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Features
	Bistri	forfone	Fring	Google+	KakaoTalk	Movicha	Nimbuzz	Skype	Viber

Website	http://bistri.com	http://www.forfone.com/	http://fring.com	http://plus.google.com	http://www.kakao.com/	http://www.movicha.com/	http://www.nimbuzz.com/	http://skype.com/	http://viber.com
Worldwide User					57 Millions		50 mil	560 mil	50 mil
Last update	2012-10-02 23:40:10	2013-01-28 17:25:56	2012-11-21 15:44:28	2013-05-13 22:40:20	2013-01-15 21:16:14	2012-05-25 15:33:46	2012-03-14 12:45:49	2013-03-10 18:00:35	2012-11-21 15:44:28
Like	0 Likes	1 Likes	0 Likes	3 Likes	0 Likes	0 Likes	0 Likes	2 Likes	0 Likes
IM Style Chat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Make phone calls	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes USD 0.048/min mobile 0.020 landline	Yes	Yes Via your own provider!
Caller ID		Yes	No		Yes			Yes
Free phone calls	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes 25 user limit	Yes
Make video calls	Yes	No	Yes	Yes 10 user limit		Yes	Yes	Yes Free: 2 users Premium: 10 users	No
SMS Delivery		Yes					No	Yes	Yes
MMS		Yes					No	No	Yes
Group Chat			Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes unlimited	Yes 300 user limit	Yes 15 user limit
Free international calls		- some countries, germany, spain, italy, UK, Switzerland					Yes paid	Yes Free calls to specific countries (local numbers) with subscription service	Yes
Group calls			Yes		Yes 3 to 5 friends can participate in a Group Call at the same time.			Yes
Payment methods		Yes in-App, paypal, credit card	Yes Paypal, Credit Card, CashU				Yes Visa, Mastercard	Yes Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Ukash, Skrill, Maestro, Paybycash,sofortbanking, one-off bank transfer, Diners, paysafe card, JCB	No Calling others through phone provider
Favorites		Yes			Yes You can register favorite friends so that you can easily locate them in Friends menu.		Yes	Yes	Yes
Phone Contact Integration		Yes					Yes	Yes	Yes
FB Contact Integration	Yes		No				Yes msn,yahoo,google talk,AIM,Myspace ICQ & Hyves	Yes	No
Other Contact Integration	Google, MSN, Yahoo		msn,yahoo,icq,aim,gtalk,sip(voip)				msn, yahoo,google talk ,AIM ,Myspace , ICQ, phone log sms & Hyves SIP/voip providers	Facebook, Email (outlook contacts), rediff, mail.ru, Yandex, Libero, Rambler, mail.com, 163.com, Wirtualna Polska, Daum,Interia, Indiatimes, 126.com, FastMail contacts
Status Setting	Yes						Yes	Yes	No
Invite Friends	Yes	Yes					Yes	Yes	Yes
Status feed	Yes						Yes	No	No
Custom Chat Area	Yes							No	No
File transfer	Yes	Yes						Yes
Photo based contact	Yes						Yes	Yes	No
History	Yes							Yes
Premium features		Yes photo and location sharing, landline dialing (forout)	Yes				Yes NimbuzzOut	-
Exporting and Importing Friends List					Yes
Languages		french, german, italian, spanish, russian, english		lot	English, Spanish, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Korean
Sharing Features
Share photo		Yes			Yes
Share video					Yes
Share contact					Yes
Share voice message					Yes
Ratings
Reliability	4.0 1 rating	5.0 1 rating	3.0 2 ratings	0 no rating	0 no rating	1.0 1 rating	5.0 1 rating	3.0 5 ratings	4.0 2 ratings
Operating System
Desktop Windows	Yes	No	No		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Mac OS	Yes	No			No	Yes		Yes
Android		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes crashes or hangs	Yes
iPhone/iPad		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blackberry OS		No	No		Yes	No	Yes		No only text, no calls
Symbian					No	Yes		No
Windows Mobile		- coming soon			No	Yes		Yes
Social Networks
Twitter		http://twitter.com/forfone	http://www.twitter.com/fring		http://twitter.com/kakaotalk		http://twitter.com/nimbuzz	http://twitter.com/Skype	http://twitter.com/viber
Website	http://bistri.com	http://www.forfone.com/	http://fring.com	http://plus.google.com	http://www.kakao.com/	http://www.movicha.com/	http://www.nimbuzz.com/	http://skype.com/	http://viber.com

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Posted 2013-05-08 06:48:55 by Marius Dumitru

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Posted 2013-05-02 23:22:23 by Kevin Duval

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Posted 2013-04-09 14:59:07 by ivana_v89

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Posted 2013-01-28 17:22:44 by Fabienne Ro

rated Google+: Clarté / facilité à prendre en main 5

Posted 2012-12-13 17:15:02 by CamilleOAC

Check out this report for detailed comparison of data usage of Skype and Viber phone apps: http://www.amazon.com/Skype-vs-Viber-alternatives-ebook/dp/B00AE75NHE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1354637796&sr=8-4&keywords=viber+skype

