Element - Secure Messenger

Element - Secure Messenger

Group messenger - encrypted messaging, group chat and video calls

App info


1.6.36
March 14, 2025
Android 5.0+
Mature 17+
Get Element - Secure Messenger for Free on Google Play

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App description


Android App Analysis and Review: Element - Secure Messenger, Developed by New Vector Limited. Listed in Communication Category. Current Version Is 1.6.36, Updated On 14/03/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Element - Secure Messenger. Achieved Over 2 million Installs. Element - Secure Messenger Currently Has 7 thousand Reviews, Average Rating 3.3 Stars

Element is both a secure messenger and a productivity team collaboration app that is ideal for group chats while remote working. This chat app uses end-to-end encryption to provide powerful video conferencing, file sharing and voice calls.

Element’s features include:
- Advanced online communication tools
- Fully encrypted messages to allow safer corporate communication, even for remote workers
- Decentralized chat based on the Matrix open source framework
- File sharing securely with encrypted data while managing projects
- Video chats with Voice over IP and screen sharing
- Easy integration with your favourite online collaboration tools, project management tools, VoIP services and other team messaging apps

Element is completely different from other messaging and collaboration apps. It operates on Matrix, an open network for secure messaging and decentralized communication. It allows self-hosting to give users maximum ownership and control of their data and messages.

Privacy and encrypted messaging
Element protects you from unwanted ads, data mining and walled gardens. It also secures all your data, one-to-one video and voice communication through end-to-end encryption and cross-signed device verification.

Element gives you control over your privacy while allowing you to communicate securely with anyone on the Matrix network, or other business collaboration tools by integrating with apps such as Slack.

Element can be self-hosted
To allow more control of your sensitive data and conversations, Element can be self-hosted or you can choose any Matrix-based host - the standard for open source, decentralized communication. Element gives you privacy, security compliance and integration flexibility.

Own your data
You decide where to keep your data and messages. Without the risk of data mining or access from third parties.

Element puts you in control in different ways:
1. Get a free account on the matrix.org public server hosted by the Matrix developers, or choose from thousands of public servers hosted by volunteers
2. Self-host your account by running a server on your own IT infrastructure
3. Sign up for an account on a custom server by simply subscribing to the Element Matrix Services hosting platform

Open messaging and collaboration
You can chat with anyone on the Matrix network, whether they’re using Element, another Matrix app or even if they are using a different messaging app.

Super secure
Real end-to-end encryption (only those in the conversation can decrypt messages), and cross-signed device verification.

Complete communication and integration
Messaging, voice and video calls, file sharing, screen sharing and a whole bunch of integrations, bots and widgets. Build rooms, communities, stay in touch and get things done.

Pick up where you left off
Stay in touch wherever you are with fully synchronised message history across all your devices and on the web at https://app.element.io

Open source
Element Android is an open source project, hosted by GitHub. Please report bugs and/or contribute to its development at https://github.com/vector-im/element-android
We are currently offering version 1.6.36. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

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It can come in handy if there are any country restrictions or any restrictions from the side of your device on the Google App Store.

What's New


Main changes in this version: no significant change.
Full changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/releases

Rate and review on Google Play store


3.3
6,730 total
5 41.0
4 11.4
3 13.3
2 6.7
1 27.6

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Total number of active users rated for: Element - Secure Messenger

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Recent Comments

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Art

a real security oriented competitor to discord. The future of messaging together with Signal. There are text bubbles in this app in settings and can there is two different UI layouts you can pick from, I prefer the classical layout, most of the complaints I've seen in these reviews are from people not going to settings to enable or toggle on an option.

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Meredith Swilling

I like the idea of Matrix, I like that reference Matrix clients are provided for a reliable experience. The chat encryption is significantly worse than Signal on a technical level, and this app has by far the absolute worst UI I have ever seen on a messaging app. I have repeatedly messaged the wrong chat since the UI makes it easy to confuse chats that don't have a custom icon, since the default icons all look similar. It is very hard to tell messages apart because there are no chat bubbles.

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Christopher Remijan

I've installed this application across a few devices and the experience is the same: bad. It'll randomly lock up. Space switching is a joke and only works when I clear the cache. The overview will often fail to update leaving me to guess which rooms are unread. It's a messaging app. Come on. It really feels like a microcosm of Matrix as a whole. They're pouring all their effort into ElementX (which still lacks basic functionality) while ignoring the problems that plague Element.

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Gabriel

I've been using the Element app with a self-hosted server, and it’s been working great. To enhance the user experience, I suggest adding: 1) Link previews that automatically load information cards and images when a URL is shared, similar to other messaging apps. 2) Grouping of multiple images instead of listing them individually, as this can push the latest message too far down the screen. Other than these improvements, the app is fantastic. Thanks for the great work!

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Ratul Mir

Umm about taking screenshot I am kind of dissappointed as the app allows other to take screenshot even when I switched on the prevent screenshot mode. This switch only allow the user to not to take the screeshot. In the meantime opposite caller or user can take screenshot. Until the receiver also enable this option he or she might be able to take ss or screen-record as long as he/she want. So please fix it. Also it doesn't offer disappearing message. Which is also a disadvantage.

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Haythem

the app crashes multiple times throughout the day and i don't receive notifications once it does ,unless i manually launch the app again, other than that the quality of video appels is better than most other similar apps

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rok rok

I can definitly recommend playing around with the matrix (email equivalent for instant messages) eco system and element is the best place to start! The switch to element (from Riot) borough such a huge usibility advantage. I love to see a messanger that is so versatile and has multi device encryption support to become more and more usable. Especially with the current version the look and feel has improved so much and it is usable as a Daly driver.

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Az Neter

Put this on the quest app store please. You literally don't even need to change anything, it'll function exactly as intended as is. Save me the absolute hell that is side loading apks on quest.