Colloquy - IRC Client Reviews

by Tenshi-X

This mobile version of this app is very different from the desktop version. This mobile version is barely usable. Below is a list of bugs I frequently encounter each time I use it.

• Display bug where console window bar will be drawn as a duplicate channel window bar. Clicking on a bar to reopen and return seems to force it to redraw properly

• Display bug where duplicate user names are listed in channel

• Bug that prevents private messaging a user in channel - app believes user is offline when they are clearly online.

• Bug that prevents a whois on a user that has joined a channel if selected from chat window - app believes user is offline, however console displays whois info just fine. Workaround is to select user from user listing instead of chat window.

• Bug that draws first two or three lines in a private conversation above visible space. Must swipe pull down private chat window to read. Even the preview next to user name bar does not properly display the text hidden above

• Random bug where message and channel bars become locked and are unselectable. A workaround is to “open a console” to unlock this condition, this works even if console window is already open

At its current state, I cannot recommend Colloquy - save your money. There are likely other IRC apps that work better than this.

by Maisiewillyums

As of ios13 for some reason the chats don’t scroll. No longer functional and very annoying. Please update it I have uninstalled and reinstalled it to no avail.

by Somadlol

Keyboard overlaps chat room, unable to see what im typing

by Franko1005

Certain channels should be monitored and blocked.

by TAYLORSWIFTLOVER15

I can't see what I'm typing as I type it...

by @AlrabiahF

I am using this app since 2015
I dont recommendd Colloquy atm since it has many bugs.

It has only one thing which is very nice
It supports fallback encoding too

Please fix it and change the interface

by Realdasho

Crashes on launch on iOS 14. Please fix

by Matthew41

I am using an iPhone X running iOS 11.4 and the conversation scrolling cuts the last line of everything off at the bottom.

by Coyote363

UPDATE: instead of fixing the problems below, they've added back the "text hidden behind text entry field" bug, plus the supposedly-fixed 'offline' bug is simply not fixed at all. Yet another update that made everything worse not better. If they could somehow simply re-release 1.8.5, that would help. Everything since has been progressively worse. And the "help" website doesn't appear to be staffed.
UPDATE: New version, new bugs. Does anyone test Colloquy before releasing it? Cannot send pm's, only receive them - it thinks everyone is 'offline' even when they're not. Unreal. My fault for updating, Colloquy has a history of updates that do more harm than good, hopefully this new bug will be addressed eventually, but I'm starting to wonder. Developer seems disinterested.

... After nearly a year of aggravation and multiple bug fixes they do seem to have it fixed at last with 1.8.5, at least as far as the issues I've seen. It's back to where it was two years ago, and that's a good thing. Best IRC app I've tried. Now ... I'm begging you ... please please please test future updates before you release them?

by Frank244

Cant connect to any irc servers. Used to work in previous versions. Not sure if it has anything to do with ipv6 or latest version of iOS.

by Thehatch2002

The private messages have been fixed 👍 however now unable to use the add channel button

by Ripacheco

Problems listed below are still present on the latest release. They must not care about the iPad I guess...
Used to be a great app. Lots of crashes even on version 1.8.5
Screen on chat keeps getting narrower...sigh...
App crashes unexpectedly ... It can reconnect but is annoying...

by Möbius Loop

I don’t know if it’s an iOS 11 issue or an iPhone X issue, but Colloquy hangs as soon as I start it. Unable to adjust any settings or click on any button. Have to kill Colloquy to exit.

Used the apps for years with znc and it worked great. Not sure why it is so bad now.

by Wes Derby

Colloquy seems like a wonderful idea… Until you try to use it to connect to a chat room. Worked very well on older versions of iOS. The developers really need to do some work to keep it current. Sometimes, it takes me up to an hour to connect to a chat room… Where as with any other client, or via the web, I connect instantly.

by Marissa Vargas

I'm not sure if it's Colloquy or not, but I got this to try and run Pesterchum with a guide from Tumblr, but it won't even let me send messages. Sadly, no other apps will work either.

by Spudboy2006

Update: Wish user names were different colors.

IRCcloud is my first choice for an IRC client.

by MNC9

I’ve been using this client for many years and it worked perfectly! Up until iPadOS 13. It no longer scrolls automatically to show new messages when the screen is full.

Also (and I think this is more of an issue with iPadOS, but I’m still going to mention it just in case), when using this app in split screen/multitasking (chat on the right, Safari on the left), I can’t browse/scroll Safari on the left-hand side and keep the cursor “live” in the chat on the right-hand side. I have to tap on the chat side to be able to type anything again. I used to be able to type whenever I wanted with my connected keyboard while still scrolling the internet with my finger on the left.

Just very inconvenient all around now, which has pushed me to stop using Colloquy on my iPad. I have to pull out my laptop and use the program on there, which is annoying.

I’m still giving this 3 stars because it’s served me well for so many years. But I wanted to write this review to let the developers know that some features aren’t working any longer and to hopefully get an update!

by Taroliw

I'm a longtime this app user on Mac, but only recently have tried it on iOS. The thing that TRULY makes this usable though is ZNC integration, which enables me to stay online in my channels and get push notifications. I'm quite pleased with the combination, though for some this might prove a little challenging to set up on their own.

One thing I'm noticing, with some regularity, now that I have more networks and channels set up in ZNC, is that this client easily crashes if there are several buffers to scroll back. It seems to occur more frequently when additional chats open in the process -- such as when ZNC has reconnected and bots reply during login. If crashing wasn't such a problem I could easily go five stars on the rating.

And now I've learned of some competition. Palaver. It's missing some of this app's bells and whistles. But it has two things that caused me to switch for now: (1) it doesn't crash. (2) it's developers are proactive and responsive with new builds.

by PilotKAC

A bit tricky at first

by David Celis

One of the best desktop IRC applications written for the iPhone? Yes please!

Bought this little gem last night and have used it several times now. Everything so far works perfectly. It's easy to set up connections, and it has many of the advanced options found in the desktop client. It's really like using this app on the Mac. The application even uses landscape mode, but don't expect to see more than one to two messages at a time while viewing in this way. I have no problems using the portrait keyboard, so I usually stick with this.

My only gripe with Colloquy is that there is currently no option to turn emoticons off (I am one of those people who would rather just see the textual smileys) but this is most definitely not enough to take a star away.

5 stars; definitely buy this if you are an IRC user.