Kik is way more than just messaging. It’s the easiest way to connect with your friends, stay in the loop, and explore – all through chat. No phone numbers, just pick a username.
United States
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Spotbros Alternatives
Spotbros is described as 'App where you can discover and share all types of content through public chat groups (Spots) or with your friends through private chats' and is a instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Spotbros for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows and Android Tablet apps. The best Spotbros alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Spotbros are Telegram, WhatsApp, Wire and Zulip.
Alternatives list
- 92 Kik alternatives
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- F-Droid
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160 Tinode alternativesFully open source instant messaging server and clients. No proprietary components or non-free dependencies. Backend in pure Go (GPL 3.0), with a command-line administration tool in python + gRPC. Clients for Android, iPhone, and Web - ReactJS (all licensed under Apache 2.0).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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One app for all your messaging.
WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts, Gmail, Slack, Facebook, Facebook Pages, Instagram, Twitter, Outlook, SnapMap, WeChat, LinkedIn, HipChat, and ChatWork.
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42 GroupMe alternativesGroup messaging platform owned by Microsoft. It's absolutely free, whether you're talking to a group of friends, or texting with one person. Best of all, it works on nearly every phone, via push or SMS. With GroupMe, it's easy to reach anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Android Wear
+7
51 Talkatone alternativesTalkatone gives you free calls, text messages, real-time location sharing and picture sharing to Facebook and Google friends, or any phone number in US.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Line2 is a VoIP phone service that lets you call & text from a separate phone number via WiFi or 3G/4G/LTE. At a small premium, Text & call ANYONE in the US/Canada, forwarding & more. Pick any phone number.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Kindle Fire
+2
textPlus is the best way to send unlimited text messages from your android, iPhone, iPod, kindle, and windows devices with your textPlus phone number free and calling for just pennies.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
+5
Instantbird is an instant messaging client based on Mozilla XULRunner and the open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin . Over 250 add-ons allow user customization of, and addition of, features.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
+6
+1
23 Text Me! alternativesTextMe is an easy to use messaging application that allows you to send unlimited text, voice, pics, video messages to any mobile phone number in United States, Canada, Mexico, China and more than 40 countries in the World for FREE.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Android Wear
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Phoner provides business owner, sales people, lawyers, doctors, police officers and others with a second phone number to protect their identity and also gives the convenience of multiple phone numbers on one device.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
+7
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