JKChat vs Goguma IRC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JKChat
Connect to Jedi Knight and Quake III Arena game servers to chat with players directly from your mobile device. Receive notifications, monitor server activity with widgets, and save your favorite servers for quick access.
- Connect to game servers
- In-app chat
- Push notifications
- Server monitoring widgets
- Save favorite servers
- Watch games with minimaps
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JKChat lets you connect to Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, and Quake III Arena servers and chat with other players without a computer. The app also features a possibility to connect to multiple servers, receive push notifications, watch games with Minimaps, save favourite servers, and monitor server activities with Widgets.
Goguma IRC
This mobile application provides a modern IRC client experience, supporting numerous IRCv3 extensions and IRC bouncers. It's designed for offline use, allowing access to past conversations without a connection and handling network disruptions seamlessly.
- Modern IRC client
- IRCv3 extensions support
- IRC bouncer support
- Offline-first design
- Read past conversations offline
- Transparent network disruption handling
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Goguma is an IRC client for mobile devices. It offers a modern IRC experience with support for many IRCv3 extensions and IRC bouncers. Designed as an offline-first app, you can read past conversations even when there is no cellular connection in sight. Network disruptions are also handled transparently. Goguma source code is available publicly and for free on Codeberg.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: JKChat at 100% against Goguma IRC's 42%. JKChat also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.6). Goguma IRC's advantage is chart position (#13 vs unranked) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
JKChat is free to download; Goguma IRC costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JKChat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goguma IRC has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of JKChat's written reviews are positive against 42% of Goguma IRC's.
JKChat ships an update every 3 months, Goguma IRC every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JKChat | Goguma IRC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #13 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Borozdin | Jean THOMAS |
Customer experience
JKChat
Goguma IRC
In-app purchases
JKChat
No in-app purchases
Goguma IRC
No in-app purchases
