When comparing Kik vs Allo, the Slant community recommends Kik for most people. In the question“What are the best messaging apps for iOS?” Kik is ranked 18th while Allo is ranked 30th. The most important reason people chose Kik is:
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Pros
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Pro Push is quick
Push notifications are extremely quick.
Pro Cross-platform
Support for iOS, Android, and Blackberry.
Pro Built-in browser
Kik is the first messenger with a built-in browser.
Pro Easy to use interface
Pro Persists history
Your chat history is persisted by default (you can send incognito end-to-end encrypted self-destructing messages instead if you so desire).
Pro Allows self-destructing messages
You can send messages that will be removed from both parties after a defined period of time.
Pro Allows end-to-end encrypted incognito messages
Pro Assistant
The assistant is a bot that can help book, look up locations, restaurants, set up calendar events, etc.
Pro Full quality pictures
Cons
Con Not for young people
Kik has a lot of sexual predators and can be dangerous for kids.
Con Not yet released (should release in summer 2016)
