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Messages by Google VS Snapdrop

Compare Messages by Google VS Snapdrop and see what are their differences

Messages by Google logo Messages by Google

Messaging and SMS app bundled in stock Android.

Snapdrop logo Snapdrop

An open source alternative to Alternative to AirDrop.
  • Messages by Google Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-11-22
  • Snapdrop Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-10-25

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Snapdrop videos

Snapdrop finally let’s IOS & Android users work together seamlessly.

More videos:

  • Review - Forget Airdrop, Transfer Files using Snapdrop
  • Tutorial - Snapdrop: Best Cross Platform AirDrop Alternative! - How to Share Files Between Operating Systems!

Category Popularity

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Communication
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0% 0
File Sharing
0 0%
100% 100
Instant Messaging
100 100%
0% 0
Cloud Storage
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100% 100

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Reviews

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Messages by Google Reviews

The best WhatsApp alternatives for 2023
Google Messages is Google’s answer to iMessage, and it's usually available on modern Android phones right out of the box. If you can't find it, you can download Google Messages from Google Play.

Snapdrop Reviews

  1. A Complete waste of time from a 4 decade mac pro user

    Takes forever to send even small video files with high speed internet. Horrible documentation for transferring instructions. No option in the app menu to choose a destination folder. There's no way to compress all of your videos on an android to send to the Mac, even though that is suggested in their "features". And not 1 single video could I find in 2 hours of google searches that answered these questions. For a company touting such "ease of use", as a 40 year mac user, this was another waste of time app. If the company would like to contact me and answer these questions, if it is indeed an "easy, reliable app", I will gladly help them make a video that actually walks people through the problems I have encountered.

  2. Excellent way to share a folder with multiple files to another computer

    SnapDrop does an excellent job in sharing multiple files to another computer. Just zip/compress a folder with multiple files and select that zipped folder to send to the other computer or mobile device.

    🏁 Competitors: AirDrop by Apple

Social recommendations and mentions

Messages by Google might be a bit more popular than Snapdrop. We know about 274 links to it since March 2021 and only 228 links to Snapdrop. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Messages by Google mentions (274)

  • Trying to reach your phone
    Just started using Messages through a browser on my PC messages.google.com/. Unless I keep my phone (S22 Ultra) screen on, I get "Trying to reach your phone" on the PC browser. Source: 6 months ago
  • Is there a place to suggest software you'd like to be on the AUR? If not, let it be here!
    I've moved on to Ferdium by the way via the ferdium-electron AUR package. I also use Tuta, Skiff, Google Messages and YouTube Music with it. Source: 6 months ago
  • Google Messages Mess - Apple's iPhone Message app vs Web app
    Some messages show up on my phone, but not on messages.google.com ... Some messages show up on messages.google.com but not on my phone. This morning I noticed that on a message thread between my girlfriend and me (about the less-than-important subject of our performance in Wordle this morning) everything I sent to her from the web app showed up on my web app but not on my phone, and every reply from her showed... Source: 6 months ago
  • Text Message Forwarding from iPhone
    Then you can just visit https://messages.google.com/ on your Mac and iPad to see your sms? Source: 6 months ago
  • Messages By Google Across Desktop & Pixel 8
    I'll often read a message on my computer first (as I'll be working and have messages.google.com as a tab) and then I'll look at my phone later, see I have a message, and click on it, only to see it is an old message. Source: 6 months ago
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Snapdrop mentions (228)

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Messages by Google and Snapdrop, you can also consider the following products

Android Messages - Android Messages is a world’s most leading communication app by Google for Android device.

Syncthing - Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and...

QKSMS - QKSMS is a beautiful communication app that offers magical texting experience.

ShareDrop - HTML5 clone of Apple's AirDrop - easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

Signal - Fast, simple & secure messaging. Privacy that fits in your pocket.

Send Anywhere - Send whatever you want, wherever you want