IRC for Android ™

IRC for Android ™ - Internet Relay Chat

Total ratings

4.21 (Rating count: 658)

Review summary

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Pros

Stable connection, particularly with ZNC servers.
Responsive and helpful developer support.
Many functional features for IRC usage.

Cons

Frequent disconnections, especially when the app runs in the background or the screen is locked.
User interface (UI) needs improvement and can be confusing.
Lacks certain useful features like user notifications and saving favorite servers/channels.

Most mentioned

Disconnection issues when running in the background.
Need for UI improvements.
App stability and functionality with bouncers or ZNC.

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User reviews

Recent rating average: 3.40

All time rating average: 4.21

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Date	Author	Comment
2024-06-05	Drake Higgins	Been using the app for a few years now, well worth the money spent. However, it's been a known issue that client logging doesn't work on some devices, and there hasn't been an update to fix this for years. I'm switching once I find an alternative.
2023-05-11	foctober	Why does it disconnect from my EFNet Server every time I close it to run in the background, or any idle time... Does it just give up on connection if you don't look at it for 5 mins? Do I have to keep it open front and center to retain a connection, that's ridiculous.
2022-12-27	Megat Syahmi Al Athari	i think developer need to workout on user interface. you can take irccloud as example (no offence). i didn't get notifications when there is a message in the channel. so, how can i fix this ..? also, the disconnected issue when in background. i already lower the ping as you suggest. but, still it disconnect from the server when in background.
2022-11-07	Creative “Nickname” Pseudonym	I absolutely dig this app. It's totally worth the price, but there are a few general features I would really like to see, or are too difficult to find it they're already available. The main one is an "Add Friend" feature, similar to HexChat. keeping a friends list on a separate notepad can be tedious and doesn't have the benefit of notifying me upon connection if those users are online. Would love love love to see this added in the future! That would honestly land a 5 star rating for me.
2022-06-17	Karel Eringa	I had high hopes for this app, but it just keeps disconnecting from my znc server a few minutes after lock screen, both on wifi and mobile. Including the app in 'never sleep' doesn't make any difference, neither does adjusting ping intervals in the app. Disappointing as it's otherwise good, just not fit for purpose.
2022-02-10	Austin Nguyen	it works great, ssl seems to work better on this then revolution irc or coreirc. However I cant seem to find out how to change the color of the UI. Having it be all black kinda sucks. If I would change the color of the background, default text color, etc then this would easily be the best irc out there and I'll update my review
2021-08-08	JC	Worth every penny! At last an Android IRC client that does the job! Admittedly the developer had a lot of oldschool functionality to work into a modern interface, but they did a great job! Allow yourself to get to know the app and you'll be just fine. Aliases functionality would be a big bonus, and logging that loads previous chats.
2021-02-23	Sabre Wulf	Edit I put this app on theblist never to sleep, deep sleep or anything involving battery saving options and it still disconnects every few minutes. I've been looking for a good IRC client, and this one has a lot of good functions. I had a good free one, but I paid for this one on hopes it won't disconnect with the new Android update. Any suggestions to keep it from disconnecting in the background?
2020-08-29	Chaos Angel	Doesn't seem to have an option where you save your favorite server to the top of the lost, so you don't have to continuously scroll through everything. And doesn't have the option of saving your favorite channels on that server so you can just reconnect to it, instead of retyping it every time... Edit: Yes it has the option of saving rooms, but I fail to see the option of saving the rooms and joining them when you want to and not automatically as soon as you connect to the server.
2020-04-12	A Google user	Great IRC APP with really nice features. As mentioned in other reviews, the developer is extremely fast at responding to support requests. There are free IRC client APPs out there however they aren't as stable/reliable and they certainly don't have a developer as attentive and supportive as the developer for this one - not in my experience anyway, and I've been on IRC for 21 years (ex-androIRC user). Great value for money, worth every penny. Thank you. Regards, Dizmo.

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