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About LINE
LINE is a messaging app widely used in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and other parts of Asia. It offers free messages and free voice and video calls over the internet, along with stickers and a range of additional services built around the messenger.
It suits people whose friends, family or local businesses already use LINE. It is a proprietary service run by the company behind it, not an open or federated protocol.
Strengths
- Free messaging and voice and video calls
- Widely used in several Asian countries
- Stickers and extra services in one app
Limitations
- Closed source, centrally run service
- Mostly useful where contacts already use it
Details
- Pricing
- FreeMessages and voice and video calls are free.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- LINE
- Platforms
- Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Keeping in touch with contacts in Japan, Taiwan or Thailand
- Categories
- Messaging
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to LINE
Compare allSoftware that can replace LINE for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
WhatsApp
An end-to-end encrypted messaging and calling app for phones, desktop computers and the web.
WhatsApp adds end-to-end encrypted messages and calls with desktop and web apps and a very large user base, but it is proprietary and tied to a phone number.
Telegram Desktop
The official Telegram client for the desktop, with open source code and chats that are not end-to-end encrypted.
Telegram has open-source clients across desktop, mobile and web with large groups and bots, but ordinary chats are not end-to-end encrypted.
Viber
A messaging and calling app with group chats, stickers and public communities, synced across devices.
Viber is a proprietary messaging and calling app with group chats, stickers and communities, where chats sync between mobile and desktop.
WeChat
Tencent's messaging app with chats, voice and video calls, Moments and mobile payments.
WeChat is Tencent's closed-source messenger with calls, Moments and payments, mainly useful for contacts in China, and adds Windows and macOS apps.
Signal
An end-to-end encrypted messenger for calls and chats on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux, run by a nonprofit.
Signal is open source and run by a nonprofit with end-to-end encryption on every message and call, plus desktop apps, but needs a phone number.
Zalo
A Vietnamese messaging and calling app for phones and desktop computers, used by tens of millions.
Zalo is a closed-source messaging and calling app with mobile and desktop versions, widely used in Vietnam but little used elsewhere.
Messenger
Meta's messaging and video calling service for chatting with Facebook friends and family.
Messenger is Meta's closed-source messaging and video calling service for Facebook contacts, usable in a browser and requiring a Meta account.
Threema
Swiss encrypted messenger that works without a phone number or email.
Threema is a paid Swiss encrypted messenger with open-source apps and no phone number required, across mobile, desktop and web.
LINE as an alternative
Listings that name LINE as an alternative.
Snapchat
A messaging app built around photo and video Snaps, chat, Stories and camera Lenses.
LINE offers free messaging, calls and stickers and is widely used in Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, but is a closed source mobile app without camera Lenses.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
