How to create your own messenger

What unites us all? There are many answers to this philosophical question, but we, a product team from the heart of Siberia, immediately think about mobile applications and answer like this: each of us has at least one messenger on the phone. Today it is part of everyday life — we use chats not only to communicate with family and friends, but also to read the news, throw memes into groups, and even sign up for a haircut using a chatbot. We regularly receive many questions about how to create our own messenger, so we decided to wrap up all our experience in an article.

Let's get straight to the point chat as a service - there is a list of functions that cannot be ignored when developing a messenger. At Purrweb, we believe that an application should be user-friendly first and foremost, taking into account the pain and demands of customers. Therefore, we always advise you to start with a team brainstorming session - this will help determine your niche, target audience, and also choose what will distinguish you from your competitors. After that, you can think about how to create your own messenger, and choose what functions your application needs. Based on our experience, we have compiled 2 lists - must-have and nice-to have features - for a really cool messenger app.