Best Social Apps of 2019
Communication
Discord 🆓
Discord is a newcomer to the chat scene, but it’s made a big impact. The app provides voice and text chat for groups, with an emphasis on gaming. It’s awesome interface, cross-platform support, and overall influence have caused it to be the now preferred chat client in the world for many.
Skype 🆓/💲
Skype is the most popular free voice-over IP and instant messaging service globally. It allows users to text, video and voice call over the internet. Users can also call landlines and mobiles at competitive rates using Skype credit, premium accounts and subscriptions. Skype was publically released in 2003 and now accounts for roughly a third of all international calling minutes. Skype uses P2P technology to connect users on a multitude of platforms including desktop, mobile and tablet. The call quality (depending on your internet signal) and additional features like conversation history, conference calling and secure file transfer are excellent. There have been some criticisms over the programs bandwidth usage and security vulnerabilities.
TextNow 🆓/💲
TextNow got its start in 2009 as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) app that provided you with a U.S. phone number, which you could use to make calls or text over Wi-Fi. Four years later, the service expanded into a true mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that piggybacks on other cellular networks to provide wireless coverage for your smartphone. TextNow is currently the highest regarded and most popular app for completely free, unlimited calls and text to any number in the U.S. and Canada. They also great mobile phone deals on their website.
TextMe 🆓/💲
TextMe is a cross-platform messaging application that allows you to send unlimited texts (SMS) messages and pictures to any phone number in United States, Canada, Mexico and 40 countries in the World for free. It is a good alternative to the popular free calling/ texting app TextNow for those whom do not like TextNow’s service.
TextFree 🆓/💲
Textfree is the free calling and free SMS app that gives you a real US phone number so you can send text anyone, even if they don’t have the app. Keep in touch with features such as free SMS messaging, group messaging, free MMS picture messaging, international texting & calling, voicemail and more—all for free.
Burner 💲
Burner is the market-leading phone number app — the original and best second line for private calling, texting, and picture messaging. Use Burner for everyday situations — create a second phone number for work, salespeople, web forms, deliveries, or shopping online. A perfect business phone number for solopreneurs, startups, small businesses, or side projects, integrate with productivity apps like Dropbox, Google Drive & Slack. Create multiple numbers, keep them as long as you want, and burn them anytime. No hassles, no contracts.
Whatsapp 🆓
WhatsApp Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for Android and other smartphones. WhatsApp uses your phone’s Internet connection (4G/3G/2G/EDGE or Wi-Fi, as available) to let you message and call friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, calls, photos, videos, documents, and Voice Messages.
Networking
Twitter 🆓
From breaking news and entertainment to sports, politics, and everyday interests, when it happens in the world, it happens on Twitter first. See all sides of the story. Join the conversation. Watch live streaming events. Twitter is what’s happening in the world and what people are talking about right now.
Instagram 🆓
Instagram is a simple way to capture and share the world’s moments. Follow your friends and family to see what they’re up to, and discover accounts from all over the world that are sharing things you love. Join the community of over 500 million people and express yourself by sharing all the moments of your day––the highlights and everything in between, too.
Snapchat 🆓
Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, former students at Stanford University, and developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. Snapchat is the most popular video chatting app in the world and well honestly if you haven’t heard of it already… I’d assume you were an alien from another Universe or possibly the beginning of the 20th century… then again even the elderly are starting to love taking selfies.
Tango 🆓
Stay in touch with the people who matter to you. Tango is the messaging app with the best video calling. All messages and calls are free. Tango works on smartphones and tablets. Join over 350 million people on Tango!
Tinder 🆓/💲
With 20 billion matches to date, Tinder is the world’s most popular app for meeting new people. Think of it as your most dependable wingman—wherever you go, Tinder will be there. If you’re here to meet new people, expand your social network, meet locals when you’re traveling, or just live in the now, you’ve come to the right place. They’re called “the world’s hottest app” for a reason: they spark more than 26 million matches per day. How many dating apps do that? Swipe. Match. Chat. Date. Tindering is easy and fun—Swipe Right to Like someone, Swipe Left to pass. If someone likes you back, It’s a Match! Tinder invented the double opt-in so that two people will only match when there’s a mutual interest. No stress. No rejection. Just swipe, match, and chat online with your matches, then step away from your phone, meet up in the real world and spark something new.
Tumblr 🆓
Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Whether it’s fandoms or philosophy, fashion or felines, Tumblr is where your interests connect you with your people.
POF 🆓
PlentyOfFish is an online dating service, popular primarily in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and the United States. It is available in nine languages. The company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia generates revenue through advertising and premium memberships.
Pinterest 🆓
Pinterest is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. Unlike other social bookmarking sites, such as Digg and StumbleUpon, content shared on Pinterest is driven entirely by visuals. In fact, you can’t share something on Pinterest unless an image is involved.
LinkedIn 🆓
LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Whether you’re a marketing executive at a major company, a business owner who runs a small local shop or even a first year college student looking to explore future career options, LinkedIn is for anybody and everybody who’s interested in taking their professional lives seriously by finding new opportunities to grow their careers and to connect with other professionals.
