Palaver IRC App Reviews

The first and immediate concern is, why does the app close connections when the app isn’t in focus. Sending the app to the background will close out your connections. The observation has been made by several other reviewers. Would like to hear from the developer. It also seems that the app has not received a new build in quite some time. Otherwise a solid app for the price.

I paid the fee to check it out. I don’t get it at all. What’s it supposed to do?

It’s great that it has znc capabilities and I have it setup with linuxserver.io docker-znc image, which includes the palaver extension. But I have to dock palaver one star because it doesn’t have Face ID or a passcode to secure the app. Maybe I’m paranoid, but I don’t want someone using my phone to have access to my IRC.

This is a great app, but I wish above any other feature, that I could automatically sort my channels without having to manually drag the channels around.

It’s really easy to use. The only issue is always be disconnected. But I give 5 star for effort. Many thanks.

So, look. I gave it five stars on a curve. The rest of the field is... lacking. Palaver’s ZNC support is great. The UI is standard iOS, which is good. I’d love for custom themes, or at least the ability to customize elements within a theme. Still, it’s easily the best IRC client on the App Store.

Can you make a keyboard shortcut to focus on the input box though? This is almost completely navigable with keyboard only, except for sending messages 🤠

I like the App so far- aesthetically pleasing, ergonomical, fairly straightforward. HOWEVER, I wish it had a function or option to REMAIN CONNECTED when I go use another app or do something else with my phone. For $1.99, I think I should get that.

Does this app support gamesurge? I tried connecting and am getting an error, perhaps I am typing in incorrect info but if anyone knows how to connect to Gamesurge via ANY IRC app for Iphone, please let me know. I was able to successfully connect to Gamesurge, which was the main issue here. App looks great, I really enjoy the layout. The only things bugging me is the fact that if I leave the app running in the background for a very short amount of time, if I bring the app back up, I have to reconnect to everything, which is a bit annoying. Only other thing is the signature when you leave, it leaves a link to Palaver’s website, which I don’t want. A custom exit message could be nice, but I mostly just don’t want to see the link. Aside from this, I do enjoy the app.

Blowfish encryption is missing to this beautiful client. Without blowfish it's almost useless

For a long time I used Mutter IRC to access IRC through my ZNC bouncer on my iPhone. Mutter reached its end of life this past summer, and I was left in want of the features that Mutter had, particularly a ZNC push notification module. Palaver works great as a Mutter replacement! It has a ZNC push notification module that works just like Mutter’s did. It’s design is intuitive and sleek. My only qualm with it was resolved in Palaver’s most recent update—it now supports the buffextras ZNC module, so joins/parts read correctly on playback!

I appreciate the developer’s supportiveness. I had trouble getting the ZNC-push module to work for me. It turned out to be an SSL certificate trust issue on my server, and Kyle pointed me in the right direction to get things working again.

Shame that an IRC client that has been around for as long as this has — and still being maintained! — still has somewhat limited functionality.

Connects to my bouncer. Presumably will keep getting updated since it’s for-pay.

This is a really slick client. I love the way it looks (very iOS-y, 10/10 btw), the way it loads, and the way there is a level of "hackability." I've never had to pay for a mobile IRC client before but after seeing the price of other clients and the departure of others, I feel comfortable paying for this one. Will definitely recommend to my friends.

It does pretty without skimping significantly on functionality. kudos for proactively supporting ZNC. I considered this the best IRC app on iOS over 2 years ago and after taking a long hiatus that hasn't changed. well done.

The latest update (2.7.0) seems to have added your nick as a prefix for server messages and it's especially noticeable with ZNC altering your away status when you start the app. This is not normal at all. As such, Palaver recognizes these as notifications since like a typical IRC client, you want to be notified when your nick is mentioned. By connecting to a number of networks at once through ZNC, you are shown that your nick was mentioned a large number of times (mine being 22 times). You have to view the server messages for each network in order to clear them which is a big annoyance. After dealing with this multiple times, you sort of stop caring if any of these notifications came from an actual person mentioning your nick in a channel. As of now my options for dealing this is currently: a) waste time clearing these out every time I launch the app, b) completely disable notifications which means I won't be told when someone mentions my nick, or c) use a different iOS IRC client. Until this issue is fixed or turned into a configurable option, I'm going with c). To repeat myself, this has nothing to do with ZNC and is very much a client-end thing, and a strange one at that.

