There are a few issues that cause such a feeling in that technological world of eternity the battle between WhatsApp and Telegram. Both systems are constantly updated with new features, making it difficult to know what is being offered.
To make it easy for you, here is an updated and complete site of WhatsApp vs. Telegraph on concepts such as number of users, privacy, available functions and customization. At the end of it all we count the final points and tell you what's so great today.
Number of users
Let's start with the simple: users. Although there are some tasks that you can do alone or with no attention to yourself (contact information), we mostly compare two message systems, and as a result, the main purpose is to send and receive messages. The more people you can contact, the better.
WhatsApp has overcome the obstacle 2,000 million users monthly property over the past few months, For its part, Tragram celebrated 200 million of users in 2018 and since then we have not received any updated data. We don't know exactly how many Telegraph users have it exactly today, but it is clear that WhatsApp is hitting the ground running.
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With 2,000 million users, 200 Telegraph Telegrams is a "small version" of WhatsApp
The win is huge on WhatsApp, the user base is ten times higher than that of Telegal. To be fair, the Telegraph hasn't updated its figure in a few years, however the difference is still magnificent.
Of course, it's not 100% decisive when choosing a messaging app, because It really depends on which app they use in your area. However, top WhatsApp users think that you will be less likely to find someone and be forced to use another service. Minipoint for WhatsApp.
Privacy and security
Since the goal of the messaging app is talking to other people, it's important that the message reaches only these people, privately and without it it is disturbed. It is the most difficult aspect of comparing between the two systems, since both use a different approach to this, and even experts disagree which is better.
Both WhatsApp and Telegraph have the final encryption, albeit with a very important difference: in WhatsApp it automatically activates all conversations, while Telegraph only for private conversations. Standard telegrams are still encrypted, but not the end.
While WhatsApp has been using encryption known as Signal for years, on the Telegraph they decided to reinvent the wheel with their MTProto privacy. Although so far no risk has been found in MTTP, the professional community exists continues to select many known protocol rather than agreement to know. In any case, even if we measured both encryption, an important difference still exists: The Telegraph does not automatically use it.
Not everything is encrypted: access control is also important
Aside from encryption, there are other factors when it comes to purchasing app security and privacy. For example, access control, a point where both apps finally begin to appear after WhatsApp introduced a biometric security system.
Now comes the problem: while WhatsApp is much safer for normal use thanks to the encryption, Private Telegraph dialogues add a layer of security optionally you will not be able to access WhatsApp in any way, with incognito keyboard, screens protection and self-harming messages. Here is a summary of the difference in privacy and security between WhatsApp and Telegrams.
|
Phone |
|
---|---|---|
End encryption |
Yes |
Yes, only in private conversations |
Conversation protection |
Yes with fingerprints |
Yes, by password and PIN (fingerprint compatible) |
2-Step Verification |
Yes |
Yes |
Screen protection |
No. |
Yes |
Harmful messages |
Currently (in development) |
Yes to private conversations |
Keyboard in incognito mode |
No. |
Yes to private conversations |
Deleting messages |
Yes, up to 1 hour |
Yes, at any time with messages received |
Account linked to phone number |
Yes |
Yes, but not mandatory |
The deciding factor with regard to WhatsApp privacy is that, to date, i user accounts strongly linked to phone numbers. You can't chat with anyone on WhatsApp without having their number, and that's a big privacy issue. It's almost the same thing to share your number with your grandmother, but in more sporadic conversations – or in groups – phone numbers are uploaded by the devil.
So who gets the point? While encrypting WhatsApp itself would have taken it to use in every conversation, there emerges other things such as the possibility of deleting messages without a time limit, not only for those you send, but also for those you receive, as well as interesting phone numbers when chatting. bind a balance allowing Telegram. Telegraph Minipoint.
Text chat
Both WhatsApp and Telegraph allow you to do more things in addition to texting (we'll see them below), but that's still its primary function. It is therefore important to know which one works best for you.
Both apps have been copying for years, and the experience where chatting is almost the same
Traditionally WhatsApp has been a "bland" messaging app, where the most exciting thing you could do without transferring photos was to send a big heart beating, but this has changed a lot lately.
First it was animated GIFs, then stickers would give a lot of life and color to the conversations and later the inevitable evolution: animated stickers. Currently, The experience is very similar to WhatsApp and Telegraph.
So much so that what one application does, is another just copying soon. Although Telegrams are getting older when it comes to developing new jobs, with small changes here and there to do certain tasks, in traditional messages there is still very little difference between the two applications, so we have a tie.
Share it with your friends
Aside from sending and receiving messages, what else can you share on WhatsApp and Telegraph? Of course, photos and videos, and other familiar things like songs, files of any kind or your site, which can be updated in real time on the Telegraph and WhatsApp.
The only thing you can send to the Telegraph and not to WhatsApp are video clips
With the advent of sticks on WhatsApp, the difference between what you can send to WhatsApp and Telegram is small. Usually, the only thing Telegrams can post that isn't available via WhatsApp is that video clips. Or, in groups, a survey.
Now when we add the mixture content is available through bots, the list is repeated in the Telegraph. With them you can access many content added to your conversations, such as mini-games or insights on the topics of your favorite website. Here is a summary of what you can send to both apps.
|
Phone |
|
---|---|---|
Photos and videos from the camera |
Yes |
Yes |
Photos and videos from the gallery |
Yes |
Yes |
Music |
Yes |
Yes |
Archives |
Yes any file |
Yes any file |
Contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
Location |
Yes, and in real time |
Yes, and in real time |
More content |
No. |
Yes |
Stickers |
Yes |
Yes |
Emojis |
Yes |
Yes |
An animated gift |
Yes |
Yes |
Voice clips |
Yes |
Yes |
Video clips |
No. |
Yes |
Although the list is very similar in both cases, the differences are in the nuances. For example, the Telegraph allows send files up to 1.5 GB, stored in the cloud "forever". Although the differences between these exchanges between WhatsApp and Telegrams are more equal than before, Tragram takes this point.
Calls and video calls
WhatsApp released its video calls in 2016. The company has long given it a twist by adding group video calls with up to four participants in total. For now, Telegal is it is probably a text messaging app without calling the video
The video call shortage is good but for Telegal
Although the voice is finally telephoning, there is currently no sign of video calls. Yes, good quality voice calls and other advanced functions, but this point is unfair to WhatsApp, which solves voting. video calls with up to 4 people, without needing another app.
Platform performance
Sometimes when your phone is nearby, sometimes you're sitting in front of a PC with a nice QWERTY keyboard. Why write on a small mobile screen when you can do well on a PC? This is where it is easier to use cross-sectional systems where you come in continue doing what you do on another device.
WhatsApp starts here in crisis its unique approach: it is not a service in the cloud, but it synchronizes data from one user to another through servers that do not store individual messages. Although everything shows that this can change, today WhatsApp is only used on one device.
The WhatsApp and PC Web site is simply no different from the PC Telegram
The telegraph part of it is a service cloud-based, to sign in to as many devices as you want. In fact, its open API means that there are countless Telegraph customers for each operating system.
WhatsApp was introduced several years ago with its web and PC version, but it's not the same: requires the phone to be turned on and connected to the Internet. This is not a single version, but rather a kind of add-on to make it easier for you to communicate from your PC. This is the availability of WhatsApp and Telegram for various forums:
Phone |
|
|
---|---|---|
Android |
Yes |
Yes |
IOS |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Firefox OS |
Yes |
No. |
BlackBerry OS |
No. |
Yes, but it was rejected |
Symbian / Nokia |
No. |
Yes, but it was rejected |
KaiOS |
No. |
Yes, in other countries |
Windows |
Yes |
Yes agreed |
The web |
Yes |
Yes agreed |
Mac |
Yes |
Yes agreed |
Linux |
Yes |
No. |
It is not a big battle over who supports other practical applications, but about the luxury of having a messaging system that you can take with you wherever you want. Today, this is only possible with the convenience of the Telegraph, and as a result the point is taken home.
Doing what you love
We end our comparisons with the Android feature a lot: personalization. What application can be more modirficar to that suits our tastes and the likes? On WhatsApp, this basically breaks down to the WhatsApp Wallpapers app, which was updated in 2011. You can choose between this background or the solid colors of your chat domain. The only additional customization option is to be able to switch to dark mode.
The Telegraph is one of those customizable apps
On the contrary, the official Tragram app is one of the most customizable on Android, as it lets you completely edit content
Now another cock roars when talk of widgets. WhatsApp is an old dog and has five widgets, while The Telegraph does not. They have not been updated for years, but are available in case you want to have unread conversations on your nearest home screen all the time. In the Telegraph you can also add shortcuts to a conversation, but it's not done from the widget connector.
While the WhatsApp customization of the application is limited to the background color of a chat or dark theme, on Tragram you can change the color for almost everything. Customized, and as a result this minipoint remains the case.
WhatsApp vs Telegraph: A comparison table
Before looking at the comparison table and what the different applications are calculation time of schools at all previous levels. Here's how the BattleApp battle against Telegram comes out:
|
Phone |
|
---|---|---|
Users |
1 |
0 |
Privacy and security |
0 |
1 |
Text chat |
1 |
1 |
Share |
0 |
1 |
Calls |
1 |
0 |
Multiplatforms |
0 |
1 |
Doing what you love |
0 |
1 |
ALL |
3 |
5 |
On paper, and for the fourth consecutive year, The Telegraph is better than WhatsApp. This is demonstrated by taking the point in platform performance, personalization, privacy and security and sharing with your friends. At the moment WhatsApp is taking the gold medal in calls and video calls as well as the number of users, where it remains unoccupied.
WhatsApp is slowly approaching Telegrams
So it's a 5-3 victory over Telegrams, though that's true WhatsApp is slowly approaching, with new upcoming features that can scale the place, such as multi-device support.
The telegraph, on the other hand, has great difficulty developing in its weak points, since the difference in the number of users is incredible. The only thing they could achieve would be to add video calls, one of their biggest issues these days.
Of course, it's our mark based on all the data that was analyzed before, but as a user you must check how important the above points are to choose the ones that are right for you. To help you decide, here it is a summary table with WhatsApp and Telegram features.
|
Phone |
|
---|---|---|
Properties |
Connection with servers, a single device |
Cloud-based devices, many |
Platforms |
Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia, Web, Windows, Mac |
Android, iOS, Firefox OS, Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
Encryption |
End-to-end based on Signal, which is used in all communications |
MTProto, end up in a private chat, server client to others. |
To move |
Photos, video, music, location, contacts, texts of any kind, clips. |
Photos, video, music, location, voice clips, video clips, contacts, polls (in groups), and any file up to 1.5GB. |
Group discussions |
Up to 256 people |
Up to 200,000 members (Channels are unlimited) |
Boots |
Not now across the board |
Yes |
Stickers |
Yes |
Yes |
Video calls |
Yes, up to four people |
No. |
Calls |
Yes |
Yes |
Widgets |
Yes |
No, access to chat only |
Themes |
It's normal or just black |
Yes, they are very personal |
Add contacts |
Automatic phone contacts |
You can add a username |
Consumption of storage |
You can free up space from the app itself |
You can restrict the maximum cache space from within the app |
Backup |
In Google Drive |
You don't have to |
Snapchat News |
Yes |
No. |
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