Top best free texting and calling app

Zalo, Viber, Skype ... those are mobile chat applications that are being rated as the best today. But which is the best free chat app? What advantages does it have compared to other competitors? Let's quickly evaluate Download.com.vn through the following article.

Which is the best free texting and calling app?

It can be said that the most wonderful and convenient thing that we enjoy from the development of science and technology is the shortening of distance, space, and time. Or more specifically, it was the introduction of free messaging and calling tools. With the arrival of these OTTs (which you can roughly understand as free software, messaging apps, phone calls for visualization), communication has never been easier. Even if it was before, the fact that to save money, people would text instead of calling to solve the need, now things have changed, traditional messages, conversations Dry calls have been replaced by emotional messages, video calls that help them see each other.

Vietnam market used to have dozens of OTTs

Can mention some prominent names such as Viber , WhatsApp Messenger , Skype , Tango , or Line , KakaoTalk and most recently Zalo - a product of Vietnam. If compared to the level of science and technology, Vietnam cannot be the "leading bird" of Asia, let alone the world. However, one thing that few people expect, even the people who make this product, do not think they will achieve success as it is now, that is Zalo, already, is the number one OTT in Vietnam.

Vietnam's OTT market has only really wobbled and entered a decisive phase in the past few years, when all the other giants of China, the US, or South Korea were gradually knocked out. The cauldron of the current cauldron perhaps, only Zalo, Viber (phone) and Skype (on the computer) remain. Of course, these applications have been developed for use on all devices, but we will only consider on their official versions. Let's compare them, give the pros and cons, and consider which application is the best? Or why is it the best today?

Download Zalo for iOS for free here

Download Skype for computers for free

Download Viber for Android for free

Advantages of Zalo - Send love messages

• Compact installer, simple to use registration.

• No need to declare personal information, or check mail to confirm successful registration. Even if you lose your account, password, users can quickly retrieve it via your current phone number.

• The ability to share data (files, images in HD quality) up to 20MB, in addition, can also be done with multiple files at once helping Zalo is the number one choice of the majority of users when they want to send accounts. Whether.

• Not only has the full features of a free messaging and calling app, but Zalo also stands out from the competition in allowing users to own and use a personal diary with near sharing. as immediately as any social networking site.

• The trend of using Zalopage for online business is also becoming quite popular, and increasingly attracting more users to this application.

• In addition, because it can be used on most smartphone platforms, such as: iOS, Android, Windows phone, or computer operating system (Windows, Mac OS X, Linus) also makes Zalo a digital choice. one of the OTT of the same type.

• With about 5 minutes of recorded speech, the same quality of voice, when texting is extremely stable even when only 3G is connected, Zalo makes messaging merely raised to a new level, an option to express emotions, emotions in a very special and special way.

Advantages of Viber - Share calls, messages and photos for free

• Can create groups (group chat) with dozens of people (can be up to 40 people).

• You can call Viber to other phone numbers even if they do not use this service.

• Lightweight, takes up less memory.

• Possessing an extremely effective negative filter, users can listen and call with the best voice quality in all conditions, even when the network quality is not really stable.

• The ability to support multinational languages ​​has helped Viber dominate the OTT market in Vietnam (about 60 different languages).

Viber's emoticon system is quite rich, but not all are "free"

Advantages of Skype - Free calls to friends and family

• Sign in using Microsoft account , Facebook account , or Gmail account and use them in an automated way to log in to Skype.

• Automatically show new people online.

• Integrated with the account system in the Microsoft Outlook application , so users can fully chat or call with Skype right in Microsoft Outlook.

• Facebook and Skype addresses, accounts can be synchronized into a list of (Contacts) unique addresses.

• See your Facebook friends in your Skype contact list.

• Can text, talk (in Facebook messages) right on Skype.

• Video calls are better controlled, based on rendering technology when callers have problems with Video calls.

• Transfer Skype calls to anyone on Skype or another phone number when you're not online.

• Send documents, video clips or any image with unlimited storage. This is extremely important and useful, helping Skype knock Yahoo to become the most popular office chat software not only in Vietnam.

• Simultaneous combination of sending Skype messages can also be SMS messages with friends if they do not access the Skype account.

Disadvantages of Zalo

• No (or no) development version for the Java operating system.
• Not yet able to connect directly to major social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter ...

Disadvantages of Viber:

• There is no video call feature.

• The feature is incomplete, still sketchy and not really attractive even though it has been in Vietnam market for a long time.

• Do not support games, find friends, join chat rooms or social networks.

• To use the Viber Out feature, users are required to pay.

• There are stickers that users have to pay to buy to use, this is a major limitation of a free messaging and calling app. Because in a way, this has inadvertently reduced the effectiveness of emotional expression and the nature of the conversation will not be as rich as when the emoticons were widely used, free of charge.

If used in work, office, then Skype is the number one choice.

Cons of Skype

• Poor audio processing ability.

• Cannot have good image quality when using video calling for more than 5 people.

• Security is not good.

• Because it is primarily used on computers, Skype occupies and consumes a fairly large machine resource.

• Too many notifications, jamming information.

• The ability to identify attached devices is poor (Webcam, speaker, mic).

Through the analysis above, it can be seen that if only to use these applications with a single purpose of communication, the choice is probably not too important. But if you want more, for those who want to see each other, or are related to work, when having to send data, you can immediately eliminate Viber. And depending on habits, the need to make decisions remains. According to the writer, Zalo will be suitable for people who often text and communicate (no, less relevant to work), and if in the office environment, working on computers with a large number of people, then the number one option is Skype.

When OTT market is gradually saturated, choosing the best one is not as important as choosing the best one. Because each person has different habits, uses. So, although the article is still flawed, but it is also expected to be a direction, a source of information for those who are interested!