viber’ from Viber Media
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Viber has gained immense popularity following Whatsapp, as being a great instant messaging app for Android. It definitely needs to have outstanding features to stand in comparison with Whatsapp. Well, Viber has a lot to offer than merely fulfilling the basic requirements of instant messaging. Apart from allowing you to send free text messages to other Viber users over 3G or Wi-Fi connections, it also allows you to share content and commence free calls nationally and internationally. Viber is one of the perfect replacements of WhatsApp. All you need to do is register your contact number running on your Android with Viber to get started.
Alternative #2 – ‘Kik Messenger’ from Kik Interactive
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Kik Messenger is one of the popular apps in Google’s Play Store. This app allows you to chat with your buddies on Android for free. That’s not all! With Kik Messenger, you can also send them pictures from your gallery or downloads. This app is smart enough to find your friends on Android automatically through contact synchronization. Kik Messenger helps you stay connected to your buddies and family no matter the distances between you.
Alternative #3 – ‘eBuddy XMS’ from eBuddy
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eBuddy XMS is surely a cool replacement of Whatsapp Messenger for Android. It’s highly comparable features with Whatsapp is what puts it as an alternative of Whatsapp. It has almost all the features f Whatsapp like sending free messages, sharing pictures and other content through 3G or Wi-Fi networks. However, you can chat only with your friends who are registered on eBuddy XMS. An additionally interesting feature of eBuddy XMS is that you can share your current location with your eBuddy friends.
Alternative #4 – ‘Line’ from Naver
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To compete with Whatsapp, every instant messaging service will need to have a service similar to that of Whatsapp. Well, Line is one such brilliant app with an impressive feature that outranks Whatsapp Messenger. Besides supporting free text messages and content sharing through the use of 3G and Wi-Fi networks, it also supports free Internet calling service to other users registered on Line through their Android device. Moreover, it also has a great looking interface with some really funny stickers (emoticons) to make your chat much more interesting. And guess what! You can also use Line on your PC and MAC. So, if you are a socialite and worry spending your hard earned money on staying connected to distant friends and family, this can surely save your pockets.
Alternative #5 – ‘ChatON’ from Samsung
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Yet another alternative to Whatsapp is ChatOn App from Samsung. This app has made its way to the list of competitors for two main reasons – one, its manufacturer; and two, its features. ChatOn App gives you the liberty to stay connected to your family, friends and acquaintances through free text messages, sharing pictures, videos and other content. In fact you can either carry on a personal chat or even chat on conference through group chats. One additional feature of ChatOn which is quite impressive is that there is no need of downloading the picture messages, videos and other multimedia content you receive from your contacts. You can view them through a simple feature called Trunk.
This is not the end of instant messengers list. There are many more which stand a chance to compete with Whatsapp. Go ahead and give these superb apps a try, they will surely not cost you a dime.
Samuel is an expert mobile application developer who is currently working with VitebMobileApps; an Offshore Mobile Application Development Company that offers its services globally. VitebMobileApps is a leading mobile application and Android Tablet Application Development Company that offers its services globally.
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Haha you couldnt have timed your post at a better time. Whatsapp is free for only a year i guess? My and my gf might move to ebuddy soon enough.
Narcissist – Welcome to DMC and am glad this article was published at the right time for you. I dont think there is any time frame for the app to be free or paid. You should try it out for sure.
Good luck.
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i liked whatsapp but now i am using Hike, it allows to send messages to people who are not having HIke on their phone so i guess its better then whatsapp. and from the above list, i have used viber but did not like it
Prabhat – Welcome to my blog and am grateful that you added one to the list. I havent tried Hike yet, sounds interesting, will surely give it a try.
Viber is also a popular one, many users, but of course it is one’s own personal experience and preferences.
Have a wonderful day.
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what! prabhat is that so? be that as it may, I’m gonna out this Hike out!
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I am total crazy for watsapp and Viber..The thing about viber is it provides the facility for free calling..There is another app called Hike, which offers almost similar features as Watsapp…I will check out the others you have mentioned here..
Web2print – Nice to know you are using both those awesome apps, Hike was also mentioned by Prabhat above, I will surely give that a try.
Have fun trying out others.
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Great list out there. But Praveen, the best part about Whataspp is that it is quite elegant and simple to use. I have been testing all these instant messaging apps and none stands close to Whatsapp when it comes to user friendliness.
Anyways, i think that people will be shifting to other messaging apps because Whatsapp is not free after 1 year.
So this list of yours will come real handy to people who are searching for alternatives to Whatsapp. Thanks for sharing.
