Element X - Secure Chat & Call 4+
Sovereign. Seamless. On Matrix
Vector Creations Limited
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Experience the next generation of sovereign & secure collaboration - it's faster, simpler & more reliable. Still decentralized, still built on Matrix.
Freedom to communicate on your own terms
For individuals and communities - private communication between family, friends, hobby groups, clubs, etc.
Element X gives you fast, secure and private instant messaging and video calls built on Matrix, the open standard for real-time communication. This is a free and open-source app maintained at https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios
Stay in touch with friends, family and communities with:
• Real time messaging & video calls
• Public rooms for open group communication
• Private rooms for closed group communication
• Rich messaging features: emoji reactions, replies, polls, pinned messages and more.
• Video calling while browsing messages.
• Interoperability with other Matrix-based apps such as FluffyChat, Cinny and many more.
Privacy-first
Unlike some other messengers from Big Tech companies, we don’t mine your data or monitor your communications.
Own your conversations
Choose where to host your data - from any public server (the largest free server is matrix.org, but there are plenty of others to choose from) to creating your own personal server and hosting it on your own domain. This ability to choose a server is a large part of what differentiates us from other real time communication apps. However you host, you have ownership; it’s your data. You’re not the product. You’re in control.
Communicate in real time, all the time
Use Element everywhere. Stay in touch wherever you are with fully synchronised message history across all your devices, including on the web at https://app.element.io
Element X is our next-generation app
If you’re using the previous-generation Element Classic app, it’s time to try Element X! It’s faster, easier to use, and more powerful than the classic app. It’s better in every way and we’re adding new features all the time.
What’s New
Version 25.07.2
Today is the day! The latest version of Element X has arrived, bringing with it a fresh coat of paint on the home screen with our beautiful new Bloom style. The release also includes many other smaller changes including:
• A boatload of accessibility fixes for items that were hidden or incorrectly described by VoiceOver.
• Performance improvements when launching the app and marking rooms as read.
As always, the full release notes can be found at https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/releases
Ratings and Reviews
Settings require desktop app
I think the app interface is great, but I don’t seem to be getting notification sounds, which is problematic.
EDIT: My notifications weren’t set to “noisy” in the desktop app. I’ve since updated that setting (on the desktop app) and now am getting notification sounds on mobile. Would be nice to control the setting for the mobile app also.
Better design, functionality shortcomings
Coming from Element's desktop app, this is an amazing experience comparatively from a design perspective. It looks and feels so much nicer.
However, I do find it unfortunate that some UX/functionality is lost in the process. Namely: Spaces, threads, and many settings.
I don't think the app is absolutely unusable just because of these, but I'm hopeful that these shortcomings are addressed.
Almost perfect
I’m a big fan of Element and this version is a huge improvement visually and the performance is a big step up. The only thing holding out back from being my main daily driver is the lack of threads and spaces/subspaces. Once these features are added, this will be the only Matrix client I will ever need. Well, gif support would be great too. Im very excited to see how Element x develops
App Privacy
The developer, Vector Creations Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contacts
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Vector Creations Limited
- Size
- 215.6 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- Languages
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English, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Welsh
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2017-2025 New Vector Ltd
- Price
- Free