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24 alternatives to Kong

Group GIF chat

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kong launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Cheeky Chat▲122

   Live GIF messages that move

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Kong▲342

   Play with your selfie. A new app from Path.

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pixit Chat▲71

   Shows awesome GIFs - as you type!

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Public▲205

   Group chats. Great conversations. 💬

   2016 · public.chat · its alternatives →

5. 5
   GifWang▲65

   Tinder for GIFs

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Leo▲100

   v2 / ephemeral group photo chat w/ text that last 24 h

   2014 · noxpeptides.ca · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Relay GIF Messenger▲113

   Easily search and send GIFs to friends

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Meatspaces▲58

   Animated GIFs (of your face!) Chat Room

   2014 · chat.meatspac.es · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Gif Jam▲72

   Make GIFs with friends

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Rocket.Chat▲152

    Your own open source Slack-like chat

    2015 · rocket.chat · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Slobbr▲99

    A Foursquare for dogs

    2017 · slobbr.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    GIF Battle▲88

    An all-GIF chat battle for talking trash on the Internet.

    2016 · icebreakerspot.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Gifasent▲59

    Start conversations filled with semi-random GIFs!

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Gipher▲91

    Tinder for GIFs

    2016 · gipher.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Bunch▲204

    Group video chat for live mobile games

    2018 · mini.party · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Nutmeg▲86

    Making it ridiculously easy to text awesome gifs

    2014 · canliborsa24.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Tumblr GIF Maker▲93

    The home of GIFs just got GIFFier

    2015 · tumblr.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    SQUAD▲102

    Group video chats with friends, by musical.ly

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    GIF Messenger▲91

    A messenger that forces people to converse using just GIFs

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Chime▲190

    Group video conversations with your friends & community

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Vyu for iOS▲67

    Group video chat on Twitter

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Meatspac.es▲2

    Group Animated GIF Chat

    2014 · chat.meatspac.es · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Chaf▲80

    Chat with strangers using GIFs

    2020 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    ChitChat▲180

    No FOMO group chat

    2017 · 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 →