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Whatsapp is a good android messenger but I like LINE more than whatsapp. After using one year you will pay a cost for whatsapp. That’s why I want to avoid it.
whatsapp is a good application and my be it is free after one year
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nice article there..!
i think whatsapp for android is itself a good option for most of the online chat persons, because if you want to reach to your most of the friends than you should have an option which is used by all, and i think whatsapp is that option.
by the way nice list of alternatives..! thanks 🙂
Thank You for good sharing. WhatsApp is my Favorite instant messaging.
I am totally agree with you, they are top 5 alternatives of whatsapp, but i think all 5 apps can’t beat whatsapp.
I have all of these admin and viber is the one of the most liked messengers I think and i loved it viber just awesome
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All the time go after your heart.whatsapp is good for younger
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Woo!!! Nice write up bro.. Love this amazing list.
You should add telegram also in the list
thank you
Whatsapp is good, always sticking to it is not a good idea, while there are lots of other of its kind.Thanks forsharing.
Sounds great! I like this app
Viber is a good alternative of whatsapp. I can see some new apps too, will try some of them also.
Thanks for sharing.
Respected Praveen Rajarao, These alternatives are very good. i have used these very well. in this my favorite is LINE, eBUDDY, VIBER. But Kik Messenger sometimes not working well in my device. Thanks for sharing.
your article is really informative and helpful article,
keep it up admin and thanks for sharing such a cool and nice posts.
This is a great amazing Blog i really like to read this its all about the facts of great information thanks for sharing great Blog.
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Great Alternatives For Whatsapp.
But Whatsapp has great features & it is very secure due to its time to time update & Hike is also a great Alternative for Whatsapp.
BTW Thanks for Sharing these Alternatives
I love hike messenger more than whatsapp because of its Free Text Message service. But very less people uses hike So I need to use Whatsapp. These alternatives are also good. Thanks for sharing…
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Viber is a good alternative of whatsapp. I can see some new apps too, will try some of them also.
Thanks for sharing.
I liked whatsapp but now I am using Hike, it allows to send messages to people who are not having HIke on their phone so I guess it’s better than whatsapp. I am total crazy for watsapp and Viber..The thing about viber is it provides the facility for free calling. I have been testing all these instant messaging apps and none stands close to Whatsapp when it comes to user friendliness.
Anyways, i think that people will be shifting to other messaging apps because Whatsapp is not free after 1 year. Viber is a good alternative of whatsapp.
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I liked whatsapp but now I am using Hike, it allows to send messages to people who are not having HIke on their phone so I guess it’s better than whatsapp. I am total crazy for watsapp and Viber..The thing about viber is it provides the facility for free calling. I have been testing all these instant messaging apps and none stands close to Whatsapp when it comes to user friendliness.
Anyways, i think that people will be shifting to other messaging apps because Whatsapp is not free after 1 year. Viber is a good alternative of whatsapp.
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Tinder is also great option for alternative of Whatsapp ?
All apps are good, but in my point of view, Whatsapp is the best app of all those app and whats app have no alternative.
Great alternatives options for whatsapp and viber is best one which I’m also using nearly equal to whatsapp.
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Wow..! Great Alternative way for Hike and Whatsapp as well Viber, Line is best one which i am also using nearly to whatsApp.
Thanks
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Excellent Guide, Thanks!. Whatsapp is a great app and like it
Hi,
Quite impressive, I must say I’m really amazed to see this awesome feature and I guess I’ll surely try it out right away. I guess I’m a great fan of whatsapp.
Thanks for share.
Nice article and great whatsapp alternatives for android.
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I am a great fan of whatsapp.
Whatsapp has great features & it is very secure due to its time to time update & Hike is also a great Alternative for Whatsapp
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I am using Tinder is also great option for alternative of Whatsapp.
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Good list but i think all 5 apps can’t beat whatsapp.
Nice article , thanks for the post
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Very good list of reliable alternatives of whatsapp for android…. wishing to see whatsapp alternative app for iPhone users also!
Keep up the awesome work!
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I have used Line. it’s a great app especially for its stickers. Great job.
you forget to add new apps like snapchat and wechat etc. also many apps like instagram and tinder are now dominating whatsapp
I think you forgot to add some new apps like snapchat and wechat like this type of apps
Thanks for this article. I am gonna try all these five alternatives of WhatsApp soon. Keep it up
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Hi,
I know Whatsapp is the best app for the mobile messaging lover. but I am using LINE from the last 6 month, just I want to say that nothing better than this app. Thanks to you for sharing this app
Yes , Whatsapp is winner but i love Hike . Whatsapp is important because in contacts 10 of 9 peoples are using it .
Woo!!! Nice write up bro.. Love this amazing list. you should add some online website as well that helps alot
great alternatives of WhatsApp but you can use WhatsApp with fake number and it’s safe you can try using any free number generator app.
