The windows phone market share is rising everyday and popular applications are coming in everyday but some of them are not perfect and some features are missing from them! So I am going to tell great alternatives for popular applications for your windows phone 8 and even windows phone 7!
So let us begin!
1.INSTAGRAM.
The official instagram available on the windows phone store lacks some features like uploading videos and has some bugs too but there are other alternatives that can fulfill your needs in a much better way!
6tag
The 6tag application is actually really popular and some of you might even know about it but those who don't, this is for them!
This application consists many features that work really fine like instagram direct and uploading videos to your account! The stability of this app is much better than the official instagram app and you get basically everything in it like pinning searches on your home screen, lock screen support and much more!
6tag is a free app and you can download it from here!
Pictastic
This app is actually i am recommending for those who are on wp7! Pictastic is a great instagram client, sure it lacks the feature of video uploading but everything else works just fine from instagram direct to live tiles!
Pictastic has both free and paid versions with free version including ads obviously!
You can download the free version here and the paid version here!
2.YOUTUBE.
It's been a lot of years since windows phone launched but still there is no youtube application, yeah we got one but that was pulled out from the store and things went as they were before, unresolved!
But other than that, we have some great youtube clients and one of them is metrotube!
Metrotube
Metrotube is great application for watching youtube videos and handling your youtube account and the recent update made it even more gorgeous by adding river navigation!
You can download videos for viewing later too!
Metrotube is a free app but there is a paid app too if you wanna donate the developers!
Metrotube is available for both wp7 and wp8 and you can download it here!
3.SNAPCHAT.
Snapchat is a great social application and there a lot users using it but those who came on windows phone would be disappointed because there is no official app for it but there are alternatives that work perfectly and i going to mention them!
6snap
6snap is a great snapchat client for windows phone 8 and it works perfectly with the previous update that included taking screenshots which was not allowed before!
If you love snapchat and want to experience it on windows phone, you should definetly download this app!
6snap is free and you can download it here!
Snap
This is app for windows phone 7 and a wonderful snapchat client!
Unfortunately this app has bugs and crashes some times but it allows to use snapchat on your phone and that is actually pretty cool as there is no other app available right now!
Snap is a paid app and you can get it for 0.99$ here!
4.DROPBOX
A lot of people use dropbox as of now and there is no official app available for it but as i said there aalternatives! Let's take a look!
CloudSix
This app is a great dropbox client with simple design and absolutely no lags at all!
A recent update also added better support for phablets that is pretty good!
You can download cloudsix from here for free!
Metrobox
Metrobox is a really fast and cool app for dropbox for windows phone 7 users!
You can pin folders and also share it with your friends!
This application is free and you download from here!
5.TELEGRAM
Telegram is messaging service like whatsapp that is getting really popularity lately because of its security features!
There is unfortunately no official app for it but according to the developers, it is coming soon but untill there is an alternative you can try!
Migram beta
Migram beta is a free telegram client for both windows phone 7 and 8!
This application consists of every feature including private chats, background images and live tiles!
You can download migram beta from here!
6.REDDIT
A lot of users of windows phone are daily readers of Reddit and there was not a great official app or even a decent alternative until readit came!
Readit
Readit is beautiful Reddit client available for both window phone 7 and 8!
Readit has very elegant and metro looking UI and you can perform basically everything in this app from posting, commenting and much more!
Readit has two versions with free version that has some limitations! The paid app is for 1.99$ ad you can download it here!
7.TWITTER
There is a official application for twitter available but it has some bugs and sometimes crashes while using, so I generally prefer using a client which i am going to mention here!
glƏƏk!
Gleek! is an amazing and fast twitter that is available for both windows phone 7 and windows phone 8!
Features of this app include faster loading, live tiles, adjusting fonts, sneek peeks, colour coding, muting, and much more! This is actually the ONLY app that will bring you random tweets (pƏƏks) from users around the world that is pretty
cool when you start using it everyday!
Gleek has two versions, one is free and other is paid which is only if you want to donate!
You can download gleek here!
So those were my favorite and one of the best alternatives for windows phone, do mention yours in the comments or connect to me on twitter @phonesoldier or you can like my page on facebook at www.facebook.com/phonesoldier!
