Comparison

Element X vs LDS Gamers

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

LDS Gamers

Features
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Find people to play with in the LDS Gamers community. LDS Gamers makes it easy to discover multiplayer games, organize gaming sessions, and keep up with upcoming community tournaments. FIND A GAME Browse a curated catalog of multiplayer games and see which titles have upcoming sessions. PLAY TOGETHER Create a session with the game, platform, time, format, and number of players you need. Join a session, leave when plans change, or mark yourself as interested. FOLLOW TOURNAMENTS Browse upcoming tournaments, review schedules and details, register to play, and see who else has joined. STAY ON SCHEDULE Add sessions and tournaments to Apple Calendar. Choose the reminders and notifications you want for start times, player activity, schedule changes, cancellations, and full sessions. CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY Sign in with Apple or Discord. Session updates can connect with the LDS Gamers Discord community, while the app remains focused on discovery, scheduling, and participation. BUILT FOR A BETTER GROUP-FINDING EXPERIENCE Manage your hosted, joined, and interested sessions in one place. Report inappropriate content, control notification preferences, and delete your account from Settings. LDS Gamers is an independent community app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Discord is a third-party service and is subject to its own terms.

Screenshots

Element X4 screens
LDS Gamers3 screens

Verdict

The call

Element X and LDS Gamers are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Element X versus LDS Gamers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElement XLDS Gamers
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (169 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings169 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size341 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVector Creations LimitedChristopher Bishop

In-app purchases

None

Element X

No in-app purchases

None

LDS Gamers

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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