Skype

Skype

Price: $

Once upon a time, when you mentioned video-calling, everyone knew you are talking about Skype. It was used worldwide by families, friends, and businessmen trying to hold a long-distance meetings.

Those days are gone as every other app has a video-call feature, but nonetheless let's see how Skype keeps up on the Windows platform. The design of the app is as simple as it gets, with grayscale design or white design mixed with light blue color, famous for Skype.

The app's interface feels somewhat empty. You can see your recent chats at the left part of the screen. Above you can see your profile icon which opens various settings when you click it. The major part of the window is reserved for the actual chat, which doesn't offer anything you aren't used to, if you are familiar with Messenger, WhatsApp, or Snapchat.

The apps functionality is pretty solid, although there is one thing we find annoying, which is that you are almost unable to see the image someone sent you without opening it, as the thumbnail for it is pretty small. This prevents you from looking at an image and messaging to someone about it. Even worse, once you do open the photo by clicking it, you can't zoom it in or do anything besides saving it.

Switching between different conversations in the app and sending a message does feel slow at times. These problems prevent the app from appearing smooth no matter how powerful PC you have or how fast your Internet connection is. At least there are no problems with the calling or video feature, although they do lack some creativity.