Monal
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Feb 9, 2026first mention
Sep 14, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Last time I used Monal on iOS this was solved and worked well.”
“stuff like Monal "basically work" for text + images + chat rooms.”
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“I recommend using Monal as an iOS client instead of the Snikket iOS one.”
“I have had success getting apple-loving friends to use”
“https://monal-im.org/ is my personal recommendation for iOS.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Data: monal.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“Last time I used Monal on iOS this was solved and worked well.”
“stuff like Monal "basically work" for text + images + chat rooms.”
“Our one iPhone member is content with Modal”
“Monal is currently working on an overhaul of their UI”
“I recommend using Monal as an iOS client instead of the Snikket iOS one.”
“I have had success getting apple-loving friends to use”
“https://monal-im.org/ is my personal recommendation for iOS.”
“Snikket (https://snikket.org ) with Monal as the iOS client”