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| − | Viber and WhatsApp | + | Viber and WhatsApp are both are instant messaging apps with variety of features. Let's see a differential analysis of the two. |
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WhatsApp | Viber | WhatsApp | Viber | ||
[[File:Whatsapp-logo.png]] | [[File:Viber-logo.png]] | [[File:Whatsapp-logo.png]] | [[File:Viber-logo.png]] | ||
| − | Founded in 2009 by | + | Founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum, both former employees of Yahoo! | Founded by Israeli and Belarusian partners Talmon Marco, Igor Magazinnik, Sani Maroli and Ofer Smocha, with Marco as its CEO. |
| − | Owned by Facebook Inc. | Owned by Viber Media | + | Owned by Facebook Inc. | Owned by Viber Media. |
| − | WhatsApp is available for '''smartphones''' (Windows Phone , Android , Symbian , iOS ,Blackberry OS, Tizen ) and can also be accessed on '''web''' | + | WhatsApp is available for '''smartphones''' (Windows Phone, Android, Symbian, iOS, Blackberry OS, and Tizen), and can also be accessed on the '''web'''. | Viber is available for '''desktop'''(Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Bada, and Linux), '''smartphones''' (Windows Phone, Android, Symbian, iOS, and Blackberry OS), but cannot be accessed on the web. |
| − | There is a subscription | + | There is a subscription free for WhatsApp of $1 after one year. | Viber is free without any subscription. However, Viber provides premium icons for users, which have to be paid for. |
| − | + | WhatsApp is built on the '''Erlang''' programming language. | Written in C/C++/Python (desktop, using SIP and Qt frameworks), Objective-C (iOS), and Java (Android). | |
| − | Available in 32 Languages | Available in 30 languages . | + | Available in 32 Languages. | Available in 30 languages. |
| − | WhatsApp's user base is more. | | + | WhatsApp's user base is more. | Viber has less users compared to WhatsApp. |
Latest revision as of 15:50, 6 November 2015
Viber and WhatsApp are both are instant messaging apps with variety of features. Let's see a differential analysis of the two.
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| Founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum, both former employees of Yahoo! | Founded by Israeli and Belarusian partners Talmon Marco, Igor Magazinnik, Sani Maroli and Ofer Smocha, with Marco as its CEO. |
| Owned by Facebook Inc. | Owned by Viber Media. |
| WhatsApp is available for smartphones (Windows Phone, Android, Symbian, iOS, Blackberry OS, and Tizen), and can also be accessed on the web. | Viber is available for desktop(Windows, OS X, Unix-like, Bada, and Linux), smartphones (Windows Phone, Android, Symbian, iOS, and Blackberry OS), but cannot be accessed on the web. |
| There is a subscription free for WhatsApp of $1 after one year. | Viber is free without any subscription. However, Viber provides premium icons for users, which have to be paid for. |
| WhatsApp is built on the Erlang programming language. | Written in C/C++/Python (desktop, using SIP and Qt frameworks), Objective-C (iOS), and Java (Android). |
| Available in 32 Languages. | Available in 30 languages. |
| WhatsApp's user base is more. | Viber has less users compared to WhatsApp. |