We all humans are social beings and we all love to stay connected with
our friends and families (even strangers) as much as possible. Nowadays we all
have internet-enabled mobile phones in order to enjoy our social lives to the
fullest. But considering the global inflation it is not easy to maintain the
cost of our monthly phone bills
while enjoying our social lives via smartphones or any GPRS-enabled phones.
However, we have several useful apps to our rescue that we can use in
our phones to send free text or video messages, to chat or to call when
necessary. The best part is all these apps are completely free to use, all you
need is just an active internet plan enabled at your phone to take benefits of
these awesome apps.
Today I’m going to talk about 7
best apps that can help you all to reduce
your phone expenses, as all of these applications offer free calling
service to the active users. All these popular apps are available in all the
leading platforms like Android, BlackBerry, Apple iOS, Nokia, Windows etc. I
hope you all will like it, so here it goes.
1) Skype
Skype helps you to do things together with your friends or families whenever
you’re apart from them. Actually Skype is the pioneer of free calling base, and
is loved by larger number of people across the whole world.
Skype users can send unlimited text messages or do video and voice chats
for free. With Skype you can share a story or hold a meeting or celebrate a
special birthday instantly. You can use it on your laptop, PC or TV too. You
can even check out group video calling in the latest updated version of Skype.
You can download it from the official website by checking in here.
Available for: iOS/, Android, Windows
Phone, BlackBerry 10, Windows, Mac.
2) WeChat
WeChat is a latest application that offers similar features like Skype. You
can connect with your friends via this application and send voice and text
messages to them by using it. It delivers some cool features like Group
chat, Video calling, Live Chat, push-to-talk etc. It has managed to earn trust
of the global mobile users in very short span of time.
WeChat has a very unique
feature named ‘Shake’ which helps a user to connect with new friends with ease.
If you want to use this feature then you just need to shake your smartphone a
bit and the app will let you connect with other active users who are shaking
their mobiles too at that very same time.
You can download it from the official website by checking in here.
Available for: iOS, Android, Blackberry,
Symbian, Windows phone, Web.
3) WhatsApp
Do you love to send messages in the form of
SMS? If yes then WhatsApp has all
the potentialities to become your best friend. It helps you to send messages to
your friends for absolutely zero added cost.
WhatsApp is one of the most popular
applications among the worldwide mobile user base. It is very easy to use; its
real time messaging service is one of the best in the one world. It reduces
your text messaging expenses quite effectively.
You can download it from the official website by checking in here.
Available for: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian, Windows
Phone.
4) Viber
Viber is one of the new entries to this
service, but it has emerged a lot over the last few months. Millions of people
have been actively using this app on their phones to cut down their monthly
bills. It offers services like free calling, free text messaging, sharing
locations with other users etc.
Viber
is the one of the best just because its simplicity. You don’t need to set up
another username in order to use this application, as your mobile number will
work as your user ID. After installing to your mobile, it will automatically
sync your own contact list to find other users that are already using Viber to
ease up your work just like WhatsApp.
You can download it from the official website by checking in here.
Available for: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows, Mac, Nokia, Bada, Windows
Phone.
5) Nimbuzz
If
you know little bit about mobile messaging apps then you should aware of Nimbuzz. It is another awesome addition
to the list which helps to send provides features like free messages and even call
other Nimbuzz users.
Recently
the developers of this application have started to include a brand new service
named 'NimbuzzOut’, which offers a very
low cost Pay-As-You-Go option to make a call to any mobile numbers whatsoever
across the whole world. In Nimbuzz you can also connect all your social
networking profiles at once to chat with your friends.
You can download it from the official website by checking in here.
Available for: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Java, Nokia.
6) Hike
Hike is the one and only application in this list which
has developed in India only. SO we can call it a ‘desi app’. It offers similar
services like WhatsApp, but it has some added benefits too. You can send SMS
(limited) to non-Hike users, which is very handy inclusion in deed.
Hike
also offers features like connect through walkie-talkie mode and several
others. It is very new to this new category, but it has already attracted a
large chunk of users towards it since its inception.
Available for: iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia, Windows Phone.
7) Line
Line is the latest entry to this list, and it offers
similar services to the other apps that I have already mentioned in this list. It
has gained decent popularity in the mobile app world, and has all the abilities
to rule this category in the days to come.
This
app sports features like voice chat and text message service, but the main USP
of this app is its stylish stickers. Yeah you heard it right; you can send some
cool stickers to your listed friends via using it on your mobile. It’s trending
quite heavily in the technological world nowadays; it is worth trying for sure.
It has some other cool offerings too in its hat, just go ahead and install it.
You can download it from the official website by checking in here.
Available for: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Mac, Nokia Asha,
Windows 8.
Final Words
So
these are the seven best applications
that can help you to cut short your
monthly bill. All of these apps are worth trying, as I have used all of
them in my own smartphone. Trust me it can save some serious bucks from your
pocket.
Are
you aware of any other apps that offer similar services? If yes then fell free
to add it up via commenting below. If you like our articles, then do share it
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Good collections of Apps. All you need is just an active internet plan enabled at your phone to take benefits of these awesome apps.
ReplyDeleteWhich one would you recommend?
Does it make sense to move from WhatsApp? If yes which app?
I would mainly recommend 'Skype' for video calling....WeChat for voice messaging and WhatsApp for text messaging....all the others are equally good too...
DeleteJust the thing I needed to reduce my bills! I like Hike the best because I can send messages to my friends who are not on it.
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DeleteIt's high time, so you need to know how to reduce our mobile phone cost? and these app will help us on this....I like Hike too, though I don't like to stay in limits....If you know what I mean....
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Very informative article. Thanks for sharing.
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DeleteTechnology has made things so easy. We now have apps that do almost everything for us.
ReplyDelete@Kevin- Thanks for stopping by and expressing your valuable thoughts....Yup you are right, today's technology has made most of our works so much easy...these apps are simply the best if you want to reduce your monthly phone bill....
Delete@Adesanmi- Exactly my point mate....nowadays technology has become our dearest friend....the recent technology trends has been making things easier for us.....Cheers to that :-)
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ReplyDeleteNice information sharing
ReplyDeleteSome tips to reduce your cell phone bills are
ReplyDelete1.Check out what phone and plan best suit your needs.You can compare different carrier plans and pricing and choose the good one.
2.Sign up for a no-contract deal-you can actually save more if you opt for a no-contract deal and pay full price for the phone..If it locked means get it unlocked by getting the unlocking service by software or by an online vendor like ClassicUnlocking.com.A pay-as-you-go phone can save you a lot of money, and you won't be locked down in a contract. Another benefit is you will know exactly what you are going to be charged,and you will not be in for any nasty phone bill surprises.
3.Use texting apps,if you opt for a smartphone, then you can download one of the free texting apps to your phone so you will not have to pay for texts like WhatsApp.
4.Use smartphone calling apps like Skype,Line etc
5.Keep in mind that if you are using your cell phone outside its local area, then you will be hit with roaming charges, which can add up really quickly.Turn off cellular data while traveling . Check with the carrier to see what kind of roaming charges there are and if you will see some even when you're traveling domestically or if you are moving to other country means get a local prepaid sim card in that country.
6.Use WiFi whenever you can to conserve data on your phone.