[tacoman]

>The Riot app in my experience has a pretty unwelcoming UI/UX experience and is still insanely buggy.

I've setup my own Synapse server on a VPS and have my extended family of 12 people including an 85 year old grandmother using it on an iPad. It gets used daily for chat and picture sharing. I've come across a few minor problems on iOS, but overall I don't agree with that characterization.