# ELM – Social & Messaging — Private messaging. No noise. > Private messaging. No noise. (iPhone/iPad app by ALEXANDER EDISON MEIJER.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elm-social-and-messaging/id6762090372 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [ALEXANDER EDISON MEIJER](https://appshunter.io/developer/1868356617) - Category: Social Networking, Business - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.6 · 193 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-22 - Data updated: 2026-07-18 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elm-social-and-messaging/id6762090372/reviews.md ## What is ELM? ELM - Social & Messaging ELM is a privacy-first platform that brings together messaging, communities, creators, businesses and social discovery without ads, algorithms or endless scrolling. Real people. Real conversations. Real communities. ---------------------------------------- Private & Secure Messaging Your conversations are yours. ELM is designed around secure communication from the ground up. - End-to-end encrypted messaging for private conversations - Secure authentication and encrypted communication - No third-party tracking or advertising networks - Minimal data collection by default - Your messages are not used to build advertising profiles Privacy is not a feature you turn on. It is how ELM is built. ---------------------------------------- More Than Messaging Chat is just the beginning. With ELM you can: - Private messaging and group conversations - Share photos and videos - Join communities and spaces - Discover creators, places and events - Follow public creators - Support creators directly with gifts ---------------------------------------- Social Without the Noise ELM is not designed to maximise your screen time. No engagement algorithms deciding what you should see. No clickbait. No endless feed built to keep you scrolling. You decide who you follow, what you discover and how your feed works. ---------------------------------------- Communities, Creators & Businesses Whether you are chatting with friends, building a community, sharing your work or discovering local places... ELM brings everything together in one platform designed around people, not algorithms. ---------------------------------------- No Ads. No Selling Your Attention. ELM does not sell your attention. No advertising profiles. No behavioural tracking. No engagement farming. Just secure messaging, meaningful communities and genuine conversations. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | ELM Premium | $2.99 | per month | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 100 Credits | $0.99 | one-time | | 500 Credits | $4.99 | one-time | | 1000 Credits | $8.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.24 — 2026-07-06 To protect creators and reduce the amount of fake profile creation why have introduced an additional step that require your location once to determine your location which is not shown to and only used for additional settings. * You are now able to hide your content from certain locations or set posts who can reply to your posts. * Able to Change the feed order and which content you want to see (World, Nearby, Only people you follow) * Video profile bug fixed in profile section. * Red (X) while sending messages removed and now showing as a clock. * Business chat and reply has been resolved and able to close business chats * Now able to see who you follow from the People screen and following tab. * Search can now include posts, as well as nearby posts only. * Able to see and reply to messages from your Apple Watch. * Additional settings and options have been added for private creator profiles, including able to set join fee's , subscription and more. * Able to set more options in both post creation as well as specific live rights. * Online status now represents real status ### 1.0.23 — 2026-07-02 - Communities now loading properly - Phone Number + Contact sync upgraded - Bug fix where profile did not load content ### 1.0.22 — 2026-06-30 * Feed and community now fixed * Able to search * Able to disable receiving media from a specific contact * Performance fixes * Hide creators bug fixed and now syncs across devices ### 1.0.21 — 2026-06-27 * Able to share stats, public profile * Faster video loading in Social * Chat now uses the same camera composer * Small fixes in you screen * Challenges now working when app is not in background ### 1.0.20 — 2026-06-23 We have introduced a full re-designed Social screen to make interaction and discovery simpler and give creators a full screen for their content. More stats available in the You screen to see growth and information, Personalised stats and stats with friends is now an feature inside ELM. New in Social: * Sent and receive gifts from social * From Social you can now start a chat with creators, to reduce spam we have introduced a chat fee creators will now get paid by default. * Start and watch live steams from social. * Follow creators right from social. * Creators now have their own profile designed for them. * See if a creator is nearby, without revealing privacy, Location is encrypted and will never be shared between creator and viewer. * Viewsly Style Challenge integration into ELM. Fixes and Changes: * Calling audio and speaker fix. * Performance fixes for certain devices * Scrambled message and reveal fix and simplified * Top of chats made simpler (naming) * Now you can start a new post anywhere in the app without having to go to social first * You can now share from any app to ELM and create a post. * Able to tag/flag your content before posting, ## More apps by ALEXANDER EDISON MEIJER - [Viewsly](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/viewsly/id6760918009) All apps by ALEXANDER EDISON MEIJER: https://appshunter.io/developer/1868356617 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-18.*