This Indian employee left the job of WhatsApp and created HalloApp to compete with Facebook!

WhatsApp’s former global business head Neeraj Arora has created a new app called HalloApp, which works as an ad-free, private social network. The app is being described as a “real-relationship network” that will allow users to have real-life conversations with their contacts. Arora has developed HalloApp in collaboration with his former WhatsApp colleague Michael Donohue. Both Arora and Donohue were among the early employees of the instant messaging app, which Facebook purchased in 2014. Interestingly, HalloApp has many features which make it a close competitor of not only WhatsApp but also Facebook.

Arora plans to launch HalloApp on Twitter Announcement of. They say that unlike traditional social media platforms (Facebook), their app comes with no ads, bots, likes and followers and encourages you to come online only to your real friends.

HalloApp asks for access to your phone address book to connect you with people available on your network. However, the company’s on the blog Arora has clearly stated that the platform does not collect, store or use any personal information of its users. He also emphasized that chats on this app will be end-to-end encrypted.

Unlike Facebook and other similar social media platforms, HelloApp does not use algorithms. It also doesn’t show ads. However, Arora has indicated plans to introduce a membership-based model to offer additional features in the future.

HalloApp from Apple App Store And Google Play Store Available for download via. However, it currently does not have web access like Facebook and WhatsApp.

The experience you get on HalloApp is similar to Facebook and WhatsApp, as it allows users to stay connected only with their close friends and family whose numbers are saved in the phone’s contact book. You can also have individual chats or group chats and post pictures as status.

Arora and their co-founders Michael Donohue (former engineering director of WhatsApp) shows that the two started HalloApp in September 2019.