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Awesome collection bro, these five are best i think
whatsapp is much more verse than any of these alternatives
Nice article and an informative one. I would love to try these alternatives. Thanks 🙂
Thanks for these alternatives i was searching for them
Hike is my favorite so far after Whatsapp for sure, Thanks for this article good luck.
Ohh i am crazy with whatsapp and vibe!!
Thanks for sharing the alternatives.
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Awesome alternatives for whatspp on android. keep it up
Nice and awesome apps, thanks for sharing
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Hey Great!
Really these are 5 best one. But Kik Messenger is awesome and my favourite one. Thanks for writing this article for us. Keep it up!
Chat on look promising but whatsapp is always best beacause i am using it since 3 years i love all the features of whatsapp but i will also try chaton for sure
Nice and awesome apps, thanks for sharing……..
this is awesome post i like it is very much its very inprotant for us…..
Great post I like Whatsapp so much, Whatsapp is one of my favorite mobile apps. thanks for sharing informative Article.
whatsapp is very helpful app in social communication. your share is great. thank you so much.
Very useful whatsapp alternatives. Thanks buddy for sharing this list with us.
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Hi, you have shared 5 great apps, but Still, WhatsApp is my favourite one. Thanks for sharing useful information.
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I use Line and Viber as an alternative source of whatsapp.
Messenger is my favorite right now. Although I use iMessage a lot, I still use WhatsApp for chatting with some friends. But most are switching to Messenger which I personally love.
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I only like Whatsapp in this list …
I don’t think people are looking for whatsapp alternative. I have seen people searching for tubemate alternatives and here I would you to put alternatives of tubemate and then provide link of my website. or else we could give u high quality guest post too. We are adding our own email id and waiting for your response.
Whatsapp is one of the most used App and when it comes it WhatsApp Alternatives, these are the Best Apps.
I am using Line App which is an alternative to WhatsApp. Also, it has many cool stickers which are really great.
Thanks for sharing this really awesome Article.
Messenger and whatsapp my favorite right now.
Yes, no one relies on only one app forever. There are better alternatives available out there in the market and you’ve mentioned some good apps as well.
Thanks for sharing…
Hypothetically speaking; these are all great messagers but I Whats app is one of the world’s most leading messagers ever!
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Amazing writing!! But beside these apps there is one more app that is equally good as Whatsapp i.e Telegram, it work same as Whatsapp. It helps you to connect with your friends and family.
It allows you to send images, files, audios, videos to other people who are registered with the telegram.
Really awesome and reliable alternatives options for whatsapp. Thanks for sharing knowledge about these apps with us.
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These what’s app alternative are so useful. Thanks for sharing the post. I use the messenger for those who don’t use what’s app
But, Whatsapp is the best messenger app.
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I am a great fan of whatsapp.
Whatsapp has great features.but i m not use it
I am using vider. It is one of the best apps which I ever used. Yes, it is the real competitor for Whatsapp.
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on my device, I am unable to download and use WhatsApp. hence I just need some other alternative so that I can use them with all the features which WhatsApp has. I hope your suggestion would help me and of course work for me.
hello my name is imran and i am using GBwhatsapp more then 4 years and it’s working good for me you can also try it.
I am using kik messenger as an alternative source. You did a great job by providing the alternative source of whatsapp.
Great collection of alternatives of whatsapp. Viber is best of them. But i think whatsapp is most powerful and popular app. Thanks
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Nice Info.Great collection of alternatives of WhatsApp. Whatsapp is best as compare to other messaging App
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As per me, WhatsApp is the best messenger application for both Android and IOS platform. I am addicted to WhatsApp because of its cool features.
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I like hike messenger more than Whatsapp because of its Free Text Message service. your website is really very informative, thanks for sharing with us!
I came here searching for some stuff related to coffee but ended up finding a post related to android messengers. Still, I loved the post because I found something also interesting and useful- Some good alternatives to WhatsApp messenger . Would have been great if you had elaborated it a bit..
Nice apps but whatsapp is the best app of messaing app forever…
whatsapp is a good application and my be it is free after one year
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Hello Praveen,
I think Viber will be Replace WhatsApp. But WhatsApp is more popular then Viber and many users in World.
WhatsApp having more feature compare to Viber
I am total crazy for watsapp and Viber..The thing about viber is it provides the facility for free calling..There is another app called Hike, which offers almost similar features as Watsapp…I will check out the others you have mentioned here..
I am total crazy for watsapp and Viber….
I love Whatsapp. No one any other app like the Whatsapp.
