Discovering now that interpersonal and even professional communications are changing would not be new. We have more and more facilities to contact other people thanks to social networks accessible from our own iPhone. In this article we show you which are the most outstanding messaging apps in this sense and surely there will be some that you did not know and that, at least, are worth being valued for our communications. Some of them you can use even on Mac and Apple Watch.
Most popular messaging apps
The following applications are probably the least necessary to describe because they are the most popular. They were not strictly the first in this area, but they were the ones that over the years have managed to stay at the top of the App Store download rankings. All of them are completely free.
- Weight: 66.8 MB.
- Devices: iPhone.
- Compatibility: iOS 9 and later.
- Language: Spanish and 39 more.
- Description: The quintessential social messaging network. Despite its limitations compared to others, it is the most popular in the world. Virtually any contact you have can be contacted by this means, highlighting the possibility of making video calls or voice calls through the internet connection. For a few years now, it also has a tab called States in which you can share photos, videos and texts with your contacts.
Telegram
- Weight: 78 MB.
- Devices: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac.
- Compatibility: iOS 9 and later. watchOS 5 and later. OS X 10.11 and later.
- Language: Spanish and 14 more.
- Description: It is the great alternative to WhatsApp and in fact those who try it affirm that they do not want to use the previous one anymore. It is gaining more weight over the years thanks to functions such as privacy from other users, the possibility of scheduling messages or being able to better manage groups and broadcast channels. The fact of being able to use a username makes it much easier not to have to give our phone number to other people. Stickers and GIFs are tremendously popular in this app.
Facebook Messenger
- Weight: 32.1 MB.
- Devices: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
- Compatibility: iOS 9 and later. watchOS 4 and later.
- Language: Spanish and 26 more.
- Description: App attached to Facebook, it is ideal as a manager of private messages on this social network, although in a way it can be totally independent. It offers the possibility of serving as a native messaging manager, so we can unify all our messages in it. Allows you to make calls and video calls at no cost. The possibility of recording audio or video messages is also present in this app.
Alternatives in messaging apps
Although the previous apps are the most popular, some of these are the opposite. They are applications that perhaps have very good functionalities and in fact can surpass some like WhatsApp, but the truth is that they do not enjoy the same prestige and popularity. It must be recognized that we will not be able to use them with a large part of our contacts precisely because they are not very widespread, but you can always encourage your friends or colleagues or class to start using them.
Slack
- Weight: 147 MB.
- Devices: iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Compatibility: iOS 11.1 and later. OS X 10.10 and later.
- Language: Spanish and 5 more.
- Description: Every day that passes gains more followers for its tremendous features when it comes to managing work groups. Many companies and even schools use this application as the main means of communication. It allows you to create different meeting rooms where you can only contact connected users, send notices to an entire channel and even share documents with high security.
Signal
- Weight: 100.2 MB.
- Devices: iPhone and iPad.
- Compatibility: iOS 10 and later.
- Language: Spanish and 52 more.
- Description: One of the great candidates to enter fully into the world of messaging, eclipsing Telegram as an alternative to WhatsApp. It stands out for its great possibilities when it comes to sending and receiving confidential messages that are encrypted from end to end. It allows you to create groups and channels, as well as easily exchange text documents, images, videos or audio messages.
Line
- Weight: 242.5 MB.
- Devices: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac.
- Compatibility: iOS 11 and later. watchOS 6 and later. OS 10.10 and later.
- Language: Spanish and 16 more.
- Description: Application that, at least in Spain, lived its golden age around 2010. Currently it is still an application with a lot of potential when it comes to unifying messaging services and video calls, which are of very good quality and allow you to connect up to 200 people at the same time. Like WhatsApp, it has a TimeLine dedicated to publishing photos and videos that those contacts you choose will be able to see.
- Weight: 259.8 MB.
- Devices: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
- Compatibility: iOS 10.2 and later. watchOS 2 and later. OS X 10.10 and later.
- Language: Spanish and 17 more.
- Description: Despite its pretentious advertising campaigns, this app has not yet taken off as an alternative to traditional applications. It has outstanding features such as its chat groups of up to 500 members, the possibility of creating text, photo or video channels, as well as making high-quality audio and video calls. It allows creating and exchanging stickers easily, as well as being able to play with your friends in real time within a chat.
iMessage, the native and free between Apple teams
Among Apple users there is no need to carry out any type of installation to have a 100% free online messaging service. All this is carried out from the Messages app, which is capable of hosting the classic SMS with the rest of the contacts, while maintaining special functionalities between contacts on the block. You diferenciarás your contacts with iMessage to appear his name in blue when searching for sending messages and the back of these also that color. It allows you to instantly exchange videos with the famous Animojis , send animated messages with fun backgrounds or invisible ink, and play in real time . The main advantage is that you can use it on the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
Messaging services in apps
Little description is needed for this application, which has become the favorite social network for many people due to its powerful features when it comes to learning news in real time from around the world. However we do not want to highlight this part of the application, but we want to highlight its private messaging service. Perhaps it is not the most complete in the world and is more useful for sporadic messages or as a first contact before resorting to any other service. It is very simple and straightforward, allowing only the exchange of text, images and GIFs . The main advantage that can be highlighted is that the characters are not limited as if it occurs in tweets.
Like the previous one, this is another of the most used social networks on a daily basis by millions of people around the world. Your private messaging service is also not usually the main user to maintain communications, but it is more prepared to host conversations. It allows you to exchange text, images, videos and even audios . In the case of photos and videos, they can be sent in Instagram Stories format and cease to be visible to the interlocutor once they have seen it. Something very prominent in recent times is the fact of having a verifier for read messages, although it does not provide too much information.
