# Zulip — user reviews > 89 indexed App Store user reviews of Zulip by Kandra Labs, Inc., rated 3.70/5 from 16 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zulip/id1203036395/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zulip/id1203036395.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 9 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (13 of 89) ### 3/5 — Where’s the emojis?!? *2026-07-22* The last update removed the emojis option from messages. I can no longer like a message or put a smiley face or whatever on messages posted to me. It appears this app has less options than going on the web. It could really use some major work. ### 3/5 — Crude port *2026-01-29* This port is okay…but it’s missing message moving, nor does it badge the number of notifications, making it near-useless. Furthermore, when you read a message, the notifications don’t clear, and when selecting a topic, instead of showing a list of topics, it shows a mishmash of different topics. I used to use the website in Safari, but this isn’t much better. Please fix this app. ### 3/5 — Getting There *2025-08-25, version 30.0.264* I love zulip and the team behind it, but the app really needs to catch up with messengers- every action needs too many steps. ### 4/5 — Moved here from Slack *2025-08-04, version 30.0.262* Since slack was no longer for free, we had to find a different place similar to slack. Zulip is working fine for my team and I. It is a bit weird, that the pictures are shown as a sort of link/URL when writing the message and it’s gives a tiny bit of an old-styled vibe. But that’s no issue to be honest. ### 3/5 — I really want to love it *2025-07-27, version 30.0.262* The app is currently okay but basic functionality like creating channels is missing. I really, really, want to love this app but I just don’t at present. ### 2/5 — The latest update is a disaster *2025-07-22, version 30.0.261* So many things were broken ( images, duplicated notifications, no way to change status ) ### 2/5 — Decreased view on update *2025-07-10, version 30.0.260* The last update was rather a disaster. Past discussions are no longer viewable and visible indicators of unread posts have disappeared levels below the top ### 3/5 — New App Version is a big downgrade *2025-07-04, version 30.0.260* There is no way to change the status or activate/ deactivate "invisible-mode" anymore - why? ### 4/5 — Double notifications *2025-06-25, version 30.0.259* One last item with the new app,in iOS it’s sending 2 notifications every time someone sends 1 message ### 2/5 — Last seen missing after latest update *2025-06-23, version 30.0.258* After the last update, the last seen of all contacts is vanished. This is an important feature which was working. Please patch it asap. ### 4/5 — no message deletion option in new mobile app *2025-06-22* why? **Developer response:** Thanks for letting us know that being able to delete a message in the mobile app is important to you! This feature was added in v30.0.265. ### 3/5 — Notifications problem *2024-03-09, version 27.225* developers, please fix the notifications, they don’t arrive at all on the iPhone 14 Pro, please ### 2/5 — Interface mauvaise sur iPhone *2023-03-16, version 27.203* Messieurs les développeurs, corrigez l’interface SVP ! Impossible de sélectionner les Topics sur iPhone. Les premiers topics du menu déroulant apparaissent dans l’heure ou sous l’encoche donc impossible de les sélectionner ou carrément de les voir. Il faut taper comme on peut les premières lettres du topic qu’on voudrait utiliser. Ça rend vraiment l’application compliquée à utiliser… ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unfassbar schlecht *2025-10-28, version 30.0.266* komplett unbrauchbar ### 1/5 — Horrible, even for open source *2025-08-22, version 30.0.264* I was told, the rework of the app would make everything more usable. It didn’t. It’s the same old app with a new coat of paint. The UX is still as bad as before. But now there‘s cool new features like: if someone breaks into my phone, they can not change my profile picture or mark messages as read by going into a thread and scrolling through them… Because that broke with the latest update. But fear not, all your messages will still be piled up in a neat sonder file stack on your lockscreen. ### 1/5 — Double notifications *2025-06-28* Ever since they redesigned the app, I get each notification twice. How did they miss that in beta testing it… **Developer response:** Hi Joshua, we are aware of duplicated notifications received by