Signal vs MightyText
When comparing Signal vs MightyText, the Slant community recommends Signal for most people. In the question“What are the best SMS apps for Android?” Signal is ranked 3rd while MightyText is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Signal is:
Signal uses an advanced end to end encryption protocol that provides privacy for every message every time.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Provides security and privacy
Signal uses an advanced end to end encryption protocol that provides privacy for every message every time.
Pro Free and open source
Signal is free and open source software, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. It's the only private messenger that uses open source, peer-reviewed cryptographic protocols to keep your messages safe.
Pro Supports encrypted group chats
Pro Has a desktop app
Signal Desktop can be used on multiple devices and has most features of the Android version, although it still requires you to register with your phone.
Pro Supports sharing of various different media types
Signal supports: emoji, pictures, videos, audio, contacts, any location and GIF.
Pro Note to Self feature
Allows you to "send: messages to yourself and sync to desktop so you can use Signal as a kind of encrypted Pushbullet alternative
Pro You can easily view all media exchanged
You can easily view all media shared in the chat without scrolling back to when it was shared.
Pro Annonymous Sender (Encrypted)
The sender credentials can be encrypted with the rest of the message, leaving only the recipient address readable by the Signal server. Even if Signal wanted they couldn't see who is talking with who by this mean.
Pro Works everywhere in every country
Unlike most messenger apps, Signal works reliably in all countries by securely circumventing internet censorship.
Pro Recommended by Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden uses this messenger and recommends it to everyone who is concerned about his privacy.
Pro Read and send texts from all your Android devices + Web
MightyText syncs your SMS between your phone, tablet and the web interface. This means you can now read and send SMS from whatever device is most convenient at the time.
Pro Easy to get going as it uses your current phone number & SMS
MightyText uses SMS, so the people you message don't need to download the app in order for you to message them. This makes the transition from plain SMS to MightyText very easy and unlike Google Voice you keep your existing number.
Pro Great Gmail plugin
The gtext Gmail Plugin lets you both manage and send texts from within gmail. Texts are labeled and searchable within gmail and you can message contacts just like its a Gchat.
Pro Desktop/Tablet UI optimised for making texting faster
MightyText has a special view on their desktop and Tablets that make participating in multiple conversations simultaneously very easy.
Pro Gives useful desktop notifications from your phone
MightyText gives you desktop notifications for new texts and calls with the ability to quickly reply from your computer. There is also a really cool feature that shows you your current battery life on your phone as well as low battery alerts no matter where your phone is.
Pro Easy sharing of photos & videos from phone
Using the toggle to turn on the photo and video sharing feature allows for sharing of both file types easily.
Pro Instant sync & easy sharing of photos & videos from phone
Photos and videos can be sync'd from ones PC to phone as well as easily shared through ones phone. This makes for a convenient way to access all of ones photos/videos in order to always have the accessable to be sent in messages.
Pro Easily send group messages
Users can add multiple contacts to a group message that gets sent to all recipients at once when sent, which is great for times when a user is trying to coincide info with a bunch of people such as a group going out for the evening or work related exercises.
Pro Match the rest of ones device with themes
Users can theme MightyText to their liking, making a more customized looking app that can fit with other themed UI elements of the OS.
Pro Easily schedule messages
Users can set up schedules for their messages for when they want one to go out but know they won't be close to their phone or just want to have a particular time to send something without having to do it at that specific time.
Pro Text directly from Facebook
Using a Chrome extension users can send texts directly from within Facebook on ones desktop.
Cons
Con Needs access to your phone number and contacts to work
Con Single device
Signal can only be registered to one mobile device at a time. But you can link Signal to Signal Desktop.
Con Servers hosted in the US
A security risk due to National Security letters, which require giving up data to the US state, and making it illegal to disclose that.
Con Unreliable notifications
Sometimes messages won't be received if the Signal app has been closed for a long time or hasn't been opened after booting the device.
Con Uses SMS for all messages
MightyText does not support data messages, so you will still be billed as per your carrier rates for every SMS you send.