How to develop an instant chat app like Telegram, and Whatsapp

by Mobulous Technologies Top App Development Company

Well, it's a great idea to make an app like Telegram! Now in this modernized era, Messaging apps have transformed the means we communicate with our relatives, family, friends, etc. The increasing popularity rate of Instant Messaging apps has made the entrepreneurs and developers to invest in the App Development Company and developed an app like Telegram, offering real-time interactions which append a personal touch experience to the users.

About Telegram

Telegram is an online messaging app that is super-fast, simple, and synced across all over devices. The app was discovered by the two brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov, telegram FZ LLC telegram messenger Inc., in 2013 and registered in both an English LLP and an American LLC. The App is available for Android, Windows, macOS, etc...

According to reports, the Telegram has more than 165 million monthly active users and approximately 15 billion messages deliver per day. This app never asks you to pay for subscription-like other apps.

Some unknown facts about chatting app Telegram:

There are around 200 million users on Instagram,
The average number of weekly telegram new user signups are approximately 1.5 million.
In South Korea, there are about 2 million people using Telegram.
In Android devices, there are about 90% of people are using Telegram.
It allows users to change their registered mobile number without losing their chats.

This App is attracting the attention of users so rapidly because of its unique features and technology. Now, it's a time to roll up your sleeves and develop a modern chat app that not only identified distinctively by the users but also remarked your app by making an ideal app to any chat solution. So, if you want to create your app like a telegram, you need to do the following things:

Authorization

Authorization/ registration is the first task to do to create a chat app like a telegram. You need to register via social network or email or mobile number.

Security

Telegram app always emphasized on its security. The app uses its encryption tool and has 256- bit symmetric ES encryption, 2048- bit RSA encryption, and Deffie Hellman key exchange to the sent messages.

So, before creating an app like a telegram, you need to work nicely on what protocol to use.

App developer

You must have to prepare your mind to face fierce competition with other chatting app. For that, you need to hire an excellent app developer, project manager, testers that can work efficiently and effectively.

Easy file sharing

You need to create the chatting app in such a way that can easily able to share multimedia such as images, videos, and audios without restricting the file size. You can also integrate the app with drop box, Google drive, and Ever note services. It will make your app attractive and catch more audiences.

How much it costs requires to build an app like a telegram?

For Telegram, Pavel Durov (founder of Telegram) invested a considerable amount of $300 million. If you also want to create an app like a telegram, first you need to find a mobile app development company.

The costing of an app depends on the various factors. It also varies according to different factors. The following factors are as follows:

Country/ Region
App Developers, Designers, Testers, etc.
UI/ UX (The more user-friendly app you will create, the more it will costs).
Number of features you want to include in your app (if you add more features in your mobile app, it will require more money and vice-versa)
Outsourcing/In-house

What technologies should be used to make a perfect chat app like Telegram?

FreeBSD
YAWS
PHP
BEAM
Lighttpd
Erlang
Ejabberd, and much more

Conclusion

Instant chat apps like Telegram, Viber, and Messenger has rapidly boomed the app development market. As an entrepreneur, if you also want to invest in chat app development, then hire a top and leading mobile app development company that can convert your ideas into an app.