# IRCCloud — user reviews

> 202 indexed App Store user reviews of IRCCloud by IRCCloud Ltd., rated 3.44/5 from 77 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/irccloud/id672699103/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/irccloud/id672699103.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 34 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 19

## What do users think of IRCCloud?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🌐 Persistent connection without app being open
- 📱 Best iOS IRC client available
- 🎨 Intuitive and polished user interface
- 💬 Seamless multi-device synchronization
- 📸 Built-in image/file upload functionality
- 🔔 Reliable push notifications
- ⚡ Fast performance and responsiveness
- 🎭 Multiple theme options including retro IRC theme
- 📜 Message history and logging features
- 🔐 Support for registered nicks and ident hiding

**Cons**

- 💰 Mandatory account creation required
- 📧 Email address required upfront before evaluation
- 💳 Hidden paywall after free trial period
- 🔐 Basic features locked behind paid subscription
- 🐛 Frequent connection drops and disconnections
- ⚠️ Server crashes and reliability issues
- 🔋 Excessive battery drain
- ♿ Hostile design for users with disabilities
- 🚫 Blocks certain email domains from signup
- 🎯 Send button placement causes accidental message sends
- 🔒 Privacy concerns about chat monitoring and logging
- 😠 Poor customer service and support responsiveness
- 📵 Refuses to connect to passworded servers on free tier
- 🌐 Shared host causes IP bans on some networks

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes during signup process
- Login screen freezes or shows blank navy background
- Text input box cut off at bottom of screen
- Typing bar blocks view of messages
- App stuck on 'Connecting' screen on iPad
- Email confirmation not working properly
- Frequent app crashes every 2-3 seconds
- Message text disappears when switching apps
- Image upload failures with error messages
- Cannot add custom networks that aren't listed
- Connection issues over WiFi (works on 3G/4G)
- App crashes when deleting multiple images
- Cannot send messages to channels with specific settings
- Version 3.3 introduced major connection problems
- Notification popups disappear too quickly for channel messages
- App continues running after deletion

**Most requested features**

- Third-party client support for BNC functionality
- Bulk file deletion instead of one-by-one
- Disable auto-archiving of inactive chats
- Faster app load times for chat history
- Password support with special characters
- Better channel listing functionality
- Shell/telnet access to bouncer
- Free tier access to passworded servers

## Newest reviews (11 of 202)

### 2/5 — Cool concept but notifications don’t work

*2026-03-30, version 4.32.1*

As a concept is cool but notifications are not working

### 2/5 — Not what I needed

*2025-04-06, version 4.30*

Does not send DCC. Files relay through irccloud

### 2/5 — Nope

*2025-01-31, version 4.29*

The docs don’t exist…

### 3/5 — Pay Premium

*2024-02-19, version 4.27.3*

Добавьте возможность оплатить премиум в самом приложении.

### 4/5 — La mejor

*2023-09-15, version 4.27.1*

Es la mejor para irc de todas las que he probado. Sin embargo tiene un bug muy molesto que consiste en que cuando se empieza a escribir un mensaje a alguien desconectado, empieza a saltar una ventana y a abrirse una y otra vez advirtiendo que el nick ya no existe. Solo se quita cerrando la app. A ver si lo arreglan pronto. 
A parte, le falta una característica atajo para bloquear usuarios y otra que permita mandar mensajes automáticos al estar ausente. Sería perfecta entonces!

### 3/5 — Notification

*2023-08-13, version 4.27.1*

Notification not working for IOS 16.6 @ 13/08/2023

### 2/5 — Non funziona

*2022-08-28, version 4.25*

Appare questo errore : 
  Strict transport security error: bad_cert: cert_expired (x6)

### 2/5 — Used to be great…now…meh

*2022-07-04, version 4.25*

For some reason the text input box is now cut off at the bottom of screen making it difficult to respond in the environment.  What happened?  Please fix

### 1/5 — Zero QA?

*2022-02-28, version 4.22.1*

Hasn’t worked on my iPad in months. Simply stuck on “Connecting” and refuses to open.

### 2/5 — Used to be great

*2021-11-09, version 4.22.1*

About 3 months ago it just started lagging like crazy. After 10 seconds or so it would slow down and then freeze completely. I’m really not sure what happened but I used to use this app daily. Such a shame.

### 4/5 — ???

*2021-10-04, version 4.22.1*

Cyrillic ?

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Why need email registration and confirmation?!

*2026-05-17, version 4.33*

Drop this and you will get 5 stars

### 1/5 — Worst

*2026-02-06, version 4.32.1*

Need e-mail confirm? Bevakasha

### 1/5 — E-mail verification doesn't work

*2025-04-15, version 4.30*

I don't if this app is good or not because I can't create an account! I asked three times for sending me an email verification. It has told me that the email was sent but it never arrived!

### 1/5 — Forces you to make a useless account

*2025-03-13, version 4.30*

Why do I need an account to use a protocol that does not require accounts? I refuse to use this.

### 1/5 — Email address?

*2024-12-18, version 4.28*

Why is an IRC client demanding my email address at all, let alone before letting me even evaluate it? Deleted.

### 1/5 — Çalişmiyor

*2024-08-20, version 4.28*

Uygulama hiç bir sunucuya bağlanmiyor

### 1/5 — why is there a log in?

*2024-08-15, version 4.28*

thought this was a irc client
why do i need to sign up?

### 1/5 — Very hostile to users with disabilities

*2023-12-28, version 4.27.3*

In some ways, this is a good app and service. In others however, it is hostile towards users with disabilities. For example, the “feature” of automatically archiving chats it deems to have not been sufficiently active, with no way to disable that particularly idiotic and disability-unfriendly design choice. You can tell these amateurs have both no experience in UI design in general, and have sought absolutely no input from disabled users, which is even more infuriating when they make it incredibly difficult to even contact any kind of support staff. In summary, avoid.

### 1/5 — Not free at all

*2023-07-02, version 4.27.1*

Although this app lets you stay permanently connected to IRC even when not in use, it only lasts 7 days. After that users have to pay £50 a year. You should tell users this from the start so as not to get their hopes up.

### 1/5 — Terrible app, terrible customer service

*2022-03-20, version 4.23*

The customer service in the IRCCloud servers is terrible. They are rude and they act like you owe them something even when you’re a paying subscriber. Not worth the money, and there’s better alternatives. 

Also, their servers crash all the time randomly. Check their twitter feed if you don’t believe me.

Their app has been crashing every 2 seconds on my phone recently. How does this company still have users?

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Turkish language

*2026-03-25, version 4.32.1*

Please add Turkish language and character support to the IRCCloud app. Turkish language support is crucial for this app to be published in Türkiye. I would be grateful if you could add this as soon as possible. Thank you, IRCCloud team.

### 5/5 — Only functional irc client for ios

*2026-01-17, version 4.32.1*

Irccloud is pretty lame, but currently THIS IS THE ONLY FUNCTIONAL IRC CLIENT FOR IOS. Igloo has been proven to be malware. Most others are trash. Plus, any ios client will disconnect you after 128 seconds. Irccloud keeps you connected for 2 hours. Free.

### 5/5 — Very Good

*2025-09-16, version 4.32*

Ive been using IRCcloud for several years, never disappoints! U can send feedback for the devs in their irc network =D

### 5/5 — Turkiye

*2025-07-05, version 4.31*

Tr Karakter istiyoruz lutfen

### 5/5 — mIRC

*2025-06-27, version 4.31*

Best app for mobile.

### 5/5 — Cheers

*2024-11-12, version 4.28*

Nice app. Got my work done

### 5/5 — Works great

*2024-05-08*

I’ve used it for 3 months across multiple devices without any problems.

### 5/5 — I love this app

*2022-08-12, version 4.25*

The user interface is very good and easy to use and it doesn’t disconnect when it runs in background.

### 5/5 — My fav IRC Client

*2022-02-20, version 4.22.1*

The best IRC client and I been using it until now, but too bad lately they stop allowing new user registration. It keep saying “signing up server is unavailable”. Hope it will come back soon :-)

### 5/5 — Best iOS IRC app

*2020-09-30, version 4.17*

I honestly don’t understand the bad ratings. This app gets around an annoying issue: That iPhone usually disconnects from IRC after the screen has been turned off. This cloud solution is perfect.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-09.*