Telegram vs WhatsApp: which is the best chat app?

The most used messaging application in the world is WhatsApp, practically indispensable for any owner of a modern smartphone.
Even with all this notoriety and even if WhatsApp is and is destined to remain the universal messaging app, more and more people prefer Telegram, the best among applications like Whatsapp, which includes many more functions, fewer limitations and a greater flexibility of use.
Although, in general, whenever a service becomes famous, there are always those who complain and those who say that there is something better, in this case those who say that Telegram is better than WhatsApp does it for several reasons which we are now going to examine.
But we will also see in which points WhatsApp still remains a better app than the competition, including Telegram.

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1) WhatsApp

Below we have collected what we believe are the parameters by which to judge WhatsApp and that we must take into consideration to define it better than Telegram (or at least on the same level).

– Diffusion: WhatsApp is preferable to Telegram and any other chat application due to the fact that everyone really uses it, so from the point of view of diffusion it is definitely the best app. If, therefore, you know a new person and exchange the phone number, 99% will be able to contact this person on WhatsApp, while it is not said that this person has Telegram.

– Video calls: another reason to prefer WhatsApp over Telegram is that while both apps allow you to make calls, only Whatsapp allows you to make video calls.
Telegram still has the function of videomessaggi, by touching the audio message icon and then again on the camera that appears, without time limits.

– States: with WhatsApp, moreover, you can share the status using a photo or video or the classic textual status.

– Sticker: to follow the advantages of Telegram, stickers to be inserted in the chat have been integrated in the latest versions, so as to make communication even more beautiful.

– WhatsApp Web: by associating the phone via QR code we will be able to follow our chats also from the PC, but we will always have to have the phone connected and switched on (it does not work if the phone is not connected and WhatsApp is not active).

– GIF: also from Telegram, the possibility of searching and inserting GIF images (i.e. short moving images) within the chats has been integrated.

– Safety: from some version WhatsApp provides end-to-end encryption, that is the unique encryption between our app and that of our interlocutor. This should ensure good security against interception of calls, video calls and chats, but since Facebook is behind this “security” it must be taken with a grain of salt.

– Tricks: among the various tricks of WhatsApp it is also possible to write in bold, italic and underlined, to create a formatting of messages.

2) Telegram

Below we have collected all the (numerous) advantages of Telegram, those that make it much more than an alternative to WhatsApp.

– Security and Privacy: In Telegram there is a different system for the security of conversations, with a secret chat mode in which all messages are encrypted and impossible to intercept or read in the clear unless you are the recipient. The nice thing about Telegram is that in the secret chat you can also send messages and photos that are automatically deleted once viewed and you can also send images, messages and videos with self-destruct mode after viewing (with a timer of your choice) and if the recipient wanted to save them with a screenshot, a notification will arrive to the sender.
In Telegram it is also possible to set a login password to open the application. Another important feature of Telegram to better protect privacy is that in Telegram our phone number is not shared with anyone and that you can also chat from a phone without a SIM card. In Telegram, users register with their number and also with a username that can also be anonymous.

– Groups: In Whatsapp it is possible to create a group chat with up to 256 people; in Telegram the group can reach 10,000 members. Definitely the best way to chat in ever larger communities, which talk about the same topic or united by a common ideal.

– Channels: in Telegram it is possible to create channels to send a message to several people (unlike the group, these people cannot communicate with each other in the channel), but this time without limits (we can also send the message to more than 10,000 people).
Thanks to this function it is possible to subscribe to information channels such as the Navigaweb channel, to follow the latest updates of this site.

– Bot Telegram: in Telegram you can chat with a bot, that is a virtual contact that automatically answers a certain type of question or to receive services that would normally require a dedicated app.
For example, you can find Bots to find out the weather forecast, to search for videos on YouTube directly from Telegram, to follow the shipment of Amazon or any other courier, to search for images, stickers, GIFs and much more. A Bot can also be added to a group so that all participants can contact it if necessary. Really one of the strengths of Telegram!

– Telegram per PC: Telegram can be used, as well as from the smartphone, also as a program for Windows PC, Linux and Mac, or as a website if you do not want to install anything. Telegram via web works much better than Whatsapp web and can be used even with the smartphone turned off or not connected to the internet, being managed through the account registered by us. A really nice solution!

– Sending files: while WhatsApp only allows you to send images, videos and PDFs with a maximum size of 16MB, Telegram allows users to transfer PDF files, Word files, spreadsheets, Photoshop files and any other type of file. The even better thing about Telegram is that you can also share very large files, up to 1.5 GB, with friends or even in groups.
You can also use Telegram as a cloud storage of unlimited files.

– Personal warehouse of files and information: with Telegram we will have a “personal” contact called Saved messages, which works as a sort of “warehouse”: we can save notes, images, videos, links and so on inside, so that they can be reused from Telegram on a PC or any other device.
By sending us the files ourselves, we will thus be able to avoid having to connect a cable each time or use one of the file sharing services, relying solely on Telegram to quickly pass everything we need between smartphone and PC (and vice versa).

– User identification without number: if you do not want to share the phone number to chat with someone in Telegram, you can choose a username to communicate to this person to be added to the contacts. Each Telegram user can also be recognized with a typical link https://telegram.me/pomhey which absolutely does not show the phone number or any other personal information (it can also be anonymous.) With WhatsApp instead you have no possibility to chat with someone without hiding the phone number. So Telegram can also chat from a phone without a SIM card.

– Telegram has the best quality and encrypted calls even if on WhatsApp the audio calls work very well (let’s say that on this feature we are in balance).

– With Telegram you can delete the account: if you lose your phone or if it is stolen, to recover the WhatsApp account you need to deactivate the lost SIM and reconnect to Whatsapp from the new phone. If, on the other hand, you use Telegram, one minute after realizing that your mobile phone has been lost or stolen, you can open the Telegram site from your computer and delete the association with our devices or better yet delete the account by deleting any chat or conversation, without risking that whoever has our phone could spy on something.

– Yes they can transfer Whatsapp chats to Telegram in a very simple way, while it is not possible to do the opposite.

3) Conclusion

WhatsApp has now reached that level of popularity that it has become a standard used by everyone, practically unassailable.
Those who subscribe to WhatsApp will automatically find all friends and relatives immediately ready to receive and respond to messages.
For this reason it is absolutely wrong to recommend replacing WhatsApp with Telegram, but it is right instead recommend using both.
WhatsApp is great for communicating with family or work colleagues, but Telegram is perfect for private communications, to create groups of friends with whom to exchange files, videos, photos, GIFs, to create conversations that require maximum privacy, for to have a news channel and to play and to have a shared warehouse

Those who use Telegram can join the Navigaweb channel to follow the news directly from the chat.

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