The latest entrant in this genre is Hike, a communication app that offers both instant messaging and SMS under one roof. Developed by Bharti Softbank, a 50-50 partnership between India's Bharti Telecom and Japan's Softbank telecom provider, the app is the brainchild of Kavin Bharti Mittal.
A cross platform messenger app, Hike is similar to WhatsApp but is better in the sense that it also allows users to communicate over SMS, which is certainly a big advantage for those who do not have access to mobile Internet or data on the-go and for communicating with your friends without Hike app from within the same app.
Features :
PRIVACY: With hike messenger say goodbye to stalkers! From your milk-man to your aunts to that creepy guy in college; you don't want them to be seeing your last-seen and status update, do you? Switch to hike and take charge of your privacy!
HIDDEN MODE: an awesome new hike privacy feature which allows you to hide the chats that you want to keep private from the world and access them only with a password! Your private conversations are now protected & secure from anyone who takes your phone.
STICKERS: Now send some amazing stickers on hike. Express yourself in a whole new cool way!
SEND ANYTHING & EVERYTHING: Why email when you can send all kinds of non media files and documents like PDF, ZIP, Doc, PPT, APK and much more!
HIKE OFFLINE: Unable to message friends because they're not online? Don't worry! Hike does the hardwork to figure out if your friends are offline and then sends them your messages as an SMS, at no cost to you. When they reply, you get the message in hike!
BIGGER ATTACHMENTS: Now you can share large files and videos of 100 MB each. Now that’s what we call big!
CHAT THEMES: Everyone has backgrounds. We have 2-way themes! When you change the chat theme, it changes for your friends too! Let's add more character to messaging, shall we?
FREE HIKE2SMS TO INDIA: We've also built in FREE hike to non-hike SMS. So if your friends aren't onhike you can still message them. And better yet, for free! Free SMS can only be sent to India.
SHARING IS EASY: You can share photos, videos, location, contacts, walkie-talkie messages and much more on hike! Create group chats or chat one-on-one!
FAST, SIMPLE, PERSONAL, FREE: hike is super fast. With sent, delivered, read and typing notifications, it feels like you're having a chat with someone in person. The app uses your 2G, 3G or Wi-Fi (when available) to message with friends and family.
128-bit SSL ENCRYPTION: Messages on hike messenger are now encrypted over Wi-Fi
MOVE TO SD CARD: The app can now be stored on the SD Card!
The Current Version number Of This App is 3.1.0.
What's New
Hike knocked out 4 big feature requests with this update. You're going to love it:
Photo Compression/Quality Option: Choose to send original size or compressed images.
Bigger Group Chat: Now add up to 100 friends in a group!
Hidden Mode Password: Change your hidden mode password without having to reset hidden mode.
New Sticker Category Along with 400 New Emojis Added!
Bug Zapping: Squashed a pesky bug that caused background apps to terminate.
Hike is available now on App Store And Play Store for Free.
Quick Comparison between Whatsapp vs hike
| Features | Hike | Whats App |
| Notifications | Yes | Yes |
| Appearance | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Free SMS service | Yes | No |
| Referrals profit | Yes | No |
| Last login information | Yes | Yes |
| Contact action status | Yes | Yes |
| Inbox | Yes | No |
| Free | Yes | No |
| Block list | Yes | Yes |
| Back up | No | Yes |
| Poke | Yes | No |
| Voice sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Stickers | Yes | No |
| Encryption | Yes | No |
In comparison of these two apps, Hike is the best app, it offers free sms and walkie-talkie as the special features which are not avaliable on Whats App.
So, We suggest you to use Hike for every indian, because Hike is best in comparison with Whatsapp.
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