Good texting app

[the mav]

I need a texting app that will work with the galaxy and an iPad. I’m the only one in the family that will be in android so I want to be able to text my kids. I guess WhatsApp doesn’t work on the iPad. Kind of sucks. Any ideas?

 

[VW Maverick]

I love and use Textra with no problems. I highly recommend it.

Mav.

 

[Toes Up]

I love and use Textra with no problems. I highly recommend it.

Mav.

+1

 

[anon(5506951)]

I love and use Textra with no problems. I highly recommend it.

Mav.

+2

 

[the mav]

So I download textra and it will work? I ask because textra isn’t in the Apple App Store

 

[VW Maverick]

So I download textra and it will work? I ask because textra isn’t in the Apple App Store

I may have misundertood.
You want the same messaging app for both an Android device and an Apple device?

Mav.

 

[the mav]

Yes. And that seems like it’s going to be a pain or impossible to do

 

[VW Maverick]

Yes. And that seems like it’s going to be a pain or impossible to do

This article was from Dec '17. See if it has what you are looking for: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-messaging-apps-for-android-and-ios/

Mav.

 

[Almeuit]

Textra is always my go to for any phone.

 

[anon(1733)]

Use whatsapp. It's universal. Works on iOS and Android.

 

[Almeuit]

Use whatsapp. It's universal. Works on iOS and Android.

But sadly it requires all the other people you talk with to install it as well. For some people that is fine and they can get friends to do it .. for others they can't so even if it is universal it is useless if you can't message who you want.

 

[Lovecraft Mysticora]

Telegram maybe?

 

[Almeuit]

So I download textra and it will work? I ask because textra isn’t in the Apple App Store

For anything to work on iPad / Your Android phone you would need a completely separate message service (like WhatsApp). Apple hasn't really mad SMS and stuff doable via iPad except when paired w/ an iPhone.

 

[anon(1733)]

If you have a Mac try wemessage. You download it to your Mac and it forwards imessages to your android device. And you download the app to your android and now you have imessages.

Here it is. https://wemessageapp.com

 

[lucianus_luciferus]

skype?

 

[mnmacht77]

Check out Verizon Message+. Works on Android, iOS (including ipad) and desktop. You do not have to use Verizon service to use it. I use it on iPad and Android. If Google could take Allo and Android Messenges and smash them together to make a SMS app that supports RCS and peer to peer encrypted messaging it would make a lot of happy people.

 

[the mav]

I’ll try message +. Thanks

 

[mrcrusha829]

Install Google Allo and Duo on the kids devices and then on your phone. You will be able to message them with Allo and also video chat with them with Duo.

 

[edubb256]

I need a texting app that will work with the galaxy and an iPad. I’m the only one in the family that will be in android so I want to be able to text my kids. I guess WhatsApp doesn’t work on the iPad. Kind of sucks. Any ideas?

Maybe I'm not understanding what you are trying to do, but if you just want to send text messages back and forth, you don't need to do anything special. The built in Messages app works fine. Most of my friends have iphones using imessage and we text back and forth all the time.

 

[the mav]

For some reason I was under the impression that a WiFi only iPad cannot text android. I’ll try tomorrow