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WhatsApp is an application, specially created for smartphones, which allows its users to perform fast messaging. Now, if we talk about Facebook its quite different, it allows users to share and post their personal moments, feelings and emotions with their friends at the same time along with messaging. Both Communications tools are playing very vital roles in today’s life. In the past people travel million miles to inform a small thing, but that’s only past now in presence of Facebook & Whatsapp.
yes i like the messenger one this is great app 100% free and alot of feature but the whatsapp is really great app
I liked whatsapp but now I am using Hike, it allows to send messages to people who are not having HIke on their phone so I guess it’s better than whatsapp. I am total crazy for watsapp and Viber..The thing about viber is it provides the facility for free calling
i like whatsapp but messenger is also most important app that is free app
Hi there,
Thank you for providing such an interesting blog post on Alternatives of WhatsApp. As we are in 2018 now, instant messaging is becoming a need of an hour. I will not compare any app to conclude which one is better. However, I find WhatsApp is winning the race and it is having the maximum users.
Hi there.
Good posts mentioned above.I think no app can replace whatsapp in long term.And interesting, it keeps adding new features to make user experience better.
I Like This Article And Yeah I Love Whattsapp.
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Hey,
Thanks for sharing this. These are the best alternative of WhatsApp and I tried all of them. But I like Chat On the most. Good work
Thanks Again man.
Best article, Praveen!
Thank you for sharing the list of chat applications!
I almost read every article of yours and enjoy reading them. You write very informative blogs.
I love WhatsApp messenger the most as it provides the best messaging services and many other features to its users. As per the latest report of statista, whatsapp had 420 million daily active Status users worldwide in Q2 -2018. Moreover, Snapchat is also a good messaging application. You can also add that in your list.
WhatsApp is definitely the best among the Cross-platform Instant messengers. Infact WhatsApp started the messaging revolution which outdated typical carrier-based messaging.
WhatsApp is definitely the best among the Cross-platform Instant messengers. Infact WhatsApp started the messaging revolution which outdated typical carrier-based messaging.
I have only used Viber in these. Viber was great . Will try to use other social apps to see if i like them. thanks for sharing them.
GB Whatsapp this one is awesome!
Hike is also a good alternative and telegram, you missed those.
whats-app a great opportunity for android users for sending and receiving specially pictures.
Hi,
Alternatives for whats-app are good but popularity of Whats-app is much more than others and no other instant messenger can beat it.
Hello TechIngenious ,
I have read your blog and shared valuable information regarding instant messaging today instant messaging are very useful platform to share their thoughts through instant messaging there are so many instant messaging apps like Whats app , Hike, line etc but Whats app more than popular other instant messaging.
These apps are great for chat and even internal calls but I’m a bit weary about the constant need to update apps due to bugs. I mean, yes there’s no perfect app that can serve all our needs but there has to be a way so end-users are not left confused and even on-the-brink of uninstalling apps. The app industry profits so much from all the ads, in-app purchases, etc. but developers have to realize that end-users are not happy about constant bugs and user interface issues. By far, WhatsApp has helped my when I contact colleagues and clients online. Just like Skype, it’s a good alternative to Google hangouts and FB messenger.
Though there are lots of social media apps has arrived yet there is no alternative for whatsapp still now. Definitely there can’t be a better alternative than facebook
There’re a great number of messagers here but I vouch for What’s app.
Hey Admin,
I really appreciate your effort of sharing information with us. Your article never fails to add useful information to my knowledge. I am using both Whatsapp and Viber that are really amazing to contact with each other. Thanks for sharing with us alternative Whatsapp android apps.
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For me i like whatsapp epecially the tweaked versions like Fm whatsapp, Gb whatsapp
Also check out Campfire Chat. It’s a group chat app where you can discover mini-communities for your interests.
You can also create a community for any topic you like. It’s kind of like Slack or Discord but more geared towards discovering communities around the topics you like.
I am using Line App which is an alternative to WhatsApp. Also, it has many cool stickers which are really great.
Thanks for sharing this really awesome Article.
Nice list! I use WhatsApp daily, gonna try these apps as well!
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Hey Praveen, How you can forget about Snapchat?
It is the most used app by me.
I know, I introduced with 2 nice and amazing messaging app, Chat On and ebuddy.
But, I think Snapchat is better!
Either way, great job.
well, i am not using WhatsApp, in our area, there is only 2g network and WhatsApp consume lots of internets.
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Well in my opinion what’s app is the best chatting app and its an oldest one which showed us this way of chatting with friends I remember my old days where I was texting my friends using the text messages and the providers were charging for this . The best thing I like in what’s are we can call anyone voice or video we can send files etc
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Hey Praveen!
I’m going to uninstall WhatsApp because of its new privacy policy, and I have no idea about a suitable alternate for that. So I do search for that, luckily I found this page. Hope, chatOn works well for me and it is from Samsung, so I’ll go for that. Thank you!
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