Posted 2012-12-04 17:31:07 by Raldo Kruger

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Posted 2012-10-18 15:54:51 by FatJoe

rated Bistri: Reliability 4

Posted 2012-10-02 23:41:42 by tony

rated Nimbuzz: Reliability 5

Posted 2012-08-23 04:59:14 by Mahanjit Konwar

rated Movicha: Reliability 1

Posted 2012-08-23 04:58:50 by Mahanjit Konwar

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Posted 2012-08-10 12:02:08 by Kenny Liu

rated Fring: Reliability 2

Posted 2012-08-06 11:45:58 by Fabienne Ro

rated Skype: Reliability 4

Posted 2012-08-06 11:45:32 by Fabienne Ro

rated Viber: Reliability 3

Posted 2012-08-06 11:45:21 by Fabienne Ro

rated forfone: Reliability 5

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Posted 2012-08-06 11:43:12 by Fabienne Ro

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Posted 2012-01-27 13:08:52 by Tchek

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Posted 2012-01-14 16:33:40 by flexjoly

rated Skype: Reliability 1

too much crashes and trouble with bluetooth headset

Posted 2012-01-09 23:28:56 by flexjoly

rated Skype: Reliability 1

Posted 2012-01-06 21:53:28 by Alaa Eddine

rated Viber: Reliability 5

Posted 2012-01-06 21:53:15 by Alaa Eddine

suggested on Viber to set Name to V

Posted 2011-10-21 09:07:49 by eric_leesp

rated Fring: Reliability 4

Posted 2011-10-13 17:59:42 by Seralo

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Posted 2011-09-13 09:01:42 by Seralo

rated Skype: Reliability 5

Posted 2011-09-13 08:58:46 by Seralo

rated Skype: Reliability 4

Posted 2011-09-08 22:26:05 by AV777

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Posted 2011-07-20 20:18:53 by A l'anis

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Posted 2011-07-19 21:07:59 by Vanina

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Posted 2011-07-19 07:40:11 by Thibaud Elzière

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voted for Skype (Like)
Posted 2013-05-08 06:48:55 by Marius Dumitru
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J'adore
Posted 2013-05-02 23:22:23 by Kevin Duval
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Posted 2013-04-09 14:59:07 by ivana_v89
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Posted 2013-01-28 17:22:44 by Fabienne Ro
rated Google+: Clarté / facilité à prendre en main 5
Posted 2012-12-13 17:15:02 by CamilleOAC
Check out this report for detailed comparison of data usage of Skype and Viber phone apps: http://www.amazon.com/Skype-vs-Viber-alternatives-ebook/dp/B00AE75NHE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1354637796&sr=8-4&keywords=viber+skype
Posted 2012-12-04 17:31:07 by Raldo Kruger
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Posted 2012-10-18 15:54:51 by FatJoe
rated Bistri: Reliability 4
Posted 2012-10-02 23:41:42 by tony
rated Nimbuzz: Reliability 5
Posted 2012-08-23 04:59:14 by Mahanjit Konwar
rated Movicha: Reliability 1
Posted 2012-08-23 04:58:50 by Mahanjit Konwar
voted for this Comparison (Like)
Posted 2012-08-10 12:02:08 by Kenny Liu
rated Fring: Reliability 2
Posted 2012-08-06 11:45:58 by Fabienne Ro
rated Skype: Reliability 4
Posted 2012-08-06 11:45:32 by Fabienne Ro
rated Viber: Reliability 3
Posted 2012-08-06 11:45:21 by Fabienne Ro
rated forfone: Reliability 5
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Posted 2012-08-06 11:43:12 by Fabienne Ro
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Posted 2012-01-27 13:08:52 by Tchek
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Posted 2012-01-14 16:33:40 by flexjoly
rated Skype: Reliability 1
too much crashes and trouble with bluetooth headset
Posted 2012-01-09 23:28:56 by flexjoly
rated Skype: Reliability 1
Posted 2012-01-06 21:53:28 by Alaa Eddine
rated Viber: Reliability 5
Posted 2012-01-06 21:53:15 by Alaa Eddine
suggested on Viber to set Name to V
Posted 2011-10-21 09:07:49 by eric_leesp
rated Fring: Reliability 4
Posted 2011-10-13 17:59:42 by Seralo
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Posted 2011-09-13 09:01:42 by Seralo
rated Skype: Reliability 5
Posted 2011-09-13 08:58:46 by Seralo
rated Skype: Reliability 4
Posted 2011-09-08 22:26:05 by AV777
voted for Google+ (Like)
Posted 2011-07-20 20:18:53 by A l'anis
voted for Google+ (Like)
Posted 2011-07-19 21:07:59 by Vanina
voted for Google+ (Like)
Posted 2011-07-19 07:40:11 by Thibaud Elzière

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