Thunder for Lemmy vs Goguma IRC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thunder for Lemmy
An open-source client for exploring the fediverse, offering multi-account support and extensive customization. Navigate communities, posts, and comments with swipe gestures and a Safari extension for seamless linking. Still in early development with more features planned.
- Open source client
- Multi-account support
- Customizable settings
- Swipe gestures
- Safari extension
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Thunder is an open source Lemmy/PieFed client for the fediverse, fully free of advertisements and trackers. Here's a peek at what Thunder offers: - Multi-account support: Login to all your accounts, and switch between them at ease - Fully customizable settings: Choose your own splash of accent, customize your own gestures, and much more - Swipe gestures: Navigate and interact with your favourite communities, posts, and comments all through customizable swipe gestures. - Safari extension: Opens Lemmy links in Thunder Thunder is still very early on in development and many more features are yet to be available!
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 price: Thunder for Lemmy at Free against Goguma IRC's $0.99. Thunder for Lemmy also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 42%). Goguma IRC's advantage is chart position (#12 vs unranked). On rating, 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
Thunder for Lemmy is free to download; Goguma IRC costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for Thunder for Lemmy against 3.6 for Goguma IRC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Thunder for Lemmy's written reviews are positive against 42% of Goguma IRC's.
Thunder for Lemmy ships an update every 2 weeks, Goguma IRC every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Thunder for Lemmy | Goguma IRC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (14 ratings) | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #12 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hamlet Jiang Su | Jean THOMAS |
Customer experience
Thunder for Lemmy
Goguma IRC
In-app purchases
Thunder for Lemmy
No in-app purchases
Goguma IRC
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Thunder for Lemmy free?
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