LimeChat Downloads & RevenueLimeChat - IRC Client · App Store
LimeChat - IRC Client is #13 in Social Networking Paid in Japan and charting in 30 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026LimeChat - IRC Client update history & changes
Last change · 11 events since 21 Dec 2008Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 10 events in the last 12 months
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client entered the top 10Top Paid · Social Networking · IT
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client entered the top 10Top Paid · Social Networking · CA
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client entered the top 10Top Paid · Social Networking · ZA
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client entered the top 10Top Paid · Social Networking · DE
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client entered the top 100 in 6 chartsTop Paid · Social Networking · AR · Top Paid · Social Networking · CO · Top Paid · Social Networking · MY · Top Paid · Social Networking · PH · +2 more
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client charting in a new country in 6 chartsArgentina · Colombia · Malaysia · Philippines · +2 more
- 📈LimeChat - IRC Client entered the top 10Top Paid · Social Networking · KR
- 🆕LimeChat - IRC Client first spotted by AppInsider#18 in Top Paid · Social Networking · Italy
- 🆕LimeChat - IRC Client released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Social Networking PaidLimeChat - IRC Client at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-02. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
LimeChat is a paid, feature-rich IRC client for iOS designed for power users who require desktop-like functionality such as SSL support, multiple server connections, and advanced navigation on mobile devices. The app maintains a presence in the top 20 of the Paid Social Networking charts across diverse markets including South Africa, Canada, Japan, and Europe, indicating steady niche demand despite its low rating and small review count.
Similar apps: Colibric, Textual, IRCCloud
LimeChat - IRC Client on the App Store
App details
LimeChat - IRC Client downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where LimeChat - IRC Client's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
South Korea
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
France
China
Canada
Spain
Australia
Russia
Brazil
Netherlands
Indonesia
India
Mexico
Turkey
Sweden
Poland
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Thailand
Taiwan
Argentina
Philippines
Malaysia
South Africa
Vietnam
ColombiaApps near LimeChat - IRC Client on the chart
Social Networking Paid, around #13.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about LimeChat - IRC Client
From the 52 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's clean design and reliability for basic IRC tasks but are frustrated by missing core features like background connectivity and notifications. Recent updates have introduced keyboard bugs and accessibility issues that render the app unusable for some.
Mixed (50% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and connection and sync problems. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Other than that, this app is money well spent”
- Features & content: “It could use just a tad more features”
- Ease of use: “It's decent and easy to use”
- Design: “I love the layout on my iPhone and my iPad”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Can’t use DCC feature in IRC”
- Connection & sync: “Background connectivity++”
- Price & subscription
- Updates: “Update the app with the option for background connectivity (without a time limit that drops connection) and its 5 stars from me”
About LimeChat - IRC Client
Features:
・Quick navigation. You can move around channels quickly by arrow buttons or tapping on the left/right side of log views.
・Arrow buttons indicate events (highlight, new message coming or new PM coming) happened in the other channels. So you can recognize it easily while chatting in another channel.
・Highlights messages and optionally vibrates for your specific words.
・Visual interface for user information (whois).
・Built-in browser for clickable URL links.
・Full support for landscape mode.
・Multitasking support. Connections are kept up for a while (2-7 minutes) after going to background.
・Multiple servers and channels.
・Automatic Nickserv authentication support.
・Full support for many text encodings.
・SSL support. (Self-signed certificates are NOT supported)
・VoiceOver support.
Notes:
・DCC is NOT supported currently.
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