some iOS users in the first couple weeks after we replaced the old app with the rebuilt app in the App Store. We released a fix for this in v30.0.260 (2025-07-03) and hopefully you are no longer experiencing Issues! ### 1/5 — Latest update removes features *2025-06-24, version 30.0.258* Latest update added nothing that I could see and removed search. Why would I use the app when viewing Zulip in a browser works better and is more functional. ### 1/5 — Баг после обновления *2025-06-23, version 30.0.258* Задваиваются сообщения после обновления ### 1/5 — Notifications not working at all *2025-06-20, version 30.0.258* Notifications not working at all, UI is really bad ### 1/5 — Feedback *2025-06-17, version 30.0.258* I cannot see the last seen and also that if the message was read by the other person. Please look into this. ### 1/5 — Broken app *2023-11-22* This app doesn’t work on my phone. It only works on desktop which is disappointing. Whenever I try to log in and join my organizations chat, it takes ages to load or it doesn’t load at all. And in the case I am already logged in and on my organizations chat, none of the chats load. This has been going on for over 6 months now. Please fix this. ### 1/5 — Ужасный мессенджер *2023-09-06, version 27.209* В нем плохо абсолютно все, очень непонятный функционал и пользовательский опыт ### 1/5 — Can’t upload photos *2023-01-04, version 27.197* Uploading photos has always been a terrible experience and now it doesn’t work at all :( ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love it *2025-11-08, version 30.0.267* Zulip is an outstanding messaging platform for teams that value structured communication. What impresses me most is the unique threading system with Topics, which allows multiple conversations to run in parallel without losing track of anything. Highlights: • Crystal-clear organization through Streams and Topics • Easy to follow older conversations and catch up on what you missed • Excellent search functionality • Open-source and privacy-friendly • Great integrations with other tools • Scales well from small teams to large organizations The app is especially useful for remote teams and projects with many parallel discussions. Unlike other messengers, nothing gets lost in an endless chat stream here. You can jump in and out of conversations without the confusion typical of linear chat apps. Clear recommendation for anyone looking for a professional alternative to Slack or Microsoft Teams! ### 5/5 — Highly recommended *2025-09-05, version 30.0.264* The refreshed app (released Jun 2025) works quite well. I recommend everyone gives it a try, especially if they had issues in the past. ### 5/5 — Great Slack Alternative *2025-08-14, version 30.0.263* If you are in the market for a Slack alternative, Zulip is easy to use and can even be self hosted. The topic-based threading is an incredibly powerful feature for keeping distributed team conversations organized and focused. This structure prevents important discussions from getting lost in a chaotic stream, making it a highly effective tool for asynchronous communication. The app's open-source nature and robust integrations with tools like GitHub and Jira also make it an excellent choice for development and technical teams. ### 5/5 — Basic functionality works *2025-07-25, version 30.0.261* I get notifications and I can reply to messages. For that it's useful, and for everything else I use the web app on mobile. The Zulip dev team is super responsive to feedback and that has impressed me a lot. I am happy we switched to Zulip. ### 5/5 — The new app is really good. *2025-06-23, version 30.0.258* Really happy with the upgrade to the new flutter app. Much smoother scrolling experience and overall the app feels very fast to use. ### 5/5 — Highly underrated *2025-04-14* I wish Zulip were more popular than it is. Its design is much more conducive to good conversations than Slack or Discord. ### 5/5 — Significantly better than Slack *2025-03-07* Our team has happily moved over to Zulip from slack and are much happier with the UI and self hosted nature of Zulip ### 5/5 — Вопрос *2025-01-30, version 27.232* Будет ли в приложении поиск сообщений по слову? ### 5/5 — Better than Slack, Fleep, Rocketchat, etc. *2023-03-15, version 27.203* Excels in many aspects. Most notably, by combining the advantages of team messengers and email in one. Ingenious! ### 5/5 — Great messaging app *2023-01-09, version 27.197* Great FOSS project --- *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 2026-08-21.*