Comparison

Zulip vs Nexa42

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Organized team chat
  • Contextual message reading
  • Topic-based conversations
  • Focus maintenance
  • Open-source software
  • Cloud and self-hosted options
Features
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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.

About

Nexa42

Features
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Nexa42 is a team planning and collaboration workspace designed to help teams organize work, communicate clearly, and manage daily operations from one app. With Nexa42, teams can view dashboards, manage tasks and projects, follow boards, send messages, handle requests, receive notifications, and access profile and workspace tools. The app is built for teams that need a simple mobile workspace for staying aligned, tracking progress, and keeping important work visible while on the go.

Screenshots

Zulip3 screens
Nexa422 screens

Verdict

The call

Zulip and Nexa42 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Zulip versus Nexa42: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZulipNexa42
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB77 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKandra Labs, Inc.Vexu AI Labs Technologies L.L.C

In-app purchases

None

Zulip

No in-app purchases

None

Nexa42

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zulip free?
Zulip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nexa42 free?
Nexa42 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zulip or Nexa42 have ads?
Neither Zulip nor Nexa42 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zulip or Nexa42?
Zulip ships an update monthly, and Nexa42 monthly. Most recently, Zulip was updated on October 24, 2026 and Nexa42 on October 14, 2026.

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