I don’t need to explain more about whtsapp as it is largely getting used in all over the world. It is the application for social purpose using which user can chat or send messages to other whatsapp account with the help of the internet. Not only messages they can also share voice, music, images and videos. So it is complete package for sharing entertaining things. You don’t need to spend single penny for doing all these, but as it needs internet you have to activate internet plan on your mobile phone so that’s the only money spending section. Now it is quite popular in all over the world, but still it is not completely free. You have to pay money after certain time (depending on different mobile OS) when you complete your free time of using it. So it may possible that some user don’t want to pay for the same. Now in past we are not having more and good alternatives of this application. But today we are having few really good alternatives for this application that we can use for free with the same kind of features and may be with some extra features too in some of them. So let’s see what those alternatives are.

BBM: BBM, the full form of it is Black Berry Messenger. Just few days back Blackberry has released this free messenger application for Android and IOS devices. Before than this it was only limited for Blackberry devices. But now you can get it on Android and IOS for free. And as per news soon windows phone users can have it. BBM is not the new application as I mentioned that it was available since long but was only limited for blackberry devices. It has all those features with more security that you are having on whatsapp. You can send messages, videos, and pictures with your contacts in no time. You can also create groups just like you can do on whatsapp. Unlike whatsapp here you have to share your pin with your friend to add him or her in your contact list, after that only you can communicate with each other. There are other methods too for the inviting purpose. While on whatsapp if some person is in your contact list then you can directly have chat with them. So that’s the difference and whatsapp is having easy method of connecting. But with that BBM provide good security as no one can message or checkout your account without the pin and request. Unlike whatsapp you don’t have to pay for the service for now as I can’t say about future. As per news BBM get 10 million downloads on first day of launch which is really awesome. So it may possible that you found huge number of friends on BBM. Personally I have installed this application on my phone and it is really having nice feature and easy use. It can surely give hard competition to whatsapp. 

Line: Line is also good alternative of this application. It is free software and has same features of messaging and sharing files like pictures and videos. Even method of connecting is same, means you can chat with user s if they are in your contact list. But with line you are having one extra feature that you can free call to another line user over internet. So with messaging function you can also enjoy the calling function over the internet. If you are having fast internet then this feature works awesome and can be helpful when you are balance is low. He he. In starting Line app has advertised their app with stickers feature which is like sharing photos with emotions instead of text. They have given many inbuilt stickers which are entertaining stuff to share instead of only text messages. So this is also one of good alternatives which you can enjoy in free.

Wechat: Wechat is also good alternative option. It is having same features like free messaging with sharing different files like music, videos and photos. Plus they have introduced the feature of sharing voice instead of just texting. And because of that it has got good attraction in the starting. But now almost all such apps have the same feature. Connecting function is also same as whatsapp and it is free to use. So if you don’t want to pay then this can be good alternative too. 

Facebook messenger: I don’t think I need to tell you this name. Facebook is already too popular as social networking site in all over the world. Facebook has also provided messenger application separately for android and IOS just for messaging purpose. You can do chat and share different things with your facebook friends using this application. Just like whatsapp you can also create account using your phone number for easy use. So if you are already having more friends on facebook then it would be comfortable to contact with them using this application.

Chaton: If someone is don’t know about it then let me tell you that this application is from famous company Samsung. And it is available for both Android and IOS for free. I have personally haven’t used it so not know much about it, but yes concept is same as whatsapp. You can do all those chatting and file sharing stuff just like whatsapp. And as it is from big and known company you don’t need to worry about quality. So tryout yourself and decide if it can be alternative of whatsapp for you or not.

This is it. You have all 5 different alternatives for whatsapp. Honestly I still think that whatsapp is better choice and have more popularity too so that you can easily find more friends. And who knows with these much competition whatsapp company may have to make it free too. But still if you want alternatives of it for any reasons then above are the best. Personally I would like to recommend BBM as it is latest and may offer many good features. But one risk is that it is new so that you may see fewer friends in the starting. But I am sure it will be cover up soon enough as it is from famous company. Or you can try out line application, I am advising this because of free calling function on this application. So choose the best one you like.