WhatsApp vs TelegramApp

Difference between whats app and Telegram app :

Whats App	Telegram App
You can use it only in one device	Install the app on multiple devices and use it on any all device
Relatively slower	Relatively faster
Has an app for computer as well	Does not have app for computer. Need to use android emulator (tedious task) to use Whatapp on PC
Does not have app for computer. Need to use android emulator (tedious task) to use Whatapp on PC	You can access your messages from several devices including desktop
We don’t feel that there is any security issue	Telegram is also faster and way more secure
It is possible only to mute selective chats. You can NOT change sound setting for individual chat.	Telegram is also faster and way more secure
We don’t feel that there is any security issue	You can change the notification settings (mute) and sound for each individual chat as well. Offcourse you can change sound for all chats.
It just lists participants count and names. Does not clearly show which contacts are online. You will have to manually go to each contact and see if that user is online or not.	In group chat, you can check how many (and which contacts) are currently online
Double tick means that message has reached the phone but you are not sure whether it has been read it	Messages are double ticked only when the other party has actually read the msg
Need to be audio/video files or images or location or contacts	Attachment can be any kind of file on your phone memory/sd card. It need not be only video files or JPEG files like in whatsapp. However for sharing contacts it will be difficult.
No such option of secret chat – you will have to manually delete chats	Option for Secret Chat – Message can get deleted automatically after a certain set duration (you can modify this duration)
Can’t send big videos or images – it trims them down.	Send Pictures, Videos etc of upto 1GB of size
Group chat with 25/30 people possible	Group Chat with 200 people
Paid for some devices and free for some. Message keeps on popping up (at times) that you will need to buy the app	Free and will remain free – open source app