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Facetime vs WhatsApp
March 10, 2025 | Author: Adam Levine
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FaceTime is a video calling software application and related protocol developed by Apple for supported mobile devices running the iOS, in addition to Macintosh computers running Mac OS X 10.6.6 and higher. FaceTime is supported on any iOS device with a forward-facing camera.
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WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends.
FaceTime and WhatsApp have a lot in common, much like two rival wizards who keep casting the same spells but insist theirs are superior. Both let you make video and audio calls without paying anything—except your soul to the great data gods. They encrypt everything end-to-end, which sounds reassuring until you remember that half the planet’s population uses “123456” as a password. Both work on mobile and desktop, allow group calls for people who enjoy speaking over each other and are generally considered indispensable by anyone who’s ever tried to coordinate dinner plans.
FaceTime is the cool, exclusive club that only lets in Apple users, who smugly pretend not to notice Android people waving from the sidewalk. Born in 2010 in Apple's pristine, well-polished labs, it slots neatly into the Apple ecosystem, syncing seamlessly with contacts, messages and whatever futuristic scheme Tim Cook is plotting next. It’s perfect for those who live their lives in a cloud of AirPods and MacBooks and it doesn’t ask for much—just complete and total allegiance to Apple’s ecosystem. If you’re on Android, you’re welcome to use the watered-down web version, assuming you enjoy feeling like an afterthought.
WhatsApp, on the other hand, is the world-traveling backpacker of the communication world—available everywhere, owned by Meta and somehow still running on the phone number system like it’s 1999. Launched in 2009, it began as a humble messaging app before realizing it had no choice but to let people call each other, lest it be left behind. Unlike FaceTime, it welcomes all devices with open arms, prioritizing global communication, casual chats and business transactions conducted entirely in emojis. Of course, it’s also owned by a company that thrives on knowing exactly when you last sneezed, but hey, at least it works on Android.
See also: Top 10 Video Calling apps
FaceTime is the cool, exclusive club that only lets in Apple users, who smugly pretend not to notice Android people waving from the sidewalk. Born in 2010 in Apple's pristine, well-polished labs, it slots neatly into the Apple ecosystem, syncing seamlessly with contacts, messages and whatever futuristic scheme Tim Cook is plotting next. It’s perfect for those who live their lives in a cloud of AirPods and MacBooks and it doesn’t ask for much—just complete and total allegiance to Apple’s ecosystem. If you’re on Android, you’re welcome to use the watered-down web version, assuming you enjoy feeling like an afterthought.
WhatsApp, on the other hand, is the world-traveling backpacker of the communication world—available everywhere, owned by Meta and somehow still running on the phone number system like it’s 1999. Launched in 2009, it began as a humble messaging app before realizing it had no choice but to let people call each other, lest it be left behind. Unlike FaceTime, it welcomes all devices with open arms, prioritizing global communication, casual chats and business transactions conducted entirely in emojis. Of course, it’s also owned by a company that thrives on knowing exactly when you last sneezed, but hey, at least it works on Android.
See also: Top 10 Video Calling apps
