Created in September 2011, Snapchat changed everything for social media. Any user can record 10-second videos and upload pictures every time something funny or good happens. Snapchat is universal, and for many people it is literally life. Users can be all over the world and post a story of what they are doing to show their friends. However, Instagram came along and made Instagram stories on Aug. 2. For the last few months, people have decided whether or not to use Snapchat or Instagram stories. Snapchat is better because it is growing with popularity and many people enjoy it and love sending snaps to their streaks, something that Instagram doesn’t have.

Snapchat has filters that let a user have a flower crown or a grandma face, among others. However, Instagram only changes the color of the photo, something Snapchat already did. Instagram stories are a knockoff of Snapchat stories in a way. Snapchat users send and receive over 400 million “Snaps” every day. When they do this, they can see each others’ geofilters, which is one thing that Instagram does not offer.

People enjoy clicking through stories and sending one another’s stories to their fellow friends on Snapchat. Snapchat stories are a way to get to know someone little by little and it’s possible for people to become friends over one another’s stories. No matter how many times people use Snapchat, it will always update new ideas to make users love it more than Instagram’s idea of a “story.”

Snapchat has come a long way since it first came out, but it has just updated the same old options, whereas Instagram has improved its content with new programs. Since stories have become a part of Instagram in August 2016, I’ve switched to using Instagram more than Snapchat.

Instagram has two options: a 24 hour Snapchat-like option or a post option where users can post a picture that will stay until deleted. People can tap to see others’ stories or they can just post a picture to their account that their followers can see forever unless it’s deleted.

Snapchat only has one size drawing pen, but on Instagram users can pick brush options like a thick pen, thin pen or a glowing pen. Users can even change the size of the pen from pencil-thin all the way up to marker-thick. Another difference in the color tool is that Snapchat only has about 20 colors to draw with, whereas Instagram has about 30, so there is a wider variety of things users can create.

Even though both apps have filters, text, saving options and multiple similarities, Snapchat has restricted users to fewer options than Instagram has, which is why I prefer Instagram over Snapchat.