Elius vs Place
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elius
A social platform designed for authentic interactions and sharing personal stories. Users can create posts with media, discover global content, and enjoy a distraction-free environment.
- Share thoughts, experiences, and memories
- Create posts with photos and videos
- Discover people and stories globally
- Clean, minimal distraction experience
- Focus on meaningful connections
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Elius is a calm and simple social space for real people, real stories, and meaningful connections. • Share your thoughts, experiences, and memories • Create posts with photos and videos • Discover people and stories from around the world • Enjoy a clean experience with minimal distractions Simple. Honest. Real.
Place
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Place is a private photo diary you can share with the people you actually care about. Not a feed. Not a group chat that buries everything by Friday. One place where a day becomes a few photos and a line of text, and where the people you choose can add theirs next to yours. YOUR LIFE, IN ONE PLACE Add a photo, write a line, done. Place turns quick captures into entries that feel like memories, not posts. Scroll back through a month and you'll actually remember it. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything starts as yours alone. Nothing is public, nothing is discoverable, and nobody can find you by name. SHARE ONLY WITH PEOPLE YOU CHOOSE Open a shared collection with your partner, your best friends, your family. Everyone adds their photos to the same place. Skip the group chat. Keep the memories. NO LIKES, NO FEED, NO STRANGERS There is no algorithm and no audience. Just your things and the people you said yes to. THE PHOTO-FIRST JOURNAL If you've tried to keep a journal and stopped, this is the one that sticks: a day takes seconds, and the photos do most of the writing. PLACE JOURNAL & PLACE DAILY Place is free to try. Place Journal ($9.99/month or $49.99/year) unlocks unlimited entries, shared collections and the home screen widget. Place Daily ($7.99/month or $39.99/year) is for people who just want a private daily photo diary. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://place.so/terms Privacy Policy: https://place.so/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Elius at none against Place's shown. Elius also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Elius | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Edik Huloian | 26 Ventures, S.A.P.I. de C.V |
In-app purchases
Elius
No in-app purchases
Place
No in-app purchases
