Comparison

Element X vs HubHive Loop

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Element X

Communicate securely and privately with instant messaging and video calls. This app offers robust features for individuals and communities, allowing you to own your data and choose where it's hosted. Enjoy real-time communication with synchronized history across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Real-time messaging
  • Video calls
  • Public and private rooms
  • Rich messaging features
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Data ownership and server choice
Features
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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.

About

HubHive Loop

Features
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HubHive Chat is the messaging app for your HubHive world — the friends, neighbors, businesses, and groups you already follow, plus anyone else you want to talk to. Start a conversation in a tap. Share it as a QR code or a link and let people join without hunting for a username. Your HubHive account already works here, so there's nothing new to sign up for. MESSAGING THAT KEEPS UP • One-on-one and group conversations • Reply to any message, react with any emoji • Edit a message you got wrong, unsend one you didn't mean to send • See when someone's typing, when your message arrived, and when it was read • @mention people in groups so the right person actually sees it MORE THAN TEXT • Voice messages, for when typing won't do • Photos and videos, one at a time or as an album • GIFs and stickers • Polls, for when the group can't decide • YouTube links that play right there in the conversation • Every photo and video from a chat, collected in one gallery BUILT FOR REAL GROUPS • Add and remove members, and see who's in the room • Pin the conversations that matter • Choose per conversation whether you get every message, only your @mentions, or nothing at all FIND YOUR PEOPLE Sync your contacts to see who's already here, search your chats by name, or send an invite link to anyone who isn't. HubHive Chat is free. Questions or feedback? support@hubhive.com

Screenshots

Element X4 screens
HubHive Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: HubHive Loop at 4 against Element X's 2. HubHive Loop also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Element X versus HubHive Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElement XHubHive Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (156 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews39.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings156 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size313 MB38 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperVector Creations LimitedHUBHIVE LLC

In-app purchases

None

Element X

No in-app purchases

None

HubHive Loop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Element X free?
Element X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HubHive Loop free?
HubHive Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Element X or HubHive Loop have ads?
Neither Element X nor HubHive Loop shows ads.

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