> If you care about such things, I think Signal wins hands down. And the UX is fine, just not quite as good as Telegram in my view.

Signal (by design, probably) has no chat sync or backup. That's a dealbreaker in my book.

Edit: looks like chat history transfer has been a feature since June 2020: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/9/21280664/signal-chat-trans...