10 BEST MOBILE APP ALTERNATIVES TO SMS

Text messaging also known as SMS is somewhat fashion of old days. Not only these SMS charges you a considerable rate, but also became an old form of messaging. Internet service provider’s charges you the high cost of SMS, for example, you want to send 100 SMS in a day, without SMS pack it will charge you around Rs 100. Pretty lame, isn’t it? In this new era of online socializing, we need to message a lot of our friends and relatives. And for a huge texting obviously we can't rely on SMS alone, after all you have to worry about your phone bill too. If you are fed up of high SMS charges and want to text whole day in the cost of a single SMS or less you have come to the right place. Here we are posting 10 best mobile applications which are very good alternatives to your SMS.

These mobile applications are another form of online text messaging, but instead of opening a browser you just need to open the application on your phone and send the text right away. These mobile applications use your internet data which is nearly negligible. Say if you have 100 MB of data, you can send at least 1 million SMS in such small amount of data. I don't think anything would be cheaper than this, as well as it invites you to involving in a new way of texting. So now it’s time to say goodbye to SMS and send huge texts in cost of one.

1. WHAT'S APP

On our list WhatsApp is the best application we have found. This application uses the same internet data that you use for emails and browsing etc. The sender and the receiver must have WhatsApp installed on their phone and they can exchange messages without paying for SMS. In addition WhatsApp allows you to create friends, groups and send multimedia files too. 
Moreover, it has amazing chat option which helps you text like a chat rather than opening SMS again and again.

It’s recommended to have an unlimited data plan in your phone to send multimedia messages.

Platform Supported: iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia S40, Symbian, Android, Windows phone

2. NIMBUZZ

Nimbuzz is one of my personal favorites and according to me this is must use software for your phone. It not only supports a huge variety of platforms, but it’s also loaded with lists of amazing features. Nimbuzz works fast as blaze and uses a very tiny part of your phone memory as it is too light for the Phones. Nimbuzz uses the internet data of your phone and operates in the background too, if you want it to.

Features:

- Stay online and chat with friends on social networks like Facebook, MSN, yahoo, Gmail.
- Get twitter updates right onto your phone.
- Sent multimedia files like images and audio.
- Messaging to another friend having Nimbuzz installed.
- Free voice calls to another Nimbuzz friend.
- Chat options with loads of chat rooms online.
- Very, very attractive user interface, light to use and various platforms supported.

Note: It supports windows and Mac OS too, so you can have messaging to and from a computer too.

Platform supported: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Nokia, Java phones
3. ROCKETALK

Rocktalk is a whole new social networking experience for you within your mobile application. Not only you can connect to your friends on Rocketalk but also you can search and find other peoples on Rocketalk. From status updating to instant messaging and file sharing, it is loaded with every feature which we find in a good social networking. Clearly, it is a very nice replacement for SMS as you can text your friend having Rocketalk on their phone.

Features:

- Meet new people as chat rooms are available within application.
- Share files such as video, voice and images.
- Online competitions and prizes and unlimited browsing to Rocketalk galleries.

Platform Supported: iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia Phones.



4. VIBER

On the list next is Viber which has been playing the role of alternative of SMS for a while. The app has an attractive user interface and the features are almost same as the applications above. The application lets you to call and text to your friend with Viber installed on their phone. User can purchase VoIP credits to call on other phones to make a normal call.

Features:

- Text and Photo sharing based on the user's location.
- User can create groups and send the message to 15 friends at a time.
- Special smart notification intelligence feature which lets application to show only necessary notifications creating fewer disturbances.

Platform Supported: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Nokia.



5. IMessage

The application is restricted for Apple based platforms only though is one of the best alternatives to SMS. As usual application uses Internet data of the phone, whether it’s a Wi-Fi or a 3G connection. The app is capable to share videos, pictures and links in messages. The text appears as chat thus it’s very easy to use the application for a longer conversation.

Features:

- Image, video and link sharing to the friend with IMessage installed of their iPhone or iPad.
- Saves messages when you are offline as well as switching chat option.
- Attractive chat interface with Apple's regular Blue and green chat message boxes.

Platform Supported: iPhone, iPad and Mac OS.



6. WAY2SMS

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Way2sms is another very simple app which is open source and obviously available free for phones. The applications have not much features as other apps in this category but it is a very good replacement for sms. The application is very popular within India and is recommended to use if you are residing in India. As the application is light, it performs fast and very simple to learn. Application uses internet data and saves your sms charges efficiently. The user can send up to 100 messages a day using the app as well as for failed sms sending the application sends SMS status feedback.

Features:

- Built in SMS library with thousands of messages to choose from.
- Light and fast as well as very simple to use.
- Options to create groups and sms chat within application.

Platform Supported: Android, Nokia.



7. FRING

The application is having many high level features and proves to be a very good application that are having good bandwidth on their phone. Features like Group video chat, Video chat, and live texting (chat), Fring to Fring call makes it pretty usable application. The application works well on smart phones, doesn't work that smoothly on cheap phones. User needs to sign up on Fring to start connecting with friends on Fring to their phone.

Platform Supported: iPhone, Android & Nokia smart phones.



8. BLACKBERRY MESSENGER

As the name suggests, the application is strictly for blackberry phones. Blackberry Messenger (BBM) has a some very nice features such as sharing, chat and synchronize. The application has its own contact list and can be connected to any of your friends with Blackberry Messenger with them. BBM provides facility to call over BBM if you have enough data for it. There are some more applications like Wikitude, Score Mobile, and Jingo Friends, etc. To which BBM Connects and thus became a cross platform application now.

Recently official Facebook and Twitter apps are connected to BBM thus users can now share Facebook status update, tweet, songs or apps directly to contacts through BBM.

Note: You don't need to download BBM as it is Preinstalled in Blackberry phones.

Platform Supported: Blackberry

9. VOXOX

VOXOX is another amazing application for texting as supports calling, texting, chat, Facebook and much more. The application provides many unique features such as sending a busy tone the user and ringing multiple devices simultaneously or in sequence. The IM feature is amazing as it supports popular social networks as Google talk, AIM, Yahoo, Facebook and more. The user can update their status right from the app as well as connect and chat with Facebook friends.

The best thing about VOXOX is its VOXOX to VOXOX voice and video calling feature which are totally free and uses your internet data. The application also provides inbound calls and voice mails.

Platform Supported: iPhone, Windows & Mac OS

10. PINCH

Last but not the least Pinch, is another application on the same list to replace the SMS text messages. Supporting a variety of platform Pinch provides a load of features. The application provides facility to search friends in a lot of ways like Name, Email ID, Barcode, Friend list and via Facebook and Twitter.

Features:

 
- Group messaging.
- Real time message notifications wit message storing facility.
- Find friends near to your location as it shares your location if you want it to.
- Free SMS to the contacts by phone.

Platform Supported: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Nokia, Java phones, Mobile Browsers