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LINE

Who runs LINE, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest instant messaging alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
WeChat

Measured from LINE’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs LINE

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More than just a messenger app. LINE is new level of communication and the very infrastructure of your life.

Wikidata: instant messaging and social networking service

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What LINE tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

9 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to LINE

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to LINE, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than LINENo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to LINE match.

  1. 01
    WeChat wechat.com Top 10K No trackers

    WeChat - Connects with over 1 billion users | Chats · Calls · Life Services

    WeChat is a social communication app serving over 1 billion users, supporting free chat, HD voice and video calls, Moments, and mobile payments, making communication and life more convenient.

    Compare WeChat with LINE →
  2. 02
    WhatsApp whatsapp.com Top 100 English No trackers

    WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling

    Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

    Compare WhatsApp with LINE →
  3. 03
    telegram.org Top 1K No trackers

    Telegram Messenger

    Fast. Secure. Powerful.

    Compare telegram.org with LINE →
  4. 04
    Viber viber.com Top 1K English 4 trackers

    Home | Viber

    cross-platform instant messaging voice-over-Internet Protocol application for smartphones

    Compare Viber with LINE →
  5. 05
    Messenger messenger.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Messenger

    Hang out anytime, anywhere—Messenger makes it easy and fun to stay close to your favorite people

    Compare Messenger with LINE →
  6. 06
    Zalo zalo.me Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Zalo: Phát triển Internet thay đổi cuộc sống người Việt Nam

    Tìm hiểu cách Zalo xây dựng, phát triển và đóng góp thông qua Zalo, Zing, Zalo Video; Trí tuệ nhân tạo (AI) Kiki Auto, mô hình ngôn ngữ lớn; Chuyển đổi số …

    Compare Zalo with LINE →
  7. 07
    MAX max.ru Top 10K Russian 1 tracker

    MAX — быстрое и легкое приложение для общения и решения повседневных задач

    MAX позволяет отправлять любые виды сообщений и звонить даже на слабых устройствах и при низкой скорости интернета.

    Compare MAX with LINE →
  8. 08
    GroupMe groupme.com English No trackers

    GroupMe | Group chat app

    Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.

    Compare GroupMe with LINE →
  9. 09
    Signal signal.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Signal >> Home

    Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.

    Compare Signal with LINE →
  10. 10
    Eitaa eitaa.com Top 10K Persian No trackers

    ایتا — خانواده، ارتباط، دانایی

    پیام‌رسان ایتا — به جمع میلیون‌ها کاربر بپیوندید.

    Compare Eitaa with LINE →
  11. 11
    Discord discord.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

    Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

    Compare Discord with LINE →
  12. 12
    VK vk.me English No trackers

    The Official VK Messenger

    Communication is what VK Messenger was made for. You’ll find all your VK friends already here. Add people from your phone’s contact list, and start calling and messaging all in one convenient app. Exclusive features and useful improvements come with every update.

    Compare VK with LINE →
  13. 13
    Bale bale.ai Top 10K English 1 tracker

    اپلیکیشن بله | پیام‌رسانی و انواع خدمات سازمانی و مالی

    بله علاوه بر امکانات پیام‌رسانی و مالی، انواع خدمات سازمانی مثل استعلام کالابرگ، رهگیری مرسوله پستی، سرویس هوش مصنوعی و... را ارائه می‌دهد!

    Compare Bale with LINE →
  14. 14
    TextFree textfree.us English 1 tracker

    Free Texting & Calling App | TextFree

    Send free texts and make calls with a free phone number—no SIM card or phone plan needed. Download the app on iOS, Android, or desktop.

    Compare TextFree with LINE →
  15. 15
    TextNow textnow.com English 1 tracker

    Get Free Calling, Texting and Wireless - TextNow

    Say hello to the first free wireless provider on the nation’s largest 5G network. Get a free TextNow phone number with unlimited calling and texting in the app.

    Compare TextNow with LINE →
  16. 16
    Slack slack.com Top 1K English EU-registeredFree plan 1 tracker

    Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

    Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

    Compare Slack with LINE →
  17. 17
    Threema threema.ch Top 10K English No trackers

    Threema – Secure Communication For Individuals and Companies

    The secure instant messenger from Switzerland. GDPR-compliant messaging for individuals and organizations that value privacy, security and data protection.

    Compare Threema with LINE →
  18. 18
    Rubika rubika.ir Persian No trackers

    سوپر اپلیکیشن روبیکا

    Iranian social media, instant messenger and video on-demand service

    Compare Rubika with LINE →
  19. 19
    Respond.io respond.io English 3 trackers

    Respond.io | AI-Powered Customer Conversation Platform

    Trusted by 10,000+ B2C businesses to scale customer chats, calls & campaigns. Unify WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram & Facebook in a team inbox with AI Agents on respond.io

    Compare Respond.io with LINE →
  20. 20
    Airship airship.com English 2 trackers

    Customer Experience Platform | Airship

    Airship is the only mobile-first customer experience platform that delivers measurable results through AI-powered, unified cross-channel experiences.

    Compare Airship with LINE →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles LINE’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones LINE uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what LINE adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 5 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,211
Vector
384-d
Query
36 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to LINE’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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