Antox Review

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Review of Antox powered by the Slant community.

Note that Antox is still alpha software and there may be some bugs. Antox uses the Tox protocol which is Peer to Peer, so there will be high data usage and battery drain. WiFi only mode is currently recommended for now. Antox is completely open-source.

SpecsUpdate

PlatformsAndroid

Publisherim.tox.antox

File SizeN/A

Required Android VersionN/A

End-to-end encryptionYes

VideoconferencingNo

Mediaimages

Audio recordingNo

VoIPYes

GroupsNo

Messaging systemsData

Video recordingNo

LocationsharingNo

In-App PurchasesNone

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Pros

Pro
Free, open source

Antox is licensed under Creative Commons with source code available on GitHub. Being open source makes it possible to make sure your messaging are not controlled by a corporation.

Pro
Peer-to-peer

There is no middleman, all communication happens between the users.

Cons

Con
High data usage

Antox uses the Tox protocol which is Peer to Peer, so there will be high data usage and battery drain. WiFi only mode is currently recommended for now.