I been on IRC for 18 years. I used a ton of clients, from windows OS to Linux/UNIX. Shell based and etc. Wrote scripts for clients. I also used many IRC clients for iOS since first one ever came out and always had some disappointments, there was always something missing even if it was paid ones. This app is great, very simple and very clean GUI. All the features you can possible need and more if you want. Hands down, the best IRC client for iOS since iOS was released. I want to thank these guys for releasing it for free with no ads and doing such a great job. I would be more then happy to actually pay for this. Please keep up a great work and keep this app alive. Twitter: vysniukas, Freenode: ertz

Palaver is quite possibly the best IRC client for iOS, but admittedly there isn't much competition. I do wish it had a better app icon though.

Update: Versions 2.5 and 2.5.1 contain multiple serious bugs and crashes. New message retention feature seems to conflict with ZNC playback module. Downgraded to 2.4.1. Update: Version 2.4.1 seems to be working properly. Update: Version 2.1.1 crashes on iOS 7 when connecting to ZNC. Reinstalling does not help. Keep hoping for a working update, each one says it fixes bugs but creates new crashers. Update: Version 2.1.0 (1281) crashes instantly on iOS 7. Wiping app and settings, then reinstalling and recreating settings seems to work. Developers continue to ignore support channels. Avoid. Clean and functional when it works, but unstable and support is non-existent. Resource intensive, takes forever to load single channels/queries, kills battery. iPad version has some really bad layout bugs.

Simple, easy to use but powerful. ZNC integration takes it step further. This is a great app and I've enjoyed using it

Crashes often, keyboard is low and jumpy, the wall of toggles for channel modes is kinda silly, the auto complete for nicknames works oddly now (it doesn't always capitalize properly).

This client is missing some of the bells and whistles of Colloquy Mobile. What it really has going for it is that it's getting regular attention from its developers. It doesn't crash as often as Colloquy. One unique feature I find very nice is that Palaver de-dupes messages coming in from ZNC buffer playback. This proves especially handy when you have turned off "clear buffer after playback" in ZNC. I can happily live with issues as long as an app gets regular releases.

If only it had the ability to download files to a cloud account....hmmmm

The old app let you enable notifications for all messages (until iOS kills the process after ten minutes or whatever) but the new update doesn't let me even get notifications when someone says my name..

New update increased font size. Cannot use small font size even when disabling system font settings within app

I love Palaver in general, but the newest update makes the app crash immediately if you try to select a username in a channel. You instead have to go to the channel list and click on a username to PM/Whois/whatever someone, rather than clicking when they say something. I also wish the app had logging of some sort, and didn't seemingly randomly clear PM/channels if the app is in the background for an unknown length of time. It would also be nice if you could make it so it wouldn't disconnect after being in the background a few minutes. Overall it's a very good app, and my favorite iOS IRC app, but it does have some flaws.

The best IRC app on iPhone by far but the number of crashes I'm getting for doing just about anything in the newest version is ridiculous. iPhone 6, iOS 9.3.2

All my previous complaints were fixed and the new features are great. One of the better, if not the best IRC client available for iOS.

I've tried a variety of them in the last few days (can I name Colloquy and Limechat here?) and Palaver blows them out of the water - there's just no reason to use anything else.

I was hoping this IRC would be different but it just disconnects me from chats if I leave the app. There should be an option to keep you connected at all times. Even if you leave the app or lock your phone. Another feature that would be nice is the ability to get notifications if you're in waiting in queue on a chat room. There are two chat rooms that offer support, but the wait time is looooong (8+ hours). If we can add/fix these features, this app can definitely be a 5 star app.

