Elioz vs Circles.World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elioz
This communication app facilitates connection for deaf, hard of hearing, and aphasic individuals. It offers features like audio message translation, sign language support, and optimized video calls for easier interaction with friends, family, and colleagues.
- Audio message translation
- Sign language translation
- Optimized video calls
- Real-time text chat
- Secure communications
- Phone calls with translation agent
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Elioz is a free communication application for deaf, hard of hearing, aphasic and their friends, family, collegues. Elioz offers adapted features to stay connected with the people you care about the most. What can I do with Elioz? - Translation of audio messages left by your contacts - Unified Messaging allows to record and translate in text or in sign language audio messages left; - Phone via a communication agent - Make and receive landlines and mobiles phone calls translated, both ways, by a communication agent: sign language, text subtitling, foreign language, .... + Elioz is available from anywhere and on any operating system: Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone. + Automatic captioning calls for the hard of hearing (paid service); + Telephone relay via sign language interpreters for deaf signers (paid service); + Video call optimized for sign language - Most free video call applications are optimized for face-to-face calls or remote meetings. Elioz puts priority on communication in sign language; + Real-time Chat for Smooth Text Chat - Do not wait until your caller has finished typing a sentence before you can read it. The characters are sent once a key is pressed. + Secure Communications - Elioz automatically encrypts communications; This application works with a Elioz account. For more information, visit https://elioz.fr. *Elioz to Elioz calls are free. Your operator may charge a fee. We recommend using an unlimited data plan or or Wi-Fi. Elioz is compliant with total conversation standard (ITU F.703)
Circles.World
A mobile-first social platform for communities to connect, share resources, and organize discussions. It allows admins to manage members, send targeted messages, and segment information effectively. Members can receive updates via email or push notifications.
- Community member management
- Segmented information sharing
- Real-time notifications
- Multi-channel messaging
- Private one-to-one messages
- Manage multiple communities
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A social platform designed specifically for the needs of communities: Circles provides one place where you can include everyone, share resources and focus the conversation. With its mobile first design and simple interface, the platform helps you segment information and keep everyone in your community organized and involved. As an admin you can manage your community members on the move and stay connected to your leaders and team. Have confidence that you are reaching each community member in the way that works for them: by email, web or mobile app. All while allowing you to manage all of your communities in one place. You can: * Send a message once and know it will reach everyone in your group * Add members on the fly * Stay informed - get real time notifications about things happening within your community * Enable push notifications for your members * Allow your community members to send and receive messages in the way that works for them: either email or via push notifications * Send private one-to-one messages * Host a discussion within your community * Segment information into: resources, photos & announcements * Manage multiple communities in one place * Provide your community members with a simple log-in experience (no password login) So round up your people and get stuff done...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Circles.World at 100% against Elioz's 50%. Circles.World also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Circles.World holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Elioz's written reviews are positive against 100% of Circles.World's.
Elioz ships an update every 6 months, Circles.World every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elioz | Circles.World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IVèS | Laura Waters |
Customer experience
Elioz
Circles.World
In-app purchases
Elioz
No in-app purchases
Circles.World
No in-app purchases









