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Empathy vs Sideline

A side-by-side look at Empathy and Sideline. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Empathy

Empathy

Social & Communications

Empathy is an open source instant messaging client that supports text, voice and video chat. It uses the Telepathy framework and integrates with the GNOME desktop environment. Empathy supports popular protocols like XMPP, IRC, Facebook Messenger, and more.

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Sideline

Sideline

Social & Communications

Sideline is a phone app that provides users with a second phone number to keep their personal and work calls separate. It has features like call forwarding, voicemail transcripts, blocking contacts and more.

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