I've been using Palaver every day since October 2014. It has made my commutes so much more bearable, and it is well worth the small price. It's probably my favorite iOS app ever. The interface is beautiful, the standard features are all there and work great: ZNC support, push notifications, and more recently nickname autocomplete. One unique feature I really love is the setting that changes the interface color based on screen brightness. None of my other apps do that, and I wish it was a more common feature. The standard bright theme is great for the daytime, and then when I get frantic pings at 4am because a server went down, I don't have to burn my eyes to read the messages! If you're looking for an IRC app, you can stop looking now. Get Palaver, it's awesome.

Really, this is the best IRC client for iOS. I'm super impressed with the user interface. Pairing up Palaver + ZNC produces a fantastic mobile IRC experience.

I had been using Colloquy for the longest time but got fed up with the giant channel icons and overall responsiveness. Palaver has been great plus the night mode is very nice.

I'm using palaver with weechat as an IRC relay and everything works really well. I'm impressed. I've tried several other clients for iOS and none of them were usable at all. This one is awesome!

It crashes on startup every time. I've had the app for a long time. Maybe this new update crashes for long time users but works for a fresh install? Edit: fresh install crashes.

i can't connect to SwiftIRC or Freenode with this app. is there anything i'm doing wrong? i'm using data and not wifi so there shouldn't be any issues related the a firewall. will update rating to 5 stars if i get some help with this.

Palaver is an amazing IRC client for any device; but the fact that it sits in my pocket and allows me to have a full and rich IRC experience wherever I go is amazing. I have been an IRC addict for over 20 years and have used clients on all sorts of devices to feed my need; but nothing outside of a full computer has given me the experience that Palaver delivers. What’s more is that every concern, feature request, or modification I have wished for the author has been responsive to. The support for the client is amazing and the product is polished. The ZNC module ties a bow around this awesome gift to the IRC community.

Save your money

Downloaded this irc client only to have it crash every time I open the app. Tried to download it again and connect only to have the same thing happen. Don't it buy it simply doesn't work.

This is easily the best IRC client for iOS but it occasionally crashes when I try to complete a nick. I would like to see: * nick completion like IRCCloud * user mode before nick (e.g. @Ethan)

I can't say enough about how great this application is. This is by far the best implementation of IRC for iOS. The developer is active and keeps pushing out great updates, the design is refreshing and elegant. If you need an IRC client. This is it! 150% totally worth the price.

I like the app. Is there any way that I can close the windows/tabs that I don't use anymore though? I tried to do it but I couldn't figure out how. I also emailed you guys but I got no response which kind of sucked.

This is the best IRC client for iOS by far. Wonderful attention to detail, recently updated. Makes connecting to a ZNC server a breeze with a ZNC module available on github.

This app is great for chatting on irc via mobile. The recent update fixed the the crash issue it used to have on iOS 7! I'm excited to be able to use this app again.

When I updated to iOS7 the app still worked fine, but then the app got an update to change its UI to conform to the new minimalistic look. Since then, the app crashes every time on startup on my iPhone 4S. Hope this gets fixed in the future, was a great app.

No background functionality

It keeps randomly crashing on iPad Air 2 and on ios 8.3 after few minutes :( this is also true for colloquy but at least there is much less frequent.

2.1.1: Palaver has slowly been getting better at working with iOS autocorrect and name completion. The past few updates have made typing messages significantly better, although there are a few minor issues left. 2.0: Ever since the major 2.0 update there have been a bunch of extremely annoying bugs while typing messages. The way Palaver tries to autocomplete names interferes with the iOS keyboard's own predictive typing making it very frustrating to use. Now in the latest version, it keeps screwing around with what I type and adds in a bunch of nonsense two character words followed by a space instead of whatever I actually typed. Then I have to go back and delete the jibberish and attempt to retype everything, but it usually ends up running into the same stupid bug and screws up my input again. It makes it almost impossible to send a coherent message sometimes. Fix the buggy autocomplete, please.