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Saturday, 26 March 2011

PingChat v LiveProfile v WhatsApp

Cross platform:

  • WhatsApp: Android, Blackberry, iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad) and Nokia
  • LiveProfile: Android, Blackberry iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad)
  • Pingchat: Android, Blackberry, iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad)

Connectivity:

  • WhatsApp: Phone Book
  • LiveProfile: Phone Book, Pin, Twitter, Facebook
  • PingChat: Phone Book, Pin, Twitter, Facebook

Multimedia:

  • WhatsApp: Maps, Contacts, Pictures, Video, Audio
  • LiveProfile: Pictures, Video
  • PingChat: Maps, Contacts, Pictures, Video, Audio

Emoticons:

  • WhatsApp: Yes
  • LiveProfile Yes (fewer options)
  • PingChat: Yes (v2.4.1)

Interface:

  • WhatsApp: Single
  • LiveProfile: Excellent
  • PingChat: unintuitive

Creating Profiles:

  • WhatsApp: Image and Status
  • LiveProfile: Image, Status, Date of Birth, Email, etc.
  • Pingchat: Image and Status

Personalization:

  • WhatsApp: Personalize Media
  • LiveProfile: Personalize Media
  • PingChat: Basic Customization

Multigroup Chat:

  • WhatsApp: Up to 5 people. Mass Dissemination Message
  • LiveProfile: No
  • PingChat: Unlimited number of users

Shipping and Received Report

  • WhatsApp: Same symbol for shipping and receiving
  • LiveProfile: S for shipping and D for delivered and R for read/reading
  • PingChat: S for shipping and R receiving/receiving and read/reading

Extras:

  • WhatsApp: Lets be installed on Nokia platforms, which gives an advantage to being the most massive of the 3.
  • LiveProfile: You can post to Twitter and Facebook status change
  • PingChat: can link a contact to Address Book

Availability:

  • The 3 are free (for now) and available at the Android Market, Blackberry App World and Apple App Store

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