I was using HIKE messenger since it was launched, I was totally surprised and amazed with the good features, downloading that was worth more than whatsapp, but now the updates had ruined me.
Since hike has the new update to download the stories, I didnt like it. As you have to download everyones stories to read. And also it creates a lots of data space on your phone. I would rather go with the whatsapp for that. The timeline feature which hike was offering, was a great one, it needed some improvements, but now there is no timeline.
Forget HIKE, Go WHATSAPP.