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 such as Whatsapp, which includes many more functions, fewer limitations and greater flexibility of use.
Although, in general, every time a service becomes famous, there are always those who complain and who say that there is something better, in this case those who say that Telegram is better than WhatsApp does it for several reasons that now let's go to examine.
But we'll also see where WhatsApp still remains a better app than the competition, including Telegram.
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1) WhatsApp
Below we have collected what we think 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, therefore from the point of view of diffusion it is definitely the best app .
If, therefore, you know a new person and you exchange the phone number, 99% you can contact this person on WhatsApp, while it is not said that this 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 video messages, by touching the icon of audio messages 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.
- Stickers : to follow the advantages of Telegram, the latest versions have been integrated with the stickers to be included in the chat, so as to make communication even more beautiful.
- WhatsApp Web : by associating the phone via QR code, we can also follow our chats from the PC, but we will always have to have the phone connected and turned on (it does not work if the phone is not connected and WhatsApp is not active).
- GIF : also from Telegram, the ability to search and insert GIF images (i.e. short moving images) into chats has been integrated.
- Security : from some version WhatsApp provides end-to-end cryptography, i.e. the unique encryption between our app and that of our interlocutor.
This should ensure good security against eavesdropping on calls, video calls and chats, but since Facebook is behind this "security" it must be taken with pliers.
- Tricks : among the various tricks of WhatsApp it is also possible to write in bold, italic and underlined, to create a formatting of the 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-destruction mode after viewing (with a timer of your choice) and if the recipient if you want to save them with a screenshot, a notification will be sent 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 the number and also with a username which can also be anonymous.
- Groups: In Whatsapp you can 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 multiple 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 on this site.
- Telegram bot : in Telegram you can chat with a bot, i.e. 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 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 all participants can consult it if necessary.
Truly one of Telegram's strengths!
- Telegram for PC : Telegram can be used, as well as from the smartphone, also as a program for Windows, Linux and Mac PCs, or as a website if you do not want to install anything.
Telegram via web works much better than Whatsapp web and can also be used with the smartphone turned off or not connected to the internet, being managed through the account registered by us.
Really a nice solution!
- Sending files: while WhatsApp allows you to send only 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 limitless file cloud archive.
- Personal warehouse of files and information : with Telegram we will have a "personal" contact called Saved messages, which functions as a sort of "warehouse": we can save ourselves in notes, images, videos, links and so on, so that we can reuse them from Telegram on PC or on any other device.
By sending us the files yourself, we will be able to avoid having to connect a cable or use one of the file sharing services every time, relying only on Telegram to quickly pass everything we need between smartphone and PC (and vice versa).
- Recognition of user 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 contacts.
Each Telegram user can also be recognized with a link like //telegram.me/pomhey which absolutely does not show the phone number or any other personal information (it can also be anonymous.)
With WhatsApp, on the other hand, you have no chance to chat with someone without hiding the phone number.
So Telegram can also be chatted from a phone without a SIM card.
- Telegram has the best quality 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 instead you are using Telegram, one minute after realizing that the cell phone has been lost or stolen, you can open the Telegram site from your computer and cancel the association with our devices or better yet cancel the account by deleting any chat or conversation, without risking that whoever has our phone can spy on something.
3) Conclusion
WhatsApp has now reached that level of popularity that has become a standard used by everyone, practically unassailable.
Those who sign up for WhatsApp will automatically find all their friends and relatives immediately ready to receive and reply to messages.
For this reason it is absolutely wrong to recommend replacing WhatsApp with Telegram, but it is right instead to recommend using them both .
WhatsApp is fine for communicating with family or work colleagues, but Telegram is perfect for private communications, for creating groups of friends with whom to exchange files, videos, photos, GIFs, for creating 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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