Ubuntu Touch already has a large number of native apps and more are added every day. The platform needs as many applications as possible and now it's Telegram’s turn to land in the Ubuntu Store.

One of the main problems for any new mobile operating system is the number of apps available for users. Young operating systems, like Ubuntu Touch, need a large app base to make sure that users are satisfied with what they find by default. The developers have worked hard to integrate all the major apps that you would expect and there are quite a few contributions from the community.

Having as many apps as possible is a difficult thing to achieve because developers can't really do everything by themselves and they need to focus on the operating system. The only thing they can do is to provide a good platform for third-party development and the right tools for the job. That has been taken care of with the powerful Ubuntu SDK.

What is Telegram and why do we care

When Facebook bought Whatsapp, a large number of users looked for a different and better alternative for that messaging app. Telegram was the one that they turned to and the application has become much more widespread since then. It boasts powerful encryption algorithms, which attracted a lot of people who wanted more privacy.

The main thing differentiating the two solutions, Whatsapp and Telegram, is the fact that the latter has an API for its services and the former is notoriously obtuse in this matter. Telegram apps have been available for quite some time, even on the desktop, but now it has landed in the Ubuntu Store as well.

Interestingly enough, the app is signed by the "Ubuntu Core App Developer" and it's a native one, which means that it's very well integrated into the phone, and also has a nice scope. And it's free, of course.