Comparison

Hover vs Limerino

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

Head to head
About

Hover

Features
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Level up your mobile streaming experience with Hover – Stream Alerts, the ultimate companion app for iOS live streamers on YouTube and Twitch. Stream Smarter View live alerts, super chats, and sponsorship messages directly on your screen while gaming — no overlays or complicated setup required. Hover Mode (Premium Feature — requires subscription) Unlock the full Hover experience with Hover Mode, which keeps a floating alert window visible as you play. See real-time chats, superchats, and subscriber activity right on top of your gameplay. Hide or minimize the window anytime you need to focus. Audio Alerts Hear text-to-speech audio alerts instantly while playing in the background so you never miss a viewer interaction. Certain advanced audio alert features may require a subscription. Made for iOS Streamers Designed exclusively for iPhone users, Hover enables on-screen alerts, background audio, and premium Hover features to enhance your mobile streaming workflow. Terms of Use Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Limerino

A native Twitch chat client for iPhone that allows you to view and participate in live chats with support for various emote services. It offers features like channel tabs, whispers, and moderator tools, all accessible without needing an account.

Highlights
  • Native Twitch chat client
  • Supports 7TV, BTTV, FFZ emotes
  • Watch stream and chat simultaneously
  • Channel tabs with chat history
  • Whispers for private messages
  • Moderator tools (timeouts, bans)
  • Home Screen widget and Live Activities
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Limerino is a fast, native Twitch chat client for iPhone and iPad — and clips and past broadcasts play inside the app, with the chat that was live at that moment replaying right beside them. CHAT, BUILT NATIVE • Emotes from Twitch, 7TV, BTTV, and FrankerFaceZ render inline — animated, wide, and zero-width emotes included, with badges. • Tap any emote to enlarge it and see its name, its provider, and its creator credit when the provider publishes one. • Supporter name colors from 7TV render on chat usernames. • Replies, reply threads you can follow, and Twitch's own pinned messages in a banner at the top of chat. • Whispers built in. Read and reply to private messages. • Open several channels, keep favorites close, and read two at the same time in split view. • Chat history is backfilled when you join, so you land mid-conversation. CLIPS, VIDEOS, AND CHAT REPLAY • Tap a clip or video link in chat and it opens in a full-screen player instead of Safari. Timestamped links open at the right moment, and a clip can jump to its source broadcast. • Browse any channel's videos and clips from the videos button in the chat header — sort videos by newest, trending, or most viewed, and filter clips by date. • Past broadcasts and clips replay the stream's own chat, paced to playback: video on top with chat below in portrait, a side column in landscape. Replay is read-only. • Share a clip or video link from Safari, or from any app's share sheet, straight into Limerino. WATCH AND CHAT AT ONCE • Pop the live stream in above chat and never miss a message. • In landscape on iPhone the top bar steps aside so video and chat get the whole screen, and stream title cards tuck themselves away once you have read them. MENTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS • Get a push when someone @mentions you, even while Limerino is closed. Alerts cover the channels you follow by default, and an optional wider scope reaches across the channels Limerino's monitoring network covers. • Your full mention history lives in one Mentions list you can sort, filter by time, and search by sender — and a single inbox holds mentions, highlights, and whispers together. • Stream, whisper, and chat-event alerts each get their own style — Prominent, Quiet, or Off — and bursts like sub trains and raid waves collapse into a single counted notification. • Mute one person's notifications from their user card, or straight from a notification. MODERATION AND COMMANDS • In channels you moderate: timeouts, bans, an AutoMod queue, and a moderation log — with editable timeout presets that drive both the user card and the chat swipe. • Poll and prediction lifecycle commands, colored announcements, and custom command macros with your own placeholders. • Report or block anyone — every viewer, not just moderators. Block a user or mute a phrase and matching messages disappear, in live chat and in replay. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Sign in on Twitch's own page — Limerino never sees or stores your password. A Twitch account is required to read and send chat. • On iPad, the channel list can sit beside the conversation while video and chat share the screen. A hardware keyboard, the menu bar and right-click all work, and a channel can open in its own window. • A Home Screen or Lock Screen widget tracks the channel you were last watching, and an optional Live Activity follows a live stream. • Per-channel themes, adjustable auto-hide timings, and controls for nearly everything. • Accessible by design: Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Switch Control, and Reduce Motion support. Limerino does not host or stream any content: live chat and video are delivered by Twitch, and the chat history shown when you join a channel comes from the community recent-messages service. Limerino is a third-party app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Twitch or Amazon. Privacy: https://limerino.com/privacy Terms: https://limerino.com/terms Support: hello@meipath.com

Screenshots

Hover4 screens
Limerino4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Limerino at none against Hover's 3. Hover's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Hover sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Limerino asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hover ships an update weekly, Limerino every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hover versus Limerino: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoverLimerino
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—23 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB54 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developer249 TECH (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITEDMeipath LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hover

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Biannual subscription7 Days trial$14.996 Months
  • Annual subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

Limerino

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hover free?
Hover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Limerino free?
Limerino is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hover or Limerino have ads?
Neither Hover nor Limerino shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hover or Limerino?
Hover ships an update weekly, and Limerino every 6 days. Most recently, Hover was updated on October 25, 2026 and Limerino on October 31, 2026.

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