When comparing Reach vs Nimbuzz Messenger, the Slant community recommends Nimbuzz Messenger for most people. In the question“What are the best messaging apps for iOS?” Nimbuzz Messenger is ranked 28th while Reach is ranked 29th. The most important reason people chose Nimbuzz Messenger is:
You can buy Nimbuzz Credit and make calls at a reduced price.
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Pros
Pro Mass message multiple people at once
Ability to send a single message to multiple people without exposing their contact information to each other. Reach sends individual messages to the group rather than starts a group chat.
Pro Personalized and Individual conversations in "Group Mode"
When sending a message to a group of people, Reach starts a private conversation in your Messages, Mail or WhatsApp apps respectively for each recipient
Pro Reusable Recipient Groups
Improve workflow productivity by creating reusable recipient groups
Pro All platforms in one: iMessage, Text/SMS, E-mail, WhatsApp, and Google Voice
Reach does not require the recipient to have Reach installed on their device. Instead it uses the existing messaging apps on the device to send the message to the recipient.
Pro Message Templates Feature
Prepare message templates which can be reused. Message templates can have recipients name variable, for example the template "hey {first name}!" will be populated with the recipients first name when the message is sent out
Pro Free texting through Google Voice
Reach integrates with Google Voice and allows to send free text messages in the U.S.A and low rates across the globe
Pro Fully automated mass texting with free SMS
Using Google Voice integration, Reach is able to send mass texts in a fully automated mode (without the need to press "Send" button for each message)
Pro Regular calls
You can buy Nimbuzz Credit and make calls at a reduced price.
Pro Chat rooms
Nimbuzz has public chat rooms that can be created or accessed by anyone.
Pro Video, audio and photo sharing
Nimbuzz can share media files.
Pro Social messaging integration
Allows talking to GTalk, Yahoo, MSN and Facebook users.
Pro Group messages
You can create groups of people to send messages to.
Pro Video calls
Nimbuzz can make one-to-one video calls.
Cons
Con Need to press "Send" button per each recipient
When sending a message to a group, the user must press "Send" button for each recipient. The only work around is to use Google Voice integration for fully automatic mass texting