Hope you liked it and thank you for reading!
So let us begin!
1.INSTAGRAM.
The official instagram available on the windows phone store lacks some features like uploading videos and has some bugs too but there are other alternatives that can fulfill your needs in a much better way!
6tagThe 6tag application is actually really popular and some of you might even know about it but those who don't, this is for them!
This application consists many features that work really fine like instagram direct and uploading videos to your account! The stability of this app is much better than the official instagram app and you get basically everything in it like pinning searches on your home screen, lock screen support and much more!
6tag is a free app and you can download it from here!
Pictastic
This app is actually i am recommending for those who are on wp7! Pictastic is a great instagram client, sure it lacks the feature of video uploading but everything else works just fine from instagram direct to live tiles!
Pictastic has both free and paid versions with free version including ads obviously!
You can download the free version here and the paid version here!
2.YOUTUBE.
It's been a lot of years since windows phone launched but still there is no youtube application, yeah we got one but that was pulled out from the store and things went as they were before, unresolved!
But other than that, we have some great youtube clients and one of them is metrotube!
MetrotubeMetrotube is great application for watching youtube videos and handling your youtube account and the recent update made it even more gorgeous by adding river navigation!
You can download videos for viewing later too!
Metrotube is a free app but there is a paid app too if you wanna donate the developers!
Metrotube is available for both wp7 and wp8 and you can download it here!
3.SNAPCHAT.
Snapchat is a great social application and there a lot users using it but those who came on windows phone would be disappointed because there is no official app for it but there are alternatives that work perfectly and i going to mention them!
6snap is a great snapchat client for windows phone 8 and it works perfectly with the previous update that included taking screenshots which was not allowed before!
If you love snapchat and want to experience it on windows phone, you should definetly download this app!
6snap is free and you can download it here!
SnapThis is app for windows phone 7 and a wonderful snapchat client!
Unfortunately this app has bugs and crashes some times but it allows to use snapchat on your phone and that is actually pretty cool as there is no other app available right now!
Snap is a paid app and you can get it for 0.99$ here!
4.DROPBOX
A lot of people use dropbox as of now and there is no official app available for it but as i said there aalternatives! Let's take a look!
CloudSixThis app is a great dropbox client with simple design and absolutely no lags at all!
A recent update also added better support for phablets that is pretty good!
You can download cloudsix from here for free!
MetroboxMetrobox is a really fast and cool app for dropbox for windows phone 7 users!
You can pin folders and also share it with your friends!
This application is free and you download from here!
5.TELEGRAM
Telegram is messaging service like whatsapp that is getting really popularity lately because of its security features!
There is unfortunately no official app for it but according to the developers, it is coming soon but untill there is an alternative you can try!
Migram betaMigram beta is a free telegram client for both windows phone 7 and 8!
This application consists of every feature including private chats, background images and live tiles!
You can download migram beta from here!
6.REDDIT
A lot of users of windows phone are daily readers of Reddit and there was not a great official app or even a decent alternative until readit came!
ReaditReadit is beautiful Reddit client available for both window phone 7 and 8!
Readit has very elegant and metro looking UI and you can perform basically everything in this app from posting, commenting and much more!
Readit has two versions with free version that has some limitations! The paid app is for 1.99$ ad you can download it here!
7.TWITTER
There is a official application for twitter available but it has some bugs and sometimes crashes while using, so I generally prefer using a client which i am going to mention here!
glƏƏk!Gleek! is an amazing and fast twitter that is available for both windows phone 7 and windows phone 8!
Features of this app include faster loading, live tiles, adjusting fonts, sneek peeks, colour coding, muting, and much more! This is actually the ONLY app that will bring you random tweets (pƏƏks) from users around the world that is pretty
cool when you start using it everyday!
Gleek has two versions, one is free and other is paid which is only if you want to donate!
You can download gleek here!
So those were my favorite and one of the best alternatives for windows phone, do mention yours in the comments or connect to me on twitter @phonesoldier or you can like my page on facebook at www.facebook.com/phonesoldier!
Hope you liked it and thank you for reading!
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