{"id":154337,"date":"2021-01-14T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T06:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/which-is-the-best-chat-app\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T06:40:32","slug":"which-is-the-best-chat-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/which-is-the-best-chat-app\/","title":{"rendered":"#Which Is the Best Chat App?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2c3a045e58c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2c3a045e58c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/which-is-the-best-chat-app\/#What_Signal_and_Telegram_Have_in_Common\" >What Signal and Telegram Have in Common<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/which-is-the-best-chat-app\/#Signal_Has_Better_Privacy_Features_Than_Telegram\" >Signal Has Better Privacy Features Than Telegram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/which-is-the-best-chat-app\/#Telegram_Has_Some_Niceties_Signal_Doesnt_Offer\" >Telegram Has Some Niceties Signal Doesn\u2019t Offer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/which-is-the-best-chat-app\/#Signal_vs_Telegram_Which_Should_You_Use\" >Signal vs. Telegram: Which Should You Use?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#Which Is the Best Chat <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_709083\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-709083 size-full\" alt=\"Signal and Telegram app icons.\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/smartphone-signal-telegram-icons-app-on-1346905994\" data-credittext=\"Primakov\/Shutterstock.com\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/smartphone-signal-telegram-icons-app-on-1346905994\">Primakov\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the start of 2021, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/\">Signal<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/\">Telegram<\/a> are on top of the app store charts. Both chat apps promise more privacy than <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a>, Facebook Messenger, and SMS. But there are some big differences between the two. Here\u2019s what you should know\u2014and which you should use.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Signal_and_Telegram_Have_in_Common\"><\/span>What Signal and Telegram Have in Common<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Signal and Telegram both advertise themselves as private and secure. Neither is owned by a big tech company. Signal is owned by a non-profit organization, while Telegram is owned by a for-profit company.<\/p>\n<p>Both Signal and Telegram are chat apps with all the standard features, from stickers to photo and file transfers to voice and video calls.<\/p>\n<p>Signal and Telegram both offer apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android. Each is free, and a phone number is all you need to sign up for either. Both offer optional desktop apps so that you can chat on a Windows PC, Mac, or Linux system, giving you the option to chat on your computer with its full keyboard.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Signal_Has_Better_Privacy_Features_Than_Telegram\"><\/span>Signal Has Better Privacy Features Than Telegram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_708951\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-708951 size-full\" alt=\"Signal apps showing the conversation list and conversation.\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/en\/\" data-credittext=\"Signal\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/en\/\">Signal<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/\">Signal<\/a> is built from the ground up for privacy, and it shows. All conversations and other communications on Signal are end-to-end encrypted between devices running Signal. The company in charge of Signal, the Signal Foundation, couldn\u2019t even see your messages if it wanted to.<\/p>\n<p>Telegram offers optional end-to-end encryption. You have to start a \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/faq#q-how-are-secret-chats-different\">Secret Chat<\/a>.\u201d In Signal, everything is a secret chat\u2014by default, and always. All Telegram messages are encrypted between you and the Telegram server, but the company in charge of Telegram could technically view your messages on its server if it liked\u2014unless you start a \u201cSecret Chat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, in Telegram, you can\u2019t have a group \u201cSecret Chat.\u201d You can only get end-to-end encryption in conversations between two people. Unlike Telegram, Signal offers encrypted group chats.<\/p>\n<p>All your Signal conversations are stored only on your device by default. In Telegram, they\u2019re stored on Telegram\u2019s servers and can be synchronized between your devices. (You can still use Signal between multiple devices and synchronize messages from one device to another. But you can\u2019t just log into Signal on the web and find all your conversations right there.)<\/p>\n<p>Signal is completely open-source\u2014both the code for the Signal clients and the code for the Signal server can be found on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/signalapp\">GitHub<\/a>. The code for Telegram\u2019s apps is open-source, but Telegram\u2019s server software is not open-source.<\/p>\n<p>Some security researchers have argued that Signal\u2019s encryption protocol is better and more bulletproof than Telegram\u2019s MTProto encryption protocol, although this is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto.stackexchange.com\/questions\/31418\/signal-vs-telegram-in-terms-of-protocols\">a complicated and disputed topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Signal app is developed by the Signal Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by donations. Telegram is run by a for-profit corporation and has wrestled with a variety of plans to make money, including <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/5\/12\/21256407\/telegram-cryptocurrency-shutdown-sec-gram\">an ill-fated cryptocurrency offering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Signal also has other built-in features around privacy, including the ability to automatically blur faces in the photos you send.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is Signal, and Why Is Everyone Using It?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Telegram_Has_Some_Niceties_Signal_Doesnt_Offer\"><\/span>Telegram Has Some Niceties Signal Doesn\u2019t Offer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_709084\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-709084 size-full\" alt=\"The Telegram app on an iPhone.\" width=\"650\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/\" data-credittext=\"Telegram\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Signal has the clear advantage when it comes to privacy, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/\">Telegram<\/a> offers a variety of convenience features that Signal doesn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<p>In Telegram, you can have up to 200,000 in a group chat. In Signal, you can only have up to 1000 people. In Telegram, you can transfer files up to 2 GB in size. In Signal, you can only transfer files up to 100 MB in size.<\/p>\n<p>Telegram offers cloud message synchronization\u2014you can even sign into <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.telegram.org\/\">Telegram on the web<\/a> and continue your conversations. That\u2019s a tradeoff\u2014unlike in Signal, where your conversations are all stored locally on your devices, the conversations are all stored on Telegram\u2019s servers. (Unless you start a \u201cSecret Chat.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Telegram lets you add <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/core.telegram.org\/bots\">bots<\/a> to conversations, but this means that conversations you add bots to have less private encryption. Signal doesn\u2019t have bots that can interact with conversations, ensuring privacy\u2014but not giving you the option to use bots.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Telegram app also has a shinier interface, with more available sticker packs, animated stickers, and customizable background images for your conversations. As of January 11, 2021, Signal is\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/signalapp\/status\/1348785240819466242\">working on adding<\/a> many of these features.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Signal_vs_Telegram_Which_Should_You_Use\"><\/span>Signal vs. Telegram: Which Should You Use?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-709085 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/signal-and-telegram-on-app-store-charts.png\" alt=\"Signal and Telegram on top of the Apple App Store's free app charts.\" width=\"650\" height=\"416\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re serious about maximum privacy for your communications, you should pick Signal. It\u2019s built from the ground up to be as private as possible by default. It\u2019s clear why (as of early January 2021) Signal is beating Telegram on the App Store charts.<\/p>\n<p>If some of Telegram\u2019s features appeal to you\u2014for example, if you want bots, very large group chats, or transfers of larger files, that\u2019s a good argument for using Telegram. Maybe you\u2019re fine with storing all your conversations on a cloud server for conveninence, but you just want to get away from Facebook\u2014that\u2019s a good argument for using Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, which service you end up using depends on which service your friends, family, coworkers, and other people you want to talk to use. You might even end up using both to talk to different people. Feel free to give both a try.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, either Signal or Telegram beats WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger when it comes to privacy. Neither app is linked to Facebook, as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are. Both Signal and WhatsApp are much more secure than SMS, which allows your cellular carrier to see every message you send.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Of course, both Signal and Telegram are changing over time and gaining new features. It\u2019s worth doing your own research and playing with them to see which you prefer.<\/p>\n<p>For privacy-focused users, the big difference is that everything is always end-to-end encrypted in Signal, whereas Telegram offers end-to-end encryption as an optional feature that you have to go out of your way to use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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