DaystingIRC vs Harbor Modern IRC Client

Connect with your IRC communities on iPad and iPhone. DaystingIRC brings channel conversations, private chats, and customizable themes to a native app. • Connect securely over TLS using server presets, favorites, or your own server. • Follow channels and private conversations, view channel topics, and access user actions. • Use optional SASL and NickServ authentication, plus operator and Anope Services commands. • Personalize fonts and colors with saved themes and an editable live preview. • Enjoy an adaptive iPad layout with a channel user list and compact controls for smaller windows. Choose a server and nickname to get started. Account requirements and available services depend on the IRC network you connect to. Source code and support: https://github.com/Daysting/irc-client

Harbor is an IRC client for iPhone and iPad. Add a network, connect, and take part in channels and private messages. If you used mIRC on a computer, the commands will already feel familiar. Harbor talks directly to the server you enter. There is no Harbor account, and the conversation is not routed through a Harbor server. A channel keeps its topic and its lines. The people list shows who is here and who is away. A private chat opens when someone writes to you. A window you have not read keeps a badge, and you can return to the first new line. Nicknames in the room complete as you type. Hold a line to copy it, or to quote it back into the channel. Mute a channel and the messages stay, without a sound or a badge. Ignore a nickname on that network and those lines stay out. A photo is sent only when you choose one. Harbor uploads it so the room can open the link, asks that the file last one hour, and does not keep a copy. Networks, passwords, and the history you save stay on this iPhone or iPad. A server password, and the password for SASL, NickServ, or CService, is stored on the device and sent only to the network you added, as part of the normal login. Use the secure port when the network offers one. Face ID, Touch ID, or the lock already on the device, can cover Harbor when you step away. Menus and settings are available in English, Italian, French, German, and Romanian. Harbor starts in the language of the phone when that language is one of these. You can follow the phone's appearance, or choose day or night, and you can set the text size. The free plan includes one server for 30 minutes a day. The connection pauses while Harbor is in the background. Harbor Plus is a one-time purchase. It removes the daily limit, lets you add more than one server, connects to a ZNC bouncer you already run, and includes a backup of servers and messages. On iPhone, the system can pause the connection after a while. Opening Harbor brings it back. Apple handles the payment.