Android Messages VS Snapdrop

Android Messages Reviews

Snapdrop Reviews

1. Jeff

   over 1 year ago
   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. Gar

   over 2 years ago
   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

Android Messages mentions (106)

• Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)

  If you're using Android (presumably with Google), there's Google Messages on Web that handles SMS: https://messages.google.com/web/ I used it for several years and found it quite reliable, unlike Apple's way of handling SMS/iMessage on each Apple device separately. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• What alternatives to Google Fi are people looking at?

  It used to be built into Gmail, but they moved it to https://messages.google.com/web. It also used to be you couldn't also have a Google Voice number, but now you can and they're separate. Source: 11 months ago

• Pixel Tablet Blows Chunks (Complaint & Questions)

  7 Pro. I get the "go to messages.google.com/web" bullshit. Source: 11 months ago

• What's that really useful, can't live without app you install on all your devices?

  For the Pushbullet, there a couple different things you can do now. If you use Google messages, it now has a website interface for you to access. https://messages.google.com/web/ Another option is if you are windows, there is Link your Phone app that lets you sync between your phone and your pc for photos, messages and apps. Source: 12 months ago

• Auto-forward Fi text messages pixel 3) to t mobile phone (s21)?

  You will be able to check your messages through your laptop or S21's Chrome browser on https://messages.google.com/web > Have Google Fi Wireless? > Get started. Source: 12 months ago

Snapdrop mentions (227)

• WebRTC API

  Snapdrop.net is one of many examples of the uses for this API, using it with WebSocket API allows endpoints on the same local network to distribute files and send data between them. We can find the source code for the project here. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• How to copy a file between devices?

  Here is a list of open source options. This isn't the first time I have shared this on here either. Perhaps this is another sign that web search is failing us. SnapDrop - Site: https://snapdrop.net/ - Source: https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop - Source: https://github.com/szimek/sharedrop - Source: https://github.com/kern/filepizza - - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop

  Similar: I have been using https://snapdrop.net/ for a few years now. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Is there a way to get to linux devices (say a desktop and a laptop) to sync and share files between them?

  Localsend for sharing files once in a while, snapdrop is an online alternative. Syncthing to sync folders between devices. Source: 6 months ago

• Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative

  Related projects: - FlyingCarpet: direct transfer over local adhoc WIFI: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet - In-browser file transfer similar to Airdrop: https://snapdrop.net/ - Magic Wormhole: simple file transfer from computer-to-computer over the net: https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole - Wormhole: user-friendly in-browser based e2e encrypted file transfer: https://wormhole.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago