App Intel

Element X - Secure Chat & Call

LiveElement Creations Limited4 apps · 3.6M installsCommunicationFreeio.element.android.x

Sovereign. Seamless. On Matrix

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Total installs
821,433
exact · Play shows 500,000+
Installs / day
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measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
3.7★
1.7K ratings · 104 reviews
Released
31 Aug 2023
3.1y ago
Last update
29 Sept 2026
v26.09.4 · 12d ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Install history

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Installs per day · last 90 days

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Change timeline

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

estimate · charts of 11 Oct

Most downloads likely come from 🇵🇱 Poland (~34%), out of 18 countries where it is charted.

  1. Poland34%#2 Trending · Communication
  2. Russia20%#79 Top free · Communication
  3. Germany10%#63 Top free · Communication
  4. Spain6.7%#68 Top free · Communication
  5. Ukraine5.4%#73 Top free · Communication
  6. United Kingdom4.5%#150 Top free · Communication
  7. France4.4%#155 Top free · Communication
  8. Italy3.4%#187 Top free · Communication
  9. Kazakhstan2.3%#128 Top free · Communication
  10. Australia1.3%#135 Top free · Communication
  11. Belarus1.3%#19 Trending · Communication
  12. Canada1.3%#188 Top free · Communication
  13. Netherlands1.2%#122 Top free · Communication
  14. Armenia1.1%#8 Trending · Communication
  15. Czechia1%#83 Top free · Communication
  16. Romania0.9%#171 Top free · Communication
  17. Switzerland0.6%#114 Top free · Communication
  18. Burkina Faso0.6%#61 Top free · Communication

Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.

Top chart positions

as of 11 Oct
ChartCountryRankChange
Trending · Communication PL#2▼ 1
Trending · Communication AM · 10 Oct#8—
Trending · Communication BY#19—
Trending · Communication DE#34▼ 8
Top free · Communication BF#61▲ 13
Trending · Communication RU#61▼ 3
Top free · Communication DE#63▼ 6
Top free · Communication AM#68▼ 1
Top free · Communication ES#68▼ 14
Top free · Communication UA#73▲ 3
Top free · Communication BY#75—
Top free · Communication RU#79▼ 3
Top free · Communication CZ#83▲ 4
Top free · Communication CH#114—
Top free · Communication NL#122▼ 1
Top free · Communication KZ#128▼ 3
Top free · Communication AU#135▲ 9
Top free · Communication GB#150▲ 9
Top free · Communication FR#155▲ 2
Trending · Apps PL#155▼ 119
Top free · Communication RO · 10 Oct#171—
Trending · Apps AM · 10 Oct#173—
Top free · Communication IT · 10 Oct#187—
Top free · Communication CA#188—
Show all 24 chart positions

App manifest

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Manifest analysis reads only the required APK ranges. Base APK downloads may need separate device splits to install.

Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • Collects data Personal info, Messages and 4 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

11 in 4 groups
4 Sensitive3 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
  • Use your camera to take photos and record videos
  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

  • Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
OtherNotable7

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
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-android. 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. The application requires the android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission to enable the installation of applications received as attachments, ensuring seamless and convenient access to new software within the app. The application requires the USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT permission to ensure our users can effectively receive call notifications even when their devices are locked.

What's new

Main changes in this version: fix an issue with the room list not displaying all activity from unread messages. Full changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases

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