Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Fling

Chat, voice, and messaging in one place

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   FlingUp, a Reddit-like platform Ive been building for the last 2 years▲260

   2023 · flingup.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fling▲65

   A simple way to organize and share contact information

   2017 · flingapp.carrd.co · its alternatives →

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   Airchat▲848

   A social walkie-talkie

   2024 · air.chat · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Volley▲324

   Community powered by video messaging

   2021 · volleyapp.com · its alternatives →

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   Skype▲531

   Completely redesigned with GIFs, group video chat, & stories

   2017 · teams.live.com · its alternatives →

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   Spot 2.0▲287

   The next-gen communication app for teams

   2022 · spotvirtual.com · its alternatives →

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   Flux▲375

   how can we make AI agents more accessible? it has been a crazy journey seeing how AI agents gets smarter every single day but interaction layer is still missing we are launching Spectrum TODAY: one Unified API connect your AI Agents into iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram and more

   Jan 2026 · photon.codes · its alternatives →

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   Front 2.0▲500

   Shared team inboxes to manage Email, Twitter, SMS & more

   2014 · front.com · its alternatives →

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   Stride▲527

   Atlassian's new group messaging and video meeting platform

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Drift 2.0▲569

    A scalable way to talk to your customers

    2016 · drift.com · its alternatives →

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    SpatialChat 3.0▲505

    All-in-one space for collaboration, all-hands and networking

    2022 · spatial.chat · its alternatives →

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    Snapchat Chat 2.0▲445

    All-new Chat with stickers, audio, video notes and more

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Front 3.0▲400

    Team Inboxes for Email, Twitter, Text & more

    2016 · front.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Flingy▲87

    The fun way to make decisions with the help of your friends

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Huddle▲349

    Video messaging to connect with people you feel close to

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Discourse▲287

    A platform for community discussion. Free, open and simple.

    2015 · discourse.org · its alternatives →

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    Chapp▲141

    Real-time, topic-based chat (long live IRC!)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Chatfully▲145

    All-in-one chat tool for teams: texting, web chat, & more

    2021 · trychatfully.com · its alternatives →

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    PingPong▲131

    Structured, async messaging for distributed teams

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Ahoy▲93

    A location-based messaging app 📍💬

    2019 · ahoy.ai · its alternatives →

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    Flake▲84

    Interactive stories through group chat with stickers.

    2015 · get.flakeapp.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a fun video meeting app with 2D physics and proximity chat▲166

    Hi HN! https://flat.social is a web video meeting app for organising fun online meetings & social events. Each participant can move around and talk with others in their proximity. Here is a quick demo if you wanna see it in action: https://youtu.be/Y2yH3twjrx4 I’ve been on it solo for around a year right now. Tech used is Next.js, Typescript, PIXI.js on the front-end and Node, Mediasoup, Socket.io and Matter.js (physics engine) on the backend. Feel free to jump in into the demo room (https://flat.social/f/Flat.Social-Demo) to say hi, I’ll be…

    2022 · flat.social · its alternatives →

23. 23DI
    Drop-In Chat – Chatify your app▲49

    2014 · dropinchat.com · its alternatives →

24. 24DL
    Distributed – Live social chat app to help remote teams stay in sync▲47

    2021 · joindistributed.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →