LimeChat is a paid social networking app for your iPhone/iPad and for devices operated by iOS. It allows you to chat like any other app that you use to chat from your desktop. The app runs on iOS 5 or higher and is not more than a 1 MB in size. It has managed to acquire 4 stars rating from its satisfied users. The version 2.16 of the app, which has bug fixes for iPhone 5 as well as iOS 6 support can be downloaded from iTunes for approx $5. The app supports text encoding and has automatic Nickserv authentication support.
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Talking about features, it supports multitasking; this is one of the best features it has to offer. We all look for apps that support multitasking. It also supports landscape view. Apart from this, it has only one window for multiple servers, plenty of easy keyboard shortcuts. It is fast, the arrow buttons help you navigate in an admirably good speed. It is stable and convenient to use. One of the other great features is that it highlights messages, vibrates for specific words, with SSL and Voice Over support. Then there are other features that other apps come with, like; built-in browser designed for clickable URLs and visual interface for user info.
The social networking app is easy to work with, and the only thing you will need to understand is what you can do when you click on a user’s name while you use the app. You might find the “Who is”, “Talk” and “Paste Nickname” buttons unfamiliar to the usual options that show while you click on somebody’s name. To explain it a little, the “Who is” button tells you who that person is; the address, real name, channels, server and info of the server, time when he/she is idle, unavailable/away message and sign-on. The “Talk” button allows you to privately talk to this user. While on the chat if any other user wants to “talk” to you, you will be notified with orange arrows. And the “Paste Nickname” button pastes the user’s nickname into your message, a colon follows and you can type your message to the user. Once done with chatting you can simply click “Off” next to the channel name to disconnect from the channel you want to.
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The app was released on the 22nd of Dec. 2008. It is almost 5 years from then and it still hasn’t lost popularity. Instead, has achieved a respectable position in the world of social networking apps. The developer of the app has taken a unique step forward while making the app and that is, it provides you with the option to click on “Advanced” if you’re looking for more features apart from the ones it has displayed. The app is modified with newer versions of it launching every now and then. Considered the best iOS app for chatting, LimeChat IRC Client App for iOS seems to be here to stay.
