Alternatives to Telegram X
An official alternative Telegram client for Android built on TDLib, with a faster, gesture-driven interface. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Telegram X
An official alternative Telegram client for Android built on TDLib, with a faster, gesture-driven interface.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Telegram X.
Telegram Desktop
The official Telegram client for the desktop, with open source code and chats that are not end-to-end encrypted.
Telegram Desktop is the main official client, covering desktop, mobile and web instead of Android only, with cloud chats synced everywhere but no secret chats on desktop.
Unigram
A native Telegram client for Windows, distributed through the Microsoft Store and GitHub.
Unigram is an open source GPL-3.0 Telegram client built for Windows, so moving to it means a desktop app rather than an Android interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Signal
An end-to-end encrypted messenger for calls and chats on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux, run by a nonprofit.
WhatsApp
An end-to-end encrypted messaging and calling app for phones, desktop computers and the web.
Beeper
A unified chat app that brings WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Discord and other networks into one inbox.
Ferdium
Combines your messaging and web services into one window with workspaces, as a community fork of Franz with the restrictions removed.
