Do you have friends in an IRC chat room that you’d like to keep in touch on the go? Or maybe just check in on? If you do, we have good news for you. If you own an Android phone, it’s totally possible. Searching for “IRC” on Google Play gives us more than 150 results. Not all of them are IRC clients, but there are still quite a selection of different IRC apps available for Android devices. In this article, we will present you with the 3 best free ones.

Top 3 Free IRC Clients for Android:

1. AndChat
Download: Google Play

AndChat is a good-looking free IRC app for Android. It has all the functions one would expect a proper IRC client to have. You can be connected to multiple servers at the same time, it logs all your chats, allows you to ignore users you don’t want to speak to, and much more. You can use it on both phones and tablets. As the app includes a tablet optimized layout as well as one for a smartphone, it works perfectly on both devices. AndChat works great on all versions of Android, however their convenient and smooth “quick channel switcher” option only works with Android 3.0 and newer versions. Nevertheless, even if you have an older version, you can still do a lot with it. To be honest, I’ve tried IRC clients for PC that have less functions than AndChat. It’s a truly great app for keeping in touch with your IRC buddies on the go.

2. AndroidIRC
Download: Google Play

AndroidIRC is another great app for getting on IRC on your phone. AndroidIRC is packed with great features just like AndChat. This app also allows you to be on multiple servers at the same time and works just as perfectly on phones as it does on tablets. It supports both secured and unsecured connections. What makes this app so great is that you can set AndroidIRC to autojoin your favorite channels on startup. It also logs all your chats, uses good old mIRC’s color schemes, allows you to ignore people, has an easy access menu giving you the ability to quickly kick or ban people you don’t want in your chat room or simply change the privileges of a member, and a lot more. AndroidIRC is definitely a good choice if you are an administrator of an IRC chat room.

3. Simple IRC
Download: Google Play

Last but not least, Simple IRC – also a great IRC client for Android devices. What I really like about this app is the simple yet effective look (see a screenshot). However, it does seem to have less features than the first two applications. Bear with me here, though, as Simple IRC still has plenty of features. It allows connections to multiple servers, supports SSL, comes with a list of worldwide popular IRC servers, allows you to put channels on autojoin, change the font type and size, and much more. It might be a bit more simple than the previous two, but it is still a good app.

This completes our list of free android IRC apps. Hopefully this article helped you find the right app for you and you can now keep in touch with your Internet buddies whenever.