# Zulip

> Organized team chat

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1203036395](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1203036395)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1203036395`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kandra Labs, Inc.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (16 ratings)
- **Version:** 30.0.274
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-18
- **First published:** 2017-05-18
- **Size:** 44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zulip/id1203036395)
- **Website:** [https://zulip.com/](https://zulip.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://zulip.com/privacy/](https://zulip.com/privacy/)

## Description

Zulip (https://zulip.com/) helps teams of all sizes be more productive together, from a few friends hacking on a new idea, to globally distributed organizations with hundreds of people tackling the world's hardest problems.

Unlike other chat apps, Zulip lets you read and respond to every message in context, no matter when it was sent. Maintain your focus and then catch up on your own time, reading the topics you care about, and skimming or skipping the rest.

Like everything Zulip, this official Zulip mobile app is 100% open-source software: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-flutter . Thank you to the hundreds of contributors who have made Zulip what it is!

Zulip is available as a managed cloud service or a self-hosted solution.

Please send questions, comments, and bug reports to support@zulip.com, or tweet @zulip.

## Rankings

- #298,143 — Overall

## Review summary

Zulip's iOS app is praised for its clean UI and topic-based organization, open-source ethos, and cross-device syncing, making teamwork easier. However, users repeatedly report critical mobile issues: unreliable notifications, login/join failures, flaky media uploads, general stability problems, and a difficult, inconsistent navigation experience.

### Pros

- Clean, contemporary UI with clear topic/thread organization.
- Open-source, self-hosted option with ongoing improvements for teams.
- Strong team collaboration features, with easy filtering to see all/new messages or specific streams/topics.
- Cross-device syncing and a consistent experience across iOS, web, and desktop.
- Free/open-source, making Zulip accessible without paid per-user restrictions.

### Cons

- Push notifications are unreliable: duplicates, missing badges, and don’t clear after reading.
- Sign-in and server-join problems persist: login loops, inability to sign into existing servers, and hard-to-paste the server URL.
- Media uploads and file attachments are flaky or not supported: photos fail, PDFs can’t upload, and the upload UI is inconsistent.
- App stability on mobile is poor: white screens, content not loading, and intermittent broken behavior.
- Mobile UI/UX is difficult to navigate and feels inconsistent, with features hard to discover.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1203036395)