Monal - XMPP chat

Monal allows you to connect to your chat server without having to give a third party access to your password or messages. Whether it is a personal Google talk account or a corporate chat server, it is important not to give someone access to sensitive information. This app has no ads, no user behavior tracking and all messages are exchanged directly with the XMPP chat server.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Social Networking	Free	Anurodh Pokharel	iPhone, iPad, iPod

Notable features:
-Open Source
- No Ads! Strong focus on privacy. Does not phone home and does not have "metrics" software beyond anonymous crash reporting (crashlytics). Does not read any personal information.
- A direct client that does not transmit your password to a 3rd party.
- Standard XMPP Jingle VOIP. Allows voice conversation with any other user with a program that supports it (e.g. GTalk, pidgin, psi, etc.)
- Will work with corporate XMPP servers that require VPN
- MUC multi user chat
- Reply from notifications
- Tested heavily with Google Talk, Openfire, Prosody and eJabberd servers.

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.

Reviews

It's a great app
cf.ch

For its multitasking capabilities I'm giving it a four and i would pay for this app if they add some more polished design and password protection

Great but needs server broadcast support
Pr0phet84

Needs better is server broadcasts / server announcements support. Current version receives broadcasts but you cannot view it in Monal or clear the badges. Ideally we'd get the broadcast as a normal message. Right now I have 100+ badges for server broadcasts, which is annoying. Being able to save conferences and automatically joining conferences is needed as well. Update: Monal now disconnects frequently. It displays the disconnected message. Usually my client is always on Wifi. iOS 7.1

Best Jabber Client in App Store
Joseph Woolls

And trust me, I've tried them all. This is the only direct connect jabber client that also properly supports multi user chat (muc).

Good, but buggy
Tylerwatt12

Sometimes it will replicate my XMPP accounts and duplicate the contact list. Not entirely sure why

Groups?
Qcqc424

For Google Talk account, all online contacts appear regardless of whether you have removed them from your contact list, placed them in a minimized group in another app/program (e.g., Pidgin, Xabber), or never accepted an invitation to chat. Cannot minimize offline contacts group. Online contacts not sorted by availability/status.

Best Jabber App So Far
XMPP Server Admin

But that's not saying a whole lot. This one managed to find a way to directly connect to my server and stay open in the background, which is huge. I recommend this app for those reasons alone. On the downside, my user's avatars don't come through, broadcast messages cannot be viewed for some reason, even though the indicator is there. No OTR option. What's here though is high quality. If you run a Jabber server and need an always-on client, this is the one you want.

Great XMPP option
ColinC.

Such a great option for a persistent, background XMPP client WITH push notifications WITHOUT running through some 3rd party service. I'm very glad to have this option.

Excellent XMPP client!
BubbaDoug

Love the fact that this client makes direct connections to the XMPP server instead of going through a middle man proxy. This update also fixed chat room (MUC) listings. I wish I could send "slash" commands to the MUC server like "/affiliate". Keep up the good work!