Element X - Secure Chat & Call: iPhone vs Android
Element X - Secure Chat & Call gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Element X - Secure Chat & Call by Vector Creations Limited is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Rating
3.5 ★
1.8k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#41
Android · 
Communication Free
Communication FreeMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
1631335820
Publisher
Vector Creations Limited
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Jul 2023
3 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.5+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
1 content note below
Languages
39
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Size
357 MB
Also listed in
Business
Content notesUnrestricted Web Access
Google Play
App details
App ID
io.element.android.x
Publisher
ELEMENT CREATIONS LIMITED
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone
Element X - Secure Chat & Call downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 100+ | 10k+ |
| Google Play | 1k+ | 500k+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 500k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Element X - Secure Chat & Call's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.1 ★ | 25 |
| Google Play | 3.5 ★ | 1.8k 111 written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.5 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.8k |
About Element X - Secure Chat & Call
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.
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.
Element X - Secure Chat & Call iPhone
Element X - Secure Chat & Call gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Element X - Secure Chat & Call is #55 in Social Networking Free in Germany and charting in 6 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperVector Creations Limited
CategorySocial Networking
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.1 (25)
Version26.10.4
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Rating
4.1 ★
25 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#55
Social Networking FreeMeasured
Element X - Secure Chat & Call on the App Store
App details
App ID
1631335820
Publisher
Vector Creations Limited
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Jul 2023
3 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.5+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
1 content note below
Languages
39
AR EU BE BG CA HR CS DA NL EN ET FI …
Size
357 MB
Also listed in
Business
Content notesUnrestricted Web Access
Element X - Secure Chat & Call downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. iPhone downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Element X - Secure Chat & Call's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Social NetworkingFree | #55 |
 France | Social NetworkingFree | #87 |
| Russia | Social NetworkingFree | #71 |
 Poland | Social NetworkingFree | #45 |
 Italy | Social NetworkingFree | #186 |
 Sweden | Social NetworkingFree | #79 |
Apps near Element X - Secure Chat & Call on the chart
Social Networking Free, around #55.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.1 ★
25 ratings
Measured
Ratings
25
Measured
About Element X - Secure Chat & Call
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.
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.
Latest updates
26.10.4
Element X 26.10 is available just in time for the 2026 Matrix Conference, and it’s packed to the brim with updates! So let’s cut to the chase, here’s what’s new:
• Woah, Message Search! Finally, you can stop the scroll, scroll, scroll. That link from last week is now just a few taps away.
• The days of being told you have an unread message when you’ve read everything are over! We’ve completely rewritten how message counting works, and added notification counts everywhere that match what you see in the app.
• When forwarding messages, there’s now a list of suggested rooms to help speed things up.
• For anyone who finds the little grey dots in the Chats list annoying, we’ve added a new notification setting so you can banish them forever!
• We’ve made it much clearer when edits and reactions fail to send.
• Toast indicators are now automatically announced when using VoiceOver.
And that’s just the start: we’ve fixed plenty more bugs and crashes, there are performance improvements galore, and we’ve made lots of visual tweaks for iOS 27. As always the complete release notes can be found at https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/releases
26.09.1
More from Vector Creations Limited
Element X - Secure Chat & Call Android
Element X - Secure Chat & Call gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Element X - Secure Chat & Call is #41 in Communication Free on Google Play in Germany and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperElement Creations Limited
CategoryCommunication
PriceFree
Released
Installs500k+
Rating★ 3.5 (1.8k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
3.5 ★
1.8k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#41
Communication FreeMeasured
Element X - Secure Chat & Call on Google Play
App details
App ID
io.element.android.x
Publisher
ELEMENT CREATIONS LIMITED
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone
Element X - Secure Chat & Call downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Element X - Secure Chat & Call's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | CommunicationFree | #41 |
 United Kingdom | CommunicationFree | #107 |
| France | CommunicationFree | #90 |
 Canada | CommunicationFree | #77 |
 Australia | CommunicationFree | #94 |
| Russia | CommunicationFree | #79 |
| Italy | CommunicationFree | #128 |
 Spain | CommunicationFree | #108 |
 Netherlands | CommunicationFree | #79 |
 Turkey | CommunicationFree | #143 |
Apps near Element X - Secure Chat & Call on the chart
Communication Free, around #41.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
3.5 ★
1.8k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.8k
Measured
Written reviews
111
Measured
About Element X - Secure Chat & Call
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-android.
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.
The application requires the android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission to enable the installation of applications received as attachments, ensuring seamless and convenient access to new software within the app.
The application requires the USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT permission to ensure our users can effectively receive call notifications even when their devices are locked.
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-android.
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.
The application requires the android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission to enable the installation of applications received as attachments, ensuring seamless and convenient access to new software within the app.
The application requires the USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT permission to ensure our users can effectively receive call notifications even when their devices are locked.
What's new in 26.10.0
Main changes in this version: improved sign out screen, updated user status UI, accessibility improvements and bug fixes.
Full changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases
Full changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases