Zulip vs Libreprose
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zulip
This app provides organized team chat for groups of any size, enabling users to read and respond to messages in context. It helps maintain focus by allowing users to catch up on topics of interest at their own pace. The application is open-source and available as a cloud service or self-hosted solution.
- Organized team chat
- Contextual message reading
- Topic-based conversations
- Focus maintenance
- Open-source software
- Cloud and self-hosted options
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Zulip (https://zulip.com/) helps teams of all sizes be more productive together, from a few friends hacking on a new idea, to globally distributed organizations with hundreds of people tackling the world's hardest problems. Unlike other chat apps, Zulip lets you read and respond to every message in context, no matter when it was sent. Maintain your focus and then catch up on your own time, reading the topics you care about, and skimming or skipping the rest. Like everything Zulip, this official Zulip mobile app is 100% open-source software: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-flutter . Thank you to the hundreds of contributors who have made Zulip what it is! Zulip is available as a managed cloud service or a self-hosted solution. Please send questions, comments, and bug reports to support@zulip.com, or tweet @zulip.
Libreprose
A distraction-free writing application designed for crafting stories, from memoirs to fiction. It offers a minimal editor with seamless synchronization and the ability to share content episodically. Users can invite feedback from editors and enjoy an offline-friendly experience without ads.
- Minimal editor
- Seamless sync
- Episodic sharing
- Editor comments via web links
- Offline-friendly
- Ad-free experience
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LibreProse is a calm, focused writing app for stories that matter—memoir, fiction, or anything in between. • Minimal editor with seamless sync • Share stories episodically to a simple, optional feed • Invite comments from editors via web links • Offline-friendly, no ads or clutter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Libreprose at 5.0 against Zulip's 3.7. Libreprose also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Zulip's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Libreprose holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zulip has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zulip ships an update monthly, Libreprose every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 21, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zulip | Libreprose |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kandra Labs, Inc. | Abhinav Srivastava |
Customer experience
Zulip
Libreprose
In-app purchases
Zulip
No in-app purchases
Libreprose
No in-app purchases
