Comparison

Mango IRC vs Humboldt

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

Head to head
About

Mango IRC

A modern, native IRC client for iOS and macOS, offering seamless integration with IRCv3 features, bouncer support, and customizable themes. It ensures you never miss messages and syncs settings across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Full IRCv3 support
  • Bouncer-native integration (soju, ZNC)
  • iCloud sync for networks and settings
  • Push notifications for mentions and DMs
  • Customizable themes
  • Native iOS and macOS experience
Features
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Mango is a native IRC client for iPhone and iPad. Follow your communities, catch up on conversations, and make your chat feel like home. YOUR CONVERSATIONS, ORGANIZED • Connect to multiple IRC networks and keep channels and direct messages together • Find mentions in retained history and jump back to the original conversation • Follow reply threads and browse pinned messages on compatible servers • Search channels, complete nicknames, and use familiar IRC commands MORE THAN PLAIN TEXT • Rich link and image previews, inline video playback, and audio players with waveforms • Emoji reactions, custom emoji, and image-link stickers • Browse, re-share, and manage files in your Mango Uploads library • Choose themes, fonts, chat layouts, and notification sounds CONNECT YOUR WAY • Direct IRC connections, TLS, and WebSocket connections to compatible servers • soju and ZNC bouncer support, with network discovery and connection management • Local conversation caching and earlier history from servers that support CHATHISTORY • iCloud sync for your networks and settings across Mac, iPhone, and iPad Server-dependent features require support from your IRC server or bouncer. Push notifications require a compatible bouncer and setup. Mango Uploads requires a Mango Account. You can connect to other IRC networks without a Mango Account; individual networks may require their own account.

About

Humboldt

Create custom shortcuts for seamless posting to Micro.blog, including HTML content and image uploads. Automate your blogging workflow with hands-free publishing and import options from other platforms.

Highlights
  • Post HTML to Micro.blog
  • Upload images to Micro.blog
  • Build hands-free posting shortcuts
  • Import posts from other systems
  • Easy Micro.blog account sign-on
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Humboldt is an application that enables you to post HTML and upload images to Micro.blog. This enables you to build simple Shortcuts that enable hand-free posting to Micro.blog. You can also build more complex Shortcuts that import posts from other blogging systems. All you have to do is supply Humboldt with your Micro.blog account email and Humboldt will walk you through the sign-on process. You'll then be ready to start building your Shortcuts.

Screenshots

Mango IRC4 screens
Humboldt2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Humboldt at 100% against Mango IRC's 27%. Humboldt also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Mango IRC's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 33 months) and chart position (#132 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Humboldt is free to download; Mango IRC costs $9.99 up front. Mango IRC sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Humboldt asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Humboldt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Mango IRC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Humboldt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mango IRC ships an update every 6 days, Humboldt every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Mango IRC versus Humboldt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMango IRCHumboldt
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 33 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#132 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPavel KanzelsbergerVincode, Inc

Customer experience

Mango IRC

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative56.7%

Humboldt

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mango IRC

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
  • Large Tip$8.99
None

Humboldt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mango IRC free?
Mango IRC costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Humboldt free?
Humboldt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mango IRC or Humboldt?
Humboldt is rated higher. Mango IRC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Humboldt averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Mango IRC or Humboldt have ads?
Neither Mango IRC nor Humboldt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mango IRC or Humboldt?
Mango IRC ships an update every 6 days, and Humboldt every 33 months. Most recently, Mango IRC was updated on October 26, 2026 and Humboldt on October 15, 2026.

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