Viber or Skype?

You have an  portable device with OS and you want to use VoIP on it for all its benefits. All the lists will show that Skype is the most popular and Viber is among the runner ups. Actually everybody is talking about these programs. But the question is, which one is better?

Ease of Use

Both apps are very user friendly and straightforward to install. They work differently however. Skype requires you to use a username and a password. The username will be the identification element for you on the whole network. Viber does not need you to have a user name, as it uses your cell phone number as identifier. This becomes quite handy with your mobile phone, and especially with your contacts. There is better mobile integration. Skype started on the computer and took some time to invade mobile phones, while Viber, which is relatively newer, started exclusively on mobile phones, and only recently launched a desktop app.

Now when you move to the desktop computer, your cell phone number isn’t home, and you realize that a user name would be more appropriate. So, if you are a mobile user, Viber is easier to use, and if you are communicating on your computer, Skype is better. But since most people use their mobile phones for VoIP, Viber gets the mark.

Winner: Viber

Cost

Viber is free. The app is free, the calls and messages are free, to anyone and everyone, unlimited. Now whatever Viber offers for free, Skype does as well. When Skype becomes paid, that is when calling to landlines and mobile phones, it is for services not offered by Viber.

Winner: Skype

Popularity

An app itself is not technically better if it is more popular, but the service behind forcibly is. In the sense that when you get a bigger user base, you increase your ability of making free calls to people and saving money. In this sense, Skype wins by far, having more than 5 times the number of users than Viber. This is understandable since Viber just started. A couple of years later this might change, or might not.

Winner: Skype

Mobility

Modern communicators want to carry everything along with them when they move. Viber suits well here, as it is primarily a mobile app. Skype on the other hand had quite some pain in dragging itself to satisfaction on mobile platforms.

Winner: Viber

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