Zendesk Chat vs HappyFox Chat 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zendesk Chat
This app enables businesses to engage with website visitors in real-time through live chat. It allows for managing conversations, monitoring online users, and providing enhanced customer support from any location. Features include push notifications, agent collaboration tools, and chat history access.
- Manage conversations on the go
- Monitor website visitors in real-time
- View visitor website activity
- Push notifications for new messages
- Agent-to-agent chat collaboration
- Pre-written response shortcuts
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Zendesk Chat is the live chat software trusted and loved by enterprises and small business worldwide. The iPhone & iPad app provides many of the great features available on the web dashboard. Customers are 3 times more likely to make a purchase when you reach out with a chat. Join over 200,000 websites already using Zendesk Chat to better support their customers through the live chat app. Benefits of using the app: - Manage, monitor, and reply to visitor conversations from anywhere - Provide better live customer support with the ability to see the recent pages visited on your website and the past chat history of the visitor - See who's online on your website in real-time and engage with new leads on your website - Never miss a chat message from a customer and be notified when a visitor is on your website with full push notification support - Encourage better agent collaboration on the go with agent-to-agent chats - Improve agent response time and reduce typing time with the shortcuts feature - Easily switch between our online web dashboard and the mobile apps while continuing the conversations from where you left off - On the iPad, continue chatting with a customer while using another application with full support for multi-tasking with Slide Over and Split View Learn more about Zendesk Chat (formerly Zopim) and create a free account here:https://www.zendesk.com/chat/
HappyFox Chat 2.0
This app allows businesses to manage live chat requests from their website on the go. It offers a refreshed design for an improved user experience, with features like handling attachments, canned responses, and transferring chats.
- Manage live chat requests on the go
- All-new design for best-in-class UX
- Secure login with Touch-ID/Face-ID
- Handle attachments, tags, and canned responses
- Switch between multiple chats easily
- Monitor new support agents
- Access chat history and queued chats
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Meet HappyFox Chat 2.0 - HappyFox Chat in a brand new avatar! HappyFox Chat lets you take Live Chat requests from your website anywhere, anytime. If you are already using the web app or our desktop app, you’ll find this mobile app, a great companion to ensure you don’t miss any chats. With HappyFox Chat 2.0, you can do a lot more of what you did on the web, now on the go. All-New Design: A completely refreshed design, makes for a best-in-class user experience, in live chat support, ever. Improved Login. Log in using your username, password, and secure access using the Touch-ID/Face-ID integration. Handle Chats, better. Add attachments, tag your chats, use canned responses, or transfer them to another agent. All from within the chat details screen. Multiple Chats. Access and switch between multiple chats, with a single tap, using chat heads, right at the top of your chat screen. Monitor Chats. Be ever ready to jump in and help a new support agent, using the monitor chat feature. Barge-in coming soon! Chat History. Get context on any chat, by accessing completed, missed, and offline chats, and reading through the conversation history. Queued Chats. View chats waiting, and plan for agent availability based on Queued Chats. One left-swipe-away! Settings Screen. Set your availability, change your display avatar, or reach out to us, from a completely revamped settings page. Agents Online. Quickly view a list of agents available online, and transfer chats within or across departments. With these and more, HappyFox Chat 2.0 is set to be the best Live Chat Support App, you could be on!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Zendesk Chat at 4.5 against HappyFox Chat 2.0's 4.0. Zendesk Chat also leads on ratings volume (756 vs 4). HappyFox Chat 2.0's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Zendesk Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zendesk Chat has 756 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zendesk Chat ships an update every 6 weeks, HappyFox Chat 2.0 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zendesk Chat | HappyFox Chat 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (756 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 756 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zendesk | HappyFox Inc |
Customer experience
Zendesk Chat
HappyFox Chat 2.0
Bugs and requests
Zendesk Chat
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes and crashes
- Login button not working
- Inability to see full chat messages
- Disconnections and lost chats
- Incorrect online/offline status display
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to stay logged in and receive notifications in the background
- Improved chat history and visitor tracking
- iPad app support
- Customization options for alerts and notifications
HappyFox Chat 2.0
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zendesk Chat
No in-app purchases
HappyFox Chat 2.0
No in-app purchases
Questions
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