Discord Alternatives for iPhone

It also has chat rooms which can be combined into groups (like Discords servers) and group voice calls. It's open source and can be hosted on an own server or used on one of many free servers.

Element is Good but it feels like a Half-baked Cake. Some features need tight gearing and I hope in 1-2 years this Platform will become the best FOSS Platform for Group Communication.

While the privacy and self-hosting features are nice, I don't see this becoming a wide-spread alternative to Discord, if only because it's overly complicated for what it is.

It is more special to use for me. I love this feature.

Voice features are just lacking too far behind or practically non existent compared to discord. No channels, no audio wizards setup or even basic settings like volume control or open mic threshold settings, no push to talk. It's very very barebones. If it were to have Mumbe's voice features instead of Jitsi's it would be a discord killer.

Can create communities and channels, and it's federated, so it's really like Discord where you can join any public community

FOSS, end-to-end encryption, beautiful interface, easy to set up, fast, responsive. Not bloated like Discord, not a privacy hazard like Discord. You can host your own server. Frequently updated. Supports gifs, videos, emoticons, etc. Clean sound.

Free open source software, you can easily host your own server.

Open source chat and audio call service, but could use a face lift.

Mumble is a pure voice chat with optional text

The audio quality is great and has less latency than Discord. The server is self-hosted so there is more flexibility as well. But that's the only expect that is better than Discord. Discord has much more functionality like video calling, rich text server chat, etc.

No text chat channels. Mumble is voice oriented

Opensource and easy-to-create servers. However, you have to host the servers as mumble doesn't do it themselves.

Mumble is a voice chat item. It's closer to teamspeak than discord or slack.

Significantly safer than Discord. Much better text chat features, although lacking in the voice chat department.

Lighter, no premium-fees, secure

Telegram is more akin to whatsapp than discord. Discord would be closer to mumble, teamspeak or ventrilo.

Telegram's desktop (PC) app can not even comparable to Discord. It lacks a LOT of features.

It's almost exactly like SMS

Telegram as a communications system does most of what Discord offers, Voice chat is more like a Skype alternative.

Telegram DOES HAVE voice chat. It has no premium features, it's all free. Plus stickers.

Has the same chat features, is more secure than discord, lets you call.

Slack = business Discord = Gaming

They do have voice calling but slack isn't made for gaming. Compared to mumble, teamspeak or ventrilo, you would be better off using your phone in a group call. Latency is going to be the biggest issue since slack's target audience is business and not gaming.

Many features discord has are paid in Slack, it's a horrible alternative targeted for businesses

you can't just open a second organization chat in one app instance - you must have it opened twice (more RAM usage), also it doesn't have voice chat.

Pretty much identical to Discord, just different UI, no voice stuff, and more professional looking...

Slack don't provide voice chat

Choose whether you want to host your own server for free or rent. Better permission system than discord.

Teamspeak is hosted by the user and is much more private and safe when compared to Discord and its data collection.

servers are self-hosted, it focuses on voice chat, android app is paid

garbage, too complex compared to discord. nothing beats discord when it comes to chat and vc

Legit just the older-brother to all other voips except the old trashy ones

TS is for Voice with optional chat. Not a persistent chat app.

I like Guilded as an alternative because I feel like the developers are super friendly and active, and it seems to have a LOT of features that Discord sort of skips out on. The fact that I don't have to pay a subscription to the devs (and now you can only pay to the owner of your server - no Nitrolike option at all!) for the features is actually really great.

Its an upgraded Discord. The performance issues people have had in the past are actively being worked on if not already resolved.

It Isn't Polished as much.

Discord Is really good in keeping the UI Clean, Modern and Polished. Guilded doesn't do that very well.

Useful different channel types

its, mostly the fact that it has more features, better than discord and it’s all for free. Not a single penny to be paid

The staff is super nice, development is super fast, and the community is awesome. It has a lot of features, and you can even transfer your Discord server to Guilded with only a few clicks.

Found out about Guilded from others moving away from Discord and i'm so glad I checked it out before blindly defending Discord. It's superior in almost every way for free...

Ring lacks most chat features.

Decentralized, end-to-end encrypted, and ironically works better than other services that I have used. I'm not sure if it has group calls, though.