Apps like Messenger
The apps most like Messenger are WhatsApp Messenger, Instagram and Gmail - Email by Google. Here are 15 apps from other developers that compete with it for the same App Store searches and users, with their ratings and, for the biggest apps, estimated downloads and revenue.
The best Messenger alternatives
- 14.7 · 18.9M ratings4.8M downloads · $54M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 24.7 · 29.7M ratings3M downloads · >$100M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 34.7 · 2.5M ratings3.4M downloads · $72M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 44.7 · 49.7M ratings2.9M downloads · >$100M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 54.0 · 285K ratings4M downloads · $42M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 64.7 · 5.3M ratings4.3M downloads · $1.5M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 74.7 · 7.4M ratings5.1M downloads · $740K revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 84.7 · 4M ratings2.8M downloads · $390K revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 94.5 · 6.1M ratings2M downloads · >$100M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 104.7 · 18.4M ratings3.4M downloads · >$100M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 114.8 · 11.8M ratings11M downloads · >$100M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 124.6 · 2.3M ratings5.4M downloads · $340K revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 134.6 · 11.2M ratings2.8M downloads · $76M revenuelast 30 days, est.
- 144.6 · 831.2K ratings
- 154.7 · 1.5M ratings1.4M downloads · $18M revenuelast 30 days, est.
How we picked them
Every app here comes from a different developer and has at least 10 ratings. First come the apps that rank in the top 50 for the most of the same App Store searches as Messenger: people looking for Messenger see them next to it. The rest are from the same category (Social Networking), ranked by shared words in the name, a similar number of downloads and how widely used they are.
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Questions
What are the best alternatives to Messenger?
The apps most like Messenger are WhatsApp Messenger, Instagram and Gmail - Email by Google. They come from other developers and are ranked by how many of the same App Store searches they rank for, then by category, name, size and popularity.
Which app like Messenger has the best rating?
ChatGPT has the highest App Store rating of the alternatives with at least 1,000 ratings: 4.8 stars from 11,846,618 ratings.
How much does Messenger make?
See Messenger's estimated downloads and revenue, chart history and keywords on its AppTrendKit page. The estimates come from App Store chart positions, ratings and pricing.
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