If you want to chat and play games with strangers and random people then Kik could be a good option for you. While the ability to join groups according to hashtags is an interesting idea, Kik lacks the ability to only approve certain people, which would help keep the spam levels down. It lacks the features of these other apps and it doesn't have any niche options that makes it stand out (such as privacy and security in the case of Telegram). Lags behind its competitorsĪs a messaging app, Kik doesn't compare well with the likes of WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, LINE, KakaoTalk and so on. Saying that, the interface is easy to navigate and it will take you no time at all to get up and running with Kik. The chats in this app look similar to the traditional SMS messaging services that come as standard on phones.

While you can change the color of your chat bubbles, there is no option to alter the background to your chats. Kik sports a fairly basic interface with very few customization options. However, you can play game in Kik, share photos, and send stickers, YouTube videos, sketches and memes. Kik isn't as full featured as other messaging services, as there are no options to make calls, share your location or send audio. Although it doesn't tell you when your friend was last online. When chatting you can see if your friends have read the message (although not when they read it) and there is no option to turn this off (similar to WhatsApp's blue ticks feature). There seem to be groups for most user interests and businesses are also getting in on the act by creating their own groups to gain 'followers'. If you make the group public you can add a hashtag so people can search and join (again expect some spammers).

Kik allows you to create groups of up to 50 members, which can either be invite only or public. Be warned, you will almost certainly receive spam messages from people you don't know, although you can block people or mute chats for certain periods of time, which can help if people bombard you with messages or get irritating. Once you've found some friends who are also using Kik you can start chatting by clicking on the chat bubble.

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