Monal - XMPP chat

Name: Monal - XMPP chat
Rating: 3.41772 (79 reviews)

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Monal - XMPP chat

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User Reviews for Monal - XMPP chat

Best iOS client

Monal is the best xmpp client for iOS by a fairly substantial margin. Unfortunately it’s still a little rough around the edges, but omemo mostly works now, and finally notifications mostly work. It looks like MUCs are starting to work now, however this currently results in a lot of notification spam with no way to mute channels. It’s still very difficult to recommend xmpp for people on iOS devices, but it is getting better and monal has made some good strides towards this over time. Unfortunately, progress is a little slow… I believe there’s only one person really working on it. Hopefully the new muc stuff gets sorted out and hopefully the app gets a little bit of polish soon! It’s mostly fine… but having used it for a few years it still feels fragile to me.

chibzly, Jun 29, 2021

Crashes

The app used to work for me but now whenever I try to use it, it crashes. I’m using the app with an Openfire server that I connect to using OpenVPN to access the network. The app won’t crash until I connect to the VPN and then it just closes. I found that if I disable the account in the app and then connect to the VPN, the app won’t crash until I re-enable the chat account in the app and then it almost instantly crashes. There is something that the app doesn’t like about OpenVPN for some reason.

dfd1125, Jan 29, 2021

Improving!

Pros: Active Development, cleanest iOS interface I’ve used. Cons: No Voice Calls - yet. Since I’ve downloaded the app, it’s already been updated!An encryption lock toggle notification has been added. I think this is a very nice qol feature. I was wondering what the lock button did, I really appreciate it being more of an explicit lock now instead of having the option to accidentally disable encryption. I think this is very useful, especially for those new to xmpp and less tech savvy.

Helpfull Will, Nov 13, 2022

Use to be a nice functional app.

The more this app updates, the worse it seems to get. Years ago, it looked and functioned great. The addition of OMEMO was great in theory but I have never gotten it to function usably with Openfire since the addition. Now, the new “bugfixes” just cause it to crash immediately when it gets the green connection to the server. Ironic when something is better off not being “improved”.

JackuvTrades, Feb 06, 2021

Not yet ready for prime time, it seems

MUCs don’t properly create as it throws away the associated account; Adding MUCs have no user feedback; Online users only show up for one of my XMPP accounts; “Quick” adding an account threw out the TLD for some reason.Second time trying it in the hopes there were fewer bugs — and, in its defense, I was able to add my personal account and my business accounts this time, but not with full functionality. Perhaps it also can actually maintain push events without silently disconnecting you from your accounts this time around, but it will remain a mystery to me.

kts_kettek, Apr 12, 2019

Connection unreliable

Connects to corporate Xmpp server okay, but I see two MAJOR issues that prevent me from using:1. The list of online users is not correct. There are users who are online and available, but do not show in the list. Disconnecting and reconnecting does not help. 2. Connection drops after some time with no indication whatsoever. I’ll go back to app and all looks good with the list of users that appear online/away, but the connection has actually dropped and that list means nothing. Have to disconnect and reconnect to get back online. Have not tested the actual ‘chat’ functionality due to the above rendering the app unusable to me.If I can help by providing some kind of log file, please let me know how. iOS is sorely lacking in reliable direct connect xmpp clients and this app shows the most promise.

nickd111, Nov 02, 2018

Phone calls broken

A loved function, making phone calls, seems to be broken on my iPhone and on my friends’ devices when using Monal. When pressing the call button, the calling screen appears zoomed in way to large, so no buttons or status can be seen, only the left half pf the account’s profile photo. Please fix this useful function

Nosnowjust, Jan 20, 2022

Better than most xmpp apps

I’ve tried several xmpp apps, and so far Monal has given me the least issues. However, something that really bugs me is that you have to individually delete every single message, because there is no option to clear all messages or even delete a chat. Also, every time I delete a message it sends a spam message to the other user, such as “there was an error decrypting this encrypted message”. Quite annoying.

QinFenggggggg, Oct 21, 2021

Great app

Have been using the beta version of the app. I give the app 5 stars, because its a solid app for iPhone. Very dependable. Messages deliver as expected! I do have one recommendation, This being a mobile app, network connectivity is expected to be unstable. It is not necessary to notify the client of sync issues as a notification. I hope the developer considers this annoyance and enables the user to disable this notification by default.

Rapazzini, May 20, 2023

Sends messages but doesn't do anything else right

I configured this program to connect to my XMPP server. It sends the messages and the other party receives them. But there are two basic issues. First, when I start to compose a reply message, the keyboard opens and covers up the message I was replying to. Second, you can't copy the text of the messages you receive to your clipboard. These UI glitches are the reason for my rating.

SD30001, May 09, 2023

Description

There has never been a better time to get into XMPP, a free public chat network no one controls or owns. Monal is a fast and user friendly way to use XMPP. Just download the app, login or register and you are ready to chat in minutes.

It looks and works the way other apps do, so there is no need to “learn XMPP” or even care what it is. Notable features: - Open Source - No Ads! Strong focus on privacy. Does not phone home and does not have "metrics" software - Does not read any personal information. - With a direct connection to your server, your password and all other info is never sent to a third party. - OMEMO encrypted chat - Will work with corporate XMPP servers that require VPN - MUC multi user chat Implements XMPP certain extensions intended to improve mobile communication. - XEP-0357: Push Notifications - XEP-0280: Message Carbons keep messages in synch between clients. - XEP-0198: Stream Management to quickly reconnect. - XEP-0199: XMPP Ping to maintain connections. - XEP-0313: Message Archive Management to download chat history. - XEP-0352: Client State Indication for dramatic reduction on power use. - XEP-0363: HTTP File Upload to send images in conversations.