I have installed hike a long time back when one of my friend referred me to this app to earn 50 rs as per their referral program. Though the app is an Indian but it is not up to par messenger as it has a lot of problems within the app like apps close itself a lot of times, it drains battery a lot(as hike developers are trying to make it an all in one app), giving so many push notifications everytime which irritates any user a lot.
in trying to make it an all in one app, they are not able to maintain quality of the features like cricket scores, now carpooling, and many more features are disastrous in the app.
But one thing I like the most in the app is the addition of a lot of emoticons and hike accessibility feature to use emoticons on any platform like whatsapp, fb etc.
I recommend it to the ones only who have no problem with the battery draining and who want to enjoy more features than whatsapp.(ignoring how bad the features are)