Alternatives to Cheogram

An Android XMPP client that links chat with phone numbers, SMS and calls through pluggable routes. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Cheogram

    An Android XMPP client that links chat with phone numbers, SMS and calls through pluggable routes.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Cheogram.

  • Conversations

    Android XMPP client with OMEMO end-to-end encryption.

    FreemiumOpen sourceAndroid

    Conversations is an open-source GPL Android XMPP client with mature OMEMO encryption, but it lacks Cheogram's built-in SMS and phone call routes.

  • Kaidan

    A Qt-based XMPP chat client for desktop and mobile, part of the KDE community.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Kaidan is a KDE XMPP client with calls and file sharing that runs on Linux rather than Android, and has known stability issues.

  • Monal

    An open-source XMPP chat client for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSiOS

    Monal is an open-source XMPP client for iPhone, iPad and Mac, so moving means switching to Apple platforms without Cheogram's SMS and call routes.

  • Google Messages

    Google's SMS and RCS texting app for phones, with a web client for texting from a computer.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidWeb

    Google Messages handles SMS and RCS texting with a web client, but it is closed source, run by Google, and does not support XMPP chat.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Cheogram as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Linphone

    An open-source SIP softphone for voice and video calls on desktop and mobile.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Cheogram is an Android XMPP client that adds calls and SMS through separate route providers, replacing a standard SIP account.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.