Colloquy vs TurboIRC 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colloquy
This app brings the functionality of a popular desktop IRC client to your mobile device. It offers a full-featured experience optimized for on-the-go use with iOS multitasking and push notifications. Enjoy customizable settings, message highlighting, and robust IRC command support.
- Retina display support
- iOS multitasking and split-screen
- Push notifications with bouncer
- Nickname and emoticon completion
- Message highlighting and vibration
- Customizable interface and behavior
- WHOIS user information display
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Colloquy for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch puts the power of the most popular IRC client for the Mac in the palm of your hand. Built atop the Chat Core framework, Colloquy Mobile is a full featured client optimized for the on-the-go experience with iOS multitasking support. Unique Features: • Support for retina devices, including iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and iPad Pro. • Support for iOS multitasking with local notifications and split-screen support. • Push notifications when using a compatible push bouncer. • Convenient nickname and emoticon completion popups. • Support for all the common IRC commands with completion. • Organized Colloquies view that shows all your conversations and rooms at a glance. • Highlights messages (and optionally vibrates) when your specific words or nickname is mentioned. • Highly customizable interface and behavior settings within the Settings application. • Visual display of user information (WHOIS) for any user. • Full support for landscape mode in the entire application. • Stays connected while iPhone is locked and when SMS alerts appear. • Searchable room member list. • Support for SASL authentication (required when connecting to Freenode over the cell network.) • A console for every connection. • Support for ignoring annoying users. Standard Features: • Multiple message styles to choose from. • Fully compatible with mIRC colors and formatting. • Large selection of graphical emoticons. • Allows you to join multiple chat rooms across many different servers. • Automatic identification with network services (NickServ). • Notification of common server errors as easy to understand alerts. • Automatically join rooms and send commands upon connect. • Solid support for secure connections over SSL and TLS. • Full support for room and connection text encodings. • Full IRCv3 compatibility, including the IRCv3.2 standard. • Open minded and Open Source, like it should be. ATTENTION: We can't provide support here to people leaving reviews, as much as we want to. We also can't discuss feature requests, since there is no way to reply to you here. If you have a problem or suggestion, please visit us in #colloquy-mobile on irc.freenode.net, click the support link below, or email us at support@colloquy.mobi.
TurboIRC 3
This is an advanced IRC client for iOS devices, offering a full suite of features for real-time chat. It supports unlimited channels, rich text formatting, log saving, and extensive server and user controls. Enjoy file transfers, scripting, and more, all for free.
- Unlimited channels
- Rich text formatting
- Save HTML logs
- Channel and Nick control
- File transfers
- JavaScript scripting
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The Ultimate iOS IRC Client, now with ALL FEATURES FREE. * Unlimited channels * Bold,Italic,Color recognition in chat * Save HTML Logs * Channel and Nick control * Queries * UTF-8 encoding and other encodings. * UPnP Support * Ident Support * DCC support * Smileys * Multiple Servers * File Tranfers * Exclusive Features * JavaScript scripting
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TurboIRC 3 at Free against Colloquy's $1.99. TurboIRC 3 also leads on rating (3.1 vs 1.8) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 10.0). Colloquy's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
TurboIRC 3 is free to download; Colloquy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TurboIRC 3 holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Colloquy's written reviews are positive against 46% of TurboIRC 3's.
Colloquy ships an update fortnightly, TurboIRC 3 every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Colloquy | TurboIRC 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.8 (32 ratings) | 3.1 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.3% of reviews | 46.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #62 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colloquy Project | Michael Chourdakis |
Customer experience
Colloquy
TurboIRC 3
Bugs and requests
Colloquy
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Text entry box issues
- Inconsistent user list display
- Broken features after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Longer background timeout
- Improved search and user list
- Better file transfer support
TurboIRC 3
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Colloquy
No in-app purchases
TurboIRC 3
No in-app purchases
