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GroupMe alternatives

  • WhatsApp Messenger

  • WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends.

    tags: built-in-file-transfer chat-clients contacts-integration encrypted-chat end-to-end-encryption
  • Riot.im

  • Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging, filesharing, voice and video conferencing (beta on Android and web), integrations to tools like GitHub, Jira, Jenkins and much more soon. Vector is built on the Matrix.org open standard which provides bridges to other systems such as Slack, IRC and a lot more soon. One can use the hosted service or run their own. »

    tags: built-in-file-transfer chat-rooms decentralized encrypted-chat end-to-end-encryption
  • Facebook Messenger

  • Facebook Messenger is a faster way to message. Reach friends right on their phones, get and send messages fast, message everyone at once and more.

    tags: chat-clients facebook-client facebook-messaging group-chat smartphone-messaging
  • Franz

  • Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more. You can download Franz for Mac, Windows & Linux.

    tags: facebook-messaging gitter-integration gmail-integration google-talk hipchat-client
  • Zulip

  • Zulip is a group chat app.

    tags: chat-servers github-integration group-chat group-collaboration integrated-file-sharing
  • BlackBerry Messenger

  • BlackBerry Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for Blackberry, iOS, Android and Windows Phone. BBM has unique features to protect your privacy and keep you in control:• Retract – The ability to take back messages and photos, even after you’ve sent them. Retract before they’ve been ‘R’ (Read) and they’ll never know!• Timer – The ability to set a timer so that a message or photo can only be viewed for a set amount of time before it disappears.• Private Chat – A special chat mode that disappears without a trace when you’re finished.• The BBM PIN – A way to share your contact information, without sharing your phone number or email address. This keeps you in control of who can send you messages at all times. Once blocked, they have no way of contacting you. »

    tags: group-chat instant-messaging messenger multi-language secure-chat
  • Bleep

  • Private instant messaging via secure, distributed technology.

    tags: free-calls phone-calls self-destructing-messages smartphone-messaging voice-call