{"id":20554,"date":"2011-10-14T13:40:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T11:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=20554"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:55:46","slug":"whatsapp-goes-free-to-fight-imessage-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-goes-free-to-fight-imessage-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp goes free to fight iMessage threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to block competition from iOS\u2019s new <strong>iMessage<\/strong> feature, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/\"><strong>WhatsApp Messenger<\/strong><\/a> has gone free in the App Store!<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp allows users to send <strong>free instant messages<\/strong> from their device to anyone else who has the application installed. It includes useful features such as file sharing, group chat, offline messaging and status updates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20559\" title=\"freeiphonewahta\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/10\/freeiphonewahta.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp for Iphone now free\" width=\"550\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/10\/freeiphonewahta.png 550w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/10\/freeiphonewahta-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fact that WhatsApp can now be downloaded for free makes it arguably a better option than using iMessage, given that it can work across different mobile platforms (i.e. <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp-android.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp-messenger.en.softonic.com\/blackberry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BlackBerry<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/symbian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symbian<\/a> and Windows Phone). Of course, it relies on the person you are messaging having WhatsApp Messenger installed, so make sure you encourage all your friends to download it too!<\/p>\n<p>Read our <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/iphone\"><strong>review of WhatsApp Messenger<\/strong><\/a>, and download it for free from the <a href=\"http:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?grid=680&amp;id=wbNcMYXTTwU&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fwhatsapp-messenger%252Fid310633997%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\"><strong>App Store<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to block competition from iOS\u2019s new iMessage feature, WhatsApp Messenger has gone free in the App Store! WhatsApp allows users to send free instant messages from their device to anyone else who has the application installed. It includes useful features such as file sharing, group chat, offline messaging and status updates. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-goes-free-to-fight-imessage-threat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WhatsApp goes free to fight iMessage threat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":20559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-20554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334049,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20554\/revisions\/334049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20554"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=20554"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=20554"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=20554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}