10 Of The Best Messaging Apps

8. Kik Messenger

Kik is another free messaging app that has seen massive uptake. Like many of the others it is cross-platform and hosts many great features.

You can send photos, have group chats and download different emoticons. You can also create and send different memes and ‘photobomb’ your contacts – very much like SnapChat, whereby you can send instant images that then disappear after a few seconds.

Kik also allows for privacy, so you don’t have to share your mobile number or email address, just the username that you create.