LimeChat vs Goguma IRC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LimeChat
This app provides a comprehensive IRC chat experience on mobile devices. It offers quick navigation, message highlighting, and support for multiple servers and channels. Enjoy seamless communication with features like automatic authentication and a built-in browser for links.
- Quick navigation with arrow buttons
- Event indicators for other channels
- Message highlighting and vibration
- Visual user information (whois)
- Built-in browser for URLs
- Multiple server and channel support
- Automatic Nickserv authentication
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LimeChat for iOS is a full featured IRC client. It allows you to chat on the go in the same way as you do on desktop. Features: ・Quick navigation. You can move around channels quickly by arrow buttons or tapping on the left/right side of log views. ・Arrow buttons indicate events (highlight, new message coming or new PM coming) happened in the other channels. So you can recognize it easily while chatting in another channel. ・Highlights messages and optionally vibrates for your specific words. ・Visual interface for user information (whois). ・Built-in browser for clickable URL links. ・Full support for landscape mode. ・Multitasking support. Connections are kept up for a while (2-7 minutes) after going to background. ・Multiple servers and channels. ・Automatic Nickserv authentication support. ・Full support for many text encodings. ・SSL support. (Self-signed certificates are NOT supported) ・VoiceOver support. Notes: ・DCC is NOT supported currently. **** ATTENTION **** I can't provide support to people leaving reviews on App Store. There is no way to reply to you here. If you have a problem or suggestion, please send a mail to psychs@limechat.net.
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 rating: Goguma IRC at 3.6 against LimeChat's 3.1. Goguma IRC also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99). LimeChat's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (65% vs 42%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
LimeChat costs $4.99 and Goguma IRC $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Goguma IRC holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of LimeChat's written reviews are positive against 42% of Goguma IRC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LimeChat ships an update every 5 weeks, Goguma IRC every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LimeChat | Goguma IRC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (11 ratings) | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #60 | #24 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Satoshi Nakagawa | Jean THOMAS |
Customer experience
LimeChat
Goguma IRC
Bugs and requests
LimeChat
Reported bugs
14 issues- Keyboard jumps when sending messages (iOS 26.1)
- Scrolling breaks after message send
- App disconnects when backgrounded
- Connection drops on WiFi/VPN
- Keyboard doesn't appear on iPhone X
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- Keyboard positioning issues with external keyboards
- App crashes with multitasking
- Screen lock causes disconnection
- EOF errors disconnecting from server
- Channels don't open when using ZNC bouncer
- Long connection times over 3G
- Fuzzy/blurry icon on retina displays
- Input area moves up with external keyboard
- App becomes unresponsive intermittently
Requested features
20 requests- Background connectivity and app refresh
- Push/pop-up notifications
- Nick/username autocomplete
- Split view support for iPad
- Landscape mode
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- Dark theme option
- Color text support
- DCC file transfer support
- Timestamps on messages
- Command history
- Swipe gestures between channels
- Hardware keyboard support
- Channel search feature
- More built-in server list
- Copy/paste improvements
- Scripting support
- Dynamic type for accessibility
- Nick completion with tab key
- Hide join/quit messages option
- Larger font size options
Goguma IRC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LimeChat
No in-app purchases
Goguma IRC
No in-app purchases
