WhatsApp vs. Telegram
Of course, both platforms have their pros and cons, and depending on the needs you have as a user, it will be the app that You will have to choose, however, to make this decision a little easier, in this article we will make a brief comparison between the two, so that you can identify the one with which you feel more comfortable.
Let's compare it by comparing four aspects of them.
Users:
Of course the way of interacting via message has changed a lot in recent years, thanks to the advancement of technology and the implementation of new elements such as fiber optics; And just as today the best fiber optic and mobile offer has prevailed over other ways of communicating, the battle between WhatsApp and Telegram does not stop.
However, in terms of the number of users, we must say that so far WhatsApp remains in the lead with a great advantage, since it has overcome the barrier of the 2000 million monthly active users, while Telegram only reaches 200 million users
Privacy and security:
Despite the fact that both platforms have the objective of facilitating communication between people as much as possible, the ideal thing is that the content of said information only remains between the sender and the receiver of the conversation.
Despite this and that both WhatsApp and Telegram have a robust encryption system , they do have different characteristics.
On the one hand, WhatsApp encryption is enabled end-to-end in all chats, while in Telegram this only happens with private chats , while regular chats are still encrypted, but not end-to-end.
However, as a point in favor of Telegram we can say that its private chats add an extra layer of security that WhatsApp does not have, with keyboard in incognito mode, protection against screenshots and self-destructing messages, very interesting elements to consider if you have conversations with sensitive information.
Text chats:
In this aspect there really aren't that many differences, although in general WhatsApp has been busy staying ahead of the ways of doing more attractive written interactions.
From beating hearts to animated stickers, WhatsApp is always one step ahead, even though Telegram always ends up copying and to some extent improving these details.
Personalization:
On the other hand, regarding the customization of the platform, WhatsApp falls quite short, since at most you can only change the background colors, whileTelegram allows you to make an almost complete modification of your profile, from the colors to the format.
That's why in this aspect, Telegram takes the cake.
In addition to these aspects, by analyzing the option that Telegram has to be multiplatform, we can conclude that it is a AppMuch more complete than WhatsApp, however, this product from the Facebook family continues to dominate the market.
