The best alternatives to Facebook Messenger

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Many users turn to the official Facebook Messenger app as a regular way to chat and share information with their contacts on their mobile. Since Facebook disabled the messaging function of the app for mobile devices, it seemed that the only option was to install the company's own specific chat app. However, what is particularly annoying about the app is that it runs permanently in the background , consuming not only battery, but also data. Added to this is the alarm created by the data protection policy, since Facebook Messenger has access at all times to private information such as contacts, browsing history, calendar and GPS information.

However, those who want to continue using the social network's chat but are not in favor of installing its original application have different alternatives to Facebook Messenger, which are grouped into two categories. On realtor email database one hand, there are multi-protocol instant messaging applications, which are characterized by bringing together different messaging services in a single platform, and on the other, there are wrapper applications , which are responsible for "wrapping" Facebook content and presenting it in an application. Below are the best alternatives to Facebook Messenger in these two categories for both iOS and Android devices.

Wrapper applications
Metal for Facebook (available for Android)
Metal is a small wrapper (about 3 MB) that can wrap the Facebook website, presenting it in a separate application where the app of the well-known social network is concentrated together with the Messenger client . It stands out for its usability and efficiency, characteristics that help regular Facebook users to adapt to Meta without much effort. The application also draws attention for its wide range of energy-saving options , as well as for not displaying advertising . The messaging system is simple and fast, although it has its Achilles heel in the display and storage of shared image files, since, for example, the received images cannot be enlarged.

Messenger and timeline in Metal
In this screenshot of Metal we find the Facebook timeline on the left and the Messenger function on the right.
Even in the free version, Metal contains all the features of Facebook, plus support for Twitter. The paid version of this tool, known as Metal Pro , offers only a few additional designs and is intended to help developers.

In summary
Metal is considered a very efficient app that can combine Facebook, Facebook Messenger and even Twitter. It also consumes less battery and data, does not use user information and is very intuitive. There is a free version and a paid version, but there is hardly any difference between them. For all these reasons, it can be said that Metal is a more than profitable alternative to Facebook Messenger.

Friendly for Facebook (available for Android and iOS)
Another interesting alternative to Facebook Messenger is the app known as Friendly for Facebook , available for iOS and Android users . Like the other wrappers presented, Friendly combines Facebook and Facebook Messenger, saving much more energy. In the paid version Friendly Plus, available on Android (as an update) and iOS , it is also possible to eliminate unwanted ads with a practical keyword filter .

Another feature that characterizes this tool is that it can also integrate Instagram . Although Friendly looks a lot like Facebook in terms of design, it has a modern touch that is able to satisfy users. One disadvantage compared to the competition is the size of the files, since at 18 MB the app can be considered too heavy. As for performance, there are some less than positive feedbacks, which explain, for example, that messages sometimes take a long time to arrive. iOS 11 users often highlight one negative point in particular: long loading times.