Never having used the version on the play store I can not compare the two but I know the version on F-Droid works fine with messages arriving in time. Battery u

Never having used the version on the play store I can not compare the two but I know the version on F-Droid works fine with messages arriving in time. Battery usage is minimal, under 1% with regular usage. There is a an extensive comparison of power consumption by messaging apps out there somewhere on the 'net but I can not find it at the moment. In that test Conversations ended up as the 'best' (using the least amount of power) while Skype and Facebook Messenger ended up worst if I'm not mistaken.