Messaging comes off age with technology. The unrivalled sense of utility and evolutionary sciences make it faster, better and more useful than ever. Call it a smart barter of words or a way of connecting with people on-the-go – these modern chat utilities nail it completely with the evolved dynamics of mobility and communication.
Have I made it tough? Yeah?!
Okay! So far so good, the Messenger apps have let their freak flags fly. If you have been out of touch with your internet wrap for some time now, you definitely have missed on some action.
Have a look at what we have in stores for you, reviewing some of the most famous Mes-apps of the time. Here’s your buy out:
Facebook Messenger
Rating: 3.5/5 (Good)
Zuckerberg’s baby!
Facebook is no less than a Mecca to digital communication. So is the Facebook messenger, at least to the people who are busy all day connecting with their Facebook friends through texting. Have I just said Facebook friends only? All the people in your phonebook and your friends who have the messenger on their phone are part of the pack. Now cheese!
Features
- Groups can be created and named and also set photos for
- You can also shoot videos and take selfies from the app itself and send them to people in your list
- Use other apps while keeping your conversation on within the app
- Free call facilities allow you to talk to anyone anywhere just using the internet
- Make use of stickers to make your conversation look alive
- Visit your phone’s gallery from the app itself and send it to people in your list while messaging
- Record voice message with a single tap
User Experience
People complain of this app taking up too much space. However, most users are quite happy with the performance and features. Should try out yourself to see whether it suits you or not. It is easy to install and use. And the best part, it allows you to see whoever is online on Facebook! True that!
Rating: 4.5/5 (Excellent)
Your new way of saying What’s Up!
Crazy Followership! Facebook bought it at whooping $19 Billion in 2014. The cross-platform mobile messaging app swept off traditional SMSing and became a pacesetter in the domain within a year of its launch in January 2010. Text messages, images, video, documents, user location and audio messages. It has covered it all and with real style!
Features
- WhatsApp allows you free calling besides offering you immersive chat options
- Communicate with multiple users by forming groups and sending broadcasts
- Manage your chats – Mute, delete, archive copy-paste, forward and email them
- With WhatsApp web quickly send and receive messages right from your computer
- Not many of them know, but it allows you to take backup of your data to Google Drive
- Among the latest features, you can star (select) important messages to find/check them later
- Don’t like something to be there; you can block, clear and report spam and it is gone
- Privacy settings on WhatsApp make sure you get all the privacy you need
- See link previews and react to a certain message in your chat
User Experience
WhatsApp can be best described as one of the most downloaded and most used messaging apps of all time. With more than 28 million 5-star ratings on Google Play, this app is certainly one app you can bank upon for anything messaging. Available all for free, the app offers you most features compared to any other app in this category. For most of them – the first app as they wake up in the morning! Enough said!!
Line
Rating: 4/5 (Very Good)
Lifeline for most Asians!
There are more than 600 million users of Line globally. It is one application that is loaded with features. A lot of them! You can take it as a great means of having a voice call on the move. Cheap and best – to sum it up better!
Features
- Line offers you free video and voice calls on your PC or Smartphone to connect with users worldwide
- The unique chat search feature allows you to keep a track of all conversations
- Instant messaging anywhere with a single tap – go for a full size show using stickers or by sending pictures and videos.
- Group chat allows you to share information with people of common interest
- Social networking service lets you post your daily activities on your timeline or comment on your friend’s post
- Connect with various lifestyle and entertainment apps to add to your usefulness
User Experience
This app allows you to connect to anybody in the world (who of course uses this app), all for free. Overall, users are happy with this app though few people complain about Emojis and Stickers not showing up all the time. Some people also complained that the app did not open after installing the same. To best conclude, Line is offering you a lot of features at absolutely no charge and is one of the best messenger apps available online.
Rating: 3/5 (Average)
Chinese are mad about it!
WeChat can be used for everything that can be done sending a message, hence the popularity. It has all the prominent features we look for in a messenger. WeChat pitches in perfectly, allowing you to connect with family and friends all across the world sending texts, sharing photos and videos for free. And they say it will always be free. Just can’t get better!
Features
- Free high-quality voice and video calls facility, group chat, multimedia messaging, sticker gallery and lot more come with WeChat
- The only TRUSTe certified messaging app to allow you better privacy
- Create group chat with as many as 500 people
- Share your rare moments on your personal photo stream
- Make new friends with exciting features like Friend Radar, People Nearby and Shake
- Supports 20 languages and offers translation services
- Available for free – no annual subscription fee
User Experience
Most of the users surveyed are quite satisfied with the service. A few of them, however, reported log-in issues while some of them said that it took a lot of space. So, it’s a mix of both as per the user experience. But looking at the larger picture, you will find it doing it well!
Tango
Rating: 4/5 (Very good)
Geekiest of them all!
Tango is an award winning messenger app allowing you to make free calls to Canada and the USA along with other 80 countries across the world. The app has recently gone through a tough revamp and seen lot of new changes, including feeds hosting for news channels. The new Tango allows you to chat seamlessly with millions of people with iPhone and Android and saves you all your Smackers being a zero obligation app!
Features
- Allows free video calls with Wi-Fi over Android or iPhone and tablets
- Free texting and voice calls worldwide and group chat with up to 300 friends
- Automatically find your friends based on your contact list
- Share updates with friends on Twitter and Facebook and post day-to-day activities to your Newsfeed
- Browse through different channels and mid-call mini-games for entertainment
User Experience
It is one of the best messenger apps available in the market as said by most users. No features overkill! 3G and 4G network or high-speed Wi-Fi is what required for this app to work the best. A big piece of the pie without a doubt!