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title: "Monal — XMPP Chat - Bewertungen, Einnahmen und Downloads in Vereinigte Staaten | Apple App Store"
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 an"
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# Monal — XMPP Chat — Vereinigte Staaten
> Open source XMPP Messenger

![Monal App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/bf/23/da/bf23da84-6598-9504-fe88-bed9de4572b4/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Thilo Molitor](https://apptail.io/de/developer/thilo-molitor-USrb)
**Category:** Social Networking
**Rating:** 3.7/5 (126 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** G7YU7X7KRJ.SworIM
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Vereinigte Staaten
**Version:** 6.4.21 (released 2026-05-27)
**Original Release:** 2009-06-15
**Languages:** Dutch, Arabic, Basque, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, German, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek (modern), Hebrew (modern), Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Ukrainian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Panjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Telugu, Chinese, Czech, Turkish, Vietnamese, Swedish

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id317711500)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/de/app/monal-xmpp-chat-ZmI/united-states](https://apptail.io/de/app/monal-xmpp-chat-ZmI/united-states)

## Monal 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 software "metrics" 
- Does not read any personal information
- With a direct connection to your server, your password and all other info are never sent to a third-party
- OMEMO encrypted chat
- Will work with corporate XMPP servers that require VPN
- Multi user chat (MUC) support for group chats
- Audio/Video calls

Implements certain XMPP 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

## Monal Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource123/v4/7e/d5/06/7ed50606-eec9-5d2d-e001-ff429ce10878/f5b7af80-eae4-4d94-9dcc-ec9406e40b5a_01_groupchats.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource123/v4/70/d3/7c/70d37c8a-a333-3bcf-1500-956dfc6b5880/45e04486-f42f-49c4-8549-f0f01d4e2a9a_02_chats.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource113/v4/10/12/18/10121888-6e71-35c9-8e4f-834ab40249da/441d6bd8-0e48-403c-b70e-94cc90c82a1a_03_account.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource113/v4/5a/9b/96/5a9b968d-ac23-43d7-2c1b-c8c99f495314/48a3c06d-2a75-40aa-abb6-f822d09a8f7a_04_contacts.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource113/v4/a3/f9/fe/a3f9fea1-90c6-a1c6-4b5f-14066f60d855/dc13fb67-1c7b-4ad0-9bfc-26c2ea930dbc_05_privacy.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource123/v4/1f/4d/d6/1f4dd6d6-5f86-1f95-ee64-a1886ee5c7eb/a72524cf-6768-4930-9679-98477290c6ba_06_signin.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource123/v4/d2/0b/63/d20b639d-95c1-03be-53c8-5c7aa11669ca/447dc95e-69ea-4177-aa9f-30908b94617b_07_register.png/1284x2778.png)

## Monal Rating Breakdown in Vereinigte Staaten
- 5 stars: 63 (50%)
- 4 stars: 17 (13%)
- 3 stars: 11 (9%)
- 2 stars: 13 (10%)
- 1 stars: 22 (17%)

## Monal Reviews in Vereinigte Staaten

### ***** "Great XMPP Client"
Works well.
-- C. Snipes, 2024-12-21

### ****- "🆘🆘🆘"
There seems to be an issue with the app’s sound settings. On the iPhone 15 Pro Max, incoming messages fail to trigger notification sounds!
-- HelloSkyHigh, 2024-12-03

### ***** "Best XMPP Client for iPhone"
This app is the most feature filled XMPP client for iOS. I’ve tried almost all of them and Monal is a cut above the rest. It certainly deserves more 5-star reviews which is why I am penning this one. Aside from one minor glitch, the app is stable , well integrated into the iOS ecosystem ie can share/send image files etc - it is a highly capable app and highly recommended.
-- nepacsman, 2024-08-31

### ***** "Great utility! Lots of development activity; high hopes!"
It seems to me Monal has come a long way since release. Some devs just release their app and never work on it again - but not Monal! The Monal devs are reasonably active with maintenance & bugfixes. They’ve put together a very useful,  feature-rich, easy-to-use XMPP client while keeping a minimalist feel.

Monal crashes occasionally, but not so much as to impede my usecase. I just close/reopen the app, or ignore the crash warning, and pick up where I left off. (To devs: I’ll have to remember to send you the crash report next time. I think I tried once and it said my phone wasn’t set up to send emails? I dunno. I’ll try.)

Overall, the app works great and has all the necessities. Works flawlessly with my cheap low-end VPS running ejabberd. Calls connect fast, voice is clear, no lag. OMEMO works; but I did have some issues with it early on where my recipient couldn’t read msgs (or vice versa) even though we had confirmed each other’s keys. To be fair this could have also been a user error. This was eventually resolved.

I would like to see additional privacy options. OMEMO is fine. I would like to see PGP implemented (for example, I believe the Linux XMPP client “Dino” has the ability to use PGP as well as OMEMO)

Perhaps even encrypted voice calls (assuming they are not already encrypted)
-- zfkdnop, 2024-08-18

### *---- "Doesn't work"
I can't login to my works xmpp server. Doesn't matter what I try or what they do. This doesn't work.
-- Raptureveteran, 2024-07-31

### ***** "Excellent app"
Use jabber? Have iOS? Use monal p e r i o d. Recent iOS versions probably work extremely well. iOS: 16 does have a couple quirks, I think. Haven't zeroed it in. yet. Devs: I know I am using an ancient iOS version but my contacts and I have extreme trouble getting video calls to connect sometimes and they will drop randomly. It's likely a network issue, but we notice that if we use wired or no headsets, symptoms seem to subside and dissappear or, at very least, seem to help with initial connection speed and success rate. Not sure if we will ever upgrade from 16. not a big deal.
-- Elkenfugel, 2024-07-14

### ****- "Robust v 6.4.0"
Wow Monal for iOS has come a long way. Years ago it wasn’t my first choice. Neither were there any viable alternatives to be honest. Monal 6.4.0 performs really well for me. Kudos! Obviously apple being apple I don’t get notifications if I didn’t touch the app for a while. This is something all third party apps have to contend with on iOS.
-- SocialBandwidth, 2024-07-03

### ***-- "OTR"
Why not adding OTR feature which already exists in Chat Secure app; This will make this app work more efficiently with other xmpp clients on other OS’s
-- Talan Roj, 2024-06-28

### ***** "Ios breaks xmpp texts"
This is in no way functionally comparable to Conversations on android but having tried ALL the recently updated xmpp text apps on iOS this is by far the best option 

Using the Conversations server as sender and recipient often there are huge delays for iOS clients on WiFi and Verizon 5G. 

Don’t give up on us.
-- Girthus Bigus, 2024-05-06

### ***** "XMPP on iOS is great"
I had a mistaken view that there were no good XMPP options on iOS. Perhaps that was true before, but now it’s false. Additionally, the XMPP standards have added a lot of things to make the protocol very usable on mobile devices.

Monal is good, usable, and actively developed. There are some minor UI issues but they are fixable, and a small trade off for a communications channel you actually have control over. This is one app I’ll be pushing my friends to use.

Monal is open source which means you can have confidence that it can continue being updated for many years. I would consider this a significant strength for any software, but even more so on iOS which breaks apps once they are too old (guessing half of the iOS apps I’ve paid for don’t work/can’t be install anymore?)
-- bdksbdjen, 2024-02-07

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## Monal Discovered Keywords
- monal
- xmpp chat

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