I want to try out XMPP but I'm not sure which server to use, whether I trust myself to host it myself, and can my parents use it without resorting back to Signal.
On clients, for Android i know of Conversations, but the "paid on Play, free on F-Droid" part kinda worries me as my parents don't have F-Droid and I don't think they'd want to pay for a chat app.
For iOS I have no idea, and I'd definitely need an iOS client if I need to use XMPP for my family. Any advice?
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any good #xmpp clients for #ios and #android ? i am aware of conversations for android but something free (in the play store) would be better, for family. no idea on the ios front though.
should be reasonably polished, i'll probably set up the accounts but the chatting part will be done by people who have better things to do than try to fight with clunky software. uploading images and omemo messaging should be enough as features go
@admicos
Hello !
As iOS clients I know Siskin, Chatsecure and Monal. All of three support OMEMO encryption but Siskin is the only one to support audio/video calls (not encrypted).
For Conversations maybe you could install F-Droid on your parents' phone ? There are alternatives like Xabber, Blabber but I don't really know them (I have not an Android device)
