{"id":20090,"date":"2020-04-20T20:31:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apptunix.com\/blog\/?p=20090"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:31:35","slug":"development-of-video-chat-apps-like-houseparty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apptunix.com\/blog\/development-of-video-chat-apps-like-houseparty\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ultimate Guide to Developing a Video Chat App like HouseParty in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard about an app that got more than 18 Million downloads in a single month?<\/p>\n

If not, let us introduce Houseparty, a self-proclaimed video chat application that broke all the records of recent times and rocketed to app stardom by hitting such a big number of downloads worldwide.<\/p>\n

Launched in the year 2016, the application lets users host live video calls with friends on both desktops as well as mobile platforms. The app was acquired by Epic Games in 2019 but it got popularity after one-third of the world’s population went under lockdown and craved seeing and talking to their loved ones.<\/p>\n

Being an incredible solution to the problems people are facing in quarantine – Houseparty became an overnight sensation. A few experts are even calling it a COVID-19 tale of success. And it surely is the same!<\/p>\n

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Even after having big players in the market like Zoom, Skype, Facebook Messenger and a number of others – the app defeated them all and is today one of the most used and loved video chat apps available in the market.<\/p>\n

If you are also planning to build such an app – you must learn a number of things from the success story of Houseparty, how it works and what features are behind the app becoming a sensation. So, let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever heard about an app that got more than 18 Million downloads in a single month? If not, let us introduce Houseparty, a self-proclaimed video chat application that broke all the records of recent times and rocketed to app stardom by hitting such a big number of downloads worldwide. 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