When comparing Slingshot vs Hike, the Slant community recommends Hike for most people. In the question“What are the best messaging apps for Android?” Hike is ranked 25th while Slingshot is ranked 43rd. The most important reason people chose Hike is:
It contains a wallet for money transfer, news update & sports update feature.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Send to receive nudges users to interact
Requiring users to first share a photo or video before they can view photos and videos from others makes it more likely that the other person will respond.
Pro One tap photo and video sharing
The first thing that the app presents the user with is the camera enabled and ready to take photos and videos. Photos and videos can have text written on them in white letters or drawn on with various colors and brush sizes.
Pro Lots of great features
It contains a wallet for money transfer, news update & sports update feature.
Pro Without data media sharing option within 100m
Pro Great sticker system
A very fast sticker suggestion based on key words typed. This helps to send relevant stickers quickly. Also when we press upon a sticker it opens a quick reply sticker option.
Pro Night-mode
Hike has an app theme & auto night mode(8pm-6am) inside to reduce strain on eye while texting at night.
Pro Has a timeline
It has a timeline(photo + text), which is similar to BBM.
Pro Photo editing feature
It has a selfie edit feature like Instagram, helps with editing selfies for profile photos & photo statuses.
Cons
Con Send to receive is unintuitive
Requiring users to first share a photo or video before they can view photos and videos from others can often feel frustrating.
Con Security of user information
First of all, this is closed source software. It also lacks-end-to-end encryption. In today's time, irrespective of every other feature, encryption is the most important one. Because without it, rest of the features become risky to use and thus meaningless.