Element X vs Planet

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.

Planet is a small, private app for sharing what you're doing with the people you actually do things with — a partner, a parent, a handful of friends. Every post is a place: a dinner you're cooking, a hike on Saturday, a coffee that just opened nearby. Add a few invitees, mark it as "want company" or "just so you know," and the people on your list see it. That's it. What's inside — Post events with a title, time, location, and a short note. They land in your friends' feeds, not on a public timeline. — RSVP "going," "maybe," or "can't," and see who else is in. — Chat per event — a single thread tied to the plan so the messages don't get lost in another app. — Shared docs for trip-planning details (packing lists, addresses, who's bringing what). — Calendar export so the event slots into Apple Calendar with one tap. — Push notifications when someone invites you, edits a plan, RSVPs, or sends a message. What's not inside — No public profiles. No discovery. No "people you may know." — No follower counts, no likes, no algorithm. — No advertising, no analytics SDKs, no third-party trackers. Sign-in is by SMS magic link — no passwords. Access is by invitation: every account exists because an existing user added your phone number to their friend list. Planet is operated by one person as a hobby project. It is not a company and not a paid service. If something breaks, email the address on weregoing.app/privacy and a human will reply. Privacy We collect your phone number, your friend list, and the events and messages you create. We do not sell data, share it with advertisers, or run analytics. Full details: weregoing.app/privacy. Terms: weregoing.app/terms.