Now a day people are starting to use hike messenger as it has more features like private chats, stickers, file sharing rewards.
*Stickers**: hike has developed this feature in such a way that it gives sticker suggestion while typing which is very handy to use.wide range of stickers and you can download only what you like that is good too.
*Private chats**: you can Password protect some chats in the app it self .
*File sharing**: This one is a great feature .you can send Apk files doc files pdfs using this feature
*hike Direct**: Sending data offline(just like wifi direct)
*Referral rewards** You will get some referral bonus for every successful referral
Despite of having this much features still hike is not on top that place is reserved for whats app for its simplicity .