Link | Google Hangouts | LINE | Skype | Telegram | Viber | Facebook messenger | BlackBerry Messenger | Kik Messenger | Kakao Talk | Hike | snapchat | |||
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Website | google.com/... | line.me | skype.com | telegram.org | viber.com | whatsapp.com | wechat.com/en/ | wechat.com/... | messenger.com | bbm.com | kik.com | kakao.com | hike.in | snapchat.com |
Worldwide User | 500 milion | 400 million | 560 million | 100 million | 600 million | 800 million | 1.1 Bil. | 438 million (Aug 2014) | 900 million | 115 mil registered, 85 mil active users | 100 million | 80 Mil. | 15 million | |
Main Function | Option to use a PIN to open the app. | Secret chat. Option to use a PIN to open the app. Add contacts by username, without giving your phone number. | to send text, stickers and emoticons, photos, voice and video messages for free to other Viber users. | to send a message to your contacts in without any charges alternative way from contact people by using phone messaging | WeChat provides users with free mobile instant messaging, video and voice calls, group chat, and multimedia messaging | private and group messaging/chat, voice, video, SMS and MMS messaging, | ||||||||
Features | ||||||||||||||
IM Style Chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Group Chat | Yes 150 people | Yes 50 | Yes 300 people | Yes max 5000 users | Yes max 15 users | Yes max 100 users | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes up to 50 per group | ||||
Make video calls | Yes up to 10 people | Yes | Yes up to 25 people | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes BlackBerry only, coming to iOS, Android, Windows Phone soon | ||||
Group calls | Yes 10 users | Yes max 8 users | Yes up to 25 people | No | No | No | Yes Live Chat | Yes | ||||||
SMS Delivery | Yes on Android | Yes | Yes Paid feature ($ varies per country) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||
MMS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||||||
Make phone calls | Yes | Yes Free | Yes Based on subscription plans | No | Yes Based on subscription plans | Yes 0.99 USD/year | Yes | Yes | Yes In-app voice call over mobile data or wifi | |||||
Free phone calls | Yes between US, Canada, Puerto Rico | Yes | Yes 25 user limit | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes In-app voice call over mobile data or wifi | |||||
Caller ID | No | Yes | Yes Paid feature | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Payment methods | Yes free | Yes Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Ukash, Skrill, Maestro, Paybycash,sofortbanking, one-off bank transfer, Diners, paysafe card, JCB | Yes free | No Calling others through phone provider | Yes free | Yes free | ||||||||
Phone Contact Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Google Contacts integration | Yes | |||||||||||||
FB Contact Integration | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |||||||
Custom Chat Area | Yes Background | Yes Background/ Font/ Sound | No | Yes Background/ Font/ Sound | Yes Background/ Font/ Sound | Yes Background/ Font/ Sound | Yes Background/ Font/ Sound | Yes | Yes Wallpaper | Yes Background/ Font/ Sound | ||||
File transfer | No | Yes | Yes | - only some file formats | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Photo based contact | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Sharing Features | ||||||||||||||
Share photo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Share video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes 16MB | ||||||
Share voice message | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
Registration | ||||||||||||||
Without phone number | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Email + Password | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |||||||
No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
Share account on multiple devices | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||||
Platforms | ||||||||||||||
Linux | Yes with web browser | No | - outdated version | Yes Ubuntu, Fedora | No | No | No | |||||||
Android | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
IOS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
macOS | Yes with web browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Mac/OSX | Yes | Yes via Web browser | No | No | |||||
Windows | Yes with web browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Desktop, Win 10, Win Phone 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes via Web browser | ||||||
Blackberry OS | No | Yes | Yes | No | - text only | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |