Best WhatsApp Alternative?

[Katrina]

WhatsApp is changing its privacy policy giving Facebook (that owns it) more data. I don't use WhatsApp often and mostly it's for text messages to a friend in the UK. If I changed to a different app, which one would be the best?

 

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Voxer maybe?

 

[Deleted member 50656]

Signal is really good - I believe it was started by the same engineers that originally worked on WhatsApp, and is much more privacy focused and secure. Its becoming quite widespread too.

I know people also quite like Telegram, though I've heard a few stories that it isn't all too secure

 

[Deleted member 29780]

I heard Signal is really good.. Just like @Cumulus mentioned! I'm switching to it now.

 

[Thomasss]

Signal is good! I've used it before but stopped a while back.

 

[Katrina]

Signal was mentioned yesterday on the news so I looked it up but wanted some opinions on it first before getting the app. I'm glad @Cumulus mentioned that the same developers worked on WhatsApp so that's reassuring.

 

[Allan]

I think I am the last one on Earth who only uses my phone to text and call, since I have no idea what this App did.

 

[Katrina]

I think I am the last one on Earth who only uses my phone to text and call, since I have no idea what this App did.

I only knew about it because I have a friend in the UK, otherwise I really don't use my phone too much to do things. Well, in the evenings now I search Pinterest for new crafts 😀

 

[Allan]

There are times I use google on my work phone to find a location or a phone.

 

[Brad P]

Telegram is an awesome alternative I feel. You can check it out here. https://telegram.org/

It's something I've used over the past year now.

 

[johnthan]

I tried telegram...
People talk about singal

 

[Katrina]

Telegram and Signal seem to be the top 2 replacements...is one better over the other and if so, why?

 

[CallMeSir]

Signal is a very good communication app! Wire is probably my second favorite.

 

[TopSilver]

I've heard of Telegram, I've never heard of Signal. I also have never used whatsup but I know a lot of people who have. To be honest I just use discord. Stopped using skype right around the time discord became popular though I was using skype for quite some time.

 

[gamestoenjoy]

Telegram.

 

[PatrikX]

Telegram, based on what i have seen, it's the app that don't know literally anything about you except your phone number lol

 

[Min George]

Telegram is the best alternative to WhatsApp. I actually believe that it has more advanced features than WhatsApp in almost everything. Just that WhatsApp has had more popularity.

 

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[ribbonsquee]

I have been using Wire. It's another E2EE messenger, and it works very well for me. Most of the "nice to have" features in Whatsapp are included on Wire, and it also has a desktop client.